The Bray Cancer Support Centre

About the Bray Cancer Support Centre

Drop-In Centre at 36B Main Street, Bray

Posted August 22nd, 2011

"Offering emotional support and practical help to people with cancer and their families and friends".

For Directions To Our Drop-In Centre: Click here!

The Bray Cancer Support Centre is a registered charity (number 12589). We provide cancer support services and facilities free of charge to people affected by cancer in the greater Bray, South Dublin and Leinster areas.

The Centre has been in existence for almost 20 years. From humble beginnings around a kitchen table in 1990, the Centre has grown from strength to strength. In 2009, the Centre received over 12,800 visits from people throughout the Leinster region, availing of emotional support, practical help, counselling, complimentary therapies as well as other classes. Bereavement counselling and support groups are also an integrated part of our centres services.

We were delighted to secure regular funding from the HSE (East Coast area, Wicklow) in 2000. We work in partnership with the HSE, the Irish Cancer Society and other relevant agencies. The introduction of the psycho-oncology service to mainstream medicine for the psychological welfare of the cancer patient was a vindication of what we sought to achieve when we founded the Bray Cancer Support Centre.

Like all organisations, our centre would not be able to survive without the committment and dedication of our team of staff and volunteers. We are also heavily endebted to the massive support we receive from the local community in Bray and further afield.

The cancer journey can be a difficult and painful experience, but it also can be an elightening, learning process. If you need help along your journey, call in and talk to us - we are here to support you.

The Centre seeks to address the needs of it's clients in a variety of very practical and caring ways. Within the Centre, our volunteers have created an atmosphere of warmth, safety, hospitality and confidentiality - especially for those who are ill and therefore are in need of it most. Because many of the volunteers have been through experiences of illness themselves, they have a special empathy for those who are battling with cancer. All Bray Cancer Support Centre services are provided free of charge and they include:

• A 'Drop-In' Support and Information Service is at the hub of the Centre, and is open from 10.00am to 1pm Monday to Friday and by appointment from 1pm until 4pm. The Centre has disabled access. Our trained volunteers are on hand to offer a sympathetic listening ear in total confidentiality.
  
  
• Confidential telephone support back-up service is available Monday to Friday, with a 24hour answer machine referral service for out of hours service.
  
  
• One-To-One counselling is available by appointment and free of charge. Counselling is provided by qualified psychotherapists and professional counsellors.
  
  
• A comprehensive library of books, tapes, videos and pamphlets on issues related to cancer and up-to-date information is provided on cancer diagnosis, treatment, welfare entitlements etc.
  
  
• If clients cannot come to the Centre our volunteers will visit them at home or in hospital.
  
  
• Short breaks are provided (in the BCSC's facility in Wexford and elsewhere) as respite care to clients and their families or carers throughout the year.
  
  
• A transport service by trained staff and volunteers is available to and from hospitals, hospices, clinics or the centre.
  
  

Weekly Drop-In Centre Timetable: Click here!

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