Year: 2018
Coping with cancer diagnosis at Christmas
Dec 20th, 2018
For most of us, Christmas is a time of cheer, festivities and relaxing with friends and family. However, for those facing a cancer diagnosis, it can be a difficult time of the year. read more ->
Christmas Opening Hours
Dec 17th, 2018
Please find below the Christmas opening hours for Big C’s shops, centres and our office. read more ->
Sharon Theobald: Running with Grief
Dec 11th, 2018
Within the space of a few years, Sharon Theobald lost both her father to cancer and recently, her younger brother Jason, who sadly passed away aged 40 years old from a rare form of lung cancer. read more ->
Coping with loss around Christmas time
Dec 11th, 2018
With Christmas very nearly here, all around us festive cheer and celebrations are taking place. In our workplace, high street and homes. However for those of us who have lost someone to cancer, it isn’t always a happy time of the year. How do we cope when someone special won’t be home for Christ... read more ->
Science Series: Big C funded PhD student on his future as a cancer researcher
Nov 9th, 2018
Big C are passionate about training up the future generations of cancer researchers. We believe in moving forward in research and encouraging education and further study into the subject is vital. Met Aleks Gontarczyk. He’s in the final stages of his Big C funded PhD into cancer research – w... read more ->
Science Series: Dr Darrell Green says : “Donate to a local charity with a world changing vision like Big C”
Oct 15th, 2018
Next up in our science series – we’ve been talking to Dr Darrell Green, a Senior Research Associate at the University of East Anglia who is soon to take up the position of Lecturer in Medicine at the University, about the work he is undertaking in childhood bone cancer and about one very importa... read more ->
Science Series: Dr Lindsay Hall talks about Big C funded research into cancer happening in Norfolk
Oct 2nd, 2018
Dr Lindsay Hall says: “For many years, we have known that what we eat affects the risk of getting breast cancer later in life. However, in recent years there is also some evidence that the bacteria which naturally live in our gut can also have an impact on surviving breast cancer.” read more ->
Ryan’s story
Sep 24th, 2018
Ryan Claxton is a remarkably strong young man, who recently turned 12 years old. He has had cancer three times since he was just four years of age and his recent relapse with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) was in January of this year. The Big C Centre provided some support when the family were strugg... read more ->
A farewell to Nikki – our Deputy CEO and Director of Operations.
Sep 14th, 2018
Our Deputy CEO and Director of Operations Nikki Morris leaves Big C today (14/09/2018) but before she goes we grabbed a quick five minutes with her to talk about Norfolk’s cancer charity. read more ->
A Day in the Life of a Centre Manager
Sep 4th, 2018
Tonia is an Area Centre Manager at Big C. She is based in King’s Lynn but works across all of our Support and Information Centres. We welcome Tonia to the blog this week to share her experiences of working in the Centres and give a sneak peek into what a typical day looks like. read more ->