Charity Walk the Walk makes £100,000 grant to Penny Brohn UK for vital online cancer support More than 6,000 cancer patients across the UK are set to benefit from a £100,000 grant made by health charity Walk the Walk, to cancer support charity Penny Brohn UK.
Walk the Walk’s grant will allow Penny Brohn UK to continue providing nationwide online support services, which run alongside the “in-person” programme at its Bristol headquarters. From wherever they are in the country, cancer patients can access Penny Brohn’s huge variety of online sessions and services, which have been developed during the pandemic. These include:One-to-one online doctor support, counselling and nutritional therapy Phone counselling and consultations Online community group sessions, including: “Resilience Room”, “Relaxation Room”, “Your Self-Care Toolbox”, Nutrition Know How”, physical activity sessions, yoga and more 50 .
Julie Worrall, CEO of Penny Brohn UK, said: “We can’t thank Walk the Walk and those who put in the miles to raise funds for them enough. This grant is vitally needed as we drive through the changes we have introduced as a result of the impact of Covid-19. “Walk the Walk has been Penny Brohn’s most significant and cherished funding partner for the last two decades. We have received a transformational £21 million of funding over the years, which has enabled us to help many tens of thousands of people across the UK live well with cancer. “This latest grant will enable us to drive through plans we made in December last year to support the cancer community, who will be living with the impact of Covid-19 for years to come. We moved support services online and this now gives us the opportunity to provide accessible support for many more people living with cancer
