Lincolnshire's three centres operate from within Lincoln, Boston and Grantham Hospitals. The service is staffed by Cancer Nurse Specialists, who provide people living with and impacted by cancer support, information and signposting. Support can be accessed in several formats including face to face, video and telephone appointments.
All centres can be contacted via email on, macmillan.
Lincoln Macmillan Centre
- Lincoln County Hospital, Greetwell Road, Lincoln, LN2 5QY
- Opening times - Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm
- Contact: 01522 573799
Boston Macmillan Centre
- Pilgrim Hospital, Sibsey Road, Boston PE21 9QS
- Opening times - Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm
- Contact: 01205 446392
Grantham Macmillan Centre
- Grantham District Hospital, 101 Manthorpe Road, Grantham, NG31 8DG
- Opening times - Monday to Thursday 9am to 4pm
- Contact: 01476 464978
The Macmillan Support Line offers free, confidential support to people living with cancer and their loved ones. If an individual needs to talk, the team are there to listen.
Contact: 0808 808 00 00
Opening times: Monday to Sunday, 8am to 8pm.
The service provides people living with cancer the opportunity to talk with people who understand what they're going through, on a weekly basis.
Individuals can talk to a volunteer about how they're feeling and support can be provided during difficult times. Macmillan Buddies can also let individuals know about other offers of support to ensure they don't face cancer alone.
The service is free of charge.
To learn more or sign up, click here.
The Help Overcoming Problems Effectively (HOPE) Programme is a self-management course delivered by Hope For the Community, and is based on an online platform. The content of the HOPE programme has been co-designed alongside people living with cancer, and is based on positive psychology mindfulness and cognitive behavioural therapy. It is built on 25 years of research evidence at Coventry university.
The programme aims to support people living with to develop skills and confidence in managing their health, work, home life and more following a cancer diagnosis.
The course can be completed by an individual themselves or online with a facilitator.
To learn more or sign up, click here.
The online community forum has over 90,000 members, providing a safe place to talk about your concerns and worries whether you have been diagnosed with cancer or if you care for someone with a diagnosis.
Support is available 24 hours a day.
To learn more, click here.