Reach to Recovery is a support programme for
women who have had, or are about to have treatment for breast
cancer. The programme operates by encouraging and fostering
personal contact between the patient and a Reach to Recovery
volunteer. Reach to Recovery has over 70 volunteers countrywide.
All volunteers are women, who themselves have been successfully
treated for breast cancer. They have been carefully trained
to provide advice and reassurance.
Specifically Reach to Recovery’s aims are to:
Help women come to terms
with their diagnosis of breast cancer
Discuss the feelings and anxieties
that may be experienced by women who are told they have to
have surgery or chemotherapy / radiotherapy for their breast
cancer
Provide support and advice to women
following their treatment
If you feel this would be helpful and would like to be put in
touch with a volunteer, contact the National Cancer Freefone
Helpline on 1800 200 700.
Reach to Recovery is a support programme for
women who have had, or are about to have treatment for breast
cancer. The programme operates by encouraging and fostering
personal contact between the patient and a Reach to Recovery
volunteer. Reach to Recovery has over 70 volunteers countrywide.
All volunteers are women, who themselves have been successfully
treated for breast cancer. They have been carefully trained
to provide advice and reassurance. 
