We are extremely grateful to our major supporter, health charity Walk the Walk, whose support enables us help many thousands of people with cancer and their families.
Penny Brohn Cancer Care (formerly Bristol Cancer Help Centre) provides complementary care to people with cancer, and their loved ones. We offer practical tools to improve quality of life and help to take the fear out of cancer.
The Charity was founded in 1980 by Penny Brohn, a woman living with cancer, and her great friend Pat Pilkington to offer support to people living with cancer.
The late Penny Brohn was in her early thirties, and married with three small children when her cancer was diagnosed. Penny travelled the world in search of the care she wanted - an immunotherapy clinic in Germany helped to treat the tumour, but she realised that this was not enough. Penny’s friend Pat Pilkington flew out from Bristol to join her at the clinic, and remembers Penny telling her that she - and others in her situation - needed not only medical treatment but also "care for the mind, the spirit, the emotions, the heart and the soul."
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The two women decided to develop the support system Penny herself had needed so desperately, and to do it all under one roof - Penny Brohn Cancer Care was born. The Charity started in the home of Pat and her husband Canon Pilkington. Following growing interest, including a BBC TV documentary series: "The Gentle Way With Cancer", the charity expanded and moved in 1983 to Grove House in Clifton, Bristol which was opened by HRH The Prince of Wales, who also became the Charity's active Patron in 1997.
Penny Brohn died in 1999 after living with cancer for twenty years, her legacy has provided invaluable support and care to many thousands. Pat Pilkington was awarded an MBE in recognition of her work in 2003.
In 2006, the Charity changed its name to help with national and international awareness, and to celebrate and remember Penny. Penny Brohn Cancer Care continues to spread the word about the Bristol Approach and now offers expanded services and facilities at the Charity’s new purpose-built premises in Pill on the outskirts of Bristol.
In November 2006 Penny Brohn Cancer Care formed an alliance with CancerPartnersUK to establish ten new care centres for people with cancer. Find out more...
Penny Brohn Cancer Care continues to be extremely influential in changing the face of cancer care throughout the UK.
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