Action Cancer

Supervalu/Centra - Portglenone
2025-07-03 09:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Dublin)

Supervalu - Newcastle
2025-07-02 09:00 - 15:30

The annual Trolan Family Golf Classic
2025-06-26
The annual Trolan Family Golf Classic event is taking place on Thursday 26th June 2025 at Portstewart Golf Club. As always the Action Cancer Big Bus will be in attendance. This golf event has been taking place since 2006 with the support of local man Patsy, wife Mary and their children. The event has grown in popularity each year and has raised a superb £281,000 to date.

This year and with over 50 fourballs taking part, the Trolan family hope it hit the £300,000 total – an outstanding amount of money. Huge thanks to everyone who makes this event the success it is. For more info email mjones@actioncancer.org

Host a Builders' Tea This Summer
2025-06-01 08:00 - 2025-09-01 17:00
We are excited to announce that Action Cancer is partnering with Hagan Homes to run our Builders’ Tea campaign from June – September!

The campaign helps us to educate local companies in the construction industry about the importance of skin cancer awareness as well as raising funds for Action Cancer’s Award-Winning Skin Cancer Detection Service.
In Northern Ireland, Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer is the most common form of cancer. This type of skin cancer commonly occurs in outdoor workers such as those from the construction/farming industries. Through our detection service, we provide early screening and diagnosis to identify potential skin cancer cases, ensuring that individuals receive the necessary treatment at the earliest stages.

For more information on our Skin Cancer Detection Service click here

Download our Info Pack here

To register to take part please complete the form below.

Action Cancer Abseil
2025-05-18 - 2025-05-19
This event sees participants throw caution to the wind and abseil down the iconic Europa Hotel in Belfast on Sunday 18th May.
All funds raised go towards the provision of Action Cancer’s prevention, detection and support services which are available to anyone affected by cancer in Northern Ireland.
Keep reading to find out everything you need to know about fundraising and getting ready for the big descent!
KEY INFO
Date: 18/05/25
@ Europa Hotel
Reg: £35
Sponsorship: £100
You’re in safe hands…
You don’t have to be an experienced climber or even have a head for heights. BAC expert team will keep you safe while you have the thrill of a lifetime abseiling down the iconic Europa Hotel in the heart of Belfast. You will get all the equipment and training you need and plenty of encouragement from the instructors and your family and friends below.
For more info please contact Mark at mjones@actioncancer.org . If you would like to register please fill out the form below and we will send you all the relevant info you need for the event.

Menopause after Cancer – Supporting your Health and Wellbeing
2025-05-14 17:30 - 21:00
For women dealing with menopause following treatment for cancer
Wed 14 May, The Majestic, Belfast, 5.30pm pm to 9pm
The workshop will be led by Dr Gwyneth Hinds & Action Cancer Therapeutic Services team.
Understand how to manage menopausal symptoms, reduce side effects of treatment and improve long term survival.
Learn about the range of Therapeutic Supports available from Action Cancer including tips on Acupressure and Yoga for the self-management of symptoms at home.
Complete the form below to register.

Centra Newry (Greenbank)
2025-05-10 09:00 - 15:30

50 Miles in May Challenge 2025
2025-05-01 08:00 - 2025-06-30 23:00
Challenge yourself to completing 50 miles throughout the month of May and do it your way!
This fundraiser encourages you to cover 50 miles over the 31 days in May – that’s an average of 3,406 steps or 1.6 miles a day.
This is a challenge for ALL abilities!
If you are looking to for a way to introduce an exercise routine into your day, this is the perfect place to start the journey to a healthier you.
If you are already quite physically active, then this is an opportunity to push yourself that little bit further by adding an ADDITIONAL 50 miles to your exercise routine in May. e.g. If you already run 5 miles on a Sunday, push yourself to 6.6 miles instead; if your daily steps target is 10K per a day then why not challenge yourself to 13,400?
Every mile you clock, every step you take you will be helping Action Cancer to support local people, and their families, affected by a cancer diagnosis and it will also allow you to look after your own health and well-being at the same time.
Once you have registered we will send out your very own Action Cancer t-shirt and fundraising pack.

We have created a Just Giving online donations page which can be linked to your social media pages – just click below
50 Miles in May Justgiving Page
So what are you waiting for? Run it – Walk it – Bike it – Swim it … DO IT!
If you need any other information please email mirwin-watson@actioncancer.org or call Mark on 07580133752.

Run for a Reason in 2025
2025-05-01 - 2025-12-31
Whether you are you a competitive athlete or someone who is thinking about taking on their first road race, have you ever considered RUNNING FOR A REASON and picking up the baton for Action Cancer?
Running on behalf of Action Cancer will bring with it a whole host of personal benefits from that sense of achievement through completing it or beating you personal best. But ultimately, running for Action Cancer helps to raise vital funds that will enable us to continue providing our cancer support services. Not only that, knowing you are running for a good cause could just be the motivation that will help with training and may provide you with that necessary boost to push you across the finish line!
Ahead of your chosen race Action Cancer will provide you with a T-shirt and fundraising pack with all the necessary fundraising materials, such as sponsor forms and collection boxes. The fundraising team will also help to set up online fundraising pages that you can then share via social media.
For more information fill out the form below or call Mark Irwin-Watson on 028 9080 3344 or email
mirwin-watson@actioncancer.org.

The Great Big Bucket Collection 2025
2025-05-01 - 2026-05-01
The Great Big Bucket Collection!
We are calling on our supporters to ask if you could help us with our Great Big Bucket Collection which will be taking place across the country.
All we need is a couple of hours of your time to help shake our buckets and raise stacks of cash for Action Cancer’s local detection and support services.
Will you and any family, friends or work colleagues volunteer a couple of hours and help make this event a ‘Great Big’ success?
The services that Action Cancer provides are unique and free to the user but the charity does not receive regular government funding which is why ‘The Great Big Bucket Collection’ is hugely important way to raise vital funds.
Register your details below and lets make GREAT BIG success.

SuperValu Newtownbutler
2025-04-17 09:00 - 15:30

Centra Lisburn - White Mountain
2025-04-02 09:00 - 15:30

Mother's Day Walk - Lurgan Park
2025-03-29 11:00 - 14:30
Walk with her…Walk to remember her.
The Action Cancer Mother’s Day Walk is a fundraising event co-ordinated by the Lurgan Action Cancer Community Group. The walk will take place within the beautiful surrounds of Lurgan Park on Saturday 29th March and is a both an uplifting and tranquil experience. This is also a dog friendly walk so we encourage you to bring all members of your family.
Registration: £10 per adult (children under 16 free)
The walk begins at 12pm and will start (and end) at bowling Pavilion by the tennis courts but you can register on the day from 11.00am.
Once back all participants will receive a medal and a well deserved cuppa tea and cake!
All monies raised will go towards helping Action Cancer continue to offer its many services some of which take place locally through visits from Big Bus visits to Lurgan and the surrounding area and the complementary therapy services for children and adults affected by cancer that take place in Zion House in the town.
If you are a whizz on the ‘socials’ click below to access the Mother’s Day Walk JustGiving page which you can forward to family, friends and colleagues.
Action Cancer Lurgan Mother’s Day Walk 2025 – JustGiving

Supporting the Walk once again is Eleanor Hamilton, mum, sister, daughter; “I took part in the Mother’s Day Walk last year and it was a really uplifting experience. Mother’s Day can be a time of dread and sadness but I want it to be a time for remembrance, for celebrating the extraordinary women who were a very important part of my life. My niece and nephew also took part so that made it a real family affair as we don’t always have the opportunity to get together as we all live in different places. Even just being in the park which has been the backdrop to so many family gatherings brought so many precious memories flooding back. It really was a morning of reflection and joy plus the tea and cake wasn’t too bad either!”.

If you require more information call Mark Irwin-Watson on 07580 133752 or email events@actioncancer.org
PLEASE NOTE: Online registration will end at 5pm on 27th March.
Register below and we will send out your fundraising pack!

Breast Friends
2025-03-08 - 2026-03-08
The Breast Friends fundraising campaign seeks to raise £30,000 a year towards our life-saving breast screening service.
It costs us £120 to deliver a free breast screening to a local woman either at Action Cancer House or on board the Big Bus. We screen approximately 7,500 women a year for breast cancer. As our breast screening service receives no government funding, we heavily rely on the generosity of local people to keep this service going.
Have you had a breast screening with us or know someone affected by breast cancer? Then it’s time to get the girls together for a Breast Friends fundraiser and make a real difference to local women in your community!
Organise a catch up with your Breast Friends and raise much needed funds and awareness at the same time. You could hold a coffee morning, paint and sip event, pamper day or ladies’ night at home, in your local salon, gym or anywhere of your choosing!
You can hold your fundraising event at any time of the year. Some supporters, however, choose to align with Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October) or International Women’s Day which is Sunday 8th March 2026.
Jacqueline Rooney, a 47-year-old mum of two, Artist and Action Cancer Ambassador, added:
“I believe Action Cancer saved my life through early breast cancer detection. As the face of the Breast Friends campaign, I will be using my platform as an Artist and Content Creator on social media to encourage as many women as possible to get behind this wonderful charity and host a pink event. This could be a paint-and-sip event, coffee morning or Girls’ Night In. Take time out of your busy schedule and use this as a great excuse to get the girls together for an overdue catch-up. Through your Breast Friends event, funds raised could make all the difference in saving the life of a local woman in your community.”

Fill out the form below to express your interest and for a fundraising pack.
Alternatively, call or text Lisa McClenaghan on 07825 266951 to have a chat or email breastfriends@actioncancer.org
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Understanding and coping with grief
2025-02-21 10:00 - 12:00
This group talk will focus on: how grief can affect you emotionally, physically, socially and provide a range of strategies to help you cope with your grief and move forward with life.
Date: Friday 21 January 2025, 10:00-12:00, Action Cancer House, 20 Windsor Ave, Belfast
(numbers limited to 25 participants)
Click get tickets button below to register for the event.

Centra Carrickfergus (Prince Andrew Way)
2025-02-21 09:00 - 15:30

NI Agri-Rural Health Forum
2025-02-20 09:00 - 15:30

Centra - Draperstown
2025-02-18 09:00 - 15:30

SuperValu Ballymoney
2025-02-12 09:00 - 15:30

South West College - Dungannon Campus
2025-01-29 09:00 - 15:30

Gordons Chemist - Bangor
2025-01-28 09:00 - 15:30

Positive Living Programme - Belfast
2025-01-18 09:00 - 2025-01-19 17:00
It will be held in Belfast on 18th and 19th of January 2025.
This unique programme has been running regionally for 10 years. It will provide insights and strategies to help you reflect, refocus, rebuild, re-energise and move your life forward following a cancer diagnosis. It is available to those diagnosed as well as their friends, family and carers, at any stage of the cancer journey.
If you are interested in joining the next programme, please call Mary on 07813 044178

Centra Omagh Brookmount
2024-12-18 09:00 - 15:30

Randalstown Arches Association
2024-12-11 09:00 - 15:30

SuperValu Downpatrick
2024-12-06 09:00 - 15:30

Centra Dunman (Cookstown)
2024-12-03 09:00 - 15:30

Bellanaleck GFC
2024-11-21 09:00 - 15:30

Self-Care Strategies for Managing Surgical Scars
2024-11-20 11:00 - 12:00
This session will help you understand scars, symptoms, healing process and strategies for self-management of your scar. It is aimed at anyone who has had surgery as a result of a cancer diagnosis.
To register please complete the following information (you will receive the zoom link via email – if you do not receive it please check your junk emails).

Atticall Community Centre
2024-11-16 09:00 - 15:30

Dalai Lama Trek 2024
2024-11-14 08:00 - 2024-11-25 17:00
Join us as we explore India trekking through the foothills of the Himalaya’s.
Our 5 day trek takes us through rhododendron forests, passing through Hindu settlements and Buddhist Monasteries.
To end our amazing challenge, we have some free time to explore the incomparable Taj Mahal – one of the world’s greatest monuments
to love ever built and one of the new Seven Wonders of the World!
Challenge Highlights

Explore the spiritual home of the Dalai Lama
Experience the friendly culture and the amazing scenery of the Indian Himalaya
Trek through breath-taking mountain ranges
Visit the Taj Mahal – a new Wonder of the World

Action Cancer
Action Cancer have been delivering their life-saving and support services for over 50 years to the people of Northern Ireland and it is you, our trekkers. walkers, runners, and fundraising hero’s that allow us to continue this work.
People like you who dare to embrace the challenge of fundraising for the reward of authentic adventure and friends for life.
People like you who ensure our services can continue to help save and support those affected by cancer in Northern Ireland.
India is calling, we are ready, are you…

Date: 14th – 25th November 2024
Registration: £200
Minimum Sponsorship: £3,750

For more information complete the form below or if you would like to register you can do so at the below link
https://www.globaladventurechallenges.com/b?id=1700&d=IDLT14112024AC&r=2&charity=1362

For more information complete the form below.
