The Hastings and Rother Cancer Support Network

Our role in the project

The network holds quarterly meetings with an agreed agenda. The H&RCSN aims to:

• Improve joint working, integration, and shared learning
• Improve pathways to care and support activities
• Increase awareness and ease of access in areas of high need
• Reduce inequities in support, care, and access, particularly amongst those in underserved areas, men, and those from marginalised groups who are less likely to take up services.

Participants of the network have worked together to produce a list of services and groups that support people living with and affected by cancer.

Who we’re working with

Participant organisations include:

• Pink Ladies
• Active Hastings
• Active Rother
• Age UK East Sussex
• BHT Sussex
• Care for the Carers
• Children with Cancer Fund
• East Sussex County Council
• East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (ESHT)
• Friends Altogether in Rother (FAIR)
• Hastings Heart
• Look Good Feel Better
• Macmillan Cancer Support
• NHS Integrated Care Board
• Nurture in Nature
• Prostate Cancer Support Organisation (PcaSO)
• Rye Hospital
• Sara Lee Trust
• Sussex Cancer Fund, St Michael’s Hospice
• The Hill Surgery
• The Oliver Curd Trust
• Willow Tree
• WOLO Foundation

Our approach

We are using the network as a platform to build trust, develop a collaborative mindset and create a shared vision and purpose.