Thursday Girls

02/01/2026

As we move into 2026, we would like to share a series of videos featuring some of our members.

Living with an incurable form of cancer presents many challenges, both emotionally and physically. Our free, weekly, therapeutic support groups help our members learn to live with advanced breast cancer through building a safe space to share their thoughts and feelings.

If you know someone who has recently been diagnosed please let them know we are here.

Thanks to for creating these important videos and to our members for sharing their thoughts so honestly

27/12/2025

Thursday Girls Group has received support from Phil Taylor’s Pressroom Philanthropy for a few years now.

Helping us initially by printing brochures, our relationship has grown to include much more collaborative support, including creating special videos, printing cards, bookmarks, while also giving financial support. This has really made a huge difference to the way we present ourselves, share information about what we do and reach more people impacted by advanced breast cancer.

This year, Pressroom Philanthropy generously provided tickets for our staff and volunteers to John Foreman’s Australian Pops Orchestra shows over the Christmas and New Year period. It was such a lovely gesture, much appreciated by those who work hard all year around to ensure our members, who have advanced Breast Cancer, get the support they need through our weekly therapeutic support groups.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Phil Taylor and the team at Pressroom for all they do for us. And also to thank our volunteers and staff who do more than you could imagine.

And what a fantastic night tonight! I can recommend you get along to some of the remaining shows if they are not sold out!

20/12/2025

Thursday was our last gathering for 2025, our End of Year lunch. It was a fantastic turnout, with one member travelling nearly 100km to join us. It was also a chance to say thank you to Marg Haywood, our facilitator retiring from Thursday Girls after 9 years and many members finally met Michelle, who has been our partners group facilitator this year and now taking on the afternoon zoom group.

Change is always challenging but we have been working had to make it as smooth as possible, and Michelle is very much looking forward to 2026, when we hope to grow a city-based group. This will make it easier for members from the city north and west to join us in person and even the odd regional and rural member who might be in the city for treatment.

It was also great for our members to meet Anna, who is behind the scenes helping organise so many things to support our facilitators, members and the board.

We’d like to thank all our members in attendance, along with those not pictured or who couldn’t make it for contributing to our groups. They are why we are here, and what makes the groups so valuable.

12/12/2025

These sentiments are so familiar for our members. If you live in Queensland and know someone with advanced breast cancer, or facing it yourself - be sure to reach out to Advanced Breast Cancer Group for support.

We know that it’s so important to connect with other people faced with the same diagnosis.

Living with metastatic breast cancer, there are things you think that you’d never say out loud.

Dark thoughts. Sharp questions.

Moments that feel too heavy, too strange, too raw to share with the people around you.

But when you bring them into the group, you often find someone else has thought the same thing.

And in that moment, something lifts.

You’re not the only one.

You’re not broken for thinking it.

You’re not bad or ungrateful or weak.

You’re just human, and living through something incredibly hard.

That’s what makes group support different.

It brings hidden feelings into the light, where they can be seen, shared, and understood.

To learn more, visit:

https://www.abcg.org.au

09/12/2025

If you are feeling hungry, head into Grill’d Burwood where you can vote for Thursday Girls using a token in the Local Matters jar.

Thursday Girls was approached by Kai, the store manager to participate in December. It’s a great way to build our profile, raising awareness in the local community.

We are hoping to reach more women, along with their family and friends, who have been diagnosed with Metastatic Breast Cancer and are looking for free therapeutic support via our weekly group sessions.

So head on over and support both us and Grill’D with your purchase!

PS there’s a 24 hour Kmart next door for all your last minute shopping needs

Located at 172 Burwood Highway, Burwood East.

09/12/2025

Here’s our new office in the Queen Vic Women’s Centre.

This is where we held our annual planning day on Sunday, and were very pleased to have some of our newer members, board members, facilitators and volunteers represented.

It was very productive and we have given ourselves a lot of work to do next year.

If you have been waiting for the right time to get more involved, please reach out via our email: contact@thursdaygirls.org.

We have some big plans around running information days for carers, family and friends of those diagnosed with Metastatic Breast Cancer, along with strengthening our relationships with complementary and referring organisations.

Of course, there are a number of fundraising initiatives in the works, so we’d love to have some extra hands on deck.

We do have a couple of Board opportunities available as well - so you can see wha goes on behind the curtain and make a real difference to our members.

It’s a busy time of year, so enjoy all the festivities and reach out when you are ready!

05/12/2025

Banking with Community Bank Inner East means giving back! Their profit-sharing model directly supports groups/clubs/organisations like ours.

Big thanks to Community Bank Inner East for your ongoing sponsorship. 🩷🙏

Call for a 5-minute health check on your home loan, mention Thursday Girls and help us retain this important strategic partnership.

02/12/2025

Last week we visited Bendigo to attend the final Counterpart Cancer Wellbeing Day for 2025. We met a few women who could benefit from our services, especially important to those in rural and regional Victoria and we were also lucky enough to join in some activities designed to calm your mind, keep your body active and provide valuable information - things which can benefit all of us.

A particular highlight was seeing the work of Tess Devere referenced in a discussion about intimacy. Tess was a member who died earlier this year, so it bittersweet to see their name up in lights.

We would like to take a moment to thank Counterpart for allowing us to attend these days across the year and the state of Victoria, connect with local health providers and share what we do with members of the rural and regional communities.

02/12/2025

Last week we visited Bendigo to attend the final Counterpart Cancer Wellbeing Day. We met a few women who could benefit from our services, especially important to those in rural and regional Victoria.

We would like to take a moment to thank Counterpart for allowing us to attend these days, connect with local health providers and share what we do with members of the rural and regional communities.

And that’s a wrap! It was a pleasure to host our final Regional Wellbeing Day of 2025 in Bendigo last week. We are deeply grateful to our partner Bendigo Health for helping make this event possible.

We sincerely appreciate everyone who attended, your presence at this event shows real commitment to wellbeing and community connection.

We are thankful for the organisations who joined us and shared valuable resources: NeuroEndocrine Cancer Australia, Mending Casts Inc, Look Good Feel Better - Australia (LGFB), Leukaemia Foundation and Thursday Girls.

We are appreciative of the local MPs who joined us: Gaelle Broad MP and Hon Maree Edwards MP.

A heartfelt thank you to our presenters for their informative and supportive sessions:
• Lara Likos: Gentle movement session that encouraged relaxation and connection with the body
• Krista Phillips: Cancer, Context and Connection — a thoughtful conversation about revisiting sexual wellbeing
• Fionna McColl: Mindful activity that offered calm and grounding practices

And special mention to our volunteer, Jenny F who generously gave her time and energy to support the day and represent Counterpart.

Together, we celebrated community, shared knowledge, and created space for wellbeing. Bendigo, thank you for showing up and closing out 2025 with such warmth and energy.

We look forward to hosting more regional wellbeing days in 2026, kicking things off with Geelong in February, more information to come.

30/11/2025

This November, our hearts turn to three cherished members whose memories continue to guide and strengthen us.

We remember Linda (2019), Jill (2023) and Miriam who died earlier this month.

As we reflect this November, we celebrate the love, laughter and connection these wonderful women shared with us. Their memories remain alive in our stories, our friendships and the way we continue to come together as a group.

Always remembered, always loved. 🩷🩷🩷

26/11/2025

Last night was the Caulfield Volunteer Awards for 2025.

It was a great honour to be acknowledged as the winner of the Community Category with thanks to Local Heroes and .

It was a great chance to share the work of Thursday Girls with a new audience, and I hope it results in some more women finding us, so they don’t have to go through advanced breast cancer alone.

The video was made at Victorian Tennis Academy, a local Caulfield business who I have worked on fundraisers with in the past for Breast Cancer, and who have in turn donated prizes to Thursday Girls. Just in case you’re wondering why we’re playing tennis 😆

I did notice that the majority of volunteers were at the older end of the scale, so I wanted to encourage people of all ages to ask your favourite charity how you can help. It may not be us, but if it is, please email contact@thursdaygirls.org.

This award inspires me to keep giving back to the community we share.

18/11/2025

Exciting news! Thursday Girls Group now has a home. We just commenced moving into the historic Queen Vic Women’s Centre in Lonsdale St, part of the QV complex.

This is a major move for us - we have never had a place to call our own, working out of our homes and meeting in cafes for years.

Our in person group will continue to meet at Box Hill Golf Club thanks to the generousity of the team there. However in the future, it gives us an opportunity to hold an additional group in a central location, making it more accessible for those in the Western and Southern parts of Melbourne.

Keep an eye out for details of an opening once we have completed our move.

We are still a part time run organisation, so will not be on site every day, however if you are one of our rural and regional members - give us some notice when you are coming into town and we would love to come and meet you.

We are so excited to be at the QVWC surrounded by other wonderful organisations providing critical women’s services. Thanks to CEO Keryn Negri and the team at QVWC for making us feel so welcome already.

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