Active Against Cancer

16/12/2025

Suzy Walker, Lead Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist for the lung team, explains why patients' reactions when they are first told about the programme can be as varied as the patients themselves.

Reactions can depend on the patient's age, level of fitness and whether they've ever engaged with a structured fitness programme before.

Suzy and her team explain the mental and physical health benefits for every patient and emphasise the important role exercise can play in post-treatment recovery.

https://activeagainstcancer.nhs.uk/what-to-expect/

14/12/2025

💭 Many of our patients say that being part of - our free NHS service - helps them feel less alone as they progress through their cancer treatment.

Click on the 'what our patients think' page for video testimonials with first-hand accounts of using our service.

https://activeagainstcancer.nhs.uk/what-to-expect/what-our-patients-think/

10/12/2025

Whilst undergoing cancer treatment can be a long and arduous process, our patients share the small moments they cherish which highlight the progress they have made.

For Joan, her proudest moment came during her second assessment by Steve Henwood, our Lead Physical Trainer for Oncology.

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06/12/2025

🚶🏻‍♂️ "I feel a lot healthier."

We asked David about any gains he has felt since joining the free NHS service and he mentioned both physical and emotional benefits.

If you're a patient diagnosed with cancer in the Harrogate & District NHS Trust, read more about self-referring to our service.

https://activeagainstcancer.nhs.uk/

05/12/2025

This we'd like to thank everyone who volunteers to support the work of . Our lovely team of volunteers includes:

⭐️ Peter and Amanda who support our exercise classes.
⭐️ Kendall who makes our garden look so fabulous.
⭐️ Sylvia and Lindsey for their unwavering dedication to raising funds through Friends of Active Against Cancer.

04/12/2025

💝 Thanks to Emergy Fitness & Wellbeing for her kind words, as well as to all our clients for your lovely comments on her post.

Here's to continuing building and nurturing the community in 2026.

NHS Active Against Cancer Team Meeting! I love working with all these amazing & wonderful people on this specialist dream team! They (Team AAC) really are simply the BEST Team ever on every level - professional standards, values, respect, kindness & care 💙

02/12/2025

We'd like to send huge congratulations to the team behind last weekend's Nidderdale Messiah, which was a resounding success.

Months of behind-the-scenes work by the committee, soloists, and conductor, Anthony Gray, went into making the 20th-anniversary event such a memorable evening. Here are the soloists enjoying a short interval in the performance.

Looking forward to 20 more years of the !

https://www.nidderdalemessiah.org.uk/

27/11/2025

💫 "We value their input in terms of prehabilitation."

We asked Suzy Walker, Lead Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist for the lung team why the specialist nursing team refer patients to .

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25/11/2025

💕 'It's going to make your quality of life much, much better'.

If you're recently received a cancer diagnosis, listen to Steve Henwood - Lead Physical Trainer for Oncology here at - explain the importance of prehabilitation classes to prepare you for surgery or treatment.

https://activeagainstcancer.nhs.uk/classes/pre-active-class/

23/11/2025

💭 If you're thinking about registering for our free NHS service, we're sure you'd like to hear what our current patients think about , from their initial concerns, their thoughts on the early exercise sessions and how the service has benefitted their recovery.

Head to the new 'What Our Patients Think' page on our website to view all the videos.

https://activeagainstcancer.nhs.uk/what-to-expect/what-our-patients-think/

20/11/2025

⭐️ 'You do feel it is part of a joined-up system'.

Like many of our patients, Richard took comfort in the fact that is an NHS service, meaning that our cancer-specialist staff communicate with your clinical team to ensure you receive the most appropriate care in a timely manner.

Read more about us...

https://activeagainstcancer.nhs.uk/about-us/