Carer support groups

Online carer support groups

We understand that caring for a person living with an upper gastrointestinal (GI) cancer can have a profound impact on your wellbeing. Our Pancare Support Carer Support Groups provides an opportunity to interact with people who share similar experiences with you.

Held online on the last Thursday of each month.

2025 meeting schedule:

• Wednesday 23rd July
• Thursday 28th August
• Thursday 25th September
• Thursday 23rd October
• Thursday 27th November

Click here to register your interest.

Online specialist presenter led support groups

Once a month we hold a combined patient and carer online support group featuring a specialist presenter who will discuss a specific, relevant topic, such as survivorship, diet and nutrition and managing side effects of treatment. These sessions are suitable for patients and their loved ones just diagnosed, going through, or post treatment for pancreatic, liver, stomach, biliary or oesophageal cancers.

Held online on the third Thursday of each month from 11am – 12:30pm (AEDT).

2025 meeting schedule:

• Thursday 17th July
• Thursday 21st August
• Thursday 18th September
• Thursday 16th October
• Thursday 20th November

Click here to register your interest.

Online grief, life and loss support group

Our monthly peer to peer online support group provides a supportive forum for people who have lost a loved one from an upper gastrointestinal cancer. This group also provides a safe and confidential space for people to share experiences of loss and to give and receive support from one another. The group will be facilitated by our PanSupport Emotional Wellbeing Counsellors, Mira and Joanna who will assist in navigating topics such as:

• experiences of loss
• strategies for living with grief
• changes in roles, responsibilities, relationships & sense of identity
• practical changes in daily life after loss
• looking ahead.

Held online on the second Thursday of each month from 11am – 12:30pm (AEDT).

2025 meeting schedule:

• Thursday 12th June
• Thursday 10th July
• Thursday 14th August
• Thursday 11th September
• Thursday 9th October
• Thursday 13th November

Click here to register your interest.

Cancer Council telephone support groups

The Pancreatic Cancer Telephone Support Group, run by Cancer Council New South Wales, is a free, professional facilitated support group, you can access from the comfort of your home or workplace, wherever you are in Australia. They are open groups and you can join in whenever you feel well enough, on an ongoing basis.

How does it work? Members are telephoned by Cancer Council so there are no costs to participate. You can be called on a landline or a mobile.

To find out more, call Cancer Council NSW national referral line on 1300 755 632 or email tsg@nswcc.org.au

• The Pancreatic TSG meets the first and third Wednesdays of the month from 1.30pm – 2.30pm (EST) and accepts new members at any time.
• The Advanced Cancer TSG meets the first and third Tuesday of the month from 1.30pm – 2.30pm (EST) and is for people with a variety of cancers, including pancreatic cancer.
• The Carers’ TSG meets the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month from 1.30pm – 2.30pm (EST) and is for people caring for someone with any cancer, including pancreatic cancer.
• The Life After Loss TSG for people whose loved one has died from a cancer-related illness. This is ‘closed’ six-session format, running weekly held across specific dates TBC.
• The Telephone Support Group program is offered by Cancer Council NSW in conjunction with Cancer Council Victoria.