Cheltenham

It seems KASW (Cheltenham) got off to a good start on Saturday 11th September with a well-attended meeting! We were asked by Maggie’s to limit our attendance to 12, including KA Volunteers, but as it happened we were 15 in the end, which worked out fine. It was great to be back in action after…

Our Cheltenham Chair Jacky Robertson, recently visited another local WI meeting to talk about her experiences of having breast reconstruction and to highlight the work Keeping Abreast does. Oxstalls WI in Gloucester, listened to Jacky highlight a bit about her background, diagnosis and the journey she has been on since that time, both personally and…

A message from the Chair ” Thank you to all the ladies who came along to our most recent support group. Despite the difficulties it was great to see 18 of you (4 of which that were new) and we hope that the impromptu Q&A session was useful to you and hope to see you…

Our south west groups have had a busy couple of months so our Cheltenham group hosted a pamper evening as an end of year treat to their members.  Representatives from Look Good Feel Better offered advice on make up and a local nail technician gave guests a complimentary nail polish.

Jacky, from out Cheltenham group attended the Macmillan Share,Learn,Meet conference which was brilliant for networking  in the local area of Cheltenham & Gloucester.  There were businesses & Support groups & the ideas on how can we reach a wider public, share information & help each other.  What a great day! #collaboration

Jacky from Keeping Abreast Cheltenham spoke at her local WI meeting in Coaley.  Thanks to Jacky for speaking about her journey and answering all the questions and thank to all those from the WI who attended.  Thank you so much to all those who gave a donation to the charity too.

Cheltenham Group find another use for the Keeping Abreast penny pots!  If you want to have a penny or pen pot please contact us!  Either pop in your odd change in to an empty pot or take out a pen and pop in a pound! Thanks to all those supporting the Cheltenham group with penny…