Volunteers are the heart of Counterpart What better time to reflect on the importance of our volunteers than National Volunteer Week, which starts today? We are lucky enough to benefit from volunteer assistance in a range of w...
What's new in May, with links to support, information and other items of interest. Survey: How many women experience long-term side-effects after cancer and cancer treatment? Melanoma Patients Australia and Melanoma Instit...
What's new in April, with links to support, information and other items of interest. April is Oesophageal Cancer Awareness Month Inquiry into Women's Pain World Cancer Rehab Week: 15–21 April Ovarian Cancer Austral...
Lymphoedema: what you need to know March is Lymphoedema Awareness Month, so we are sharing information for people who have had treatment for cancer and may be at risk of developing this condition. What is lymphoedema? Ly...
What's new in March, with links to support, information and other items of interest. March is Lymphoedema Awareness Month New cancer story published Help develop a resource for gynaecological cancer nurses Advance Ca...
Every February, Counterpart joins others in acknowledging Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. We support the important work others are doing to educate women about ovarian cancer. We also use this time to talk about the support and i...
Judy Sammut OAM is an exercise instructor with a lived experience of breast cancer. She is tireless advocate for exercise after cancer, and volunteered for Counterpart for nearly 20 years. In 2013, she was awarded with our inaugr...
June is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month. Bowel cancer (also called colorectal cancer) is cancer of a lower part of the bowel – the colon or the rectum. Bowel cancer is the second-most common cancer in Victorian ...