Funding News

Training for one of the Helen Rollason Cancer Charity’s therapists, Geoff Bowen, is being funded by the Nancy Salmon Trust. Geoff, who works as a reflexologist at the charity’s cancer support centres in Springfield and Broomfield in Essex, will be receiving training as a manual lymph drainage therapist.

The trust was established in memory of Dr. Nancy Salmon, a GP from Essex, who suffered from lymphoedema following a mastectomy. Nancy’s lymphoedema was relieved by a massage and bandaging technique known as manual lymph drainage (MLD) but she was sad to find there weren’t enough practitioners to meet the needs of all who could benefit. Her dream was to establish a centre where people living with cancer could access MLD and alternative therapies including reflexology. The trust offers funds for training in MLD to NHS and hospice employees because of Nancy’s dream.

More detail of the trust can be found at www.salmon64.com

The Helen Rollason Cancer Charity would like to thank The Nancy Salmon Trust for its kind funding of one of its practitioners to become a qualified manual lymphatic drainage therapist.