Carefree Annual Short Breaks for all Carers
7 July 2026
Time and space to look after your wellbeing. With Carefree, full-time unpaid carers can take an annual short break in
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Gastric Cancer Patients – Tell your Story
3 July 2026
We have been invited to attend a meeting in London with a company that is keen to learn more about
Emma Gray – Support Meeting Video
2 July 2026
At our most recent London meeting on 19th June 2026, we were joined by guest speaker Emma Gray – a
Skiing fanatic John urges people with persistent issues to get checked!
2 March 2026
A skiing enthusiast who lost part of his stomach and oesophagus to cancer is urging others with persistent heartburn or
OPA 40th Year Anniversary
9 December 2025
What an incredible afternoon celebrating 40 years of the OPA Cancer Charity at the Midland Suite, Macdonald Burlington Hotel —
OPA Online Shop
4 March 2019
We produce many thousands of our booklets as a valuable reference to patients, carers and their families…
All about Oesophageal Stents
29 January 2019
What are oesophageal stents? – The oesophagus or gullet is a hollow muscular tube…
Easy Fundraising is Shopping Online!
29 January 2019
A great way to raise funds for us – and one of the easiest ways – is to shop online. You can shop from almost 3,000 retailers…
Important message to our Fundraisers – My Donate is closing down
22 January 2019
We wanted to let you know that MyDonate is closing on 30 June 2019…
Exploring patient perception of Quality of Surgery in Clinical trials – Focus Group
7 January 2019
You are being invited to take part in a research study. Before you decide whether or not to take part it is important for you…
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