We are involved in a UK-wide partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support which is helping to improve the support available to those living with cancer in farming communities and rural areas.
As part of this partnership FCN is working closely with Macmillan Cancer Support, including raising awareness in rural communities of the signs and symptoms of cancer and building referral bridges to and from Macmillan’s services.
Farmers, farm workers and people living and working in rural communities can have lower access to cancer services and support due to the nature of their work and rural life in often isolated areas. With migrant workers, a huge part of our agri-food sector and other rural industries in the UK, facing additional challenges in accessing the right care and support.
Through this platform, as the national manager for the project here in NI, I would like to reach our migrant and out ethnic minority population throughout Northern Ireland to try and change these barriers.
By providing literature, awareness materials and training to community groups and organizations working closely with these communities so that they can become a referral bridge locally to Macmillan Cancer Support and their wide network of other grass root charities.
