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Our Services

Our amazing volunteers are your pals

Our volunteers understand the needs of someone that has cancer and how this can affect their own lives as well as their families. We can offer support, companionship, empathy and a listening ear to any cancer patient and/or their family member from the start of their cancer journey through to the end. Some of our volunteers are based in Hospital and some volunteers are visiting patients and their families in the community and in their own homes.

Our volunteers can help you by...

Visiting you at home or in the Community
Sitting and chatting with you whilst you are receiving treatment
Visiting you on the ward and helping you with anything while you are in hospital
Signposting you to relevant services that could help you and your family.
Talking to you about everyday things and treating you as an individual, not just focusing on your condition.
Talking to medical professionals, with your consent, if you are too upset to do so
Chatting on the phone in between hospital visits
Helping and supporting you and your family at end of life.

Meet Our Al's Pals Doctor

Dr Andrew Maleknia

Andrew has kindly offered to support Al’s Pals and the work we do by providing therapy sessions as and where patients or families require it.

Dr Maleknia provides high quality psychological therapy to patients and their families through short-term focused interventions or longer term psychological interventions. He has years of experience of working for the NHS, charitable organisations and in private practice. To read more about Dr Malenkia please see his Biography here: Dr Malenkia Bio

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You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you'd ever imagined

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If you would like a pal...

If you would like to speak to someone about the service and see how we can help you, then please feel free to contact us direct at info@alspals.org.uk or on 07958 800081. Alternatively speak with your nurse or doctor and they can refer.