Support gatherings
Our regular gatherings are a place to meet others whose lives have been touched by cancer. There is conversation, practical signposting, and no pressure to speak before you are ready.
Solihull · Queen's Award for Voluntary Service
A room with people who understand.
Next meeting: Thursday 9 July, 7.30pm. Free, friendly, no referral needed. Our 32nd year in Solihull.
Solihull Cancer Support Group offers peer support for anyone whose life has been touched by cancer: patients, survivors, families, friends, and the bereaved. We're based in Solihull and welcome people from across Solihull, Birmingham, Coventry, and surrounding areas.
Some weeks, support is not advice. It is a chair, a steady room, and someone who does not need you to explain from the beginning.
Just diagnosed?
You don't have to face this on your own.
If you've just been diagnosed — or someone you love has — the next few weeks are a lot. Our meetings are an easy first step: sit, listen, ask anything, leave whenever. There is no referral. There is no fee. You are very welcome.
Whoever you are
Cancer touches more than one person
If you're caring for someone, or finding your way after losing them, this group is for you too. You can come with nothing to say and still be made welcome.
Caring for someone
Carers carry so much, often quietly. Sit with people who understand the weight of it — no referral, no fee.
What to expect at a meeting →After a loss
Bereaved partners, family and friends are always welcome. There's no timeline on grief, and no need to come alone.
Talk to us →Recognised withQueen's Award for Voluntary Service
Hosted atMarie Curie Hospice, Solihull
In partnership withMacmillan Cancer Support
What we offer
What we offer
Practical support, regular rhythm and gentle connection.
Meetings
Come in as you are.
Our meetings are gentle, informal and shaped around the people in the room. Some people talk. Some listen. Some simply sit with the group. All of that is welcome.
Every 2nd and 4th Thursday, 7.30pm-9pm, at Marie Curie Hospice in Solihull. No referral, no fee, no pressure to arrive brave.
No pressure to speak
You can listen for the whole evening. That still counts as being part of the room.
Welcome first
A chair, a clear welcome and a few familiar faces before anything formal happens.
People who get it
For people with cancer, and for partners, family, friends and bereaved people too.
Stay as long as helps
Drop in for ten minutes or stay until the end. You set the pace.
Next dates
Twice a month at Marie Curie Hospice
Doors open for conversation and quiet company. The same gentle rhythm, the same room, the same welcome.
Articles
Writing from the room
Long-form writing on cancer, community and the quiet value of a room where nobody has to perform being fine.
SS · 13 May 2026 · 5 min
The Quiet Pivot
On what happens after a cancer diagnosis, and the vocabulary nobody asked for
There is a particular language that arrives in the days after a cancer diagnosis. The people using it mean well. It is also, often, the wrong language.
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SS · 6 May 2026 · 5 min
You Were Never Meant to Do This Alone
On the case for sitting in a room with other people who already know
Cancer charities and patient communities keep coming back to a quiet truth: people need somewhere they do not have to do this alone.
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SS · 29 April 2026 · 5 min
The Practice of Showing Up
On Thursdays, presence, and a quiet kind of community infrastructure
Almost nothing of real depth in human life is built through intensity. Healing, belonging, recovery, any quiet kind of becoming — they look more like turning up to the same room, on the same day, over and over.
Read article →News
Recent news
Warm updates from the group, from practical reminders to small wins.
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Help us be here next week
Every gift helps us keep group rooms open, run warm sessions, and keep regional support available for people who need it.
Give via JustGiving →“It is the only place I can be myself about cancer.”
Contact band
Need a private reply?
Marie Curie Hospice, Marsh Lane, Solihull B91 2PQ
Or call Patricia Hill: 0121 711 1966
Email: info@solihullcancersupport.org
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