Bowel Cancer Awareness Month 2022
April is Bowel Cancer Awareness month. Whether you are directly affected by bowel cancer, or you just want to find out more, we have information that can help. There are also lots of ways to help raise awareness of bowel cancer.
'The advice Macmillan gave me saved my life.' - Luke, diagnosed with bowel cancer
Support for people living with bowel cancer
We have information about bowel cancer in different languages and formats on our website, which includes the different types and signs and symptoms for colon cancer, rectal cancer, anal cancer, small bowel cancer and anorectal melanoma cancer.
We also have information about treatment for bowel cancer and the impact of cancer and its treatments.
Alternatively, download our booklets or eBooks for anal cancer, colon cancer and rectal cancer.
You can also listen to our audiobooks for colon cancer and rectal cancer.
Call the Macmillan Support Line on 0808 808 00 00, open 7 days a week 8am to 8pm. Or email the Macmillan Support Line.
Apply for a Macmillan Grant. These are small, one-off means-tested payments to help with the extra costs that living with cancer can bring.
The Raising Your Voice toolkit is there to help everyone who is living with cancer get equal healthcare.
Use our get support guide by answering some quick questions to get information tailored to you or your loved one's situation.
Find out more about how Macmillan can help.
We can help you find support in your local area, so you can speak to people who understand what you or your loved are going through.
The Bowel cancer forum on our Online Community is a place to chat to others who know what you or your loved one are going through.
Ways to help this Bowel cancer awareness month
Macmillan is here for everybody living with cancer, with our specialist information, support and services. But we couldn't do it without our incredible supporters. Here are a few ways you can get involved.
