The Helen Rollason Heal Cancer Charity offers therapeutic support and development to men, women and their supporters following a cancer diagnosis.

The Charity was named after Helen Rollason MBE, the BBC sports journalist who died of cancer in 1999. She shared the vision of her oncologist, Professor Neville Davidson, that people should be treated as a whole and not just their illness.

In her desire to help him, Helen gave her name and image to help attract national and international support.

Before she died she said:

"Good quality of life whilst coping with cancer is the most important gift a sick person can receive, it should be available to everyone."

The Charity has opened four cancer care centres with a fifth in the pipeline. It also has a five-day residential programme in Co. Donegal, Ireland, called the Live Well Experience. The Charity does not receive any government money, relying solely on funding from the community.

The aim of the Charity is to establish a network of centres and services to support people from the time of their diagnosis.