Cancer Support Outreach

Serving all of Alberta

Wellspring Alberta is committed to working with communities throughout the province to ensure cancer support communities exist closer to home. 

The need for cancer support is significant. Wellspring Alberta is committed to supporting people living with cancer across the province to ensure that no one has to face cancer alone. As part of our five year strategic plan, and with support from Alberta Cancer Foundation, Wellspring Alberta has set in motion an operational plan to co-create sustainable cancer support communities in Alberta to meet the needs of those living with cancer in regional and remote areas outside the cities of Calgary and Edmonton.

Wellspring Alberta offers programs, services and support to people living with cancer – those diagnosed, caregivers and kids.

How do we support individuals in rural and remote communities?

Online programs
Money Matters
Peer Support calls
Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Roundtable
Indigenous Cancer Sharing Circle
Building local cancer support communities

How are we working to develop sustainable cancer support communities?

Community Connectors 
Community engagement and outreach initiatives
Healthcare professional referrals

Wellspring Alberta is following a ‘Community Participatory Approach’ to ensure that any new initiatives are driven by the community and the needs of those living with cancer. We welcome the opportunity to learn from you as the expert of your community so that together we can co-create sustainable cancer support communities throughout the province.  

Our team is also available to provide presentations and informational sessions as well as attend community events and conferences to share information on Wellspring including our programs and resources available to those living with cancer in Alberta. Please contact outreach@wellspringalberta.ca for more information.

Members have joined us from the following Alberta communities:

“I would say to anyone who has cancer, sign up for Wellspring support and whatever else you do, don’t miss it! There is nothing worse than thinking you are the only one in the world with this problem. Everyone battling cancer should know about Wellspring. When you meet others who understand and can relate, it recharges your hope.”

Trevor Hamon

Raymond, Alberta

Learn about our outreach activities:

Cancer Connect

Cancer Connect is an informal gathering over coffee, tea and snacks, open to any adult individuals living with cancer and their caregivers or support person offered in Lethbridge and Red Deer. These monthly gatherings offer a safe space to connect with others on a similar path and learn strategies for supporting the mind, body and spirit.

Learn more

Indigenous Cancer Sharing Circle

This monthly program for Indigenous cancer patients and caregivers is co-led by Indigenous Elders, and offered in collaboration with Wellspring Edmonton, the Indigenous Patient Navigator South and Psychosocial Oncology Fellow, Cancer Care Alberta, and three Elders representing Cree and Blackfoot nations.

Learn more

Time to Talk: members living in southern Alberta

This is a bi-weekly online program, facilitated by Elizabeth Hides and Southern Alberta Lead, Rebecca Perkins. Many members have told us they are looking for connection, community, confidence and a safe conversation.

Coffee and Chat

In the spring and summer of 2021, we held a series of Coffee and Chat focus groups with members from various southern Alberta communities. At these sessions, members expressed their ideas, suggestions, wishes and needs for cancer support services in their local communities. This feedback is being used to influence activities taken through our southern Alberta outreach.

Community Connectors: Lethbridge Go-Getters

Three strangers… three people touched by cancer… are now three friends and volunteers for Wellspring Calgary! Read how these ‘Go-Getters’ united to help inform Wellspring’s strategy for cancer support in Lethbridge.