Carer support groups

Online carer support groups

We understand that caring for a person living with an upper gastrointestinal (GI) cancer can have a profound impact on your wellbeing. Our Pancare Support Carer Support Groups provides an opportunity to interact with people who share similar experiences with you.

Held online on a Thursday each month.

2026 meeting schedule:

• Thursday 26^th February
• Thursday 26^th March
• Thursday 23^rd April
• Thursday 28^th May
• Thursday 25^th June
• Thursday 23^rd July
• Thursday 27^th August
• Thursday 24^th September
• Thursday 22^nd October
• Thursday 26^th November

Click here to register your interest.

Education sessions

Once a month we hold a combined patient and carer online support group featuring a specialist presenter who will discuss a specific, relevant topic, such as survivorship, diet and nutrition and managing side effects of treatment. These sessions are suitable for patients and their loved ones just diagnosed, going through, or post treatment for pancreatic, liver, stomach, biliary or oesophageal cancers.

Held online on a Thursday each month from 11am – 12:30pm (AEDT).

2026 meeting schedule:

• Thursday 19^th February
• Thursday 19^th March
• Thursday 16^th April
• Thursday 21^st May
• Thursday 18^th June
• Thursday 16^th July
• Thursday 20^th August
• Thursday 17^th September
• Thursday 15^th October
• Thursday 19^th November

Click here to register your interest.

Online grief, life and loss support group

Our monthly peer to peer online support group provides a supportive forum for people who have lost a loved one from an upper gastrointestinal cancer. This group also provides a safe and confidential space for people to share experiences of loss and to give and receive support from one another. The group will be facilitated by our PanSupport Emotional Wellbeing Counsellors, Mira and Joanna who will assist in navigating topics such as:

• experiences of loss
• strategies for living with grief
• changes in roles, responsibilities, relationships & sense of identity
• practical changes in daily life after loss
• looking ahead.

Held online on a Thursday each month from 11am – 12:30pm (AEDT).

2026 meeting schedule:

• Thursday 12^th February
• Thursday 12^th March
• Thursday 9^th April
• Thursday 14^th May
• Thursday 11^th June
• Thursday 9^th July
• Thursday 13^th August
• Thursday 10^th September
• Thursday 8^th October
• Thursday 12^th November
• Thursday 10^th December

Click here to register your interest.

Other support group options

The Cancer Council in your state will run a range of cancer support groups for people who are carers for someone diagnosed with cancer. For information on these groups please call your state based Cancer Council on 13 11 20.