YOU CAN - Stories of the Cancer Experience
Here we have a collection of stories - stories of people, their families and loved ones who have experienced cancer. They are not the people's medical histories - they are not statistics, facts and figures. They reveal how a group of people, living in Victoria, have been affected by cancer. They are powerful stories as they expose relationships and give meaning to experience. They reveal the difficulties of being a patient while also living in the other worlds of family, work and community. They deal with emotions, frustrations, hope and joy.
CanNET Victoria Consumer Participation Strategy for Difficult to Access Consumers - April 2009
This report details the findings from consultations with 57 consumers and 5 Indigenous community workers undertaken by Health Issues Centre for CanNET Victoria between November 2008 - March 2009. It captures the voices and experiences of consumers, carers and community members affected by cancer from northern metropolitan region of Melbourne and Hume regional area.
CanNET Victoria Consumer Participation Project Report - May 2008
This report presents the findings from a series of group meetings and individual interviews with a total of 128 people affected by cancer undertaken by ECHO for CanNET Victoria between November 2007 - March 2008.
Hume RICS Consumer Reference Group
CanNET Victoria established a Consumer Reference Group to be a leadership group of the consumer network to provide independent views and opinions from consumer perspectives and to support advocacy for people affected by cancer in the Hume region of Victoria. To find out more contact Hume RICS on Ph: (03) 5832 8307 or (02) 6057 5201
Consumer Advocacy Training
CanNET Victoria, in collaboration with Health Issues Centre and Cancer Voices Victoria have held two Advocacy Training Workshops for consumers in Kilmore on Saturday 23rd May & Sunday 24th May 2009 and Beechworth Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th October 2008.
The workshops aimed to provide strategies for consumers to advocate for people affected by cancer. It was a great opportunity for consumers to share experiences and hear from a range of guest speakers discussing principles of advocacy, understanding the cancer industry and using their story as an advocacy tool.
Kilmore May 2009 - Advocacy Training Outcomes
The weekend was attended by 9 consumers from the NEMICS and Hume RICS regions and allowed participants to share experiences and learn about consumer advocacy. A session that proved very popular looked at who is involved in the cancer industry and highlighted how complicated the system is.
Beechworth October 2008 - Advocacy Training Outcomes
The weekend was attended by 12 consumers from the Hume RICS region and participants had the opportunity to develop advocacy work plans with focus on developing a consumer reference group, addressing cost of travel and radiotherapy services.
It was an energising weekend which provided participants with strategies for advocacy opportunities and the importance of linking in with existing networks that are working towards the same goals.
Further information regarding consumer participation please Contact Us.
Last updated: Thursday 17th September, 2009