Due to loss of fundraising income in the coming months, the difficult decision has been made to furlough the majority of our staff. Staff which are fully or part funded by external bodies will continue all or part of their vital work. This means only the following will be operational: Family Suppor...
As the coronavirus situation develops, please be aware of the following sources of information and guidance: Public Health Agency NI’s (PHA) advice and information page, which is regularly updated. UK Government’s response to Coronavirus. This includes advice for people who are returning from abroad...
A total of 1,430 people decided to quit during last year’s No Smoking Month using stop smoking services across Northern Ireland. The Public Health Agency (PHA) and Cancer Focus Northern Ireland are now urging thousands more to stub out their cigarettes and ‘Make March Your Month to...
Tony Spence (54), a procurement manager from Belfast, is married to Martine and has a grown-up daughter. He started smoking when he was 14 in 1979. He used the Cancer Focus NI workplace stop smoking service last year and is smoke free at last. He says: “I started smoking because it was cool and I wa...
Lee Foster, from Belfast, works at Veolia. With help from Cancer Focus NI he had finally stopped smoking. He says: “I’ve tried many times to stop this horrible habit over the years and maybe got three or four days in before giving up with the same thought in my head, ‘If I can stop for four d...
