Institut Claudius Regaud

• Cancer Support France Gascony
  

Provides support and help (information about cancer, visits etc.) to English speaking patients from all countries.

E-mail: csf.gascony@aliceadsl.fr

Tel: +33 (0)5 67 32 18 56

• L’association des Visiteurs des malades des établissements hospitaliers (VMEH)
  

Every Tuesday afternoon, volunteers visit patients in all hospital wards.

Tel: +33 (0)5 61 77 79 19

• Vivre comme avant
  

On request, the association meets with women who have had a mastectomy or breast surgery.

Tel: +33 (0)5 61 40 85 67

• The Association pour le développement des soins palliatifs Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées (ASP)
  

Offers support to patients and their families. Representatives visit the Institute every afternoon during the week except on Tuesdays.

Tel: +33 (0)5 61 42 46 86

• The association HNPCC – Lynch's syndrome – hereditary predisposition to colon (without polypose), rectum and uterus cancer

The association provides support to patients and families.

Website: http://hnpcc-lynch.com

E-mail: contact@hnpcc-lynch.com

Tel: +33 (0)5 62 87 90 49

• The association Jeunes Solidarité Cancer
  

Provides support and friendship for young adults.

Website: www.jscforum.net

Tel: +33 (0)6 62 96 33 08

• The Croix Rouge (French Red Cross)
  

Volunteers visit the care units every Thursday from 3pm to 430pm and offer patients a large selection of free books.

The library is located on the ground floor next to the Grand'Place and is open every Thursday from 3pm to 4.30pm.

• La vie entre les mains
  

They support the Institute's objectives by organising exhibitions and by providing cosmetic treatments to hospitalised patients and outpatients.

Tel: +33 (0)5 61 42 46 68

• The Ligue contre le cancer comité Haute-Garonne
  

The Ligue provides information and works to prevent and test for cancer. It provides psychological, physical and financial assistance and support to patients and their families.

E-mail: cd31@ligue-cancer.asso.fr

Tel: +33 (0)5 61 54 17 17

• La Ligue contre le cancer comité Ariège

E-mail: cd09@ligue-cancer.net

Tel: +33 (0)5 61 65 44 00 or +33 (0)6 32 91 55 91

• The association Les laryngectomisés et mutilés de la Voix du Sud-Ouest
  

Provides care for outpatients undergoing radiotherapy treatment in collaboration with the speech therapist.

Tel: +33 (0)9 64 33 20 84

• The association La main tendue
  

Meets hospitalised patients who have undergone a laryngectomy or provides consultations on request at the Institute.

Tel: +33 (0)6 13 80 04 21

• The association des stomisés du Sud-Ouest

They provide help people with a digestive or urinary ostomy on request. They visit the Institute every Thursday between 12:30am and 1:30pm.

Tel: +33 (0)5 61 23 65 99

• Les Blouses Roses
  

They run educational and fun workshops in the Adour and Aubrac departments to entertain and relax patients and their friends and families.

Tel: +33 (0)5 61 52 74 09

• Vivre sans thyroïde, association and discussion forum
  

They provide advice and support to patients who have recently been diagnosed with a thyroid problem. A discussion forum is also available on the website: www.forum-thyroide.net

Tel: +33 (0)5 61 86 73 74

Religious representatives

Chaplaincy representatives visit the Institute on request.

Catholic

Michèle Roure's team,
+33 (0)6 20 27 10 55

Protestant

Yves Ellul, the local minister
+33 (0)5 61 77 22 49

Other religions

Contact the care team if you want to meet representatives from other religions.

There are other associations based in Toulouse that also provide support and advice:

Action Cancer

In partnership with the Ligue, the association listens to and supports cancer victims and their families.
Confidential telephone service every Wednesday from 2pm until 5pm by calling 0 800 100 047 (freephone)
http://action.cancer.free.fr

Kiosque Info Cancer Toulouse

The information booth welcomes, informs and helps patients and their families:

• Reception is open from 9am to midday at the communauté municipale de santé ;

• Reception can be called on +33 (0)5 61 23 00 51 on Tuesdays through until Fridays from 2pm until 4pm.

Communauté municipale de santé, bureau n°2
2, rue Malbec, Toulouse.