We’re so excited to be hosting our first Peaches Womb Cancer Wellbeing Day in Manchester!
Manchester | 4 July 2026
Join Peaches Womb Cancer Trust for a welcoming day of connection, wellbeing and support for anyone affected by womb cancer. Please register in advance before attending.
Womb Cancer Wellbeing Day | Book Your Place
The event will take place at the Friends Meeting House in Manchester city centre, near Central Library, from 10:30am to 3.30pm. You’re welcome to arrive from 10am if you’d you’d like to come early and mingle.
The day is free to attend, with the option to make a donation if you’re able to. Any donations will help us cover the costs of running the event and allow us to continue offering support to our community.
Lunch will be provided, and there will be plenty of time to meet the Peaches team, ask questions, and connect with others who understand.
What to Expect
- A warm Peaches welcome!
- Guest speakers and wellbeing talks
- Nutrition and health sessions
- Lunch and refreshments included
- Mindfulness and gentle activities
- Time to connect with others
- Peaches shop items available to purchase
- Goodie bags and treats to take away
- thank you to LUSH at the Trafford Centre
Meet the Speakers
Faye Thompson
Lift Nutrition & Wellness
Thriving with and beyond womb cancer: Nutrition & lifestyle support for healing and recovery
Faye will explore how nutrition and lifestyle can support women living with and beyond womb cancer. The powerful connection between food, movement, sleep, stress, hormone balance and long-term wellbeing, and how small, sustainable changes can make a meaningful difference during recovery and beyond.
She will briefly discuss five key areas of support with practical, realistic tips to help you feel more energised, supported and confident in your body again.
Her aim is for women to leave feeling informed, empowered and reassured that there are supportive steps they can take to nurture their health at every stage of recovery.
Faye is a qualified Nutritional Therapist who specialises in women’s health, hormones and cancer.
Faye combines evidence-informed nutrition with practical support for stress, sleep, and movement – with a down-to-earth, whole-body approach to wellness.
She offers personalised guidance to help women feel more informed, less overwhelmed, and better equipped to support their health in a sustainable way. No strict plans or huge overhauls, just targeted, gentle support focused on nourishment and long-term wellbeing.
She lives with her husband, their adopted daughter, and a much-loved black lab – and has a love for exercise, dance music, sunshine, and simple food that supports vitality and longevity.
Christina Shennan
Mindfulness and Cancer: Living Life in Moments
A gentle introduction to mindfulness with Christina Shennan. This informal session will explore how paying attention to the present moment can support our wellbeing. Together, we’ll briefly look at what mindfulness is, what it might offer, and try a couple of short, simple practices.
“The best way to capture moments is to pay attention.” – Jon Kabat-Zin
Christina Shennan is a psychotherapist, mindfulness teacher, trainer and supervisor with a special interest in mindfulness in cancer care.
Christina works with people across cancer pathways, both in charity settings and the NHS. Mindfulness informs her 1:1 therapeutic work and she teaches the group programme Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Cancer.
She is a member of the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice (CMRP) core training team at Bangor University.
In 2009 she was awarded a Cancer Experiences Collaborative (CECo) Scholarship which was taken at the Division of Health Research, Lancaster University, and co-authored Shennan, C., Payne, S. and Fenlon, D. (2011), What is the evidence for the use of mindfulness-based interventions in cancer care? A review. Psycho-Oncology, 20: 681–697. doi: 10.1002/pon.1819.
Jane Woods
Identity Beyond Diagnosis: a gentle and creative voyage of self discovery
Taking a nature and creativity based approach, the themes we’ll touch on are managing anxiety, discovering new perspectives, identity beyond diagnosis, harnessing strengths, honouring emotions, practicing self-soothing, cultivating self-compassion, setting boundaries, navigating relationships, exploring values, finding meaning and purpose.
Jane is an experienced cancer coach.
Jane trained and works with Cancer Support UK and ALK Positive, the lung cancer charity. She has previously worked with EGFR Positive and the Youth Cancer Trust. She loves coaching and facilitation, drawing on her background in oncology and the healthcare industry.
Jane offers online 1:1 and group coaching and as a blue health coach she also offers coaching sessions at Studland Beach in Dorset. Jane is a wife, a mum, is a keen sea swimmer and draws on her own messy life with ADHD to support and learn with others. She is the co-author of Conversations Worth Having: a Quick Start Guide to Building Resilience.
Karen Donnelly
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Karen is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner at Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation.
Details to be confirmed.
We can’t wait to welcome you – Team Peaches.
Womb Cancer Wellbeing Day TicketsFAQ
We have answered some general questions about the wellbeing day below:
Many people attending may be coming alone, and the day is designed to be warm, welcoming and relaxed. The Peaches team will be there throughout the day.
6 Mount Street
Manchester
M2 5NS
The venue is located in Manchester city centre.
Public transport is encouraged. Parking is available at First Street Car Park (10-minute walk): Q-Park, Anne Horniman Street, M15 4FN. More info: https://meetinghousemanchester.co.uk/find-us/
Lunch will be a buffet selection of assorted sandwiches. Chilled water, hot drinks (including a range of Fairtrade teas and coffee) and biscuits are unlimited.
Our Clinical Nurse Specialists will be present all day and available for private chats if you’d like one-to-one support or prefer not to take part in the group sessions.
NB: Photographs will be taken during the event for Peaches’ website, newsletter and social media. We understand some people may prefer not to appear in photos, and we will always respect this.
Still have more questions?
Please email [email protected] and a member of the Peaches team will be happy to help.
