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FECEC has studied the difficulties and needs of people who have survived or lived for an extended period with cancer. The After Cancer programme comprises education and awareness-raising, publications, activities, and services intended to improve the quality of people after cancer.

Education and awareness-raising

Digital space #despresdelcàncer (#aftercancer)
It is exclusively for people who have survived cancer or lived with it for an extended period. To address the lack of information about:

The medium and long-term physical and emotional consequences of treatment.
Recommendations about how to care for oneself and feel healthy in this new phase.
Resolve practical issues around finances, work and financial support.
Offer psychosocial support services in this new phase of life.
Share the lived experience of those affected by cancer.

Public education talks
FECEC, Junts contra el Càncer organises public educational talks in different formats. They are intended for the general public, patients and family members of people living with cancer. Public education talks address different aspects of the disease, from prevention, to diagnosis, treatment and life after cancer.
These talks are delivered in person, online and via streaming on YouTube and Instagram Live.

A cycle entitled ‘FECEC Dialogues: After cancer’

Conference ‘Celebrate life after cancer’
A whole-day event to give a voice to people who have survived cancer, give visibility to their needs and make wider society aware of the difficulties faced by people after cancer. Through talks, conferences, roundtables featuring experts and patients and a range of activities, the event will provide information and give visibility to that reality and will combine amusement, learning and awareness-raising.

Summary of the 2023

Services

Cancer at Work
This service is aimed at businesses that want to adopt procedures to manage the impact of cancer within their organisations. Supporting workers affected by cancer (patients or carers) and minimising the impact on the rest of the organisation. Based on experience in the pilot project ‘What to do when cancer comes to the workplace’, the service offers:

Guidance that sets out how to create a programme to manage the impact of cancer at work, with recommendations, tools and practical resources.

Initial training in the methodology and tools in the guidance.

Telephone support.

Psychosocial care for employees, whether patients or carers.

Membership of the Xarxa d’empreses OncoResponsables (Network of Oncoresponsible Businesses) to show good practice in the management of cancer in the workplace.

Return, a work guidance service
A free work guidance service for people who have had cancer and are looking for a job that meets the physical and/or emotional needs arising from cancer.

The service assess the needs of each client so as to allow them to join different return-to-work programmes where they will receive free, volunteer guidance and help finding work to make their return to work easier. Our main partner is La Caixa’s INCOPORA.

If you need further information, contact the organisation referred to or FECEC on 93 314 87 53 or by email at treballsocial@juntscontraelcancer.cat

Legal advice
A legal advice service that advises on employment and social rights for people with cancer provided by Fidelitis, lawyers.

The advice service and viability assessment is free for users of the service. In the event of a favourable decision or a determination of incapacity for work, there will be a charge at a preferential rate.
Anyone can submit a query by contacting the nearest member organisation or by email to legal@juntscontraelcancer.cat.

Studies

2022- Cancer and Work Scale for Catalonia

FECEC has supported the preparation of the first Cancer and Work Barometer for Catalonia, 2022. More than 1000 workers took part in this study so as to learn about workers’ perceptions for the management of cancer in the workplace.

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Factors that facilitate and factors that hinder the return to work after cancer

this research set out in this document, was undertaken at the behest of FECEC as a suite of projects aimed at exploring living with and surviving cancer and offering support to people who have survived cancer or are living with it in the long-term.

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Study for improving the path back to work and rejoining the labour force for women who have had breast cancer

This study that brings together qualitative data concerning the situation of experienced, qualified women who do not find it all easy to return to work. The report recounts dismissals and situations where women have been forced out of their jobs, with work-related, financial and economic consequences.

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Improving the experience of Cancer Survivors in Catalonia

A study to increase knowledge and understanding of the needs of people who have had cancer, explore the lived experience of those affected and the healthcare professionals who look after them, and the experience of member organisations. Now it validates in our immediate environment the results of earlier studies.

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