Cancer Council has a programme that provides free legal, financial and workplace assistance to people affected by cancer who cannot afford to pay for advice. Call 13 11 20
What can friends do to help?
If you want to help, ask what would be helpful. Practical tasks – shopping, ironing, mowing the lawn, making a meal, walking the dog, hanging the washing – are often the ones that take the effort, energy or time that someone who is having treatment doesn’t have.