Currently our Face to Face Support groups are now being held online via a virtual meeting. All patients and carers are welcome to join! Please click on the button below to register your interest in joining one of the online Virtual Support Groups listed below. Our team will respond to your request.
| LOCATION | DATE | SUPPORT LEADER |
|---|---|---|
| NSW - Sydney/Central Coast | Wednesday 27 May 6.30pm | Jay Allen (MIA Community Engagement Manager) and Vicki Burneikis |
| NSW - Hunter Region | Thursday 28 May 3.00pm | Lisa Hamilton |
| NSW - Wollongong | Phone 1300 88 44 50 to arrange individual phone call | Karen Ryan |
| VIC - Melbourne | Thursday 4 June 7.00pm | Alison Button-Sloan and Adrianna Zadro |
| QLD - Brisbane | Tuesday 2 June 7.00pm | Pip Stewart |
| QLD - Gold Coast | Friday 22 May 1.00pm | Lyn Batchelor |
| QLD - Sunshine Coast | Friday 19 June 10.00am | Christine Bleijie |
| QLD - Mackay | Phone 1300 88 44 50 to arrange individual phone call | Nicole Johns |
| QLD - Townsville | Saturday 6 June 4.00pm | Russell & Linda Lewis |
| QLD - Toowoomba | Phone 1300 88 44 50 to arrange individual phone call | Bruce Cameron |
| SA - Adelaide | Monday 25 May 10.30am | Karen van Gorp |
| ACT - Canberra | Sunday 14 June 11.00am | Ann Marie Weber |
| NT - Darwin | Phone 1300 88 44 50 to arrange individual phone call | Rose Baartz |
MPA also run a support group in partnership with Cancer Council NSW twice a month for patients with Metastatic Melanoma.
Wednesday 13 May and Wednesday 27 May 12.30 pm (AEST). For referral information please call MPA on 1300 884 450.
Melanoma Patients Australia
Mater Foundation
620 Stanley Street
Woolloongabba
Brisbane, 4102
Create an automatic monthly alert to conduct a skin self-examination on your mobile phone. Or if you prefer a natural reminder, just ‘look up’ – when you see the full moon, check your skin.
Follow the Melanoma Movement at www.melanomapatients.org.au/get-involved/melanoma-movement/
Only 11% of people have their moles checked by a dermatologist and just 33% self-check their skin annually. But dermatologists say skin self-examinations should be carried out every month. Check out our useful guide for how to do it.
melanomapatients.org.au
With melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer incidence rates increasing, we must find ways to create habits and make skin self-examinations a part of our monthly calendar. ☝️🌝
Melanoma Patients Australia - Get Involved
melanomapatients.org.au
Employers must treat sun exposure as a health and safety issue, providing appropriate clothing and sunblock, training about skin protection and self-examination and organising shift patterns to minimise sun exposure.
Danger Sun Overhead is a great resource for info about sun safety in the workplace. Find out more at www.dangersunoverhead.org.au
Melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer is one of the few cancers where we can definitively identify its cause and that means it is largely preventable - so why is there no nationally funded prevention program in Australia?
