Macmillan Horizon Centre

The Macmillan Horizon Centre offers all round support for anyone living with or affected by cancer. You can visit our calm and welcoming centre in Sussex, or find out more about the virtual services we offer.

You can find support and information in a way that works best for you. We have more information below about the specific services we offer. 

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The Macmillan Horizon Centre is a partnership between Macmillan Cancer Support, the Sussex Cancer Fund and Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust.

• Information lounge
• Quiet rooms for counselling, hypnotherapy and coaching
• Complementary therapy rooms
• Brian Eno light and sound therapy room
• Body image room: hair and wig salon
• A cafe
• Meeting rooms
• Exercise studio

Our information lounge is available for anyone affected by cancer. You’re welcome to come and browse the wide range of information leaflets we have at the Centre, or we can help guide you to find the information you’re looking for.

Staff and volunteers can also help you to find out about and access support services at the Horizon Centre and locally.

There’s a broad range of emotional and psychological support available to cancer patients, their families and carers.

Our Welfare Benefits advisers give free, confidential and impartial advice to anyone affected by cancer in Sussex. They can help you identify the benefits you are entitled to and help you with filling in forms.

If you would like to contact the Welfare Benefits Team please email Janet on jpratt@macmillan.org.uk, or call her on 07483 171832 or the Horizon Centre on 01273 468770. Appointments are offered in person and by phone.

Look Good Feel Better run free, two-hour confidence-boosting workshops at our centre for people having cancer treatment. Look Good Feel Better have had to temporarily suspend their workshops but they have online tutorials covering a variety of topics from make up to haircare. They have also launched tutorials for men and teens and young adults. All of these resources can be found on their website.

From October 2020 the Horizon Centre will be able to offer appointments for hairdressing, shiatsu and reiki.

The Macmillan Horizon Centre offers shiatsu and reiki in our complementary therapy rooms.

• Shiatsu - this is based on traditional Japanese massage therapy. The principle behind shiatsu is related to the energy flow, known as Ki or Qi (pronounced chee), through your body. Like acupuncture, shiatsu frees blockages to the Ki flow and restore energy to areas where it is low. It uses acupressure to release tension and bring balance to the body. It can help lift your mood and make you feel relaxed.
• Reiki - Reiki is Japanese in origin and when translated into English, it means ‘universal energy’. Reiki is based on the concept that there is a flow of energy which exists within living beings, which may help to maintain balance. During the Reiki treatment, the therapist places their hands on or just above different parts of the body, which helps to relax the body and calm the mind.

From October 2020 the Horizon Centre will be able to offer appointments for hairdressing, shiatsu and reiki.

If you would like to book in for an appointment for Shiatsu or Reiki, please call 01273 468 770 or email horizoncentre@macmillan.org.uk.