Healthcare Professionals
At Shine, we’re experts in providing support and information to people in their 20s, 30s and 40s who have been diagnosed with cancer.
We run online workshops and programmes to help and support HCPs who are working with younger adults.
Webinar series
Our 1-hour online webinars are for anyone working with younger adults with cancer, and cover a number of key topics. This webinar series has been CPD-accredited, and participants of all three can purchase a certificate for £20.
Interested? Register below, get in touch, or email us at hi@shinecancersupport.org if you have any questions.
Upcoming webinars
Mental health and young adult cancer - Thursday, July 23rd
12:00 – 1:00pm
Relationships and intimacy in young adult cancer - Tuesday, Sept 29th
12:00 – 1:00pm
Work and finances in young adult cancer - Wednesday, November 25th
12:00 – 1:00pm
If you are NHS staff and have access to the ACCEND course explorer, you will also find all of our courses listed there.
These webinars provide knowledge for the following ACCEND capabilities: 3.4, 3.5, 5.1, 5.10, 6.1, 6.11, 7.7, 8.8, 9.2, 22.2.
Shine Champions programme
This is a new year-long Champions programme for HCPs where you get training from the Shine team in the form of 2 x 1 day workshops, access to our conference, and 2 ‘lunch and learn’ sessions. Our 2026 programme started in March, but you can express an interest in our 2027 programme below.
We want every adult diagnosed with cancer in their 20s, 30s, and 40s to receive support around the issues that really matter to them, in a way that works for them.
We’d love to share our knowledge, experience and research with you so that you too can champion this aim! We hope that being a Shine Champion will give you an extra set of resources to draw on, access to the expertise of our networks, and the ability to share those resources and expert knowledge with your colleagues.
How much does it cost?
We want this year of training to be accessible to as many people as possible and, as such, we have secured funding to cover the majority of the cost of each place. The year-long programme costs us approx £2000 per person to run but the only costs we’ll ask you to cover are:
- Travel costs to the in person events in London
- If you want certification for the CPD accredited elements of the year (8hrs), we ask for a £50 admin fee to process that for you
We have a very limited bursary fund for travel costs but would ask that you enquire about any workplace funding that can be secured before applying for these.
Overview
Our next Champions programme will run from March 2027. The full schedule for 2027-2028 is still to be confirmed but to give you a sense of what the schedule might look like, the 2025-26 programme ran as below:
March 2025: One-day Kick-Off session, 10am-4pm in London
● Information and training on the impact of a diagnosis on the younger patient population, with a particular emphasis on mental health ● A chance to consider case studies of younger adults and their support needs ● In-depth insight into Shine’s work and signposting to other services ● Opportunity to network with other HCPs working with young adults
July 2025: Lunch and Learn online session, 12-2pm
A 2-hour workshop on sex and intimacy as a young adult living with and beyond cancer
October 2025: Invitation to ‘Shine Connect’ in London, 10am-4pm
● Invitation to our annual conference – the only conference in the UK specifically aimed at people in their 20s, 30s and 40s who have cancer ● To see how Shine works, take part in sessions aimed at providing younger adults with the support and information they need ● Meet some of our community and team
November 2025: Lunch and Learn online session, 12-2pm
2-hour workshop on parenting through a cancer diagnosis
February 2026: End of programme day, 10am-4pm in London
● A chance to meet in-person again, and share experiences and learning from the year. ● In-depth discussion of living with an incurable cancer diagnosis as a young adult ● Reflective practice activity
All sessions will be led by the Shine team and practitioners/researchers with expertise on the relevant topics.
If you have any questions about the programme please get in touch or email us at champions@shinecancersupport.org.
Useful resources
We are happy to send hard copies of these booklets to you so that you can share them with your patients. To order, please contact us here, leaving your address and order in the comments field.
Last updated 4 September 2026