The Sara Lee Trust supports people in Hastings and Rother who have been diagnosed with cancer or other life threatening illnesses by providing free counselling, complementary therapies and group activities specifically designed to work alongside medical treatment.

Sara Lee Trust runs a purpose-designed Therapy Centre behind their charity shop in Ninfield Road and provides a calm and therapeutic space in the heart of Sidley. Services are provided free of charge and are available to patients, their families, carers and loved ones. Referrals can be made by a healthcare professional using the form on their website.

Sara Lee was diagnosed with a rare cancer in 1993. She was determined to survive and began plotting her own care alongside medical treatment. Sara learnt about diet, relaxation and meditation, sourcing her own dietician and aromatherapist. With their help, she lived and worked through the next two years and spoke about how wonderful the therapies were. Sara wanted to help others with cancer to receive these therapies, which were difficult to source at the time and came at a cost. Sara passed away in 1995, aged just 32 years old, but her vision lives on in The Sara Lee Trust which her parents, Sally and Jeremy Lee set up to allow others to experience what Sara had achieved.

Talking Therapies: Counselling, psychotherapy or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Touch Therapies: Aromatherapy Massage, Dry Needling, Lymphoedema Massage, Massage, Reflexology, Reiki, Shiatsu

Group Activities: A Place to Talk, Activity Through Cancer, Food for Thought, Information & Awareness, Look Good Feel Better, Service User Socials, Therapeutic Yoga, Wellbeing Through Food, Wellbeing Through Nature, Law Clinics