The Sara Lee Trust
  • Help For You
  • Resources
  • Donate
    • Make a Donation
    • A Gift in Your Will
    • A Gift in Memory
  • Get Involved
    • Volunteer
    • Fundraise
    • Events
    • Business Supporters
    • Rother Community Lottery
  • Shop
  • About Us
  • Help For You
  • Resources
  • Donate
    • Make a Donation
    • A Gift in Your Will
    • A Gift in Memory
  • Get Involved
    • Volunteer
    • Fundraise
    • Events
    • Business Supporters
    • Rother Community Lottery
  • Shop
  • About Us

​Referrals

Accessing our services is simple and straightforward. Our 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 below.
​Please contact 01424 456608 if you require any help making a referral. 
Referral Form
Find out more
Home Visit Risk Assessment

How we can help

​If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with cancer or another life threatening illness, The Sara Lee Trust may be able to help.
​We know that serious illness has a huge impact on a person and those around them which goes much deeper than physical health. This impact can be experienced at different times, with some needing more support through the course of their treatment, others once treatment is finished. 

​The Trust can help improve health and wellbeing in areas such as managing stress & anxiety, staying active, relationships & family, healthy eating and symptom management. 
Download our Leaflet
Picture

Complementary Therapies

Our complementary therapies work alongside medical care to offer relief from symptoms and the side effects of cancer and other treatments. They provide an experience of relaxation and relief for patients whose day to day life can be dominated by medical treatment, pain and suffering, and who may be experiencing fatigue, breathlessness, insomnia, anxiety, tension and nausea.
​The range of free therapies available includes:
Picture

Aromatherapy Massage

Aromatic essential oils are used in gentle massage to support wellbeing and help maintain balance of the  mind, body and spirit.
Find out more
Picture

Manual Lymph Drainage

This is a gentle type of medical massage designed to stimulate the lymphatic system. 
​
Find out more
Picture

Dry Needling

Involves the insertion of very fine needles into specific points around the body which can provide relief from pain, stiffness and hot flushes.
Find out more
Picture

Reflexology

A massage that involves applying pressure to the feet, or hands, and corresponds to different parts of the body.
Find out more
Picture

Reiki

​Simple, gentle touch and visualization techniques, to bring a sense of warmth, balance, calm and wellbeing.  
Find out more
Picture

Shiatsu

Using the principles of acupressure that helps to reduce stress, ease pain and create a feeling of wellbeing.
Find out more
Complementary therapies should not be regarded as an alternative to medical treatment prescribed by your doctor.

Counselling & CBT

A life-threatening illness can affect you in many ways including how you see yourself, relate to others, feel about life, and think about the future. Counselling, psychotherapy or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) can help support you through this process, providing a safe space in which for you to express how you are feeling without having to worry about what anyone else may think.
Find out more about Counselling
Find out more about CBT

Groups

​Our group activities can help you develop tools to manage the impact of a life-threatening diagnosis and improve quality of life, while meeting others in a similar situation.  ​Throughout the pandemic, we have been providing virtual group activities. 
Picture

Yoga

A safe and effective way to increase physical activity, while helping to relieve stress and anxiety. Tailored to individual needs and abilities.
Find out more
Picture

Mindfulness

Meditation and other techniques to help you develop your own mindfulness practice.
​
Find out more
Picture

Look Good Feel Better

Skincare, make-up and grooming workshops for men and women to help boost confidence and manage the visible side-effects of cancer treatment. 
Find out more
Picture

Healthy Cooking

Addressing the challenge of finding an easily tolerated, nurturing and healthy  diet when going through a life-threatening illness. 
Find out more
Picture

Wellbeing Through The Seasons

A course that aims to support you in exploring a profound sense of Wellbeing, connecting to nature, reconnecting to ourselves.
More information to come
Picture

Activity Through Cancer

Activity through cancer sessions, in partnership with Albion in the Community’s Brighter Outlook Programme. 
Find out more
Picture

I-Know-How

An international project to help employees with cancer to maintain or restart their professional activities.
Find out more
Picture

Service User Socials

A chance to have a coffee and chat with others who have been through it too. 
​​
More information to come

​Where To Find Us

The Sara Lee
​Therapy Centre

54 Ninfield Road, Sidley, Bexhill on Sea, TN39 5BD
Telephone: 01424 547517

Our purpose-designed Therapy Centre is tucked away behind our charity shop in Ninfield Road and provides a calm and therapeutic space in the heart of Sidley.  The centre is mobility friendly and accessible to all, providing a serene and welcoming environment for individual and group therapies, and counselling. A delightful walled sensory garden provides colour, scent and interest all year round.
​Parking information: The Therapy Centre has a small private car park for those with mobility issues, but free parking is also available nearby.  

St Michael's Hospice

Picture
25 Upper Maze Hill, St. Leonards on Sea, TN38 0LB.  Telephone : 01424 456608
​
Our private counselling and therapy rooms are situated on the ground floor of St Michael’s Hospice, in a fully accessible area close to the main reception. We also support patients on the wards.
​There is visitor and disabled parking at the Hospice, as well as free on-street parking.
Visit their website

Hub on Rye Hill

Picture
Hub on Rye Hill, Kiln Drive, Rye Foreign, TN31 7SQ.  ​Telephone: 01797 331800.

Adjacent to The Rye, Winchelsea and District Memorial Hospital, our fully accessible therapy rooms at the wonderful Hub on Rye Hill provide a calm and peaceful oasis.
There is ample free parking on site.
Visit their website

Home Visits & Online

Picture
For those who are unable to access our care in person, the Trust offers many support services remotely (either on the telephone or online), these include counselling and some group activities. Counselling and complementary therapies can be provided in the home. 
Due to increased Covid concerns we are taking additional precautionary measures to keep you safe during your visit.

​Generously supported by
Sussex Community Foundation

Picture

"The NHS cured my cancer but
​The Sara Lee Trust has healed my mind.”

- Service User

​Referrals

Accessing our services is simple and straightforward. Our 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 below.
​Please contact 01424 456608 if you require any help making a referral. 
Referral Form
Find out more
Home Visit Risk Assessment

CONTACT US

25 Upper Maze Hill
St Leonards on Sea
East Sussex
TN38 0LB

Patient Referrals & General Enquiries 
Tel:01424 456608

Furniture Collections & Donations
01424 272358

Fundraising & Administration
01424 457969
How To Find Us
Subscribe to our Newsletter
Picture
Picture
Picture
​The Sara Lee Trust, Registered in England and Wales, Charity Number 1055048. Registered Office: 25 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex TN38 0LB