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Hope Lodge gives patients and a caregiver a free place to stay near the hospital when treatment is far from home.

Road To Recovery is the American Cancer Society's free volunteer driving service for getting to treatment appointments.

In Spain, the Spanish Association Against Cancer answers 900 100 036 free of charge at any hour, every day of the week.

The American Cancer Society answers 1-800-227-2345 every hour of every day, free, and can connect callers to its free rides and lodging programmes.

Australians are invited to free bowel, breast and cervical screening by age, and since 2025 to lung screening if they have a heavy smoking history.

Be Part of Research is the UK's free service for finding trials near you; taking part in NHS trials costs nothing and expenses are often paid.

Breast Cancer Now's nurses answer 0808 800 6000 free, and the charity runs free courses and peer support for people finishing breast cancer treatment in the UK.

Every designated cancer hospital in Japan has a cancer consultation support centre where anyone, including people who are not its patients, can talk to a nurse or social worker for free and without giving their name.

In Northern Ireland, call the Cancer Focus nurse line free on 0800 783 3339 on Monday, Wednesday or Friday morning.

Anyone in New Zealand can call 0800 226 237 to talk about cancer with the Cancer Society, or email one of its information nurses.

Cancer Research UK's nurses answer questions on 0808 800 4040, free, on weekdays; the About Cancer pages and Cancer Chat forum are there the rest of the time.

In Finland, a nurse answers the Cancer Society's free helpline on 0800 19414 on weekdays, and a nurse chat runs on kaikkisyovasta.fi.

The Cancer Support Community runs a free helpline and dozens of local centres, including Gilda's Clubs, where anyone with cancer can join free groups and classes.

English speakers in France affected by cancer can call Cancer Support France free on 0800 240 200; a trained volunteer calls back within a day.

CancerCare's oncology social workers give free counselling and support groups by phone and online to anyone in the US affected by cancer.

In Belgium, call 0800 15 801 on a weekday between 9am and 6pm and a professional from the Foundation against Cancer will answer your questions about cancer.

In Sweden, call Cancerlinjen on 010-199 10 10 to talk about cancer free and anonymously, or chat online.

In South Africa, call CANSA toll-free on 0800 22 6622 to ask a question or book a counselling session, or text 072 197 9305 in English or Afrikaans.

In the US, women with low income and no or little insurance can get free or low-cost breast and cervical screening through a CDC-funded programme in every state.

Corporate Angel Network flies cancer patients to distant treatment for free, in empty seats on company jets.

In Estonia, the Cancer Society's free advice line answers on 800 2233 from a landline or 631 1727 from a mobile, on working days in the late morning and evening.

First Descents takes young adults with cancer on free week-long outdoor adventures, with the travel paid for too.

FORCE gives free information, a helpline and peer navigators to anyone facing an inherited cancer risk such as a BRCA or Lynch syndrome gene change.

Gavi pays for HPV vaccine in lower-income countries so national programmes can give it to girls for free, where cervical cancer kills most.

In Iceland, call 800 4040 for free advice and support from the Cancer Society's nurses, social workers and psychologists, in Icelandic, English, Polish or German.

Imerman Angels matches you free with someone who has been through the same cancer, so you can talk to a person who understands.

In Germany, call INFONETZ KREBS free on 0800 80708877 on weekdays between 8am and 5pm for personal advice at any stage of cancer and help finding support near you.

In Ireland, BowelScreen, BreastCheck and CervicalCheck are free. You register once and get invited by age.

In Japan, children, teenagers and young adults with cancer can get part of the cost of freezing eggs, embryos or sperm, and of later fertility treatment, paid through a national scheme run by their prefecture. Ask the cancer consultation support centre at your hospital.

Kesem runs free summer camps for children whose mum or dad has cancer, staffed by college student volunteers across the US.

Knitted Knockers posts free soft knitted breast prostheses to anyone who has had breast surgery, made by volunteer knitters.

In Denmark, call or write to Kræftlinjen on 80 30 10 30; the Danish Cancer Society's help for patients and relatives is free.

In Germany, the DKFZ's Krebsinformationsdienst answers questions about cancer free on 0800 420 30 40, every day, staffed by doctors.

In Norway, call the Norwegian Cancer Society free on 21 49 49 21, chat online or book a call, with any question about cancer.

Lazarex pays the travel and lodging costs that stop people joining cancer trials in the US, and helps them find a trial in the first place.

In France, the Ligue contre le cancer's free number 0 800 940 939 connects you to its support services for patients and families during and after treatment.

LIVESTRONG at the YMCA is a free twelve-week exercise programme for adults who have had cancer, run at YMCAs across the US.

Look Good Feel Better runs free workshops that teach people having cancer treatment how to manage skin, brow and hair changes, with a free product kit.

Macmillan's free line, 0808 808 00 00, puts you through to a nurse, a benefits adviser or a money adviser, seven days a week.

Maggie's centres sit next to NHS cancer hospitals and anyone can walk in, free, for support, benefits advice or a cup of tea.

In Australia, McGrath Cancer Care Nurses give free nursing and emotional support to people with any cancer and their families through treatment; ask your treating hospital whether one works there.

Call 1-800-4-CANCER and a trained NCI specialist answers your questions about any cancer, free, in English or Spanish.

In the UK the NHS invites you to bowel, breast and cervical screening by age, free, and is rolling out lung screening for people who smoke or used to.

In England, tumour and inherited cancer gene testing is free on the NHS when the National Genomic Test Directory lists it for your cancer. Your hospital team orders it.

If you are on certain benefits or a low income in England, the NHS refunds your travel costs to hospital appointments, including cancer treatment.

The NHS gives the HPV vaccine free at school around age 12 to 13, and anyone who missed it can still get it free until they turn 25.

Anyone in England with a Jewish grandparent can order a free NHS saliva test for BRCA gene changes, which raise breast, ovarian, prostate and pancreatic cancer risk.

In Slovakia, call the League Against Cancer's free line 0800 11 88 11 any day to talk to a doctor, psychologist, nutrition adviser or social and legal adviser.

Anyone in the UK affected by ovarian cancer can call Ovacome's support line on 0800 008 7054.

PanCAN pays for tumour sequencing for people with pancreatic cancer in the US, so the results can point to a targeted drug or a trial.

Penny Brohn UK runs free courses and sessions on living well with cancer, in person in Bristol and online across the UK.

Men with prostate cancer in the US can get a free inherited-risk gene test by joining the PROMISE registry, which also offers counselling about the result.

Ronald McDonald Houses give families of seriously ill children, including children with cancer, a free or low-cost place to stay next to the hospital.

Sharsheret offers Jewish women free access to genetic counsellors, peer supporters and social workers for breast and ovarian cancer and inherited risk.

The Little Princess Trust gives free real-hair wigs to children and young people up to 24 who lose their hair to cancer treatment.

In California, thesecondopinion gives adults with cancer a free review of their diagnosis and treatment plan by a panel of volunteer cancer specialists.

New Zealand's bowel, breast and cervical screening programmes are free for eligible people; Time to Screen is the one site that covers all three.

In the US, the Vaccines for Children program gives the HPV vaccine free to children through 18 who are on Medicaid, uninsured or underinsured.

Wigs for Kids gives children in the US who lose their hair to cancer treatment a free custom-made hairpiece.

Young Lives vs Cancer gives families of children and young people with cancer a free place to stay near the hospital and a social worker on the ward.