The charity's purpose are to: (a) Relieve sickness and distress and promote the benefit and well-being of people suffering from cancer (the beneficiaries) in the Cookstown area and its environs (the area of benefit) by: • Fostering an atmosphere of mutual support and encouragement among the beneficiaries and their relatives, helpers, carers and friends • Providing or arranging for the provision of reflexology, massage, counseling and other therapeutic services • Providing facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation or other leisure-time occupation, with the object of improving the conditions of life among the beneficiaries and their relatives, helpers and carers. • Providing information, advice and referrals to health workers and professional medical staff. • Raising awareness among the general public and among health care professionals of the needs and experiences of people with cancer (b) Promoting the voluntary and community sector by providing facilities and amenities to community and voluntary groups and organisations based in the area of benefit. The prevention or relief of poverty,The advancement of education,The advancement of health or the saving of lives,The advancement of citizenship or community development,The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science,The advancement of environmental protection or improvement,The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage