Support Groups & Online Patient Forums

Lymphoma Australia offers both online and in person support groups throughout the year. These support groups aim to provide you and your carer or family with an opportunity to connect with other people affected by lymphoma to develop friendship, peer support and learn together to better understand your lymphoma. 

Also on this page, you will find information about our online closed forum for patients and carers in Australia and New Zealand (Facebook group Lymphoma Down Under), and other social media links. 

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Upcoming Support Groups

Below you will find a list of upcoming Support Groups you can register for. These are great if you want to connect with others affected by lymphoma. These chats are supported with a nurse from Lymphoma Australia who can answer your questions or help you get the right information, but they are more informal and led by you, the patients or carer. These sessions let you share your experiences, concerns, learn from each other and get peer support.

Online Support Groups

28 Aug

Life After Lymphoma Online Support Group

Thursday 28th of August 2025    
4:00pm AEST - 5:30pm AEST
Connect with others who are preparing for, or living life after lymphoma.   For more info email: nurse@lymphoma.org.au or phone 1800 953 081.
01 Sep

CLL Online Support Group

Monday 1st of September 2025    
11:00am AEST - 12:30pm AEST
Join us for an online support group on World CLL Day. Connect with others affected by CLL, share your experiences, and support each other on [...]
02 Oct

Under 40's Online Support Group

Thursday 2nd of October 2025    
4:00pm AEST - 5:30pm AEST
Please join us for an online Under 40's Support Group. Details: Date - Thursday 2nd October 2025 Time - 2:00 PM – Western Australia (WA)3:30 [...]

In-Person Support Groups

29 Aug

Northern Rivers In-Person Support Group

Friday 29th of August 2025    
10:00am AEST - 11:30am AEST
145 Laurel Avenue, Lismore 2480
  Join us in-person to connect with us, and other people impacted by lymphoma.   For more info email: nurse@lymphoma.org.au or phone 1800 953 081.
04 Sep

Brisbane In-Person Support Group

Thursday 4th of September 2025    
11:00am AEST - 1:00pm AEST
375 Hamilton Rd, Chermside 4032
Join us for an in-person support group. Connect with others affected by lymphoma, share your experiences, and support each other on this journey. Light refreshments [...]
11 Sep

Adelaide In-Person Support Group

Thursday 11th of September 2025    
10:00am ACST - 11:30am ACST
202 Greenhill Road, Eastwood 5063
Join us for an in-person support group. Connect with others affected by lymphoma, share your experiences, and support each other on this journey.Light refreshments will [...]
24 Sep

Melbourne In-Person Support Group

Wednesday 24th of September 2025    
11:00am AEST - 12:30pm AEST
Level 1, 305 Grattan St, Melbourne 3000
Join us for an in-person support group. Connect with others affected by lymphoma, share your experiences, and support each other on this journey. Light refreshments [...]
03 Oct

Gold Coast In-Person Support Group

Friday 3rd of October 2025    
10:30am AEST - 12:30pm AEST
Corner Garden and, Lawson St, Southport 4215
Join us for an in-person support group. Connect with others affected by lymphoma, share your experiences, and support each other on this journey. Light refreshments [...]
07 Oct

Cairns In-Person Support Group

Tuesday 7th of October 2025    
10:30am AEST - 12:30pm AEST
100 Reservoir Rd, Manoora, Cairns 4870
Join us for an in-person support group. Connect with others affected by lymphoma, share your experiences, and support each other on this journey. Light refreshments [...]
15 Oct

Sydney In-Person Support Group

Wednesday 15th of October 2025    
11:00am AEDT - 1:00pm AEDT
355 Botany Rd, Zetland 2017
Join us for an in-person support group. Connect with others affected by lymphoma, share your experiences, and support each other on this journey.Light refreshments will [...]
26 Oct

Perth In-Person Support Group

Sunday 26th of October 2025    
3:00pm AWST - 4:30pm AWST
25 Francis Street, Perth 6000
Join us for an in-person support group. Connect with others affected by lymphoma, share your experiences, and support each other on this journey.Light refreshments will [...]

Our support groups are facilitated by our Lymphoma Care Nurses. For more information on upcoming events, you can see our events calendar by clicking here.

You can also contact our nurses by emailing nurse@lymphoma.org.au or by phone on 1800 953 081 Monday – Friday 9am – 4:30pm AEST (Sydney time).

Patient & Carer Education

We also regularly hold patient and carer education events. These are different from support groups – or group chats. You can find more information on upcoming education events at the link below.

For more info see
Patient and Carer Education

Other ways to stay to connected

We have a variety of ways you can connect with other people affected by a lymphoma or CLL diagnosis. Below are links to our different online patient forums that you can join or follow.

Lymphoma Down Under

If you have a Facebook account you can request to join by searching for Lymphoma Down Under, or clicking the request button below. Please make sure you answer all the member questions when requesting to join.

Other social media pages

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Please note: Lymphoma Australia staff are only able to reply to emails sent in English language.

For people living in Australia, we can offer a phone translation service. Have your nurse or English speaking relative call us to arrange this.

Useful Definitions

  • Refractory: This means the lymphoma does not get better with treatment. The treatment didn’t work as hoped.
  • Relapsed: This means the lymphoma came back after being gone for a while after treatment.
  • 2nd line treatment: This is the second treatment you get if the first one didn’t work (refractory) or if the lymphoma comes back (relapse).
  • 3rd line treatment: This is the third treatment you get if the second one didn’t work or the lymphoma comes back again.
  • Approved: Available in Australia and listed by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA).
  • Funded: Costs are covered for Australian citizens. This means if you have a Medicare card, you shouldn’t have to pay for the treatment.[WO7]

You need healthy T-cells to make CAR T-cells. For this reason, CAR T-cell therapy cannot be used if you have a T-cell lymphoma – yet.

For more information on CAR T-cells and T-cell lymphoma click here. 

Special Note: Although your T-cells are removed from your blood for CAR T-cell therapy, most of our T-cells live outside of our blood – in our lymph nodes, thymus, spleen and other organs.