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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

26 Nov

Indolent Lymphoma Online Support Group

Wednesday 26th of November 2025    
10:00am AEDT - 11:30am AEDT
Please join us for an Online Indolent Lymphoma Support Group. Details: Date: Wednesday 26th November Time: 7:00 AM – Western Australia (WA)8:30 AM – Northern [...]
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11 Dec

Under 40s Online Support Group

Thursday 11th of December 2025    
3:00pm AEST - 4:30pm AEST
Please join us for an Under 40's online support group. Details: Date - Thursday 11th December Time - 1:00 PM – Western Australia (WA)2:30 PM [...]
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12 Jan

Life After Lymphoma Online Support Group

Monday 12th of January 2026    
3:00pm AEDT - 4:30pm AEDT
Join us for an Online Life After Lymphoma support group. Details: Date - Monday 12th January Time - 12:00 PM – Western Australia (WA)1:30 PM [...]
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27 Jan

Aggressive Lymphoma Online Support Group

Tuesday 27th of January 2026    
10:00am AEST - 11:30am AEST
Please join us for an Aggressive Lymphoma support group. Details: Date - Tuesday 27th January Time - 8:00 AM – Western Australia (WA)9:30 AM – [...]
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In-Person Support Groups

20 Nov

Adelaide In-Person Support Group

Thursday 20th of November 2025    
10:30am ACDT - 12:00pm ACDT
202 Greenhill Road, Eastwood 5063
Join us for an in-person support group in Adelaide. Connect with others affected by lymphoma, share your experiences, and support each other on this journey. [...]
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26 Nov

South Western Sydney In-Person Support Group

Wednesday 26th of November 2025    
10:30am AEDT - 12:00pm AEDT
Therry Rd, Campbelltown 2560
Join us for an in-person support group in South Western Sydney. Connect with others affected by lymphoma, share your experiences, and support each other on [...]
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02 Dec
Brisbane Patient Education Day and Support Group

Brisbane Patient Education Day and Support Group

Tuesday 2nd of December 2025    
10:00am AEST - 2:00pm AEST
Newdegate St, Greenslopes 4120
We are excited to invite you to our upcoming Patient Education Day and Support Group in Brisbane this December. This education day will include the [...]
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03 Dec

Melbourne In-Person Support Group

Wednesday 3rd of December 2025    
11:00am AEDT - 1:00pm AEDT
305 Grattan Street, 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 [...]
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10 Dec

Townsville In-Person Support Group

Wednesday 10th of December 2025    
10:30am AEST - 12:00pm AEST
Meeting Room, 9-13 Bayswater Rd, Hyde Park 4812
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 [...]
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11 Dec

Perth In-Person Support Group

Thursday 11th of December 2025    
10:30am AWST - 12:00pm AWST
15 Bedbrook Pl, Shenton Park 6008
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 [...]
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16 Dec

Gold Coast In-Person Support Group

Tuesday 16th of December 2025    
10:30am AEST - 12:30pm AEST
61 Sunshine Boulevard, Mermaid Waters 4218
Join us for an in-person support group on the Gold Coast. Connect with others affected by lymphoma, share your experiences, and support each other on [...]
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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.

Send your Request to join Lymphoma Down Under

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General Enquiries

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.