Our actions
Cancer impacts people's lives beyond treatment (long-term side effects, scale of values, etc.). Half of the diagnoses concern people of working age. A return to active life must take into account the specificities of the post-cancer period. For Work & Cancer, adequate support from patients, employers AND colleagues is the key to a winning three-fold equation.
We believe in the ability of everyone to bounce back from a difficulty. Highlighting the experience acquired during the illness (empowerment of the patient), supporting the management and the team in the management of the absence and lifting the taboos around cancer are delicate questions and we know it. This is why we are helping you. Travail & Cancer provides you with EMPOWERMENT tools: awareness-raising in companies and workshops with patients. To go even further, we are also participating in scientific research. Contact us to find together the support you need.
Intervention possible in French and English.. Contact us to develop the program that suits best your business.
Awareness
Improving the process of returning to work after cancer is triple win, whether we are:
- An employer who wants tools to support his collaborators in the face of cancer.
- A patient/survivor treated for cancer who has questions about managing late side effects and his return to work, although he/she developed soft skills and resilience
- A colleague/a team who has to face a long sick leave, the taboo of cancer and the return to work with possible adjustments.
- A caregiver who has to juggle between professional life and the accompaniment of a seriously ill loved one.
Group coaching
Sponsored by private sponsors and companies, these workshops are intended to be financially accessible to those most concerned: the patients who suffer from the financial toxicity of the disease.
Supporting the organization of Work & Cancer workshops means participating actively in the fight against cancer and its socioeconomic consequences.
Scientific Research
About us
Our mission and our values
- Companies who pay close attention to their corporate responsibility;
- Colleagues and teams who feel helpless when it comes to cancer at the workplace;
- Employees affected by cancer and facing challenges in their return to work;
- Employees that are carers and thus seek balance between professional life and caring for a sick relative.
On a larger scale, Work & Cancer aims to be present and active in the decision-making process and raise awareness among public opinion on the reintegration into the workforce after the cancer is cured, be it for the patients/survivors and/or their carers.
Fortunately, today, the survival rate has increased dramatically. Investing in the socioprofessional reintegration of patients is a key societal challenge for Work & Cancer.
Our team

Magali Mertens de Wilmars
Secretary General
Magali Mertens de Wilmars - General Secretary
Magali was working as a project and communication manager when she had to deal with cancer in 2011. She realizes that when the disease goes away, she still leaves many questions, especially on the difficult management of side effects and the need to take back the reins of his life. Anxious to bring together her experience to act, she became a certified coach specializing in post-cancer cancer, disability manager,NLP Master practicionner (and in trainong for Practicionner in hypnosis). Its slogan "to make the experience of the disease a springboard, not a brake". She is also the founder of the website www.vieetcancer.be and author of coaching books for Editions Jouvence.
To find out more about all of her activities, please visit www.magalimertens.com
Toolbox

The Cancer Foundation launches RECONNECT!

EMPOWERME - The first app that offers you free coaching to return to work after cancer

"Returning to work after cancer - Reintegration: a collective process", Ed. Jouvence
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Webinar Fondation contre le Cancer : return to work after cancer with a coach

Healthcare professional webinar: returning to work after cancer
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