(1) to provide the relief of any person suffering from cancer in any form by: (a) offering a counselling service to cancer sufferers and their dependants, relatives or friends (b) promoting facilities for the exchange of experiences, views and information among cancer sufferers, their families and friends and other interested persons of establishing and managing a home care visiting service whereby persons suffering from cancer in any form may be visited and comforted in their own home or other establishment (ii) to aquire, establish, maintain and manage or assist in the aquisition, establishment, maintenance and management of a respite centre or centres for the short term care of such persons suffering from cancer to produce temporary relief and assistance to cancer sufferors dependants, relatives, friends or other interested persons. provided that this shall not entitle the association to provide long term residential care.