support-groupIn this section you will find helpful information about Self–Help and Support Groups. There are helplines, telephone and fax numbers, advice and a Link to their site. Click on the relevant name to find out more about that Group.

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ACNE The Acne Support Group
ADDICTIONS North East Council On Addictions
AIDS Body Positive
Positively Women
Terrence Higgins Trust
ALLERGIES The British Allergy Foundation
ALZHEIMERS The Alzheimer’s Society
ANAPHYLAXIS The Anaphylaxis Campaign
ANKYLOSING SPONDOLITIS The National Ankylosing Spondolitis Society
ARTHRITIS Arthritis Care
ASTHMA The National Asthma Campaign
AUTISM The National Autistic Society
BACK CARE The Back Care Association
BEREAVEMENT Cruse Bereavement Care
The Child Bereavement Trust
Child Death Helpline
The Compassionate Friends
The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths
SANDS
The Cot Death Society
WAY
SOBS
BLINDNESS Sense
BRAIN INJURY Headway – The Brain Injury Association
BREAST CANCER Breast Cancer Care
BREAST FEEDING La Leche League
The National Childbirth Trust
BRITTLE BONES The Brittle Bone Society
CANCER Cancer Link
New Approaches to Cancer
CancerBACUP
The Leukaemia Care Society
MacMillan Cancer Relief
Colon Cancer Concern
The Lymphoma Association
Marie Curie Cancer Care
CLIC
Breast Cancer Care
CANDIDA The National Candida Society
CARERS The Carers National Association
CEREBRAL PALSY SCOPE
CHILDBIRTH The National Childbirth Trust
CHILDREN Childline
Cry-sis
Parentline Plus
Cerebra and Parnet
STEPS
The Child Bereavement Trust
Childrens Liver Disease Foundation
Kidscape
Children’s Heart Federation
CLIC
CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS
IN TOUCH
CHRONIC FATIGUE
SYNDROME/ME
Action for ME
ME Association
CLEFT LIP AND PALATE The Cleft Lip And Palate Association
COLITIS & CROHN’S DISEASE The National Association for Colitis & Crohn’s Disease
COLOSTOMY The British Colostomy Association
COT DEATH The Cot Death Society
FSID
COUNSELLING Careline
CREUTZELDT-JAKOB DISEASE The National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit
CUSHINGS The Association for Cushings Treatment & Help
CYSTIC FIBROSIS The Cystic Fibrosis Trust
CYSTITIS The Interstitial Cystitis Support Group
DEAFNESS Royal National Institue For The Deaf
National Deaf Childrens Society
Sense
DEPRESSION The Samaritans
The Fellowship of Depressives Anonymous
DERMATOMYOSITIS The Myositis Support Group
DIABETES The Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust
Insulin E-mail Discussion Group
DIGESTIVE DISORDERS The Digestive Disorders Foundation
DISABILITY Dial UK
SPOD
DOWNS SYNDROME The Downs Syndrome Association
DRUGS The National Drugs Helpline
DYSLEXIA The British Dyslexia Association
British Dyslexics
The Dyslexia Information Centre
DYSPRAXIA The Dyspraxia Foundation
Coventry and Warks Dyspraxia Society
EATING DISORDERS The Eating Disorders Association
Overeaters Anonymous
ECZEMA The National Eczema Society
ENDOMETRIOSIS The National Endometriosis Society
The SHE Trust
ENURESIS The Enuresis Resource and Information Centre
EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DEBRA
EPILEPSY The British Epilepsy Association
EYECARE Eyecare Information Services
Thyroid Eye Disease Association
FIBROMYALGIA Fibromyalgia Association UK
GLAUCOMA The International Glaucoma Association
GULLIAN-BARRE Gullian-Barre Syndrome
HAEMOPHILIA The Haemophilia Society
HEART The Association for Children with Heart Disorders
The Coronary Prevention Group
The Family Heart Association
Children’s Heart Federation
HERPES The Herpes Viruses Association
The Shingles Support Society
HIV & AIDS Body Positive
Positively Women
Terrence Higgins Trust
HOSPICE Hospice Information Contact
HUNTINGTONS The Huntingtons Disease Association
HYPERACTIVE CHILDREN The Hyperactive Children’s Support Group
INFANT DEATH Child Death Helpline
The Compassionate Friends
The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths
SANDS
ILEOSTOMY The Ileostomy And External Pouch Support Group
INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS The Interstitial Cystitis Support Group
KIDNEY DISEASE The National Kidney Federation
The British Kidney Patient Association
LEUKAEMIA The Leukaemia Care Society
LIMBS STEPS
LIVER Childrens Liver Disease Foundation
LUPUS Lupus UK
LYMPHOMA The Lymphoma Association
MARFAN SYNDROME The Marfan Association
MENIERE’S DISEASE The Meniere’s Society
MENINGITIS Meningitis Research Foundation
MENOPAUSE The Menopause Helpline Limited
MENTAL HEALTH The Mental Health Foundation
MIND National Association for Mental Health
Rethink
METABOLIC DISEASE IN CHILDREN CLIMB
MIGRAINE The Migraine Action Association
The Migraine Trust
MISCARRIAGE The Miscarriage Association
MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE The Motor Neurone Association
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS The Multiple Sclerosis Society
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
MYALGIC
ENCEPHALOMYELITIS (ME)
Action for ME
ME Association
MYOSITIS Myositis Support Group
MYASTHENIA Myasthenia Gravis Association
MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY Myotonic Dystrophy Support Group
DMChat
NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS The Brain And Spine Foundation
PAGETS The National Association For The Relief Of Pagets
PANCREAS Pancreatic Patients Support Group
PARKINSON’S DISEASE Parkinson’s Disease Society
PITUITARY DISORDERS The Pituitary Foundation
POST NATAL ILLNESS The Post Natal Association
POST-VIRAL FATIGUE SYNDROME (PVFS) Action for ME
ME Association
PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME The Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (UK)
PRE-ECLAMPSIA Action On Pre-eclampsia
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PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME National Association For Premenstrual Syndrome
PSORIASIS The Psoriasis Association
RAYNAUD’S & SCLERODERMA The Raynaud’s & Scleroderma Association
RELATIONSHIPS Relate
RETT SYNDROME Rett Syndrome Support Group
RUBELLA Sense
SCHIZOPHRENIA Rethink
SHINGLES The Shingles Support Society
SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA The Sickle Cell Society
OSCAR Trust
SJOGREN’S SYNDROME The British Sjogren’s Syndrome Association
SPEECH IMPAIRMENT Speech Impaired Children
SPINA BIFIDA & HYDROCEPHALIS ASBAH
SPINE Jennifer Trust Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Spinal Injuries Association (SIA)
STAMMER The British Stammering Association
STRESS ASSIST
STROKE The Stroke Association
TELANGIECTASIA The Telangiectasia Self Help Group
TERMINAL ILLNESS The Association for Children with Life Threatening or Terminal Conditions
THYROID Thyroid Eye Disease Association
Thyroiduk
TINNITUS The British Tinnitus Association
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS RoadPeace
TRAUMA ASSIST
TWINS AND MULTIPLE BIRTHS Twins And Multiple Births Association
UROSTOMY The Urostomy Association
VACCINES Vaccine Victim Support Group
VICTIM SUPPORT Victmin Support Group
WILLIAMS SYNDROME The Williams Syndrome Foundation
WOMENS HEALTH Womens Health Support Group

 

 

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