About The Foundation
What is The Cystitis and Overactive Bladder Foundation?
The Cystitis and Overactive Bladder (COB) Foundation gives support to people with all forms of cystitis and overactive bladder, together with their families and friends.
The goals of the foundation are:
- The relief of sickness of persons suffering from all forms of Cystitis and Overactive Bladder.
- To provide patients, their families and friends with contact with other sufferers in their area.
- The advancement of education amongst the general public and the medical profession into causes and treatments of all forms of Cystitis and Overactive Bladder.
- To support research and ultimately find an effective treatment and cure for all forms of Cystitis and Overactive Bladder.
In 1994 two sisters set up The Interstitial Cystitis Support Group, and in 2003 the charity received a grant from the Department of Health to enable the expansions of its work. As a result the charity became known as The Cystitis and Overactive Bladder Foundation.
Since the beginning, the charity has produced quarterly newsletters giving members up to date information on treatments. This also features a forum for members to write in regarding their own experiences.
Local support groups have also been formed throughout the UK, providing members with an opportunity to meet and talk to their fellow sufferers. The charity also offers a telephone based information service.
The organisation has an ever-expanding membership, which includes health professionals who wish to learn more about the conditions, and the current therapies and treatments, which are being used to relieve the symptoms of sufferers.