Useful Links and Websites
These links have been categorised according to the type of information they provide.
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| Age Concern England Astral House 1268 London Road London SW16 4ER Helpline: 0800 009966 Age Concern is the UK's largest organisation working with and for older people http://www.ageconcern.org.uk |
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| Allergy |
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| Allergy UK Deepdene House 30 Bellegrove Road Welling DA16 3PY Tel: 020 8303 8525 Helpline: 020 8303 8583 Support and information www.allergyfoundation.com |
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| Asthma |
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| National Asthma Campain Providence House Providence Place London N1 ONT Tel: 020 7226 2260 Fax: 020 7704 0740 Helpline: 0845 701 0203 Working to conquer asthma through research, education and support. Helpline open 9am – 5pm. http://www.asthma.org.uk |
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| National Asthma Campain (Scotland) 2a North Charlotte Street Edinburgh EH2 4HR Tel: 0131 226 2544 Fax: 0131 226 2401 |
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| Colitis & Crohn’s Disease |
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| National Association for Colitis & Crohn's Disease 4 Beaumont House Sutton Road St Albans AL1 5HH Tel: 01727 830038 Fax: 01727 862550 Helpline: 0845 1303 344 Information & support through local groups http://www.nacc.org.uk Email: nacc@nacc.org.uk |
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| Continence |
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| The Continence Foundation 307 Hatton Square 16 Baldwins Gardens London EC1N 7RJ Helpline: 0845 345 0165 Help for those with any bladder or bowel problems http://www.continence-foundation.org.uk Email: judithwardle@dial.pipex.com |
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| Incontact SATRA Innovation Park Rockingham Rd Kettering Northants NN16 9JH Membership organisation providing information, advice and support for people with bladder or bowel continence problems. http://www.incontact.org E-mail: info@incontact.org |
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| Birmingham and Solihull Bladder Clinic BMI The Priory Hospital Priory Road Edgbaston Birmingham B5 7UG Tel: 0870 850 3865 Fax: 0121 446 1679 http://www.thebladderclinic.co.uk/ Email: info@thebladderclinic.co.uk |
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| Diabetes |
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| Diabetes UK 1 Park Way London NW1 7AA Tel: 020 7424 1000 Fax: 020 7424 1001 To improve the lives of people with diabetes and to work towards a future without diabetes http://www.diabetes.org.uk E-mail: info@diabetes.org.uk |
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| Endometriosis |
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| Endometriosis SHE Trust (UK) 14 Moorland Way Lincoln LN6 7JW Tel/Fax: 08707 743 665 Takes a holistic approach to supporting women who have or may in the future suffer from endometriosis http://www.shetrust.org.uk Email: shetrust@shetrust.org.uk |
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| The National Endometriosis Society 50 Westminster Palace Gardens Artillery Row London SW1P 1RL Tel: 020 7222 2781 Fax: 020 7222 2786 Helpline: 0808 808 2227 Supports those affected by endometriosis; raise awareness about the disease, especially among health professionals; fund research. http://www.endo.org.uk Email: nes@endo.org.uk |
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| Enuresis |
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| Enuresis Resource and Information Centre (ERIC) 34 Old School House Britannia Road Kingswood Bristol BS15 8DB Tel: 0117 960 3060 Fax: 0117 960 0401 Provides advice and information to children, teenagers, parents and professionals on nocturnal enuresis or bedwetting. http://www.eric.org.uk Email: info@eric.org.uk |
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| Family Planning |
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| Family Planning Association (FPA) 50 Featherstone Street London EC1Y 8QU Tel: 020 7608 5240 Helpline: 0845 122 8690 Fax: 0845 123 2349 Working to improve the sexual health and reproductive rights of all people in the United Kingdom. http://www.fpa.org.uk |
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| FPA – Wales Suite D1 Canton House 435-451 Cowbridge Road East Cardiff CF5 1JH Tel: 029 206 44034 Fax: 029 206 44306 |
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| FPA - Wales Greenhouse Trevelyan Terrace Bangor Gwynedd LL57 1AX Tel: 01248 353 543 Fax: 01248 371 148 |
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| FPA - Northern Ireland 113 University Street Belfast BT7 1HP Tel: 028 9032 5488 Fax: 028 9031 2212 |
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| FPA - Northern Ireland 2nd Floor Northern Counties Building Custom House Street Derry BT48 6AE Tel: 028 7126 0016 Fax: 028 7136 1254 |
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| FPA - Scotland Unit 10 Firhill Business Centre 76 Firhill Road Glasgow G20 7BA Tel: 0141 576 5015 Fax: 0141 576 5006 |
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| Fibromyalgia |
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| Fibromyalgia Association UK PO Box 206 Stourbridge West Midlands DY9 8TB Helpline: 0870 220 1232 Fax: 0870 752 5118 Raising awareness of fibromyalgia in the UK. Offers support and information http://www.ukfibromyalgia.com Email: fmauk@hotmail.com |
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| Stiff UK PO Box 1484 Newcastle – Under - Lyme Staffordshire ST5 7UZ Tel: 01782 562 366 Counselling, support, information and advice for fibromyalgia sufferers http://www.stiffuk.org |
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| Herpes |
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| Herpes Association 41 North Road London N7 9DD Tel: 020 7609 9061 Tel: 0845 123 2305 Helping people with genital herpes simplex or shingles (herpes varicella) to help themselves. http://www.herpes.org.uk Email: info@herpes.org.uk |
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| Irritable Bowel |
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| Irritable Bowel Syndrome Network Unit 5 53 Mowbry Street Sheffield S3 8EN tel: 0114 272 3253 Run by sufferers for sufferers, to help alleviate the distress and suffering associated with IBS. http://www.ibsnetwork.org.uk Email: penny@ibsnetwork.org.uk |
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| Lichen Sclerosus |
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| National Lichen Sclerosus Support Group PO Box 7600 Hungerford RG17 7XD Provides support, information and self help to relieve the isolation for those with Lichen Sclerosus. http://www.lichensclerosus.org |
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| Lupus |
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| Lupus UK St James House Eastern Road Romford Essex RM1 3NH Tel: 01708 731 251 Fax: 01708 731252 Support people who are diagnosed with lupus and assist all those moving towards their diagnosis http://www.lupusuk.com Email: headoffice@lupus-uk.freeserve.co.uk |
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| ME |
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| The ME Association 4 Top Angel Buckingham Industrial Park Buckingham Buckinghamshire MK18 1TH Tel: 0870 444 8233 Fax: 01280 821602 Informing & supporting those affected. http://www.meassociation.org.uk Email: gill.briody@meassociation.org.uk |
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| Menopause |
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| The Menopause Amarant Trust 80 Lambeth Road London SE1 7PW Helpline: 01293 413 000 Fax: 020 792 8913 Helping women deal with problems that they experience whilst going through the menopause. A telephone helpline manned by medical staff. http://www.amarantmenopausetrust.org.uk |
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| Migraine |
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| Migraine Action Association Unit 6 Oakley Hay Lodge Business Park Great Folds Road Great Oakley Corby NN18 9AS Tel: 01536 461333 Fax: 01536 461444 Providing information and reassurance, support and encouragement. http://www.migraine.org.uk Email: info@migraine.org.uk |
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| The Migraine Trust 2nd Floor 55-56 Russell Square London WC1B 4HP Tel: 020 7436 1336 Fax: 020 7436 2880 Raising awareness of migraines. Funding and promoting research towards a greater understanding, of the condition. http://www.migrainetrust.org Email: info@migrainetrust.org |
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| Multiple Sclerosis |
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| MS National Centre 372 Edgware Road London NW2 6ND Tel: 020 8438 0700 Providing a freephone telephone service. Involved in research http://www.mssociety.org.uk |
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| Pain |
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| Pain Concern PO Box 13256 Haddington EH41 4YD Tel: 01620 822 572 Fax: 01620 829 138 To alleviate pain and suffering http://www.painconcern.org.uk Email painconcern@btinternet.com |
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| The British Pain Society 21 Portland Place London W1B 1PY Tel: 020 7631 8872 Fax: 020 7323 2015 General information on chronic pain/details of pain clinics in the UK. http://www.britishpainsociety.org Email: info@britishpainsociety.org |
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| Pelvic Pain Support Network
PO BOX 6559 Poole Dorset BH12 9DP www.pelvicpain.org.uk Email info@pelvicpain.org.uk |
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| Pre-Menstrual |
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| National Association for Pre Menstrual Syndrome (NAPS) 41 Old Road East Peckham Kent TN12 5AP Helpline: 0870 777 2177 This is a medical charity providing information, advice and support to women affected by PMS, their partners and their families. Provides diagnosis and treatment guidance to healthcare professionals. http://www.pms.org.uk Email:contact@pms.org.uk |
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| Prostate |
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| Prostate Help Association (PHA) Langworth Lincoln LN3 5DF A source of medical information mainly in regard to prostate cancer, prostates and benign prostatic hyperplasia. http://www.pha.u-net.com Email: philip@pha.u-net.com online prostate messageboard BPS - ASSOC http://www.bps-assoc.org.uk/index.cfm |
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| RADAR |
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| The disability network (providing keys for access to disabled toilets http://there.is/cgi-bin/radar/e-shop.cgi) 12 City Forum 250 City Road London EC1V 8AF Tel: 020 7250 3222 Fax: 020 7250 0212 Minicom: 020 7250 4119 http://www.radar.org.uk/ E-mail: radar@radar.org.uk RADAR MESSAGEBOARDS www.radarnetwork.org.uk |
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| Samaritans |
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| http://www.samaritans.org.uk/talk/phoneus.shtm |
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| Sjögren’s Syndrome |
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| British Sjögren’s Syndrome Association 4-5 Scarborough Street Hartlepool TS24 7DA Tel: 01429 234656 Helps patients and their families understand and cope better with the condition http://www.bssa.uk.net |
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| Urostomy |
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| Urostomy Association 18 Foxglove Avenue Uttoxeter Staffs ST14 8UN Tel: 0870 770 7931 Fax: 0870 770 7932 Membership organisation providing support and information to people who have undergone, or are contemplating, a urostomy operation. http://www.uagbi.org E-mail: ua@centraloffice.fsnet.co.uk |
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| Vulval Pain |
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| Vulval Pain Society PO Box 7804 Nottingham NG3 5ZQ Information and support for sufferers of vulval pain. http://www.vulvalpainsociety.org |
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| Women's Health |
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| Women's Health Concern Whitehall House 41 Whitehall London SW1A 2BY Direct line: 020 7451 1378 Fax: 020 7925 1505 E-mail: intern@womens-health-concern.org Helpline: 0845 123 2319 http://www.womens-health-concern.org |
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