| Action for Blind People | Action for Blind People is a national charity providing free and confidential support for blind and partially sighted people in all aspects of their lives. One call to Action means help with anything from finding a job, applying for benefits, housing issues to information on local services. |
| Birmingham and District Tinnitus Group | AIMS OF OUR GROUP:
1. To give all tinnitus sufferers in Birmingham and the surrounding areas access to up-to-date information through :-
Meetings : Newsletters : Support literature:
2. To offer anyone troubled by tinnitus the chance to meet other sufferers in a supportive... |
| Care Homes Today | Care Homes Today offers people in the distressing situation of having to look for full time care. This is always a stressful time, and finding the perfect care is not easy.
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| Dr Foster Health | Dr Foster Health is the UK's leading provider of free comparative information on health and social care services.
By comparing the performance of NHS trusts and evaluating the levels of NHS quality throughout the UK, our easy-to-use Hospital Guide tools let you search for local healthcare... |
| Fibromyalgia Support Group South Wales | Supporting people with Fibromyalgia in Wales, their Carers and Family on living with the condition. Working with Welsh Assembly Government, Health Professionals, on Education and awareness of symptoms and condition, aiming for improvement on Support and Services available for patients diagnosed.
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| HepC Nomads Online forum for Hepatitis C | Online support forum for those affected with Hepatitis C. The Nomads is an online support forum for those affected by Hepatitis. It is a valuable resource for information with items from the latest research, published papers on HCV, treatment and new drug trials. It can only be viewed by... |
| Parents Against Drug Abuse (PADA) | Support for the families and varers of substance misusers
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| The PSP Association | Supports people with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) and Cortico Basal Degeneration (CBD). Funds research. Registered charity 1037087 |
| UK Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia Forum | The UK's only specific forum for patients, families, friends and carers of those diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia |
| (DELTA) Deaf Education through Listening and Talking | A national charity that supports deaf children, their families and practitioners following the Natural Aural Approach. This approach helps the deaf child learn to listen and talk using their residual hearing and natural spoken language, even those with severe or profound loss.
DELTA provides a... |
| A Different Journey | A Different Journey aims to support those widowed at a young age, and their children. Coming from a Christian perspective, A Different Journey seeks to offer hope and support to those of all faiths and none.
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| A Guide To Living With A Stoma | A website offering comprehensive information on stoma lifestyle issues – at home, on holiday and out & about. Additional sections for accessories, diet, events, new products, news, open days, suppliers and support organisations.
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| A Hepatitis C Support Service | A Hepatitis C support, advice, information, testing, training and outreach service |
| A Life Without | A group set up by volunteers who have suffered the stranglehold of homelessness, drink, drugs and depression.
We are all service users or ex service users.
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| A Little Wish | 'A little wish* provides many areas of information and support for infertility and overcoming infertility.
We support people though pregnancy to allow them to make more informed decisions eg homebirth, caesarean, hysterectomy, mutipal birth, etc. |
| A Place for The Heart | A site dedicated as a resource for self healing. Includes free online mediations, self help techniques and problem page. Also available CDs books etc. |
| A1 Mobility | A1 Mobility offer a comprehensive range of mobility products to assist disabled customers. Scooters, powerchairs, riser recliner chairs, adjustable beds, bath and stair lifts can all be supplied by A1 Mobility with full service back up if required. Trained and motability accredited staff provide... |
| Aarskog Syndrome Support Group (U.K.) | Offering support and information to those affected by the Syndrome, their families, and professionals who may deal with the Syndrome. |
| ABAPSTAS | ABAPSTAS (the Association of Blind and Partially Sighted Teachers and Students) was founded in 1970 by visually impaired people with the primary aim of supporting students, teachers and lecturers. Since then, ABAPSTAS has grown into a national self-help and campaigning organisation with a strong... |
| Abbeycare Foundation | Abbeycare foundation is an established alcohol addiction treatment centre in the UK. It is located in the tranquil countryside of North Ayrshire, in South West Scotland. |
| Abbeyfield | Provides care and companionship for older people, by supportive, very sheltered housing for small groups of residents living as a 'family'. Extra care is offered for larger groups of frail, older people as a 24 hour personal service provided by professional staff |
| Abbott Diabetes Care | Abbott Diabetes Care was established in April 2004. Abbott Laboratories is one of the largest and most innovative diagnostic companies in the world, with a presence in more than 130 countries.
Abbott Diabetes Care develops, manufactures and markets blood glucose monitoring systems that enable... |
| Abergele Mobility | Abergele Mobility offer a wide range of products such as:
Daily living aids
Walking frames
Bathroom rails & equipment
Toilet frames & aids
Wheelchairs & electric scooters
Rise & recline chairs & beds
Moving & handling aids
Personal care products
Medical supplies |
| Ability Housing Association | Ability Housing Association is a Registered Social Landlord (RSL) that specialises in providing disabled people with housing and support services to enable them to live more independent lives.
They work in partnership with local authority Housing, Social Services and Supporting People teams, the... |
| AbilityNet | national charity whose aim is to make the benefits of using computers available to disabled people. |
| Able Community Care | Enables elderly and disabled people to continue living in their own home, by providing a rational live-in home carer service. Nation-wide coverage |
| Able2wear | Able2wear design wheelchair garments. |
| Abortion Law Reform Association | The association campaigns for a womans right to choose an abortion, both in law and in practice |
| Accept Services | Facilitators assist group members towrds understanding the feelings and personal issues that have played a part in problems with alcohol |
| Acceptance | Established in 1987, "Acceptance" is a helpline and support for the parents and families of homosexual people, of whatever age. The founders and members are all parents of gay children, so are able to empathise with feelings of isolation and often devastation which parents experience in the... |
| Access Ramps | Access Ramps are an established company providing an extensive range of SteplessT, portable aluminium wheelchair ramps and scooter ramps, with a usual UK mainland delivery within three working days.
The SteplessT range of wheelchair ramps from GULDMANN include thoughtful details such as... |
| Access to Neurological Services Rehabilitation and Support (ANSRS) | User/ consultation group that is working closely with staff, service users,planners and providers of the floyd unit and the community neurological services |
| Access Travel | Access Travel is a licensed tour operator with full consumer protection, offering continental holidays for disabled people from most major UK airports. Destinations include: Majorca, Tenerife, Algarve,
Lanzarote, Spain, Cyprus, Crete, Malta, Florida, and self-drive holidays to France.
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| Accessatlast Limited | Accessatlast Limited was founded by Stephen Pritchard; a T7 paraplegic with a brachial plexus right arm (tri-plegic) caused by a motorbike accident in 1992 whilst serving in the Royal Air Force.
They are presently the only website in the world advertising accommodation with at least one room... |
| Accessible Property Register | The Accessible Property Register was set up in 2003 by Conrad Hodgkinson, Christine Barton, and Lindsay Yarrow. Christine and Lindsay are wheelchair users who have personal experience of the barriers faced by disabled and older people in relation to housing. |
| Accessible Travel & Leisure | Accessible Travel and Leisure (ATL) can provide a range of holiday options to those who seek accessibility as a basic requirement. They offer a range of accessible holidays for wheelchair users, the sensory impaired, slow walkers, mature travellers, their families and friends. They can arrange... |
| Accident Line | Accident Line is the only personal injury referral scheme endorsed by The Law Society
There is no middleman. You will deal directly with an experienced solicitor
If you do win your case, an Accident Line solicitor will achieve maximum compensation for you
If you don't win, we can help you to... |
| Ace Centre Advisory Trust | The Oxford ACE Centre provides a focus for the use of technology with the communication and educational needs of young people with physical and communication difficulties. They offer a wide variety of services including in-depth individual assessments, information, R&D, and specialist training for... |
| ACE Centre North | ACE Centre - North offers a range of services in connection with the use of assistive technology (AT) and alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) resources and systems for individuals with physical and communication difficulties. Services are offered to the North of England. A similar... |
| ACeBabes | AceBabes (Families Following Assisted Conception) was originally formed in December of 1998, with a handful of members based in the Nottingham area. The group has grown and its membership base has extended through the East Midlands and beyond. It was borne out of the knowledge that, as parents of... |
| Achondroplasia.co.uk | Achondroplasia is the most common form of short limb dwarfism. Achonodroplasia.co.uk has been set up to provide support and information to those affected by the condition and those caring for them - both parents and professionals. The site includes in depth information on the condition, its... |
| Acnehelp | Acne Help is a site which aims to help acne sufferers, and has common sense information about acne, accutane, roaccutane, and other treatments for this unpleasant and psychologically damaging disorder. |
| Acorn Stairlifts | Acorn Stairlifts manufacture and install stairlifts to provide mobility and accessibility solutions for the difficulties customers, both young and elderly alike, experience in their daily lives. |
| Acorns Children's Hospice Trust | Provides care and support life limited children and their carers |
| ACROSS | ACROSS is a charity dedicated to helping terminally ill and severely disabled adults and children to go on pilgrimage to Lourdes. They cannot fly due to their medical conditions, and so ACROSS takes them there by Jumbulances, purpose-built coach-ambulances, with able-bodied helpers, including... |
| ACT (Association for Children's Palliative Care) | ACT (the Association for Children's Palliative Care) is a national charity seeking to promote excellence and equity in the provision of care and support for all children and young people with life-threatening or life-limiting conditions and their families. It campaigns for improved provision of... |
| Action Against Allergy | Providing information across the whole spectrum of allergy-related illness, to patients, their carers and health professionals. Maintain a database of nation-wide allergy treatment resources and specialists |
| Action Against Alopecia | |
| Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) | Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) is the independent charity which promotes better patient safety and justice for people who have been affected by a medical accident. A 'medical accident' is where unintended harm has been caused as a result of treatment or failure to treat appropriately.... |
| Action Cancer | Provides full-time screening clinics for women concerned about breast and cervical cancer. Information, advice and evening clinics for men concerned about prostate and testicular cancers |
| Action Duchenne | Action Duchenne aims to:
Find a viable treatment and cure for Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy.
Identify and fund research programmes, utilising scientists from around the world whose major interests are Duchenne muscular dystrophy research.
Increase worldwide awareness of the... |
| Action for Dysphasic Adults | Speakability is the national charity that supports and empowers people with aphasia to overcome the barriers
they face by:
supporting people with aphasia and their carers through its information service, national network of Self-Help Groups and programme of activities
influencing... |
| Action for Kids | Action for Kids' purpose is to provide relief for children and young people suffering from physical and mental disability by assisting them to lead full and independent lives.The charity's main activities are as follows.
Providing direct services for severely disabled children and young... |
| Action for M.E. | Action for M.E. is a national charity campaigning to improve the lives of people with M.E. in the UK. Action for M.E. is a UK based national membership organisation and registered charity (Reg. No. 1036419). It is supported by its members, donations from individuals, local M.E. groups, businesses... |
| Action for Sick Children | Action for Sick Children is a leading UK authority on Children's Healthcare issues. We work with both healthcare professionals and Government bodies to improve the quality of care of sick children |
| Action for Sick Children (Scotland) | Action for Sick Children (Scotland) is dedicated to informing, promoting and campaigning on behalf of the needs of all sick children and young people in the healthcare system. They try and ensure that sick children always receive the highest standard of healthcare possible and do so in partnership... |
| Action for Victims of Medical Accidents | Independent charity providing advice by medically qualified staff to individuals affected by a medical accident. Maintains list of approved solicitors experienced in medical negligence. Also promotes and supports development of self-help amongst those affected, and campaigns for better patient... |
| Action Medical Research | Leading charity Action Medical Research is dedicated to building a better, healthier future by investigating many serious illnesses. |
| Action MS Northern Ireland | The Action MS Social Care Team is now well established and is working to meet a growing demand for practical help. In partnership with statutory and community services Action MS comes alongside individuals and families to do what needs to be done to improve their quality of life and to give people... |
| Action on Addiction | Action on Addiction is a registered charity, a founding member of the European Association for the Treatment of Addiction and aims to free people from addictions and its effect by providing interrelated services of the highest quality and effectiveness which have a clear and ethical basis and which... |
| Action on Elder Abuse | Aims to prevent abuse in old age by promoting changes in policy and practice, through raising awareness, education, promoting research and the provision of infomation. Offers a national infomation service for all enquirers, a membership service, and a confidential helpline for anyone concerned abut... |
| Action on Gilbert's Syndrome | Action on Gilbert's Syndrome (GS) wants to do three things:
Help support people with GS through information and sharing stories.
Get more healthcare professionals understanding the real challenges of GS and how they can keep people better prepared for life with the condition.
Develop the... |
| Action on Pain | A national charity run entirely by volunteers that provides support and advice for those affected by chronic pain |
| Action on Pre-Eclampsia | Information for parents and health professionals. Professional study days. Support via helpline and befriending services. Membership services, including newsletter. |
| Action on Pre-eclampsia | Action on Pre-eclampsia (APEC) aims to inform and educate parents and health professionals about pre-eclampsia and its risks, support sufferers and their families, and promote medical research into the condition.
Membership is open to sufferers, health professionals and other interested parties,... |
| Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) | Lobbying Government for measures to reduce smoking. Disseminating information on smoking and health. Networking with other organisations on tobacco control. |
| Active Mobility Centre Ltd | The Active Mobility website is an online catalogue of mobility and living aids ranging from non-slip egg cups to wheelchairs and scooters. Advice and after-sales service are available. Products are offered in the following categories.
Mobility
Toiletting
Bathroom
Beds and chairs
Comfort... |
| ADA Reading Service for the Blind | Volunteer readers will transfer written and printed material on to audio tapes provided by the client. |
| Adapt | Treatment centres for people with alcohol and drug problems. |
| Add A Voice | We offer advocacy support to individuals and groups across the Wigan Metropolitan area. We are able to assist people in speaking up for themselves or are able to speak up on their behalf. Examples of situations where someone might need an advocate are; attending doctors appointments, making a... |
| Addaction | Addaction began in 1967 as an association of parents of addicts which became the Association for the Prevention of Addiction. It is now a major service providing charity staffed by professional paid workers and volunteers and manages projects around the country. Addaction's activities include the... |
| Addaction Maya Project | The Maya Project is a residential drug rehabilitation project for women who want to change their lifestyle and live without the use of mind-altering substances. It is a women-only project which admits single women, women with children (under 18 years of age), pregnant women, and prioritizes women... |
| Addenbrookes NHS Trust Weight Loss Surgery Support Group | Monthly meetings on the last Wednesday of every month at Hills Road, Cambridge
CB22QQ, for patients who have had any sort of weight loss surgery or who are planning it.
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| adders.org | online support for Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
| Addiction Recovery Foundation | Publishers of the magazine "Addiction Today" |
| Addiction Today | Addiction Today is a bi-monthly magazine devoted to leading-edge and evidence-based treatment and good practice.
Articles include therapeutic techniques, research, news, complementary medicines, relevant legislation, lists of self-help groups and treatment centres, details of seminars and... |
| Addison's Disease Self-Help Group | UK support group for men, women and children diagnosed with Addison's Disease (or adrenal insufficiency). Sends newsletters and information and has an email discussion group. |
| ADDISS | A national charity providing information support and training on ADHD for parents and professionals. ADDISS can refer you to one of its 26 affiliated groups across the UK. |
| Additives Survivors' Network (UK) | The Additives Survivors' Network UK (ASNUK) was established in March 2000 to reach out to individuals who have suffered, or still suffer health problems, that may have been caused or exacerbated by additives.
ASNUK also works closely with health professionals and other support groups,... |
| ADFAM National | The national charity for families and friends of drug users. Runs the national helpline for families of drug users. Produces publications and runs training programmes. |
| ADHD In Suffolk | Support group offering support to families and professionals |
| Adopted Children's Register | The Adopted Children Register is kept by the General Register Office, and contains a record of every person who has been adopted through a court in England or Wales since 1st January 1927. This section of the General Register Office website will give information on applying for adoption... |
| Adoption Bereavement-Network | Help and Support for anyone who has experienced a bereavement related to adoption |
| Adoption Rejection-Network | Help and support for anyone who has experienced a rejection relating to adoption |
| Adoption UK | Adoption UK has over 30 years' experience of providing information and support to prospective and established adopters, long-term foster carers and their families. Working in conjunction with families and adoption agencies, Adoption UK provides a range of support services, including:
Telephone... |
| Adrenal Hyperplasia Network | The Adrenal Hyperplasia Network UK was set up to provide support for people of all ages with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), particularly adults and teenagers.
They have contact with international support groups in Sweden, Australia, USA, New Zealand, France, Finland, Holland. In the UK... |
| Adult Dyslexia and Skills Development Centre | We aim to enable dyslexic people (both children and adults) to become more successful. Dyslexia is often addressed only in terms of study and literacy skills.
We take a more holistic, lifespan approach to dyslexia and view it as much more than an educational matter – dyslexia impacts on both... |
| Adults Affected by Adoption-NORCAP | AAA–NORCAP is a specialist adoption support agency and the home of the longest established UK Adoption Contact Register.
A charity working nationwide for over 25 years supporting and guiding adults whose lives have been touched by adoption.
Over 63,000 people affected by adoption have already... |
| Advanced Hearing Services | Advanced Hearing Services are a national hearing aid company providing free hearing and consultations and demonstrations of the latest hearing aid technology. They can provide low cost budget hearing aids to the most sophisticated models available today.
The hearing tests they offer are free of... |
| Advisory Centre for Education | The Advisory Centre for Education (ACE) Ltd is an independent national advice centre for parents. It is a registered charity, financed by funds raised from charitable trusts, local education authorities, industry and sales of publications. ACE is able to provide a sympathetic ear, give information... |
| AFAA UK | AFAA UK (the Association for Families who have Adopted from Abroad) principally offers post-adoption support to families who have adopted children from abroad. The following services are offered:
Support via other parents and parent groups
Telephone helpline (number above)
Members'... |
| Afasic | Afasic was founded in 1968 as a parent-led organisation to help children and young people with speech and language impairments and their families. We provide information and training for parents – and professionals – and produce a range of publications. Members meet in local groups in many areas of... |
| African-Caribbean Mental Health Foundation | Provides counselling, support, self-advocacy, volunteering, drop-in facilities, and training/lecturing consultancies mainly in race and mental health. |
| After Adoption | After Adoption supports everyone affected by adoption. They recognise that adoption is life long. After Adoption is an independent charity offering services to anyone who lives with adoption and professionals working with adoption.
Who are the services for?
Adopted people, children and adults... |
| After Cancer | Cancer patients are living longer, but British patients are still near bottom of European survival tables (17th).
One reason is side effects of hormonal drugs causing problems during the five years of follow-up treatment, which the NHS tends to let charities handle. Europeans are given advice... |
| Against Breast Cancer | To raises funds for research into producing a vaccine against breast cancer and for long term survival after breast cancer. |
| Age Concern Cymru | Age Concern Cymru is a registered charity whose mission is to improve life for all older people in Wales |
| Age Concern England | We support all people over 50 in the UK, ensuring that they get the most from life. We provide essential services such as day care and information. We also campaign on issues like age discrimination and pensions, and work to influence public opinion and government policy about older people. |
| Age Concern Northern Ireland | Age Concern Northern Ireland is a voluntary organisation committed, though campaigning and service provision,
to improving the quality of life of all older people and promoting their rights as active, involved and equal citizens. |
| Age Concern Scotland | For over 60 years, Age Concern Scotland has worked throughout Scotland to help make the lives of older people more secure, comfortable, dignified and enjoyable. |
