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  ACNE    
Acne Support Group PO Box 9  Newquay  Cornwall TR9 6WG Tel.0870 870 2263
Skincell    
  Addison's disease    
Addison's Disease Self Help Group 21 George Road  Guildford Surrey GU1  4NP Tel.01483 830673
  Agoraphobia (see phobias)  
  AIDS and HIV    
Avert 4 Brighton Road  Horsham  West Sussex  RH13  5BA Tel.01403 210202
  Landmark 47 Tulse Hill  London  SW2  2TN Tel.020 8678 6686
  Mainliners 38-40 Kennington Park Road  London  SE11  4RS Tel.020 7582 3338
  Alcohol Abuse    
Alcohol Concern Waterbridge House  32-36 Loman Street  London  SE1  0EE Tel.020 7928 7377
Alcoholics Anonymous :-will open in a new window (turn off pop-up blocker) Jacob House  329 Cynthia House  London  N1  9TE Tel.020 7833 0022
  Drinkline Freepost  PO Box 4000  Glasgow  G3  8XX Tel.0800 917 8282
  Allergy    
  Action against Allergy PO Box 278  Twickenham  Middlesex  TW1 4QQ Tel.020 8892 2711
Allergy UK:-will open in a new window Deepdene House  30 Bellegrove Road  Welling  Kent  DA16 3PY Tel.020 8303 8583
Anaphylaxis Campaign PO Box 275, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 6SX Tel.01252 373793
  Food and Chemical Allergy Association 27 Ferringham Lane  Ferring-by-sea  West Sussex  BN12 5NB  
  Alopecia    
Hairline International Lyons Court 1668 High Street Knowie West Midlands B93 0LY Tel.01564 775281
  Alzheimer's Disease    
Alzheimer's Society (Dementia Care & Research) Gordon House  10 Greencoat Place  London  SW1P  1PH Tel.0845 300 0336
  Anaphylaxis (see Allergy)  
  Anorexia (see Eating Disorder)  
  Apnoea (see Sleep Disorders)  
  Arrhythmias (see Heart Health)  
  Arthritis    
Arithritic Association 1st Floor  2 Hyde Gardens  Eastbourne  East Sussex  BN21 4PN Tel.01323 416550
Arthritis Care 18 Stephenson Way  London  NW1 2HD Tel.0808 800 4050
  Asbestosis    
Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association PO Box 26  Enfield  Middlesex  EN1 2NT Tel.020 8360 8490
  Asthma    
 Asthma UK Providence House  Providence Place  London  N1  0NT Tel.0845 701 0203
British Lung Foundation 73-75 Goswell Road  London  EC1V 7ER Tel.020 7688 5555
  Asperger's Syndrome (see Autism)  
  Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder    
ADHD Family Support Group :-will open in a new window (turn off pop-up blocker) 45 Vincent Close   Broadstairs  Kent  CT10 2ND 24 hour helpline: 01843 851145
 
  Autism    
Allergy Induced Autism 11 Larklands  Peterborough  Cambridgeshire  PE3 6LL Tel.0845 130 0004
Autism Independent UK 199-205 Blandford Avenue  Kettering  Northamptonshire  NN16 9AT Tel.01536 523274
National Autistic Society 393 City Road  London  EC1V 1NG Tel.020 7833 2299

 
Arthritis Research Campaign
 

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  Back Pain    
National Back Pain Association Also see Pain 16 Elmdon Street Teddington Middlesex TW11 8ST Tel.020 8977 5474
  Bedwetting  - see Enuresis  
  Bereavement    
Compassionate friends:- :-will open in a new window (turn off pop-up blocker) 53 North Street Bristol Somerset BS3 1EN Tel.0117 953 9639
Cruse Bereavement Care Cruse House 126 Sheen Road Richmond Surrey TW9 1UR Tel.0870 167 1677
  Bipolar Disorder - see Mental Health  
  Birth Defects    
Birth Defects Foundation :-will open in a new window (turn off pop-up blocker) BDF Centre Hemlock Business Park Hemlock Way Cannock Staffs WS11 7GF Tel.01543 468888
  Birthmarks    
Birthmark Support Group PO Box 3932 Weymouth Dorset WS11 7GF Tel.01202 257703
  Blindness    
Action for Blind People :-will open in a new window(turn off pop-up blocker) 14-16 Verney Road London SE16 3DZ Tel.020 7635 4800
Deafblind UK National Centre for Deafblindness, John and Lucille van Geest Place, Cygnet Road, Hampton, Cambridgeshire PE7 8FD Tel.01733 358100
RNIB (Royal National Institute of the Blind) RNIB (Royal National Institute of the Blind) 105 Judd Street London WC1H 9NE Tel.0845 766 0174
Sense 11-13 Clifton Terrace Finsbury Park London N4 3SR Tel.020 7272 7774
  Bone Dysplasia    
  Child Growth Foundation 2 Mayfield Avenue Chiswick London W4 1PW Tel.020 8994 7625
  Breastfeeding  - see Mother's Support  
  Brain Tumour    
Brain Tumour Action 124 Crewe Road South Edinburgh EH4 2NY Tel.0131 315 7299
  Brittle Bone    
Brittle Bone Society 30 Guthrie Street Dundee Angus DD1 5BS Tel.01382 204446
  Bronchitis    
British Lung Foundation 73-75 Goswell Road London EC1V 7ER Tel.020 7688 5555

 

 

 
British Brain and Spine Foundation

 

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  Cancer    
Action Cancer 1 Marlborough Park, Belfast BT9 6XS Tel.028 9080 3344
Beating Bowel Cancer 39 Crown Road, St Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex TW1 3EJ Tel.020 8892 5256
Breast Cancer Care Kiln House, 210 New King's Road, London SW6 4NZ Tel.0808 800 6000
Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood Abbey Wood Business Park, Filton, Bristol, Somerset BS34 7JU Tel.0845 301 0031
Cancer Research UK PO Box 123, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX Tel.020 7242 0200
Cancer BACUP 3 Bath Place, Rivington Place, London WC2A 3PX Tel.0808 800 1234
Colon Cancer Concern 9 Rickett Street, London SW6 1RU Tel.0870 850 6050
Kidney Cancer UK 11 Hathaway Road, Tile Hill Village, Coventry, West Midlands CV4 9HW Tel.024 7647 0584
Leukaemia Care Society 2 Shrubbery Avenue, Worcester, Worcestershire WR1 1QH Tel.0800 169 6680
Leukaemia Research Fund 43 Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JJ Tel.020 7405 0101
Lymphoma Association PO Box 386, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 2GA Tel.0808 808 5555
Macmillan Cancer Relief 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7UQ Tel.020 7840 7840
Prostate Cancer Charity 3 Angel Walk, Hammersmith, London W6 9HX Tel.0845 300 8383
RipRap Trent Palliative Care, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S11 9NE Tel.0114 262 0174
Teenage Cancer Trust :-will open in a new window (turn off pop-up blocker) 38 Warren Street, London W1T 6AE Tel.020 7387 1000
Tenovus :-will open in a new window (turn off pop-up blocker) 43 The Parade, Cardiff, South Glamorgan CF24 3AB Tel.0808 808 1010
  Candida    
National Candida Association PO Box 151, Orpington, Kent BR5 1UJ Tel.01689 813039
  Carers    
Carers UK 20-25 Glasshouse Yard, London EC1A 4JT Tel.0808 808 7777
  Cerebral  Palsy    
Scope 6 Market Road, London N7 9PW Tel.0808 800 3333
International Cerebral Palsy Society 19 St Mary's Grove, London W4 3LL  
  Child Abuse    
Childline Freepost 1111, London N1 0BR Tel.0800 1111
(NCH) National Children's Home 85 Highbury Park, London N5 1UD Tel.020 7704 7000
  Chronic Oedema -see Lymphoedema  
  Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -see COPD  
  Chronic Pain -see Pain  
  Cleft Lip -see Disfigurement  
  Coeliac Disease -see Digestive Disorders  
  Colostomy -see Stomas  
  Constipation -see Digestive Disorders  
  Contraception    
FPA (Family Planning Association) 2-12 Pentonville Road, London N1 9FP Tel.020 7837 5432
  COPD crusaid.org  
British Lung Foundation 73-75 Goswell Road, London EC1V 7ER Tel.020 7688 5555
  Cot Death    
Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths Artillery House, 11-19 Artillery Row, London SW1P 1RT Tel.0870 787 0554
  Crohn's Disease -see Digestive Disorders  
  Cushing's Disease    
  Cushing Care Meadows, Woodplumpton Village, Nr Preston, Lancashire PR4 0LJ Tel.01772 690680
Pituitary Foundation PO Box 1944, Bristol, Somerset BS99 2UB Tel.0845 450 0375
  Cystic Fibrosis    
Cystic Fibrosis Trust 11 London Road, Bromley, Kent BR1 1BY Tel.020 8464 7211
  Cystitis    
  Interstitial Cystitis Support Group 76 High Street, Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire MK11 1AH Tel.01908 569169
Chronic Granulomatous Disease Crohn's Disease
Crusaid Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit

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  Deafness    
British Deaf Association 1-3 Worship Street, London EC2A 2AB Tel.0870 770 3300
Deafblind UK National Centre for Deafblindness, John and Lucille van Geest Place, Cygnet Road, Hampton, Cambridgeshire PE7 8FD Tel.01733 358100
deafPLUS Prospect Hall, 12 College Walk, Birmingham B29 6LE Tel.0121 415 2080
RNID (Royal National Institute for Deaf People) 19-23 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8SL Tel.020 7296 8000
Sense 11-13 Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London N4 3SR Tel.020 7272 7774
  Dementia    
Alzheimer's Society Gordon House, 10 Greencoat Place, London SW1P 1PH Tel.0845 300 0336
CANDID National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG  
For Dementia 6 Camden High Street, London NW1 0JH Tel.020 7874 7210
Guideposts Trust Two Rivers, Station Lane, Witney, Oxfordshire OX28 4BH Tel.01933 772886
  Dental Phobia -see Phobias  
  Depression    
Arbours Association (site under construction) 6 Church Lane, London N8 7BU Tel.020 8340 8125
Depression Alliance National Office, 35 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7BJ Tel.020 7633 0557
Manic Depression Fellowship 21 St George's Road, London SE1 6ES Tel.020 7793 2600
Samaritans PO Box 989, Steyning, West Sussex BN44 3HG Tel.08457 909090
  Diabetes Insipidus    
Pituitary Foundation PO Box 1944, Bristol, Somerset BS99 2UB Tel.0845 450 0375
  Diabetes Mellitus    
Diabetes UK 10 Parkway, London NW1 7AA Tel.0845 120 2960
Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust PO Box 294, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN1 4XS Tel.01604 622837
Pituitary Foundation PO Box 1944, Bristol Somerset BS99 2UB Tel.0845 450 0375
  Diarrhoea    
Digestive Disorders Foundation 3 St.Andrew's Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LB Tel.020 7486 0341
  Digestive Disorders    
Coeliac UK PO Box 220, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 2HY Tel.0870 4448804
National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease 4 Beaumont House, Sutton Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL1 5HH Tel.0845 130 2233
Digestive Disorders Foundation 3 St.Andrew's Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LB Tel.020 7486 0341
  Disability    
Break Davison House, 1 Montague Road, Sheringham, Norfolk NR26 8WN Tel.01263 822161
British Institute of Learning Disabilities Campion House, Green Street, Kidderminster,Worcestershire DY10 1JL Tel.01562 723010
Dial UK :-will open in a new window (turn off pop-up blocker) Park Lodge, St.Carherines Hospital, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN4 8QN Tel.01302 310123
Disability Alliance Universal House, 88-94 Wentworth Street, London E1 7SA Tel.020 7247 8776
Guideposts Trust Two Rivers, Station Lane, Witney, Oxfordshire OX28 4BH Tel.01933 772886
Mencap 123 Golden Lane, London EC1 0RT Tel.0808 808 1111
  Disfigurement    
Birthmark Support Group PO Box 3932, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 9YG Tel.01202 257703
Changing Faces 1-2 Junction Mews, Paddington, London W2 1PN Tel.020 7706 4232
Cleft Lip and Palate Association 3rd Floor, 235-237 Finchley Road, London NW3 6LS Tel.020 7431 0033
  Sturge Weber Foundation UK Burleigh, 348 Pinhoe Road, Exeter, Devon EX4 8AF Tel.01392 464675
  Diverticular Disease    
Digestive Disorders Foundation 3 St.Andrew's Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LB Tel.020 7486 0341
  Down's Syndrome    
Down's Heart Group 17 Cantilupe Close, Eaton Bray, Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU6 2EA Tel.01525 220379
Down's Syndrome Association Longdon Down Centre, 24 Longdon Park, Teddington TW11 9PS Tel.0845 230 0372
  Drug Abuse    
Alcoholics Anonymous Jacob House, 325 Cynthia House, London N1 9TE Tel.020 7833 0022
Narcotics Anonymous 202 City Road, London EC1V 2PH Tel.020 7730 0009
Parents Against Drug Abuse 12-14 Church Parade, Ellesmere Port, South Wirral, Merseyside CH65 2ER Tel.0845 702 3867
  Talk to Frank   Tel.0800 776600
  Dyslexia    
British Dyslexia Association 98 London Road, Reading, Berkshire RG1 5AU Tel.0118 966 8271
  Adult Dyslexia Organisation 336 Brixton Road, London SW9 7AA Tel.0220 7924 9559
  Dyspraxia    
Dyspraxia Foundation 8 West Alley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG5 1EG Tel.01462 454986

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  Eating Disorders    
Eating Disorders Association 103 Prince of Wales Road, Norwich, Norfolk NR1 1DW Tel.0845 634 1414
National Centre for Eating Disorders 54 New Road, Esher, Surrey KT10 9NU Tel.01372 469493
Overeaters Anonymous PO Box 19, Stretford, Manchester, Lancashire M32 9EB Tel.07000 784985
  Eczema    
National Eczema Society Hill House, Highgate Hill, London N19 5NA Tel.0870 241 3604
Skincell    
  Ekbom Syndrome -see Restless Legs Syndrome  
  Elderly Care    
Age Concern Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER Tel.0800 009966
CANDID National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3PX  
Counsel and Care Twyman House, 16 Bonny Street, London NW1 9PG Tel.0845 300 7585
Help the Aged 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ Tel.020 7278 1114
  Emphysema    
British Lung Foundation 73-75 Goswell Road, London EC1V 7ER Tel.020 7688 5555
  Encephalitis    
Encephalitis Society 7b Saville Street, Malton, North Yorkshire YO17 7LL Tel.01653 699599
  Endometriosis    
National Endometriosis Society 50 Westminster Palace Gardens, Artillery Row, London SW1P 1RL Tel.0808 808 2227
  Enuresis    
ERIC (Enuresis Resource and Information Centre) 34 Old School House, Britannia Road, Bristol, Somerset BS15 8DB Tel.0117 960 3060
  Epilepsy    
Epilepsy Action New Anstey House, Gate Way Drive, Yeadon, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS19 7XY Tel.0808 800 5050
National Society for Epilepsy Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire SL9 0RJ Tel.01494 601300

 

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  Facial Disfigurement -see Disfigurement  
  Family    
Family Welfare Association 501-505 Kingsland Road, Dalston, London E8 4AU Tel.020 7254 6251
National Family Mediation :-will open in a new window (turn off pop-up blocker) Alexander House, Telephone Avenue, Bristol BS1 4BS Tel.0117 904 2835
  Fibroids    
Women's Health 52 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT Tel.020 7251 6333
  Fibromyalgia    
Fibromyalgia Association UK PO Box 206, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY9 8YL Tel.0870 220 1232

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  Galactosaemia    
Galactosaemia Support Group UK General Secretary, 39 Dewfalls Drive, Bradley Stoke, Bristol, Somerset BS32 9BW Tel.01454 618909
  Gambling    
Gamblers Anonymous PO Box 88, Lomdon SW10 0EU Tel.0870 050 8880
  Glaucoma    
International Glaucoma Association 108C Warner Road, London SE5 9HQ Tel.020 7737 3265
  Gluten Sensitivity -see Digestive Disorders  
  Gout    
UK Gout Society PO Box 527, London WC1V 7YP  
  Growth Disorders    
  Child Growth Foundation 2 Mayfield Avenue, Chiswick, London W4 1PW Tel.020 8994 7625
Restricted Growth Association PO Box 4744, Dorchester,Dorset DT2 9FA Tel.01308 898445
  Guillain-Barre Syndrome    
Guillain-Barre Syndrome Support Group :-will open in a new window (turn off pop-up blocker) LCC Offices, Eastgate, Sleaford, Lincolnshire NG34 7EB Tel.0800 374803

 

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  Haemoglobinopathy -see Thalassaemia  
  Haemophilia    
Haemophilia Society Chesterfield House, 385 Easton Road, London NW1 3AU Tel.0800 018 6068
  Hair Loss -see Alopecia  
  Heart Health    
Arrhythmias Alliance PO Box 3697, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire CV37 8YL Tel.01789 450787
Association for Children with Heart Disorders 26 Elizabeth Drive, Helmshore, Rossendale, Lancashire BB4 4JB Tel.01706 213632
British Cardiac Patients Association Unit 5, 2 Station Road, Swavesey, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB4 5QJ Tel.01954 202022
British Heart Foundation 14 Fitzhardinge Street, London W1H 6DH Tel.0845 070 8070
Heart UK 7 North Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 1PE Tel.01628 628638
  Headache -see Migraine and Pain  
  Hereditary Progressive Arthro-ophthalmopathy -see Stickler Syndrome  
  Herpes -see Shingles  
  Hiatus Hernia    
Digestive Disorders Foundation 3 St.Andrew's Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LB Tel.020 7486 0341
  HIV -see AIDS and HIV  
  Hodgkins Disease    
Lymphoma Association PO Box 386, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 2GA Tel.0808 808 5555
  Huntington's Disease    
Huntington's Disease Association 108 Battersea High Street, London SW11 3HP Tel.020 7223 7000
  Hydrocephalus -see Spina Bifida  
  Hypertension    
Blood Pressure Association 60 Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0QS Tel.020 8772 4994
  Hypopituitarism    
Pituitary Foundation PO Box 1944, Bristol, Somerset BS99 2UB Tel.0845 450 0375
  Hysterectomy    
Women's Health 52 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT Tel.020 7251 6333

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