Who can help

Organisations and self help groups

Aids / HIV

Terence Higgins Trust and Frontliners
52-4 Gray's Inn road, London, WC1X 8JU
0207 831 0330
0207 833 2971 (Helpline)

Body Positive Centre
14 Greek Street, London, W1V 5LE
0207 287 8101

National Aids Helpline
0800 567123

Positively Women
347-349 City Road, London EC1V 1LR
020 7713 0444

Allergies

British Allergy Foundation
Deepdene House, 30 Bellegrove Road, Welling, Kent DA16 3PY
020 8303 8583

Food and Chemical Allergy Association
27 Ferringham Lane, Ferring By Sea, West Sussex BN12 5NB

Amputated Limbs

British Amputee Sports Association
Harvey Road, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP21 9PP

Arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism Council for Research
PO Box 177, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S4 17TQ
01246 558033

Arthritis Care
18 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD
0207 916 1500

Arthritis Research Campaign
Copeman House, St Mary’s Court, St Mary’s Gate, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S41 7TD
01246 558033

Asthma

National Asthma Campaign
Providence House, Providence Place, London N1 0NT
0207 226 2260

Backache

National Back Pain Association
16 Elm Tree Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 8ST
0208 977 5474

Cancer

Bristol Cancer Help Centre
Grove House, Cornwallis Grove, Clifton, Bristol BS8 4PG
01179 809500

British Association of Cancer-United Patients
3 Bath Place, Rivington Street, London , EC2A 3JR
0207 613 2121

CancerLing
11-21 Northdown Street, London N1 9BN
0800 132905

Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund
Anchor House, 15-19 Britten Street, London SW3 3TZ
0207 351 7811

Breast Cancer Care
Kiln House, 210 New Kings road, London SW6 4NZ
0500 245 345
Helpline: 020 7384 2344
Website: www.breastcancercare.org.uk

British Lung Foundation
78 Hatton Garden, London, EC1N 8LD
020 7831 5831

CancerBacup
3 Bath Place, Rivington Street, London EC2A 3JR
020 7613 2121
Freephone 0808 800 1234
Website: www.cancerbacup.org.uk

Hospice Information Service
St Christopher’s Hospice, 51-59 Lawrie Park Road, London SE26 6DZ

Leukaemia Care Society
14 Kingfisher Court, Vennybridge, Pinhoe, Exeter EX4 8JN
0116 261 2326

Marie Curie Cancer Care
Head Office, 89 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall,, London SE1 7TP
020 7599 7777
Fax: 020 7599 7788
Website: www.mariecurie.org.uk

National Cancer Alliance
PO Box 579, Oxford, Oxon OX4 1LB
01865 793566

Romsey Cancer Care Society
39 The Hundred, Romsey, Hants SO51 8GE
01794 830374

Candida

Cystitis and Candida Association
75 Mortimer Road, London N1 5AR
0207 249 8664

Circulation

Raynaud's and Scleroderma Association
112 Crewe Road, Alsager, Cheshire ST7 2JA

Colitis

National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease
98a London Road, St Alban's , Herts AL1 1NX

Deafness

Royal National Institute for Deaf People
19-23 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8SL
020 7296 8000

Diabetes

British Diabetic Association
10 Queen Anne Street, London W1M 0BD
020 7323 1531

Epilepsy

British Epilepsy Association
New Anstey House, Gate Way Drive, Yeadon, Leeds LS19
0113 243 9393

Eyecare

Eyecare Information Service
PO Box 3597, London SE1 6DY
020 7837 4044

Eating Disorders

Centre For Eating Disorders
020 7813 7772

Eating Disorders Association
EDA, 1st Floor Wensum House, 103 Prince of Wales Road, Norwich NR1 1DW
01603 621414

Heart Disease

National Forum for Coronary Heart Disease Prevention
Tavistock House South, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9LG
0207 383 7638

Coeliac Society
PO Box 220, High Wycombe, Bucks HP11 2HY
01494 437278

British Heart Foundation
14 Fitzharding Street, London W1H
020 7935 0185

Herpes

Herpes Virus Association
41 North Road, London N7 9DP
0207 609 9061

Mental Health

MIND
Granta House, 15-19 Broadway, Stratford, London E14 4BQ

Phobic Society
407 Wilbraham Road, Chorlton, Manchester M21 0UT
0161 881 1937

Phobic Trust
25a The Grove, Coulsdon , Surrey CR3 2BH
0208 6600332

Phobic Action
Claybury Grounds, Manor Road, Woodford Green, Essex IG8 8PR
0208 559 2551

Depressives' Association
PO Box 5, Castletown, Portland, Dorset DT5 1BQ

Manic Depression Fellowship
8-10 High Street, Kingston-upon-thames, Surrey, KT1 1EY
0208 974 6550

CITA (Council for Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction
Cavendish House, Brighton Road, Waterloo, Liverpool L22 5NG
0151 474 9626

Alcoholics Anonymous
PO Box 1, Stonebow House , Stonebow, York YO1 7NJ
01904 644026

Fellowship of Depressives Anonymous
BOX FDA, Ormiston House, 32-36 Pelham Street, Nottingham NG1 2EG
01702 433838

Samaritans
10 The Grove, Slough, Berks SL1 1QP
0345 909090

Migraine

Migraine Trust
45 Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3HZ
0207 831 4818

British Migraine Association
178a High Road Byfleet, West Byfleet, Surrey KT14 7ED
01932 352468

Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain & Northern Ireland
25 Effie Road, London SW6 1EE
0207 610 7171

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)

ME Association
4 Corringham Road, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex SS17 0AH
01375 642466

Pain

Pain Concern
PO Box 318, Canterbury, Kent CT4 5DP
01227 264677

Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's Disease Society
215 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1EJ
0207 931 8080

Patients

Patients' Association
PO Box 935, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3YJ
0208 423 9333

Skin Ailments

National Eczema Society
163 Eversholt Street, London NW1 1BU
0207 388 4097

Psoriasis Association
7 Milton Street, Northampton NN2 7JG
01604 711129

Acne Support Group
PO Box 230, Hayes, Middlesex UB4 0UT
020 8561 6868

British Association of Electrolysists Ltd
2 Sunnyside Cottages, Duffield Lane, Stoke Poges, Bucks SL2 4AE
0870 1280477

Psoriasis Association
Milton House, 7 Milton Street, Northampton, NN2 7JG
01604 711129

Skin Care Campaign
163 Eversholt Street, London NW1 1BU

Smoking

Action on Smoking and Health
102 Clifton Street, London EC2A 4HN
020 7224 0743

Quitline
Victory House, 170 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 0HA
020 7487 3000

Stammering

Association for Stammerers
15 Old Ford Road, London E2 9PJ
0208 981 8818

Stroke

The Stroke Association
Stroke House, Whitecross Street, London EC1
0207 490 7999

Thyroid

Hypothyroidism Self Help
47 Crawford Avenue, Tyldesley, Manchester M29 8ET
01942 874740

Women's Health

National Association for Premenstrual Syndrome
7 Swists Court, High Street, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0EG
01732 760012

Action on Pre-Eclampsia
31-33 College Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA11 1EJ
020 8862 3271

Association for Postnatal Illness
25 Jerdan Place, London WC1E 6HJ
020 7837 5540

British Pregnancy Advisory Service
Austy Manor, Wotton Wawen, West Midlands B95 6BX
01564 793225

Toxic Shock Syndrome Information Service
24-28 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2PX
020 7404 2120

Women's Health Concern
83 Earl's Court Road, London W8 6EF
020 7482 2786

Women's Nutritional Advisory Service
PO Box 268, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2QN
01273 487366

La Leche League
(Information of Breast Feeding), Box BM3424, London WC1N 3XX
020 7242 1278

National Osteoporosis Society
PO Box 10, Radstock, Bath BA3 3YB
01761 471771