Support Groups - AAction for Sick ChildrenAction for Sick Childrenc/o National Children's Bureau 8 Wakley Street London EC1V 7QE Tel: 020 7843 6444 www.actionforsickchildren.org Working to raise health care standards for all children. Parents advice booklets and information centre. Action on pre-eclampsia (APEC)84-88 Pinner RoadHarrow HA1 4HZ Tel: 020 8863 3271 Helpline: 020 8427 4217 (10am-2pm weekdays) www.apec.org.uk Action on Pre-eclampsia (APEC) is a UK charity set up in 1991 to ease and prevent suffering from pre-eclampsia and improve care and understanding of the condition.
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)102 Clifton StreetLondon EC2A 4HW Tel: 020 77395 902 Fax: 020 7613 0531 Email: action.smoking.health@dial.pipex.com www.ash.org.uk ASH is working to secure public, media, parliamentary, local and national government support for a comprehensive programme to tackle the epidemic of tobacco-related disease. Active Birth Centre25 Bickerton RoadLondon N19 5JT Tel: 020 7281 6760 Fax: 020 7263 8098 Shop tel: 020 7263 8098 Email: info@activebirthcentre.com www.activebirthcentre.com Lots of invaluable information to inspire and empower you throughout pregnancy, birth and as new parents. Alcohol ConcernWaterbridge House32-36 Loman Street London SE1 0EE Drinkline: 0800 917 8282 Tel: 020 7928 7377 Email: contact@alcoholconcern.org.uk www.alcoholconcern.org.uk Information on alcohol, alcohol policy and the work of Alcohol Concern. Alcohol Concern is the UK national body on alcohol misuse. Alcoholics AnonymousGeneral Service OfficePO Box 1 Stonebow House Stonebow York YO1 7NJ Tel: 01904 644026 Helpline:0845 7697 555 www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other to solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. Allergy UKDeepdene House30 Bellgrove Road Welling Kent DA16 3PY Helpline: 020 8303 8525 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat-Sun 10am-1pm) Email: info@allergyuk.org www.allergyfoundation.com The organisation exists to provide information, advice and support to allergy sufferers and their carers. On the site you will find information about Allergy UK, about allergies and allergy testing, as well as where to get more help for those who have allergic reactions, and details about our Seal of Approval. Anaphylaxis CampaignPO Box 275Farnborough Hampshire GU14 6SX Helpline: 01252 542029 Tel: 01252 373793 Email: info@anaphylaxis.org.uk www.anaphylaxis.org.uk Thousands of people in the UK have potentially fatal food allergies. The condition is known as anaphylaxis. The Anaphylaxis Campaign was set up to help them. Antenatal Results and Choices (ARC)(formerly SATFA)73-75 Charlotte Street London W1T 4PN Helpline: 020 7631 0285 Tel/Fax: 020 7631 0280 Email: arcsatfa@aol.com www.arc-uk.org For those faced with difficult pre-natal test results, support and counselling can be vital. Whatever choices need to be made, contact with other parents can be useful. ARC is the specialist organisation providing this support and information. Assisted Reproduction and Gynaecology Centre13 Upper Wimpole StreetLondon W1M 7TD Tel: 020 7486 1230 Fax: 020 7486 1232 Email: elly@argc.freeserve.co.uk www.argc.co.uk For reproduction and gynaecological information. Association for All Speech Impaired Children (AFASIC)2nd Floor50-52 Great Sutton Street London EC1V ODJ Tel: 020 7490 9410 Helpline: 0845 355 5577 Email: www.afasic.org.uk Afasic is the UK charity representing children and young adults with communication impairments, working for their inclusion in society and supporting their parents and carers. Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS)Beverley Lawrence Beech5 Ann's Court Grove Road Surbiton Surrey KT6 4BE Tel: 0870 765 1433 Fax: 0870 765 1454 Email: chair@aims.org.uk www.aims.org.uk Supporting parents and professionals in the UK and Ireland. Association for Infant Mental HealthTavistock CentreKnowle Clinic Broadfield Road Bristol BS4 2UH Tel@ 01179 145526 Email: info@aimh.org.uk www.aimh.org.uk Promotes education, research and study of the effects of mental, emotional and social development during infancy on later normal and psychopathological development. Association for Postnatal Illness (APNI)145 Dawes RoadFulham London SW6 7EB Tel: 020 7386 0868 Fax: 020 7386 8885 Email: info@apni.org www.apni.org The association provides support to mothers suffering from post-natal illness, increases public awareness of the illness, and encourages research into its cause and nature. Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus42 Park RoadPeterborough PE1 2UQ Tel: 01733 555 988 Fax: 01733 555 985 Email: postmaster@ASBAH.org.uk www.asbah.org Association of Breastfeeding Mothers (ABM)PO Box 207Bridgwater Somerset TA6 7YT Tel: 020 7813 1481 Email: abm@clara.net home.clara.net/abm/ The Association of Breastfeeding Mothers was founded in 1980 by a group of mothers who felt that there was a need for another breastfeeding organisation. |
