Where to go for help

The following support organisations all specialise in providing help for those who have encountered problems in trying to conceive.

Assisted Reproduction and Gynecology Centre (ARGC)
13 Upper Wimpole Street
London
W1M 7TD
Website under construction

Centre for Assisted Reproduction (Care)
Park Hospital
Sherwood Lodge Drive
Burntstump Country Park
Arnold
Nottingham
NG5 8RX
Tel: 0115 967 1670
Fax 0115 967 3542
Website: www.care-ivf.com
Care has an experienced team of fertility treatment experts.

The DI Network
PO Box 265
Sheffield
S3 7YX
Tel & Fax: 0181 245 4369
Website: www.issue.co.uk/dinet
Email Dinet-owner@egroups.com
This is a network of parents with children conceived by donor insemination (DI) and those contemplating or undergoing treatment.

Human Assisted Reproduction Ireland
Rotunda Hospital
Dublin 1
Tel: 01 807 2732
Fax: 01 872 7831
Website: www.hari.ie
This is the principal referral centre for the country. Its services range from counselling for infertile couples to in vitro fertilization, intra cytoplasmic sperm injection. (IVF/ICSI).

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)
Paxton House
30 Artillery Lane
London
E1 7LA
Tel: 020 7377 5077 Main number
020 7377 1871
020 7539 3300
Website: www.doh.gov.uk/embryo.asp
HFEA ensures that all UK treatment clinics offering in vitro fertilization (IVF) or donor insemination (DI) or storing eggs, sperm or embryos, conform to high medical and professional standards and are inspected regularly. Collecting comprehensive data about treatments, and providing detailed advice and information to the public.

Infertility Network Nottingham
Contact: Helen Torr Tel: 0115 987 6804
Elaine Fortescue Tel: 0115 8460 702
INN is for anyone with fertility problems, regardless of their location, clinic or cause of infertility. The group meets once a month in a non-clinical environment to share information, experiences and offer support.

Issue – National Fertility Association
114 Lichfield Street
Walsall
West Midlands
WS1 1SZ
Tel: 01922 722888
Fax: 01922 640 070
Website: www.issue.co.uk
Email: webmaster@issue.co.uk
Issue provides a totally confidential comprehensive service, which includes, factsheets, information, support, counseling and literature on infertility and reproductive health.

Midlands Fertility Services
Third Floor
Centre House
Court Parade
Aldridge
WS9 8LT
Tel: 01922 455 911
Fax: 01922 459 020
Midlands Fertility Services work through research and development to promote advances in the understanding and treatment of fertility problems.

The National Infertility Support Network

Child (infertility, research, education and counseling)
Charter House
3 St Leonards Road
Bexhill on Sea
East Sussex
TN40 1JA
Tel: 01424 732 361
Fax: 01424 731 858
Website: www.child.org.uk
This is a national self-help support group for those suffering from infertility. The services Child offers include a helpline, medical advisers, local groups, over 35 factsheets, quarterly news letters full of articles. Membership is not a prerequisite for assistance.

NEEDS – National Egg and Embryo Donation Society
Regional IVF Unit
St Mary’s Hospital
Whitworth Park
Manchester
M13 0JH
Tel: 0161 276 6000
Fax: 0161 224 0957
The Society’s prime function is to raise public awareness of the need for egg and embryo donation and to provide potential egg donors with the appropriate information about egg donation and to direct women who wish to donate eggs to centres nearest to their home.

The Progress Educational Trust
16 Mortimer Street
London
W1N 7RD
Tel: 0171 636 5390
Fax: 0171 637 1378
Contact Administrator: Juliet Tizzard
The Progress Educational trust is a registered charity, which provides educational material on the ethical, scientific, and legal issues related to human fertility and embryology.