Kawasaki Syndrome Support Group

13, Norwood Grove
Potters Green
Coventry
CV2 2FR

Tel: (024) 7661 2178
Fax: 024 7661 2178

 E-Mail: kssg1sue@discover.co.uk
Web Site: www.hants.gov.uk

To support families of children with KS. To provide and swap information and to arrange local contacts where possible. To raise awareness of the illness in the general public and in medical circles.

La Leche League

BM 3424
Holbon
London
WC1N 3XX

Tel: (020) 7242 1278

Web Site: www.laleche.org.uk

Breastfeeding is recognised as the best way to nurture a baby. Breastfeeding can enhance a baby's health, growth, and development. If you plan to breastfeed your baby, you'll want the information and encouragement that La Leche League can provide.  Please call us for answers to your breastfeeding questions or for information about local Group Meetings. Babies and young children are always welcome to come along.

Leukaemia Care Society

Restdale House
32-33, Foregate Street
Worcester
WR1 1EE

Tel: (01905) 330003
Fax: 01905 330090

Email: leukaemiacare@ukonline.co.uk
Web Site: www.webhealth.co.uk

The Society provides a network of volunteers, many of whom have experienced the effects of leukaemia on their lives. They provide understanding and friendship when coming to terms with leukaemia or an allied blood disorder.

LIFE Pregnancy Care Service

Tel: (01926) 311511


Web Site: www.preghelp.org.uk

LIFE's National Hotline is staffed by experienced and trained counsellors who are there to listen to your problems, not to judge. Our Hotline takes over 7,000 calls each year so if the number is engaged please be patient and call back later. Our counsellors can deal with your problems over the phone, or we may direct you to one of our 120 Care Centres situated throughout the UK where you can have a free pregnancy test and speak face-to-face with a qualified counsellor.

London Lesbian & Gay Switchboard

P O Box 7324
London
N1 9QS

Tel: (020) 7837 7324

London Lesbian & Gay Switchboard

Lupus

St James House
Eastern Road
Romford
Essex
RM1 3NH

Tel: (01708) 731251
Fax: 01708 731252

LUPUS UK is the only national charity for Lupus sufferers in the UK. It works to provide welfare support for people with Lupus, to provide advice and counselling for all Lupus sufferers to raise money for research and welfare support through national, regional and fundraising events, to publish information on the disease and make it available from other sources.

Lymhoma Association

P O Box 386
Aylesbury
HP20 2GA

Tel: (0808) 808 5555

Web Site: www.cafamily.org.uk

Hodgkin's disease (HD) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) are both lymphomas, a form of cancer which affects the lymphatic system (a network of glands throughout the body). The lymphatic glands produce a clear fluid known as lymph which circulates round the body and contains lymphocytes (particular white blood cells). Lymphocytes are part of the normal defence system of the body. Lymphomas are potentially life threatening

Macmillian Cancer Relief

89 Albert Embankment
London
SE1 7EQ

Tel: (0845) 601 6161

Web Site: www.macmillan.org.uk

That support is available from the moment that cancer is diagnosed.

We work closely with the NHS and others to develop and pioneer a network of services for people with cancer, working together so that standards of treatment and care can be improved for everyone

Manic Depression Fellowship

Castle Works
21, St Georges Road
London
SE1 6ES

Tel: (020) 7793 2600
Fax 020 7793 2639

E-mail mdf@mdf.org.uk
Web Site: www.mdf.org.uk

Man In Crisis

P O Box55
Hounslow
TW3 2WW

Tel: (07000) 642468

Man In Crisis

Marie Stopes International
153 Cleveland Street
London
W1P 5PG

Tel: 0171 574 7400
Fax: 0171 574 7417

Unplanned pregnancy Advise & Help

Tel: (0845) 300 8090

Web Site: www.mariestopes.org.uk

Our mission is to ensure the fundamental human right of all people to have children by choice not chance.

Marijuana Anonymous

Tel: (07940) 503438

Email: office@marijuana-anonymous.org

Web Site: www.marijuana-anonymous.org

Marijuana Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share our experience, strength, and hope with each other that we may solve our common problem and help others to recover from marijuana addiction.

ME Association

4, Corringham Road
Stanford Le Hope
SS17 0AH

Tel: (01375) 361013

Web Site: www.meassociation.org.uk

The ME Association was founded in 1976 by a few sufferers and carers who came together for mutual support and to raise money for research into ME/CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). Now a registered charity, The ME Association has become the largest UK-based national ME/CFS charity, with 9000 members in the UK and overseas. Governed by a Board of Trustee Directors, the day-to-day management is carried out by paid staff and volunteers in co-operation with the Trustees who contribute their services on a voluntary basis.

Message Home Helpline

Roebuck House
284-286, Upper Richmond Road West
East Sheen
London
WS14 7JE

Tel: (0800) 700740

General Enquiries
Tel: (020) 8392 4550

Message Home Helpline is a confidential Freefone service that enables those who have left home or run away to leave a message for us to pass on to a relative, carer or friend. Message Home not only provides vital reassurance to families or carers waiting for news, it can also be the first step towards positive communication. This crucial contact also means we are able to give help and advice to the missing person, and help find them a place of safety if needed.

Granta House
15-19, Broadway
Stratford
London
E15 4BQ

Tel: (020) 8519 2122
Fax: 020 8522 1725

Email: contact@mind.org.uk 
Web Site: www.mind.org.uk

(Mind does not cover Scotland and we focus on mental health problems rather than learning difficulties

Miscarriage Association

Care Of Clayton Hospital
Northgate
Wakefield
WF1 3JS

Tel: (01279) 306058

The Association is a charitable body set up by, and with the support of women (and men) who themselves have been through miscarriages. We offer telephone support to bereaved parents and hold monthly group meetings.

Mobility Information Service

Unit 2
Atcham Estate
Shrewsbury
SY4 4UG

Tel: (01743) 761889

Email: mis@nmcuk.freeserve.co.uk
Web Site: www.mis.org.uk

The Mobility Information Service was founded by the late David Griffiths MBE in 1979, to provide advice and guidance for people with mobility restrictive disabilities. Comprising of a team of disabled drivers it quickly developed a range of specialised and innovative services and was the first advisory service to confine its work entirely to mobility problems.

Motor Neurone Disease Association

P O Box 246
Northhampton
NN1 2PR

Tel: (0845) 762 6262

Motor Neurone Disease Association

Multiple Sclerosis Society Of Great Britain & Northern Ireland

25, Effie Road
London
SW6 1EE

Tel: (0808) 800 8000

Multiple Sclerosis Society Of Great Britain & Northern Ireland

Muscular Distrophy Campaign

7-11, Prescott Place
London
SW4 6BS

Tel: (020) 7720 8055

Muscular Distrophy Campaign

Nacoa

P O Box 64
Fishponds 
Bristol
BS16 2UH

Tel: (0117) 924 8005

Nacoa

Narcotics Anonymous

Drug Problems Please Call

Tel: (020) 7730 0009

Narcotics Anonymous

National AIDS Helpline

Advise & Information

Tel: (0800) 567123

National AIDS Helpline

National Association Of Victim Support

P O Box 11431
London
SW9 6H

Tel: (0845) 303 0900

National Association Of Victim Support

National Asthma Campaign

Providence House
Providence Place
London
N1 0NT

Tel: (0845) 701 0203

National Asthma Campaign

National Autistic Society

393, City Road
London
EC1V 1NE

Tel: (020) 7833 2299

National Autistic Society

National Childbirth Trust

Alexandra House
Oldham Terrace
Acton
London
W3 6NH

Tel: (020) 8992 8637

National Childbirth Trust

National Council For One Parent Familes

255, Kentish Town Road
London
Nw5 2LX

Tel: (0800) 018 5026

National Council For One Parent Familes

National Deaf Children Society

15, Dufferin Street
London
EC1Y 8UR

Tel: (020) 7250 0123

National Deaf Children Society

National Debtline

318, Summer Lane
Birmingham
B19 3RL

Tel: (0845) 950 0511

National Debtline

National Drugs Helpline

Tel: (0800) 776600

National Drugs Helpline

National Eczema Society

116, Eversholt Street
London
NW1 1BU

Tel: (020) 7388 3444

National Eczema Society

National Endometriosis Society

50, Westminister Place Gardens
1-7, Artillery Row
London
SW1P 1RL

Tel: (020) 7222 2776

Office
Tel: (202) 7222 2781

National Endometriosis Society

National Meningitis Trust

Fern House
Bath Road
Stroud
GL5 3TJ

Tel: (0845) 600 0800

National Meningitis Trust

National Missing Persons Helpline

Roebuck House
284-286, Upper Richmond Road West
East Sheen
London
SW14 7JE

Tel: (0500) 700700

National Missing Persons Helpline

National Osteoporosis Society

P O Box 10, 
Radstock
Bath
BA3 3YB

Tel: (01761) 471771

National Osteoporosis Society

National Schizophrenia Fellowship

28, Caste Street
Kingston Upon Thames
KT1 1SS

Tel: (020) 8547 3937

Advise
Tel: (020) 8974 6814

National Schizophrenia Fellowship

National Society For Epilepsy

Chesham Lane
Chalfont Street Peter
SL9 0RJ

Tel: (01494) 601400

National Society For Epilepsy

Neurofibromatosis Association

82, London Road
Kingston upon Thames
KT2 6PX

Tel: (020) 8547 1636

Neurofibromatosis Association

NSPCC Child Protection Helpline

Please Call

Tel: (0808) 800 5000

NSPCC Child Protection Helpline

Nutritional Cancer Therapy Trust

Skyecroft
Wonham Way
Gomshall
GU5 9NZ

Tel: (01483) 202264

Nutritional Cancer Therapy Trust

Mobility Information Service

Unit 2
Atcham Estate
Shrewsbury
SY4 4UG

Tel: (01743) 761889

Administration
Tel: (01271) 378809

Mobility Information Service

Oftel

50, Ludgate Hill
London
EC4M 7JJ

Tel: (0845) 714 5000

Oftel

Overeaters Anonymous

P O Box 19
Stretford
Manchester
M32 9EB

Tel: (07000) 784985

Overeaters Anonymous

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