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Campaigns to protect breastfeeding and halt the promotion of artificial feeding. Raises awareness of the dangers of artificial infant feeding and campaigns for improvement to the labelling and composition of artificial feeds. DLF Checked.
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Charity dedicated to reducing the incidence of back pain through research, education and support. Has formed and supported branches nationwide. Provides literature, runs a telephone helpline and has published books on moving and handling. DLF Checked.
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Training service which provides preventative and curative therapies. Courses include: back schools; patient handling and industrial handling courses; management seminars for private and public sector organisations. Training covers principles of back care, stress and how to reduce sickness absence. Sale of back care and relaxation products, books and tapes on mail order. DLF Checked.
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Aims to encourage people with spinal cord injuries to become re-integrated and regain motivation, inspiration and independence through sporting activities. DLF Checked.
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Provides programmes for players with a disability and this will be accelerated over the next couple of years. DLF Checked.
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Supplies books on tape for children and young adults. Produces a catalogue every two years and has an update in-between. DLF Checked.
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Provides free legal advice and representation from a national panel of experienced barristers for deserving cases where public funding is not available and where the applicant is unable to afford legal assistance. Applications must be in writing. DLF Checked.
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Specializes in awarding grants to adults with a range of mental and physical disabilities and older people. Grants are available from â&100-â&10,000, which could be used to benefit individuals, groups or communities, to promote personal independence and sufficiency. DLF Checked.
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Works with over 90,000 children, young people and their families in more than 300 projects nationwide. Provides information and advice, and works with families, parents groups, homesitting, playgroups, befriending, playschemes. DLF Checked.
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Charity offering a bespoke clothing and alteration service for children and adults with disabilities. Produce wide range of garments including underwear, nightwear and daywear according to individual requirements. DLF Checked.
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Independent body that designs and tests prototypes and arranges clinical trials of new equipment for hospitals and special aids for sick and disabled people. Promotes the design, development and manufacture of equipment and actively encourages suggestions for design projects from occupational therapists and disability groups. Particularly interested in ideas for pieces of equipment which do not exist at the moment but, if designed and made available, would fulfil a general need amongst people with disabilities or in general healthcare. DLF Checked.
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Trade association representing UK manufacturers of bathroom products. Ensures full representation on standards bodies, both UK and European and lobbies the government. Provides free information factsheets on all aspects of bathroom refurbishment. DLF Checked.
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Providesnewsletters, conferences for professionals, families and carers, fundraising events, national networking and support work for families and an information service about Batten disease and guidance regarding available services, for example education, benefits and equipment. In the future they aim to offer directly skilled counselling, medical and specialist referral and advice and a pre- and post-bereavement support service. DLF Checked.
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Promotes the ways that Information Technology (IT) can help with impairments. DLF Checked.
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Registered charity which offers residential and day trips on narrow boats. Three boats available, one of which has been adapted for wheelchair users, including lift and accessible WC and shower. DLF Checked.
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National UK self-help organisation for all those who cross dress, their wives, partners and those close to them. Has a national network of regional contacts. DLF Checked.
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Offers support by telephone and letter to people with Beckwith-Wiedemann, and others interested in the disease. Publishes a newsletter and assists with research projects. DLF Checked.
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Provides support, financial aid and information for sufferers and their families. Promotes research and establishes networking among the medical profession. DLF Checked.
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National free telephone advice and information service for people with disabilities, their carers and representatives. DLF Checked.
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Aims to act as the independent advisory body that advises Government on action to ensure that regulation and its enforcement accord with the five principles of good regulation. DLF Checked.
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Website with details of bed availability in residential and nursing homes and sheltered housing. DLF Checked.
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Charity that serves the needs and interests of those with stable low vision who may be able to drive with a miniaturized telescope mounted in the upper half of a pair of spectacles - a BiOptic Telescope System. Aims to foster communication among all concerned with BTS and low vision, and those interested in BiOptic driving; encourages discussion, and review of research and experience in both formal and informal settings; increases the attention paid to, and acceptability of, BiOptic driving within the vision research community. DLF Checked.
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Aims to improve child health in the UK by funding and promoting basic medical research into all birth defects. Provides support to people awaiting the outcome of tests or having received a diagnosis. DLF Checked.
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Researches the practice of the arts by black disabled people. Compiles a database of black disabled people involved in creative activity of any sort. Telephone enquiries only. DLF Checked.
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Provides temporary accommodation and confidential advice for women and children from minority communities experiencing domestic violence. Runs an advice centre and refuge for women from minority groups suffering abuse. Service offers: advice and information on domestic violence; welfare rights advice; housing information and advice; support and counselling; inter-agency work; telephone counselling; multilingual workers; contacting solicitors for legal advice; 24-hour cover to assist women in emergencies. Publishes a service leaflet and a multilingual poster. DLF Checked.
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Enables sightseers to see London by taxi. Provides a commentary from the taxi driver on all the sights of London which allow access to places where buses cannot go. Each tour lasts two hours and people can combine or modify tours to accommodate a special interest. Also offered are guided taxi sightseeing tours by night. Cost 65 pounds per taxi, holding up to five people. DLF Checked.
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Produces and distributes advice and information relating to HIV and Aids. Services include: buddying and befriending, drop-in centre, domiciliary homecare, housing provision and support. Counselling and advice to black people of African, Asian and Caribbean descent. DLF Checked.
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Promotes self-employment for visually impaired people by providing grants to enable them to start their own business. Provides a range of services including quality training in business skills through sponsored conferences, seminars and information tapes. Publishes regular newsletters. DLF Checked.
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Dedicated to making sure that more babies born prematurely or sick in the UK survive and that each one has the best quality of life. DLF Checked.
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Network and advice centre for all Blue and Orange Badge holders. Aims to promote the interests of disabled people and facilitate greater mobility and access. Operates a national telephone helpline. Contact for membership costs. DLF Checked.
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Supports research and patient care to young men with testicular cancer. DLF Checked.
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Provides Bobath occupational, physio, and speech and language therapy (outpatient only) on an individual basis, and teaches parents and carers how to continue therapy at home or in school. A letter of referral is required from the child's consultant paediatrician or GP giving a full medical history and birth details. Letters should be addressed to the Principal. On the basis of this information an application for funding may be made to the NHS. The Centre organises post-graduate training courses in the Bobath treatment approach for physio, occupational, and speech and language therapists. DLF Checked.
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Dedicated to promoting prevention of repetitive strain injury (RSI) in children and young people using TIE and creative workshops. DLF Checked.
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National organisation for body positive support groups for people diagnosed HIV positive providing information, and health promotion services. DLF Checked.
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Established in 1987, Bowel Cancer UK is a leading charity dedicated to raising awareness, improving the quality of those affected and ultimately, reducing deaths from bowel cancer.
From autumn 2005, Bowel Cancer UK is the new name for the charity Colon Cancer Concern (CCC).
Bowel Cancer UK will continue to be an organisation that puts bowel cancer patients, their families and their carers, at the heart of its works
We provide information to those affected by bowel cancer through the provision of literature, the website, campaigns and events
Our information is available to patients, their carers and their families, nurses, GPs as well as other healthcare professionals.
The charity runs the UK's leading Bowel Cancer Advisory Service specifically for patients and people affected by bowel cancer
Open Monday to Friday, between 10am and 4pm , this service is run by specialist colorectal, stoma care and oncology nurses, who are also on hand to respond to email queries.
Callers can speak in confidence to nurses about all aspects of bowel cancer. Whether someone is experiencing symptoms, would like information on prevention of bowel cancer or a patient is after advice on their treatment options - Bowel Cancer UKs nurses are here to help. DLF Checked.
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Supports people who have had a brain tumour or brain haemorrhage. DLF Checked.
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Brake works to promote road safety nationally though community campaigns including Road Safety Week, educational literature and events and conferences, and through policy and PR work. It also provides BrakeCare services for people affected by road crashes, including a helpline, bereavement guiedes for adults and children, and training to deliver saving workshops such as 2Young2Die road safety workshops to young people. DLF Checked.
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Support children who require urgent help with distress, financial hardship, or physical or mental handicap or infirmity including the provision of social welfare or recreation facilities and special equipment or hospital needs for such children. DLF Checked.
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Provides holidays and respite care for children and adults with learning disabilities from all areas of the country at centres on the Norfolk coast. Open all year, the centres provide full 24-hour care, and a varied holiday programme including outings. DLF Checked.
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Aims to fight breast cancer through research and awareness and has established the UK's first dedicated breast cancer research centre, in partnership with the Institute of Cancer Research. To promote breast cancer education and awareness among the public, policy makers, health professionals and the media. DLF Checked.
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Aims to prevent breast cancer through research. It is the only charity that specialises in funding independent breast cancer research through the UK. DLF Checked.
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Offers practical advice, information and support for those living with or affected by breast cancer. Provides one-to-one emotional support through its volunteer service. Produces a range of publications. Free factsheets and booklets can be downloaded from their comprehensive website in standard or large print versions. Also offers breast prosthesis fitting service and range of courses. DLF Checked.
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The Breastfeeding Network (BfN) aims to be an independent source of support and information for breastfeeding women and others. The Breastfeeding Network is a recognised Scottish Charity (SC027007). Its aims are to:
1. Promote breastfeeding and a greater understanding thereof in the United Kingdom.
2. Collect and disseminate information on breastfeeding and baby and infant nutrition.
3. Provide information and support to parents on the feeding of babies and infants.
4. Set, and encourage the acceptance of, quality standards for breastfeeding support and establishing and publishing codes of practice for such support
The Breastfeeding Network (BfN) aims to be an independent source of support and information for breastfeeding women and others.
The BfN does not accept funding from sources which have a commercial interest in infant feeding. For example, we will not accept sponsorship from manufacturers or distributors of breast milk substitutes, feeding bottles, teats or dummies. DLF Checked.
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Breath Easy is a network of friendly, local support groups for anyone troubled by or caring for anyone with breathing problems. Is part of the British Lung Foundation's network of Breathe Easy Groups, a registered charity. DLF Checked.
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Aims to promote an holistic approach to health for people with cancer and those who care for them. Provides residential courses for people with cancer and their supporters and for healthcare professionals. Provides emotional support, and information to find therapy services in local areas, on the Bristol approach. Helpline open Mon-Fri, 9.30am-5pm. Shop selling products relevant to the centre's courses is open Mon to Fri, 1-5pm - also by mail order 0117 980 9522. DLF Checked.
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Company specialising in small group, luxury, personalised and escorted tours of Great Britain. Vehicles are converted to be fully wheelchair accessible, offering full access to all the services; this is particularly useful for larger groups that cannot fit into a normal size car with their wheelchairs. DLF Checked.
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Works to maintain common standards of education, ethics, discipline and codes of practice to ensure the health and safety of the public at all times. Committed to promoting research and enhancing the role that traditional acupuncture can play in the health and well being of the nation. Full register of members and list of local practitioners is available. DLF Checked.
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Organisation promoting the interests of children separated from their families. Members are primarily social workers, local authorities, legal and medical advisors and social services departments. Uses practice guidelines and are consulted on legislation and policy. Produces a range of publications and leaflets for professionals and the public. Campaigns to bring the needs of children in care into the public eye. Organises National Adoption Week. DLF Checked.
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Aims to be the leading professional body for counselling and psychotherapy and an automatic reference point for anyone seeking information on counselling and psychotherapy in the UK. Promotes education and training for counsellors. Assists subscribers and is also committed to listening to the needs of those it seeks to support. DLF Checked.
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Provides information for the public, and local resources for help with sexual and relationship problems. DLF Checked.
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Formed in 1964 from a group of artists and therapists who had worked independently in hospitals, schools, clinics, and so on, who felt the need to 'pool their experience'. DLF Checked.
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Organisation whose members have experience in designing and constructing gardens to meet the needs of disabled people including for example, wide paths, ramps, raised flower beds and sensory gardens for blind or partially sighted people. DLF Checked.
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Represents and protects the prosthetic and orthotic profession with regard to its status and interests. Do not take enquiries from members of the public. DLF Checked.
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Promotes the skills of psychotherapy and education training competence of adult and child psychotherapists. DLF Checked.
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It is highly recommended that you see a cosmetician who is trained in the art of skin camouflage, who will be able to advise and demonstrate all the application of creams most suited to you. All creams are designed to conceal and blend in with your surronding skin tones. A consultation will take approximately one hour, for which there may be a charge. Please enquire when arranging an appointment. This charge will not include the cost of any creams for your future use. One visit is usually sufficient to teach you how to conceal most blemishes for yourself. DLF Checked.
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Governing and co-ordinating body for sport in the UK for blind and partially sighted people. Main responsibilities include: organising and developing sports activities ranging from grass roots to national events and championships; providing information and advice on sport; acting as an advocate to maximise the quality and quantity of sporting activity available; making grants to support sporting activity; selecting teams for international competition, particularly European and World Championship and Paralympics. Publishes a quarterly newsletter 'Target'. DLF Checked.
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Aims to improve the prevention, treatment and care of neurological disorders of the brain and spine. Funds medical research and developing national education programmes. Works to increase the knowledge and understanding of neurological disorders throughout the medical world and general public. DLF Checked.
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Supports the promotion of canoeing for all via Paddle-Ability, a term and concept developed by the British Canoe Union to address the issue of participation in canoeing by people with a disability. Provides Disability Co-ordinators in each of the organisations regions, who are able to assist and advise individual canoeists, clubs and event organisers. DLF Checked.
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Offers help and support to cardiac patients and their carers. Has area groups throughout the British Isles. Produces 'Zipper News' magazine. DLF Checked.
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Information and advisory service for individuals and their carers who have or are about to have a colostomy. Provides rehabilitative support on a personal and confidential basis. Free leaflet and listings of local contacts available for members. Arranges visits in hospital/home on request. DLF Checked.
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Protects the rights of the public and practitioners. Promotes complementary medicine, and to integrate it in the NHS and raise standards. DLF Checked.
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Self-help group of visually impaired computer professionals and users. Website includes the BCAB brochure with information on its aims and objectives, its services, annual subscription and how to become a member. The Association's Constitution is also available on this site. Runs training courses for visually impaired people and the website includes details of forthcoming courses. The BCAB email list, administered at the University of Manchester, is open to BCAB members and other interested parties. DLF Checked.
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Group that investigates and develops ways in which computer technology can help training and employment. Produces a quarterly magazine. DLF Checked.
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Aims to protect the public by upholding the standards of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. DLF Checked.
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National umbrella organisation representing over 120 groups of disabled people. Campaigns for full civil rights legislation for all disabled people. Offers an individual membership and supporters scheme, and a publications list will be provided on request. DLF Checked.
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Provides advice and information on a range of subjects such as welfare benefits, education and the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). Open Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. DLF Checked.
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Promotes leisure and sporting activities for deaf people on a local, regional, national and international scale. DLF Checked.
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Professional association for dietitians. Provides information on how to find a state registered dietitian, for general and dietary advice. DLF Checked.
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Organisation for all matters related to angling and for the promotion of the sport amongst disabled people. DLF Checked.
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Aims to assist disabled people to get airborne. Hosts flying days giving opportunity to fly, and establishes what adaptations would be needed to pursue flying as a hobby. DLF Checked.
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Assessment and instruction on water skiing for disabled people. Regional offices and water skiing facilities in Middlesex and other locations nationwide. DLF Checked.
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National charity acting as a co-ordinator for 96 independent local dyslexia associations and 130 supporting corporate members. Aims to improve awareness of dyslexia through information, education and training. Range of publications available. Helpline open Mon, Wed, Fri, 10am-12.30pm, 2-4.30pm. DLF Checked.
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Aims to promote welfare and rehabilitation of disabled ex-service men and women through the participation of sport, sports medicine and any other means deemed legal under charity law. DLF Checked.
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Trade association representing British suppliers of footwear. Also provides a directory of information service for consumers looking for non-standard footwear for example outsizes, orthopaedic adaptations and made-to-measure footwear. DLF Checked.
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Organisation that advises customers on special equipment and adaptations to do with disability. Also provides free gas safety checks for disabled and chronically sick customers who live on their own or with other disabled people. Provides gas detectors (tel 0116 250 3128), spares by post.
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Specialist medical society promoting research, training and high quality standards in the delivery of healthcare for older people; the society provides advice to health professionals, carers, the voluntary sector and older people themselves. Open Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. DLF Checked.
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Governing body responsible for the sport of gymnastics which introduced a comprehensive development programme for disabled people. DLF Checked.
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Represents healthcare companies which supply products and services for people with physical needs, and to specialist healthcare areas. The products they make and supply include wheelchairs and scooters, stairlifts, seating and positioning products, support surfaces, rehabilitation products, stoma and continence products, prosthetics and orthotics, equipment and services for partially sighted people. A code of conduct governs all members. DLF Checked.
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Researches to enable people to live a full life free from the threat of premature death or disablement from heart or circulatory disease. DLF Checked.
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Encourages education concerning health rather than just the treatment of diseases, through courses on self-help and healing. DLF Checked.
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Homeopathy is a therapeutic system which has been used for over 200 years. Works on the principle that 'like treats like'. An illness is treated with a medicine which could produce similar symptoms in a healthy person.The active ingredients are given in highly diluted form to avoid toxicity. Homeopathic remedies are virtually 100% safe. Promotes homeopathic treatment both inside and outside the National Health Service and furthers the cause of homeopathy. DLF Checked.
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Aims to advance humanism and mental and moral welfare. Advises and campaigns on moral issues from a non-religious viewpoint; provides humanist educational resources, and organises non-religious ceremonies for funerals, weddings and baby-namings. DLF Checked.
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BHA practitioners are trained postgraduates in hypnotherapy. They cover a range of physical and neurological conditions and disabilities. Information pamphlet and list of practitioners is available through telephone contact or written request. DLF Checked.
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Provides services, and offers training and support for carers and families of disabled people. Runs a resource centre which is open to the general public on an appointment basis. Produces a range of publications on the issues of learning disabilities. DLF Checked.
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Journal on issues related to health. Topics include treatments, research, exercise, mobility, clinical issues and product news. DLF Checked.
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Acting for the benefit and welfare of kidney patients by assisting with their physical needs and lobbying for more facilities and an increase in the number of donor organs for transplantation. DLF Checked.
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Aims to achieve the complete eradication of leprosy throughout the world by using multi-drug therapy and the most up-to-date methods of treatment available. Promotes active research into the causes, cure and prevention of leprosy. DLF Checked.
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Promotes welfare and meet the financial needs of those who lost an eye or a limb as a result of service in HM armed or Auxillary Forces, their dependants and widows. DLF Checked.
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Supports, informs and advises people with liver diseases, and carers. Carries out research into the prevention of liver disease. Helpline open Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm. DLF Checked.
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British Lung Foundation's Breathe Easy Club is the only support group throughout the UK for people with any type of lung condition, ranging from asthma and bronchitis to emphysema and lung cancer. Aims to provide support and practical information for anybody affected by a disease of the lung - whether they are a sufferer, friend or carer. Works to raise awareness of lung disease and to promote a greater understanding of the problems it can cause. Services for members include opportunity to make contact with others in similar circumstances, quarterly magazine, range of leaflets on lung conditions, fundraising and the opportunity to support British Lung Foundation's campaigns. The club is free to join. DLF Checked.
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Aims to raise awareness of chronic oedemas such as Lymphoedema amongst all healthcare professionals. Ensures that those who have this condition have access to effective treatment. Aims to progress towards the availability of equal access to care for all individuals with this condition. DLF Checked.
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Society for doctors who are trained in, and practice acupuncture. List of patient and practitioners information available from the office. Training offered to medical practitioners only. DLF Checked.
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Provides information and advice on issues related to health to healthcare professionals. Promotes education about HIV, Aids and sexual health, especially ethical and policy aspects. Welcomes enquiries and requests for information/advice from anyone with a professional interest, particularly health professionals, but not the general public. DLF Checked.
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Aims to promotes the nutritional wellbeing of the population by the impartial interpretation and effective dissemination of scientifically based nutritional knowledge and advice. Works in partnership with academic and research institutes, the food industry, educators and government. Influences all in the food chain, government, the professions and the media. The Foundation is a charitable organisation which receives funds from the food industry, government and other sources. DLF Checked.
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Provides information and emotional support for families involved in organ donation and transplantation. DLF Checked.
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Governing body responsible for the sport of orienteering including the discipline known as Trail O otherwise known as Precision-O which may be suitable for people with disabilities. DLF Checked.
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Aims to provide relief to people with physical, sensory and mental disabilities by encouraging and facilitating their participation in sporting activities and assisting in the provision of training, facilities and equipment for this purpose. DLF Checked.
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Fencing is one of the few personal combat sports that can be practiced from a wheelchair. The rules are the same as for non-disabled fencing with a few minor alterations. DLF Checked.
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Represents the needs of people who have or may yet have polio, to enable them to take their full part in the life of the community and to offer support to all such people resident in the UK and Eire, whether members or not. Provides information on a variety of issues including disabled people's rights, aids to independence, benefits and other disability issues. Branches throughout the country and trained social workers at main office. Produces a bi-monthly magazine on polio-related issues. DLF Checked.
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Provides skilled and impartial care to people in need and crisis - in their own homes and in the community, at home and abroad, in peace and in war. Services include loan of medical equipment, transport and escort, home from hospital help, skin camouflage service, therapeutic care, first aid, international tracing and message service, refugee services and emergency planning. DLF Checked.
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Acts as a representative body for persons practicing the method of reflexology. Supplies a list of practitioners in most parts of the country for a small charge and can also supply details of training courses, reflexology books, charts and video. A newsletter published four times a year keeps members in touch with any new developments in the field and allows the exchange of ideas. DLF Checked.
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Aims to be a focus for all people interested in all forms of complementary medicine. Keeps a register of complementary practitioners. All practitioners are listed on the website. DLF Checked.
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Funds research into Retinitis Pigmentosa in many centres, in the UK and abroad. Runs a welfare committee to offer help, encouragement and guidance to distressed members. Publishes an annual handbook. DLF Checked.
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Provides help and information to patients with snoring and sleep apnoea. Offers for sale clinically proven anti-snoring products and devices. Extensive library of journals for use by all. DLF Checked.
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Promotes the oral health of people of all ages with disabilities. Studies the problems relating to the provision of oral care for people with disabilities. Develops undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in the subject. Encourages research in the field of dental care for people with special needs. Holds a register of member-specific areas of interest which can be used to put clients in touch with the appropriate dental services. Holds two meetings each year, which cover behavioural, social and clinical topics. DLF Checked.
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Aims to promote the use and development of music therapy. Holds meetings and conferences and has books and videos for sale. DLF Checked.
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Offers information and support to all whose lives are affected by stammering, and provides free information packs. Website contains information regarding the issue of stammering as a disability as well as special information regarding stammering in the workplace. DLF Checked.
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Royal charter organisation created to help British industry compete in European and international trade markets. Provides a range of services to its members and to industry in general, from British Standards and standards information facilities, to its mark of product quality, the Kitemark. DLF Checked.
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Diving club which runs a diver training programme. DLF Checked.
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Provides advice and information to help people avoid or lessen the most common effects of tinnitus. Campaigns to raise public awareness of tinnitus and for the provision of better treatment on the NHS. Campaigns for stricter noise control, the training of GPs in the management of the condition and for greater acceptance of severe tinnitus as a disability. Produces a quarterly journal "Quiet" which is free to members. Produces information, medical leaflets, tapes and other merchandise. Holds a list of nationwide self-help groups, whose activities range from counselling to fundraising and social events. DLF Checked.
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Encourages and helps all persons to a greater knowledge and understanding of all aspects of yoga, and its practise by the provision of study, education and training. Aims to co-operate with and support other organisations having similar aims and to maintain and improve standards of teaching. DLF Checked.
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Aims to promote and encourage bowling for disabled people in the UK. Gives advice on access to bowling clubs, greens, use of ramps, boards, wheelchairs, buggies and any other equipment required to play bowls from a wheelchair. Organises training weekends for bowlers of all standards. DLF Checked.
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Provides radio cassette recorders on free permanent loan to registered blind people over the age of eight who are disadvantaged and resident in the UK. DLF Checked.
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Supports research into Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) and related conditions. Provides financial help for specialist equipment and short to medium term loan of equipment for people with OI. Supplies information on genetics and other medical issues and occupational therapy through Great Ormond St Hospital. Runs annual members conference and regional meetings throughout the UK. Has a quarterly newsletter and information leaflets on a wide range of topics. DLF Checked.
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Helps and advises on products and services for people with disabilities and older people. BT staff can visit customers who are unable to get out of the house to assess their needs. They are also available for talks and presentations to groups, clubs and professional bodies who are interested in BT's products and services. They employ specialist community engineers who do not make a charge for their visit and can carry out some work free of charge. Runs a Free Priority Repair Service which gives a higher priority on customer's lines should a fault arise. Produces a free publication 'Guide for people who are older or disabled.' DLF Checked.
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Offers information and advice on the types of bullying, bullying tactics and how to handle bullying both in the workplace, outside the work environment, and within family life. DLF Checked.
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Global health and care organisation with members in nearly 190 countries worldwide. Sponsors a number of sporting events throughout the year. The BUPA Great Runs series includes the BUPA Great North Run, Britain's largest mass participation event and the world's biggest half marathon. DLF Checked.
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Aims to provide straightforward information for business needs and to provide access to a wide network of business support organisations. The service also provides a host of regulatory guidance. DLF Checked.
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