Alcohol & Drug Dependency

Alcoholics Anonymous: Self-supporting fellowship of people who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism
www.alcoholicsanonymous.org.uk

Anxiety, Depression & Stress 

Depression Alliance: Providing information and support services for depression
www.depressionalliance.org

Samaritans: Providing confidential non-judgemental emotional support, 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide.
www.samaritans.org.uk

Cancer

Macmillan Cancer Support: Macmillan merged with Cancerbackup| in 2008. Together we provide quality assured, up-to-date cancer information, written by specialists for patients, relatives and carers
http://www.macmillan.org.uk

Cancer Research UK
Reliable, easy to understand patient information from Cancer Research UK
http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk
http://www.cancerresearchuk.co.uk

Clic Sargent:
The UK childrens’ cancer charity offering advice and support
http://www.clicsargent.org.uk

Diabetes

Diabetes UK:
The largest organisation in the UK working for people with diabetes, funding research, campaigning and helping people live with the condition
http://www.diabetes.org.uk

Disabilities

Disability Review Magazine: A magazine that highlights and promotes issues of importance to disabled people in the UK today including news, product information, accessibility, hotel and holiday features, Paralympians sports news, shopping for the disabled, motoring news and reviews, disability discrimination information, job seekers' information and website features.
www.disabilityreviewmag.com

You’re able:
An online community of and by disabled people, providing advice
http://www.youreable.com

Epilepsy

Epilepsy Action:
The largest member-led epilepsy organisation in Britain, acting as the voice for the UK's estimated 456,000 people with epilepsy, as well as their friends, families, carers, health professionals and the many other people on whose lives the condition has an impact.
http://www.epilepsy.org.uk

Epilepsy Society:
Providing research, information and care for epilepsy
http://www.epilepsysociety.org.uk

Heart and strokes

British Heart Foundation:
Research, vital prevention activity and quality care and support for people living with heart disease.
http://www.bhf.org.uk

The Stroke Association:
The Stroke Association funds research into prevention, treatment and better methods of rehabilitation, and helps stroke patients and their families directly through its Life After Stroke Services. These include Information, Advice and Support, Communication Support and Life After Stroke grants http://www.stroke.org.uk

Grown Up Congential Heart Patients’ Association:
Support and information for young people and adults with congenital heart disease
http://www.guch.org.uk

The Cardiomyopathy Association
Helping people and their families affected by the heart muscle condition cardiomyopathy, providing support and easy-to-understand information on the different types of cardiomyopathy.
http://www.cardiomyopathy.org

Health Insurance

‘Richard Shelly: a part of the ‘The Health Insurance Group’ (THIG) can provide you with tailored health insurance solutions for both large and small businesses as well as individuals.  Regulated by the Financial Services Authority, Richard Shelly have strong relationships with the major insurers such as BUPA, AXA/PPP, Aviva, PruHealth, and Simply Health, as well as many smaller insurers’
http://www.richardshelly.co.uk/

High blood pressure

High Blood Pressure Foundation:
Working to improve the basic understanding, assessment, treatment and public awareness of high blood pressure, and, in so doing, help promote the welfare of people with high blood pressure.
http://www.hbpf.org.uk

British Hypertension Society:
The British Hypertension Society provides a medical and scientific research forum to enable sharing of cutting edge research in order to understand the origin of high blood pressure and improve its treatment.
http://www.bhsoc.org

HIV

The Terence Higgins Trust: The largest HIV and sexual health charity in the UK, providing information and support
www.tht.org.uk 

National AIDS Trust: Resources to help individuals and organisations meet the needs of people living with HIV.
http://www.nat.org.uk

Insurance - General Advice

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www.moneymaxim.co.uk

Kidney disease

UK National Kidney Foundation:
Run by Kidney Patients for Kidney Patients. Unlike other kidney charities, the NKF has only two roles campaigning for improvements to renal provision and treatment, and national patient support services.
http://www.kidney.org.uk

Leukaemia

Leukaemia CARE:
Leukaemia CARE exists to provide vital care and support to all those whose lives have been affected by leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma and the allied blood disorders. Our work extends to the welfare of families and carers, as
well as that of patients themselves
http://www.leukaemiacare.org.uk

Liver

British Liver Trust
The British Liver Trust is the national charity working to reduce the impact of liver disease in the UK through support , information and research
http://www.britishlivertrust.org.uk

Lupus Syndrome

St Thomas’ Lupus Trust: The Lupus unit at St Thomas' Hospital opened in 1985 and is now recognised throughout the world for its clinics, its teaching and its research. The activities of the Lupus unit are divided into teaching, research and clinical work.
http://www.lupus.org.uk

Marfan Syndrome

Marfan Association: Working to improve and prolong the lives of people with Marfan syndrome through research, education and support.
www.marfan-association.org.uk

MS

MS Society: The MS Society funds MS research, runs respite care centres, provides grants (financial assistance), education and training on MS. It produces publications on MS and runs a freephone specialist Helpline.
www.mssociety.org.uk

Pituatary Gland Disorders

The Pituitary Foundation: Support, information and advocacy organisation for pituitary patients, their families, friends and carers
www.pituitary.org.uk

The Pituitary Society: Information on the pituitary gland and its diseases
http://www.pituitarysociety.org/public

Parkinsons

Parkinsons UK: Information on why Parkinson’s occurs, the wide variety of symptoms the condition may cause and the range of treatments and support available
www.parkinsons.org.uk

Respiratory Disorders

Asthma UK: Charity dedicated to improving the health and well-being of people in the UK whose lives are affected by asthma  
www.asthma.org.uk

Thyroid disorders

Thyroid UK: Providing information and resources to promote effective diagnosis and appropriate treatment for people with thyroid disorders in the UK
http://www.thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/