Support Organisations: A to Z

We've put together an alphabetical list of support organisations, many of which we hope you will never need to use but in case you do...

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• Haemangioma: Birthmark Support Group
  Charity No 1090952 Birthmark Support Groups offers help and information on vascular birthmarks.
  
• Haemangioma: Changing Faces
  Charity No 1011222 established in 1992. It provides information, support and advice to anyone with a disfigurement and their family.
  
• Hand Deficiencies: Reach
  Charity No 278679 Offers local support and contact, and provides insurance cover for the 'good arm' of children over 2 years of age (UK only) as an automatic benefit of membership.
  
• Headaches: Migraine Trust
  Charity No 1081300 Helping sufferers regain control of their lives.
  
• Health: Action on Smoking and Health
  Anti-smoking charity, working to tackle the epidemic of tobacco-related disease.
  
• Health: Carers
  This web-site is part of making good the Government's commitment in 'Caring about Carers'.
  
• Health: Carers UK
  Charity No 246329 Providing support for carers throughout the UK.
  
• Health: Children and Families with HIV/AIDS
  Charity No 83383 Has developed a programme for children with, or affected by, HIV/AIDS.
  
• Health: Children Nationwide Medical Research Fund
  Charity No 289600 Leading charity funding the research into the prevention, treatment and cure of childhood illness.
  
• Health: Terrence Higgins Trust Lighthouse
  Charity No 288527, Advice and information on welfare rights legal services, employment and housing, and a Hardship Fund (jointly with Crusaid).
  
• Health: Wired for Health
  Government health information website, primarily for teachers but full of useful info.
  
• Healthcare: Action for Sick Children
  UK's leading children's healthcare charity, specially formed to ensure that sick children always receive the highest standard of care possible.
  
• Hearing Problems: Birkdale School for Hearing Impaired Children
  Charity No 1003373 Merseyside school for young people.
  
• Hearing Problems: British Deaf Association
  The largest national UK charity run by deaf people, for deaf people.
  
• Hearing Problems: British Tinnitus Association
  Charity No 1011145 Advice about healthy living and relaxation techniques and contact with others through local groups.
  
• Hearing Problems: deafPLUS
  Charity No 1073468 Founded upon the idea of self-help and committed to a policy of deaf/hearing integration.
  
• Hearing Problems: Hearing Concern 18-30 Plus
  Charity No 223322 Advice and information to young people and their families affected by hearing impairment.
  
• Hearing Problems: National Deaf Children's Society
  Charity No 1016532 Advice and information on any aspect of childhood deafness and family support through a UK wide network of local groups.
  
• Hearing Problems: Royal National Institute for the Deaf
  Charity No 207720. Working to ensure deafness and hearing loss are not barriers to opportunity and fulfilment.
  
• Hearing Problems: Treacher Collins Family Support Group
  Charity No 1006300 Also covers First and Second Arch syndromes, Atresia of the Ear, and conditions combining conductive deafness with facial/head malformation.
  
• Heart Defects: CHARGE
  Charity No 1042953, established in 1987. It offers support and advice to families of affected children and linking where possible.
  
• Heart Disease: British Heart Foundation
  Founded in 1961 - the UK's leading heart charity.
  
• Heart Disease: Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY)
  Charity No 1050845 CRY raises awareness of undiagnosed cardiac problems in young people and offers counselling to those who have been bereaved.
  
• Heart Disease: Cardiomyopathy Association
  Charity No 803262 Advice and information for individuals and families.
  
• Heart Disease: Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland
  Charity No SCO 18761 Confidential, independent advice line run by trained nurses for affected persons and their families.
  
• Heart Disease: Children's Heart Federation
  Charity No 800525 Providing medical and emotional support to children and their families.
  
• Heart Disease: NICHSA
  Charity No 1057472 Helpline staffed by stroke survivors, counselling and information on benefits, further and higher education, special training and work opportunities.
  
• Heart Disease: NICHSA
  Charity No XN 47338 The Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke Association (NICHSA).
  
• Heart Disease: Stroke Association
  Charity No 211015 Support and contact with other parents of children affected by stroke.
  
• Helpline: Advisory Centre for Education
  News and information for parents, school governors and teachers. Freephone advice line for parents: 0808 800 5793 (2pm- 5pm Mon-Fri)
  
• Helplines: Childline
  24-hour UK helpline for children and young people in trouble or danger. Call ChildLine free on 0800 1111.
  
• Helplines: Parentline Plus
  Parentline Plus offers help and information to over 85,000 parents and families each year.Helpline 0808 800 2222.
  
• Helplines: Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre
  Free, confidential and non-judgemental help and support. Helpline 0208 239 1122 Mon-Friday 12-2.30pm & 7-9.30pm Weekends/ public holidays 2.30-5pm.
  
• Helplines: Samaritans
  Confidential emotional support to anyone who is suicidal or despairing. Call 08457 90 90 90 (UK) or 1850 60 90 90 (Eire).
  
• Helplines: TAMBA Special Needs Group
  Charity No 1076478 The Special Needs Group offers support and information to families, regional meetings, and professional study days.
  
• Hepatitis: Children's Liver Disease Foundation
  Charity No 1067331Represents over 5,000 families - around 1,000 children are diagnosed with some form of liver disease every year.
  
• Heroin: Drugscope
  The UK's leading centre of expertise on drugs, aiming to inform policy development and reduce drug-related risk.
  
• Heroin: European Association for the Treatment of Addiction (UK)
  The European Association for the Treatment of Addiction (UK) is an independent charity, which aims to help ensure that people who are dependent on drugs or alcohol get timely access to the treatment they need.
  
• Heroin: Trashed
  Drug information: about, origins, effects, the law, composition, emergency and risks (NHS Promotion site).
  
• Hidden Disabilities': adders.org
  A comprehensive website covering a wide range of information on ADHD.
  
• Hidden Disabilities': ADDiss Information Services
  Organises local and national seminars and provides information, support, training and resources on ADHD.
  
• Hidden Disabilities': Autism Independent UK
  For increased awareness of autism, and information about diagnosis, assessment, education and treatment.
  
• Hidden Disabilities': Autismconnect
  Free, non-commercial service which aims to be the first port of call for anyone interested in finding up-to-date information about autism and related autistic spectrum disorders.
  
• 'Hidden Disabilities': Autistic Society
  Encourage a better understanding of autism and to pioneer specialist services for people with autism and those who care for them.
  
• Hidden Disabilities': British Dyslexia Association
  Charity No 289243. Advice, information and help. Working to raise awareness and understanding of dyslexia.
  
• Hidden Disabilities': Henry Spink Foundation
  Information on therapies and treatments (with emphasis on alternative/complimentary approaches) that may help in the treatment of ADHD.
  
• 'Hidden Disabilities': National Autistic Society
  Charity No 269425 Information, advice and support, training courses and conferences, and the promotion of research.
  
• 'Hidden Disabilities': Scottish Society for Autism
  Scottish Charity No SC 009068, Education, care, support and opportunities for people with autism/Asperger syndrome in Scotland.
  
• Higher Education: AHEAD
  Independent voluntary organisation working to promote improved access for persons with disabilities to 3rd Level Education in Ireland.
  
• HIV: Children and Families with HIV/AIDS
  Charity No 83383 Has developed a programme for children with, or affected by, HIV/AIDS.
  
• HIV: Positively Women
  Charity No 802406 Training, information and counselling together with practical advice on a range of issues for women living with HIV.
  
• HIV: Terrence Higgins Trust Lighthouse
  Charity No 288527, Advice and information on welfare rights legal services, employment and housing, and a Hardship Fund (jointly with Crusaid).
  
• Hodgkin's Disease: Cancer Care Society
  Emotional support for lives touched by cancer.
  
• Hodgkin's Disease: CancerBACUP
  Charity No 1019719 Providing high quality and up to date information, practical advice and support for cancer patients and their families.
  
• Hodgkin's Disease: Cancerhelp UK
  Free information service about cancer and cancer care for the general public, brought to you by The Cancer Research Campaign.
  
• Hodgkin's Disease: Cancerlink
  Charity No 326430 Resource for approximately 500 cancer support and self-help groups throughout the UK.
  
• Hodgkin's Disease: Children with Leukemia Trust
  Established in 1991 in order to help relieve the financial burden of bone marrow testing and transplants.
  
• Hodgkin's Disease: Children's Leukaemia Trust
  Charity No 1000341 Supporting leukaemia research, and improving the quality of life of sufferers.
  
• Hodgkin's Disease: Christian Lewis Children's Cancer Care
  Charity No 801856 Child-centred care focusing on 'quality of life' issues, bereavement support, play therapists and holidays.
  
• Hodgkin's Disease: CLIC
  Charity No 802396 Help for children affected by cancer, promotion of research, and financial grants to families.
  
• Hodgkin's Disease: Leukaemia CARE Society
  Charity No 259483 Offers immediate contact with local organisers. In some cases financial help is available.
  
• Hodgkin's Disease: Leukaemia Society (UK)
  Charity No 1040984 Offers support to affected children, families and carers, and has a special interest in bone marrow transplantation.
  
• Hodgkin's Disease: Sargent Cancer Care for Children
  Charity No 256435 Counselling and financial support for children and young people affected by cancer, leukaemia, or Hodgkin's Disease.
  
• Hodgkin's Disease: Sargent Cancer Care for Children (Scotland)
  Charity No 1085616 Sargent is a Scottish based charity offering support to children and their families.
  
• Hodgkin's Disease: Teenage Cancer Trust
  Charity No 1062559 Focuses on the needs of UK teenagers and young adults with cancer, leukaemia, Hodgkin's and related diseases.
  
• Home Start
  Home-Start offers the support of one volunteer parent to another parent who is facing difficulties and who has at least one child under 5.
  
• Homeless Link
  Homeless Link is the membership organisation supporting and representing more than 700 agencies working with homeless people across England and Wales.
  
• Homeless: Centrepoint
  Charity No 2942411 Housing and supporting young people nationwide.
  
• Homeless: Childhope UK
  Charity No 32843 Helping to improve the live of the UK's street children.
  
• Home-Schooling: Education Otherwise
  UK-based membership organisation providing support and information for families whose children are being educated outside school.
  
• Homosexuality: Acceptance Helpline for Parents
  Acceptance' is an organisation founded and run by parents of people who are gay for parents and families of gay people.
  
• Housing Benefit: Benefits Agency
  The Benefits Agency (BA) website has merged with a new Department of Social Security (DSS) website.
  
• Housing: Cardinal Hume Centre
  Charity No 1090836 Housing and counselling for 16-25 year olds and drop in centres for mothers with young children.
  
• Housing: Centrepoint
  Charity No 2942411 Housing and supporting young people nationwide.
  
• Human Rights: Amnesty International
  International human rights organisation.
  
• Hydrocephalus: Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (ASBAH)
  Charity No 249338 Advice and services for people with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus, and to their carers.
  
• Hyperactive Children's Support Group
  Support, info and a newsletter 3 times a year. Also provides training and awareness-raising events at the Wimbledon branch (020 8946 4444)
  
• Hyperactivity: adders.org
  A comprehensive website covering a wide range of information on ADHD.
  
• Hyperactivity: ADDiss Information Services
  Organises local and national seminars and provides information, support, training and resources on ADHD.
  
• Hypercalcaemia: Williams Syndrome Foundation
  Charity No 281014 Contact and support through a network of regional groups, with financial help to attend meetings if necessary.

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