Support Agencies
10 Northfields Prospect, Putney Bridge Road, London, SW18 1PE
Tel: 0208 877 5840 • Fax: 0208 877 2609 • E-Mail: info@prostate-research.org.uk
We are a charity whose mission is to raise funds for scientific research, to provide information and education to doctors, nurses, patients and their families, on all aspects of prostate diseases.
We can provide free leaflets, a free newsletter, DVD and Video (no charge, but postage and packing only). We also have a website - www.prostate-research.org.uk - which is a mine of information.
Avert
www.avert.org
AVERT is an international charity that aims to avert HIV & AIDS worldwide. We run www.avert.org, one of the most comprehensive HIV & AIDS information sites on the web today. We also have an E-Mail information service for those wishing to contact us with HIV/AIDS related enquiries that are not answerable on the website. For more information, please visit www.avert.org.
www.samaritans.org
Samaritans offer 24 hour confidential emotional support to people in emotional distress including those who have suicidal feelings. To find out more or to make a donation please visit www.samaritans.org.
Brain and Spine Foundation
www.brainandspine.org.uk
The Brain and Spine Foundation is a medical charity providing information and services for people who have had experience of a neurological condition; be it patient or carer.
BEECHWOOD CANCER CARE CENTRE?
Beechwood Cancer Care Centre Chelford Grove Stockport SK3 8LS
Tel: 0161 476 0384 Fax: 0161 477 5306
Email: enquiries@beechwoodcancercare.co.uk Website: www.beechwoodcancercare.co.uk
Beechwood Cancer Care Centre is a registered charity, no.1006015. It is a day-care therapy centre situated in Stockport that offers psychological support for patients with a diagnosis of cancer and their carers. Patients attend the centre for one day per week over a twelve week programme.
MANCHESTER KIDS is a charity especially for children in Manchester and Greater Manchester. It belongs to radio stations, Key 103 and Manchester's Magic 1152.
Manchester Kids is a grant giving charity, supporting voluntary and community groups who make a difference to the lives of local children: children with serious illnesses or disabilities; and children who experience poverty, abuse, neglect or distress.
Manchester Kids fundraises all year round and is managed by two members of staff, has a Board of Trustees and six celebrity Patrons.
CONTACT: Monika Neall,
Charity Manager, Manchester Kids,
castle quay | castlefield | manchester | m15 4pr
Tel: Direct line: 0161 288 5066
Manchester Kids Patrons
Simon Webbe,
Ricky Hatton,
Graeme Park,
Justin Moorhouse
Brooke Vincent (Coronation Street),
Vicky Binns (Coronation Street)
U Can Do I.T. provides I.T. training for blind, deaf and physically disabled people in their own homes on their own computers. The computer is a miracle for disabled people. It opens the door to independence and opportunity. On a computer everyone is equal.
Web: www.ucandoit.org.uk Email: info@ucandoit.org.uk Tel: 020 7730 7766
By the Community for the Community
Community News, local events, playgroups, transport timetables, pharmacy opening hours, emergency numbers and mch more.
CONTACT: David Robertson, 17 Stoke Abbot Close, Bramhall, Cheshire, SK7 2QD
TEL: 0161 439 7491 EMAIL: davidrobertson@about my area.co.uk WEB: www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/sk7
