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| >> UK National Patient Support Groups The following is an alphabetical list of patient support groups for those suffering from skin disease. They are often run by volunteers who suffer from the disease themselves, and many patients find it enormously valuable to have such contact with others both for support and for practical help. They also often support research efforts. If no support group exists for the disease in which you are involved, perhaps it may be worth considering starting up such a group. Click here to download the Patient Support Group Poster Other GroupsAll Party Parliamentary Group on Skin
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Registered Charity N 1084783
Latex Allergy Support Group
Aims
As a self-help group, the organisations' focus is the support of members through the sharing of information and personal experiences. The Latex Allergy Support Group has three aims:
- To raise awareness of latex allergy amongst the general public, and healthcare workers in particular.
- To provide a national support network for those affected by latex allergy.
- To push for investigation into the increased incidences of the allergy, the identification of 'at risk' groups and the prevention of unnecessary contact with known sensitising agents.
Awards Available None
Contact
Ms Aleks Kinay
The Latex Allergy Support Group
P O Box 27
Filey
YO14 9YH
Helpline: 07071 225 838 (7pm - 10pm Monday - Friday)
Web: www.lasg.co.uk
LEPRA - The British Leprosy Relief Association
Aims
LEPRA's aim is the eradication of leprosy throughout the world by the provision of multidrug therapy (MDT), which is the proven cure for leprosy. It works in India, Brazil, Nepal, Madagascar, Mozambique, Bangladesh and Malawi. It also funds research into improving the quality and effectiveness of treatment, prevention of disability and rehabilitation programmes.
Awards Available None
Contact
Mr T Vasey
LEPRA - The British Leprosy Relief Association
28 Middleborough
Colchester
CO1 1TG
Essex
Tel: (01206) 216700
Fax: (01206) 762151
Email: lepra@lepra.org.uk
Web: www.lepra.org.uk
Let's Face It
Aims
Let's Face It offers the hand of friendship on a one to one basis, to link families, friends and professionals, to assist people with facial disfigurement to share their experiences, struggles and hopes with other friends who have 'been there', to help them build the courage to face life again.
Awards Available None
Contact
Mrs C Piff
Let's Face It
72 Victoria Avenue
Westgate on Sea
Kent CT88BH
Tel: (01843) 833724
Fax: (01843) 835695
Hours: 9am - 9pm Seven days a week
Email: julialetsfaceit@aol.com
Email: chrisletsfaceit@aol.com
Web: www.lets-face-it.org.uk
London Vulval Pain Support Group
Aims
To provide confidential support and advice for women in the London area who suffer from vulval pain due to vulvodynia and vestibulodynia. Some women wiht these problems also suffer from associated conditions such as lichen sclerosus, thrush, interstital cystitis, vulval eczema and vaginismus. Membership benefits include support group meetings every six weeks and an e-mail forum for discussion of latest treatments and other relevant issues. We also campaign for greater awareness of vulval pain wihtin the medical profession, the media and among women in genenral.
Contact
Tel: 07837 533 992 (Please do not leave a message - try again later)
E-mail: londonvps@yahoo.co.uk
Web: www.vul-pain.dircon.co.uk/london
LUPUS UK
Aims
LUPUS UK supports people who are diagnosed with Lupus and assists all those moving towards their diagnosis. The charity promotes public awareness regarding the Lupus condition and helps educate the medical profession. It funds research into the cause of the illness and provides a quarterly newsletter to it's 8000 members.
Awards Available None
Contact
LUPUS UK
St James House
Eastern Road
Romford
Essex
RM1 3NH
Tel: (01708) 731251
Fax: (01708) 731252
Web: www.lupusuk.org.uk
West Midlands Lupus Group
8 Legge Lane
Coseley
West Midlands
WV14 8RQ
Tel/Fax: 01902 498236
Web: www.westmidlandslupus.co.uk
Lymphoedema Support Network
Contact
Mrs B Finch
St Luke's Crypt
Syndey Street
London
SW3 6NH
Tel: 020 7351 4480
Fax: 020 7349 9809
Web: www.lymphoedema.org/lsn
Lymphoma Association (LA)
Aims
Provides emotional support and information for lymphoma (Hodgkin's disease and non Hodgkin's lymphoma) patients and their families. Literature and videos available. Quarterly newsletter. National network of helpers with experience of the disease, with whom enquirers may be linked, usually by telephone. Local groups in some areas.
Is there someone you think should be recognised for the care, commitment and determination they have shown? Why not nominate them for a Beacons of Hope award? See our website for details - www.lymphoma.org.uk
Awards Available None
Contact
Mrs Ros Redding
Lymphoma Association
PO Box 386
Aylesbury HP20 2GA
Bucks
Helpline: (0808) 808 5555 Mon - Fri 9 am - 5 pm
Office: (01296) 619400 Mon - Fri 9 am - 5 pm
Fax: (01296) 619414
Web: www.lymphoma.org.uk
Marfan Association UK
Aims
We exist to offer support to patients, their families and to the many associated specialists and care workers, providing updated text and fostering Marfan research projects nationally. Our slogan is "support for today with tomorrow in mind", because we feel all three of our aims have equal importance.
We have been undertaking a national awareness campaign in schools and hospitals across the country for the past three years, as early diagnosis and appropriate treatment can avoid tragic and unnecessary loss of life due to the cardiological problems caused by Marfan syndrome.
Awards Available
We support Marfan projects where possible but do not have vast sums of money available.
Contact
Mrs Diane L Rust
Chairman/Support Co-ordinator
Marfan Association UK
Rochester House
5 Aldershot Road
Fleet
Hampshire GU51 3NG
Tel: (01252) 810472 (Office hours)
Fax: (01252) 810473
Ans: (01252) 617320
Email: marfan@tinyonline.co.uk
Web: www.marfan-association.org.uk
Myositis Support Group
Contact
Irene Oakley
Dermatomyositis and Polymositis Support Group
146 Newtown Road
Woolston
Southampton
Hampshire SO19 9HR
Tel: (023) 8044 9708
Fax: (023) 8039 6402
Email: info@myositis.org.uk
Web: www.myositis.org.uk
National Eczema Society
Aims
The National Eczema Society exists to eliminate the effects of eczema. It seeks to achieve this by:
- providing information, advice and support to people with eczema and those who care for them both locally and nationally (details from Colette Hoare);
- managing programmes of patient-focused training courses for GPs, nurses and pharmacists (full information from Sue Ward);
- encouraging and supporting research into the causes, effects and treatment of eczema;
- Provides facilities to the Skin Care Campaign
Awards Available
When funds allow proposals for Ph.D studentships are invited through advertisements in the BAD Newsletter and National Press, usually Nature or the Guardian
Contact
National Eczema Society
Hill House
Highgate Hill
London N19 5NA
Tel: (020) 7281 3553 ext 206
Fax: (020) 7281 6395
Helpline: (0870) 241 3604 (Mon-Fri 1-4pm)
Email: helpline@eczema.org
Email: eczemapro@eczema.org
Web: www.eczema.org
National Lichen Sclerosus Support Group
Contact
NLSSG
P O Box 5830
Lyme Regis
Dorset
DT7 3ZU
Helpline: 07765 947 599 ( from 10-12am only)
Email: admin@lichensclerosus.org
Website: www.lichensclerosus.org
The Neurofibromatosis Association
Aims
Founded in 1981, the aims of the Association are:
- to help not only those with neurofibromatosis but also their families through the employment of a nationwide network of professional Neurofibromatosis Co-ordinators (NCO's). These NCO's are based mainly in Genetics Departments of major hospitals and are able to provide expert advice and support for people with both Nf1 and Nf2;
- to help improve clinical care for patients with Nf;
- to encourage the establishment of mutual support groups throughout the country to help counter the feeling of isolation felt by many people affected by Nf;
- to provide accurate and up to date information not only to the patients themselves but also to medical professionals, healthcare workers, teachers and others concerned in the care of those affected;
- to fund research.
Awards Available
Grants are made when funds are available and advertised in the Lancet. The grants are available only for Nf research and subject to peer review.
Contact
Mrs Roberta Tweedy
Chief Executive
The Neurofibromatosis Association
Quayside House
38 High Street
Kingston upon Thames
Surrey KT1 1HL
Tel: (020) 8439 1234
Fax: (020) 8439 1200
Email: nfa@zetnet.co.uk
Web: www.nfa.uk.org
The Pemphigus Vulgaris Network
Aims
The Pemphigus Vulgaris Network provides a forum in this country for people living with PV and those personally or professionally concerned with it. We offer people an opportunity to exchange contact details, so there is someone else to talk to when needed, help people find information they may want, and give general support. We can offer support and some information for people with other forms of pemphigus and mucous membrane pemphigoid (not bullous pemphigoid). The Network has no funding and relies entirely on voluntary donations to continue. Correspondents should send an sae. We have our own website www.pemphigus.org.uk and are an associate of the International Pemphigus Foundation in America.
Awards Available None
Contact
Ms Siri Lowe
The Pemphigus Vulgaris Network
Flat C
26 St Germans Road
London SE23 1RJ
Tel: (020) 8690 6462
Website: www.pemphigus.org.uk
Primary Immunodeficiency Association (PIA)
Aims
To improve the quality of life of all people with primary immunodeficiencies. In order that we might achieve this we have the following aims:
- To promote awareness and early diagnosis of the various primary immunodeficiencies
- To ensure that all those affected have access to the best possible treatment
- To provide information and support to people with primary immunodeficiencies
- To encourage and support original research.
Awards Available
Research Grants
Contact
Chris Hughan
The Primary Immunodeficiency Association
Alliance House
12 Caxton Street
London SW1H 0QS
Tel: (020) 7976 7640
Fax: (020) 7976 7641
Email: info@pia.org.uk
Web: www.pia.org.uk
The Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum(PXE) Support Group
Aims
A registered charity, the PXE Support Group (PiXiE) exists to help, encourage and assist those with PXE and their family members; to heighten the awareness of PXE in the Medical Community, Support Services and the General Public; to link members of the Group with each other for mutual support and exchange of ideas and to provide information on the various aspects of PXE. A newsletter is produced at intervals, containing medical articles; news from members and news from PXE Support Groups in the USA and other parts of the world. This is circulated, free of charge, to all members and interested parties. A National Conference is held biennially.
Awards Available None
Contact
Miss Elspeth M W Lax, or
Wg Cdr Bernard Lax MBE
15 Mead Close
Marlow
Bucks SL7 1HR
Tel: (01628) 476687
Fax: (01628) 486024
Email: PXEeurope@aol.com
Web: www.pxe.org.uk
The Psoriasis Association
Aims
The aim of the Psoriasis Association is to help people with psoriasis by providing up to-date information on all aspects of the condition and promoting self-help and mutual support through its members. It is the main source of information on all aspects of psoriasis in the UK. The Association works nationally to raise standards of patient care and improve education about psoriasis with both the public and all the healthcare professions.
Awards Available
The Association is advised by a Medical and Research body, and each year funds and promotes important research projects into the causes and treatment of psoriasis. Since its foundation in 1968 the Psoriasis Association has given over £2 million in research grants to projects in the UK. Applications are welcomed on all aspects of Psoriasis.
Contact
Gladys Edwards
Chief Executive
The Psoriasis Association
Dick Coles House
2 Queensbridge
Northampton
NN4 7BF
Tel: (01604) 251620
Fax: (01604) 251621
Helpline 08456 760076
Email: mail@psoriasis-association.org.uk
Web: www.psoriasis-association.org.uk
Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis Alliance
Aims
The Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis Alliance (PAPAA) is the new single identity of the Psoriatic Arthropathy Alliance and Psoriasis Support Trust The organisation is independently funded and aims to be a definitive source of information and educational material for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in the UK. To be a support to both patients and professionals by providing material that can be trusted (evidence based), which has been approved and contains no bias or agendas. We provide positive advice that enables people to be involved as they move through their healthcare journey in an informed way, which is appropriate for their needs and any changing circumstances.
Awards Available
PAPAA does support research projects, but does not accept unsolicited applications. PAPAA will support projects that are consistent with the aims and objectives of the charity.
Contact
Mr David Chandler/Mrs Julie Chandler
PAPAA
PO Box 111
St Albans
Herts AL2 3JQ
Tel: 0870 7703212
Fax:0870 7703213
Email: info@papaa.org
Web: www.papaa.org
Raynaud's & Scleroderma Association Trust
Aims
The Raynaud's Association was founded in 1982 and in 1990 changed the name to become the Raynaud's & Scleroderma Association because of the close link between the two conditions. The aims are to promote a greater awareness of Raynaud's, scleroderma and associated conditions; to improve communication between doctors and patients; to put patients in touch with each other in order to exchange ideas and information; to offer advice and support to sufferers and their carers and to raise funds for research and welfare projects. It holds regional meetings at venues nation wide and an annual conference is held in September/October. A helpline is available for information and advice.
Awards Available
Grants are given to specialist centres relating to Raynaud's and Scleroderma.
Contact
Mrs Anne Mawdsley MBE
Chief Executive
Raynaud's & Scleroderma Association Trust
112 Crewe Road
Alsager
Cheshire ST7 2JA
Tel: (01270) 872776
Fax: (01270) 883556
Email: info@raynauds.org.uk
Web: www.raynauds.org.uk
Opening hours: 0900 - 1700 Monday to Friday inclusive.
Outside these hours an answering machine is in operation
Free phone: (0800) 917 2494
The Scleroderma Society
Aims
The Scleroderma Society was founded in 1982 to help patients who suffer from the disease and their Families. The Society is based in London with Regional Groups in areas where there is sufficient interest and membership to support one. Meetings are held to exchange ideas and experiences and a quarterly newsletter with specialist articles, regional news and contributions from members is distributed.
Awards Available
The Society funds medical research into Scleroderma.
Contact
Kim Fligelstone
Chair
The Scleroderma Society
P O Box 581
Chichester
PO19 9EW
Tel: 0800 311 2756
Email: info@sclerodermasociety.co.uk
Web: www.sclerodermasociety.co.uk
Shingles Support Society
Aims
A sub group of the Herpes Viruses Association, the Shingles Support Society supplies information on shingles and post-herpetic neuralgia, including self-help advice for patients and fully referenced drug treatment information for GPs, written by a consultant neurologist. Send SAE (Donations welcome) for 19 pages.
Awards Available None
Contact
Mr Nigel Scott
Shingles Support Society
41 North Road
London N7 9DP
Tel: (020) 7607 9661 (Office)
Tel: ( Advice) 0845 123 2305
Web: www.herpes.org.uk/shingles
Skin Camouflage Network
Aims
In 1994, a number of therapists, working within the NHS, shared the view that to raise standards of patient care and increase awareness of the facilities for skin camoufalge amongst members of the medical profession, they should form an associaition. This became SCN, and today we have members throughout the country. The associaition has succeeded in establishing a directory of professionally qualified members from medical, beauty therapy, Red Cross and academic backgrounds whose services- available both through the NHS and privately - are becoming more familiar and therefore capable of referral, to an ever- increasing number of GP's and Dermatology and Plastic Surgey specialists.
SCN membership is open to all practitioners and offers study days, news journals, support and guidance from colleagues.
Awards Available None 1.To establish a body to which all skin camouflage practitioners could belong, and through which knowledge and expertise could be networked and shared 2.To develop a directory of professional, qualified camouflage therapist 3. To raise awareness amongst the medical profession, pharmacists and patients as to the availabilty of skin camouflage 4. To raise and maintain professional standards through improved educational facilities, study days and seminars. 5. To provide a professional news journal, enabling members to keep abreast of current issues. 6. To form links with all support groups therby assisting patients who require additional help. 7.... and so to improve the facilities available to patients Contact
Objectives
SCN
PO Box 276
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE3 4XR
Helpline tel: 07799 738599 (After 6pm)
Email: enquires@skincamouflagenetwork.org.uk
Web: www.skincamouflagenetwork.co.uk
Telangiectasia Self Help Group
Aims
In 1985 the Telangiectasia Self-Help Group was founded to maintain a register of sufferers and to put affected families in touch with one another. A newsletter is sent to all members informing them of developments in the treatment of this disease. An information pack is available on request. Please enclose a S.A.E.
Awards Available None
Contact
Mrs D M Lawson
Co-ordinator/Organiser
Telangiectasia Self-Help Group
39 Sunny Croft
Downley
High Wycombe HP13 5UQ
Tel: (01494) 528047
Fax None
Email: info@telangiectasia.co.uk
Web: www.telangiectasia.co.uk
Terrence Higgins Trust
Aims
The Terrence Higgins Trust was set up in 1982 as one of the first national voluntary organisations to respond on all aspects of the AIDS and HIV health crisis.
Much has changed since the early days of HIV and as the shape of the epidemic has changed, so has the Trust. Our existing services have been developed and we have introduced new services to meet changing needs. THT has merged with local community-based HIV charities to create a national organisation with the stability and infrastructure capable of ensuring a long-term response to the HIV and sexual health needs. THT provides a national helpline, THT Direct, which offers emotional support, information and advice to callers, whether living with HIV, affected by it indirectly or with questions or concerns about sexual health in general. Through a network of local centres, THT provides services such as counselling, support groups, HIV testing and STI screening, complementary therapies, information, advice and resources.
Awards Available
The Terrence Higgins Trust gives grants only to individuals facing hardships because of symptomatic HIV or AIDS. The Trust does not give grants to organisations.
Contact
Terrence Higgins Trust
314-320 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8DP
Tel: (020) 7812 1600
Direct Line: (0845) 122 1200 (Mon - Fri, 11 - 8)
Helpline: (020) 7242 1010 (12 noon - 10 pm daily)
Fax: (020) 7812 1601
Email: info@tht.org.uk
Web: www.tht.org.uk
Tuberous Sclerosis Association
Aims
The Tuberous Sclerosis Association aims to provide support for parents and sufferers, sharing problems and giving information; by providing education, publicity and information to promote an understanding and awareness of the problems caused by this condition; to promote fund raising to support research into the causes and management of Tuberous Sclerosis. We also supply a wide range of literature, advice, Benevolent Fund, support from TS Specialist Advisers , 6 specialist TS clinics, medical advisers and family weekend breaks.
Awards Available
Any application for funds will be considered if in connection with research into the causes or management of the disorder.
Contact
Mrs Fiona McGlynn
Head of Development and Support Services
Tuberous Sclerosis Association
PO Box 13938
Birmingham
B45 5BF
Ms Diane Sansom
Head of Administration
Tuberous Sclerosis Association
PO Box 12979
Barnt Green
Birmingham
B45 5AN
Tel: 05602 420809
Tel/Fax: 0121 445 6970
Email: development-support@tuberous-sclerosis.org / diane.sanson@tuberous-sclerosis.org
Web: www.tuberous-sclerosis.org
The Vitiligo Society
Aims
The Society is a registered charity which aims to:
- Offer support and understanding to people with vitiligo and to their families
- To offer advice on how to cope with the condition
- To promote and fund research with the objectives of establishing the causes of vitiligo and finding safe and effective treatments
- To campaign for a better understanding of vitiligo among the medical profession and the general public
- To gather and distribute information about vitiligo
Awards Available
The Society has a small but growing Research Fund, and an appointed Medical Advisory Panel of scientists, dermatologists and other clinicians. The Panel reviews all applications for the funding of research into vitiligo and makes recommendations to the Trustees of the Society, who award grants as they think appropriate.
Contact
Jennifer Viles
Manager
The Vitiligo Society
125 Kennington Road
London SE11 6SF
Tel: (020) 7840 0855
Freephone: (0800) 018 2631
Fax: (020) 7840 0866
Email: Ken125@vitligosociety.org.uk
Web: www.vitiligosociety.org.uk
Vulval Pain Society
Aims
The Vulval Pain Society (VPS) is a confidential service for women who suffer from vulval pain due to vestibulodynia and vulvodynia and associated conditions such as lichen sclerosus, thrush, interstitial cystitis, vulval eczema and vaginismus. The VPS is not externally funded or attached to any health service organisation. The group aims to provide accurate, up-to-date, non-biased information to women with a wide range of vulval conditions, particularly vulval pain syndromes, and their partners, including details of terminology, diagnosis and treatments; to report on conventional and complementary therapies; to provide information on new research and information reported in medical and scientific journals and the general media; to improve information and education on vulval pain for health professionals; and to provide women with the opportunity to share information and report their own experiences, by holding quarterly workshops around the UK that offer an informal environment for women to meet and discuss issues and treatments with other women and health professionals, and facilitating support groups such as the London, Birmingham and Bristol Vulval Pain Support Groups which also campaign for greater awareness of vulval pain within the general public, the media and the medical profession.
Awards Available
None
Contact:
Web: www.vulvalpainsociety.org/london
London based Support Group:
Email: londonvps@yahoo.co.uk Tel: 07837 533 992 (Please do not leave a message - try again later)
Birmingham based Support Group:
Birmingham.VPSG@gmail.com
Bristol Support Group:
Tel: 07747 417 670
Wessex Cancer Trust - SCIN (Skin Cancer Information Network) MARC'S LINE (Melanoma and Related Cancers of the Skin)
Aims
Marc's Line aims to be of value to patients and their families, health professionals. teachers and others involved in education or prevention of skin cancer. It produces leaflets and information sheets on various types of skin cancer and on sun protection strategies. It has a professional nurse network of voluntary nursing contacts offering psycho-social support for patients and their families living with melanoma. Marc's Line is funded by Wessex Cancer Trust, who offer a counselling service to those living in the Wessex area. Marc's Line also have Professional/Public Education Programmes, for more information on these please contact Jane Freak at the details below.
Awards Available None
Contact
Jo Allum / Linda Burt
Clinical Nurses Specialists in Skin Cancer Prevention
Marc's Line Resource Centre
Dermatology Treatment Centre
Level 2
Salisbury District Hospital
Salisbury
Wiltshire SP2 8BJ
Tel: (01722) 415071
Fax: (01722) 415071
Web: www.wessexcancer.org
XP Support Group
Contact
Ms Sandra Webb
XP Support Group
2 Strawberry Close
Prestwood
Great Missenden
Bucks
HP16 0SG
Tel: 01494 890 891
Email: info@xpsupportgroup.org.uk
Web: www.spsupportgroup.org.uk
Other Groups
From time to time, other bodies not listed above may make money available for research in dermatology. These are usually advertised in the "news and notices" section of the BJD.
All Party Parliamentary Group on Skin
Aims
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Skin (APPGS) was established in 1994. It has a large and active membership including Members of Parliament from all political parties, Members of the House of Lords, health professionals, patient groups and pharmaceutical companies. The Group was set up as a result of a campaign to raise awareness of skin issues in Parliament by the National Eczema Society. The Society, along with other patient organisations and industry, provide support for the Skin Care Campaign, which is an organisation that brings together all the UK national skin patient support groups. The Skin Care Campaign, amongst other bodies (Including the BAD), provides resources and funding to support hte Secretariat of the APPGS.
The APPGS is seeking progress on a number of areas:
- increasing understanding of the nature, extent, causes and problems associated with all kinds of skin disease;
- working to improve delivery of treatment to those with skin conditions;
- working to educate Government as to the ways in which treatment management can be improved and made more efficient;
- examining other socio-economic and environmental factors in skin disease, such as occupational factors.
More money is not necessarily always the answer - often it is a question of identifying problems and using imaginative and thoughtful solutions to solve them. This is what the group seeks to achieve.
The Group holds a small number of exceptionally well-attended meetings each year. These offer MPs and others the opportunity to understand more about different types of skin disease. Fifteen per cent of all GP patient episodes are skin related - it comprises one of the greatest calls on GP time and yet training for GPs in this area is scarce, if existent at all.
Contact
APPGS
St James' House
13 Kensington Square
London
W8 5HD
Tel: (020) 7368 3100
Fax: (020) 7368 3101
Email: APPGS@portcullisresearch.com
Skin Care Campaign
Aims
The Skin Care Campaign (SCC) is an umbrella organisation representing the interests of all people with skin diseases in the UK. Membership is open to all UK national skin patient organisations. The SCC enjoys the support of health professionals concerned with dermatology, companies and other organisations with a common interest in skin health. It is a subsidiary of the National Eczema Society. The aims of the SCC are:
- To work for the improvement of health care for people suffering from skin disease. To this end, it makes recommendations for improvements in dermatology services to Parliament through the Associate Parliamentary Group on Skin (APGS), and directly to the Department of Health and to other health service providers. Issues addressed are those of common concern to all or most of its member organisations.
- To educate and inform the public and others about skin diseases and their treatment through:
- Media campaigns directed at health professionals and the public, to raise awareness of dermatology within the medical profession, to educate and inform health professionals and the public about skin diseases and their prevention and treatment, and to undermine the stigma associated with skin disease; and
- A programme of Skin Information Days (SIDs) held throughout the United Kingdom. SIDs are open to the public, free of charge. Those administering them ensure that all member organisations have the opportunity to attend and that those that cannot attend are properly represented.
- To support other organisations in order to pursue these objects.
Contact
Tel: 0208 378 1497
Chief Executive
Skin Care Campaign
Email: alangford@skincarecampaign.org
Web: www.skincarecampaign.org
