Links
There are a many charities providing help and information for cancer and alopecia patients. Advice, information,
counselling, support groups, nursing and other professional services, both local and national, are now freely available and easy to find.
It is impossible to list every organisation here, but CancerBACUP is a good starting point to find exactly what you need to know. The Internet is also a wonderful source of information.
We have listed the Head offices in London of these major charities, but
most do have a regional centres.
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CancerBACUP
London:
3 Bath Place
Rivington Street
London
EC2A 3J1R
Freephone Helpline: 0808 800 1234
Website: www.cancerbacup.org.uk
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Provides:
- information on all aspects of cancer, including services available to cancer patients, local support groups, and links to other websites
- expanding list of regional advice centres
- telephone advice service with specialist nurses
- counselling
- specialist booklets on
all different forms of cancer, treatment and hair loss
See especially 'Coping with Hair Loss'.
- excellent website
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Macmillan Cancer Relief
89 Albert Embankment
London
SE1 7UQ
Information Line: 0845 6016161
Tel:. 020 7840 7840
Fax: 020 7840 7841
Email: information-line@macmillian.org.uk
Website: www.macmillan.org.uk
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- specialist care for
people with cancer at every stage of their illness.
- information line
- Macmiillan nurses and
doctors
- Macmillan cancer care
and information units
- financial help through
patient grants
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Breast Cancer Care
Kiln House, 210 New
Kings Road
London SW6 4NZ
Helpline: 0808 800 6000
email: info@breastcancercare.org.uk
Website: www.breastcancercare.org.uk
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- regional centres in
London & South of England, North of England, Scotland and Wales
(opening end of 2002)
- invaluable free booklet
titled 'Breast Cancer and Hair Loss'
- emotional and practical
support
- countrywide network of
volunteers with personal experience of breast cancer
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The Haven Trust
Effie Road
London SW6 1TB
Helpline: 0870 727 2273
Email: info@thehaventrust.org.uk
Website: www.thehaventrust.org.uk
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- support centres for
breast cancer patients, offering information, advice, counselling and
complementary therapies free of charge.
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Cancerlink Macmillan Cancer
Relief
Freephone Support Link: 0808 808 0000
Email: info@cancerlink.org
Website: www.cancerlink.org
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Database of over 700 self-help
and support groups countrywide offering practical and emotional support.
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The Trichological Society
19 Balgores Square
Gidea Park
Essex RM2 6AU
Telephone: 01708 728 980
Email: registrar@hairscientists.org
Website: www.hairscientists.org
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- professional body for
hair science and hair specialists.
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Hairline International
The Alopecia Patients Society
Lyons Court
1668 High Street
Knowle
West Midlands
B93 0LY
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Support network for patients
coping with hair loss. Send A4 sae for information
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