H e a d l i n e H a t s
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.
CancerBACUP
London:
3 Bath Place
Rivington Street
London
EC2A 3J1R
Freephone Helpline: 0808 800 1234
Website: www.cancerbacup.org.uk
Macmillan Cancer Relief
89 Albert Embankment
London
SE1 7UQ
Information Line: 0845 6016161
Tel:. 020 7840 7840
Fax: 020 7840 7841
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.macmillan.org.uk
Breast Cancer Care
Kiln House, 210 New Kings Road
London SW6 4NZ
Helpline: 0808 800 6000
email: [email protected]
Website: www.breastcancercare.org.uk
The Haven Trust
Effie Road
London SW6 1TB
Helpline: 0870 727 2273
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.thehaventrust.org.uk
Cancerlink Macmillan Cancer Relief
Freephone Support Link: 0808 808 0000
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.cancerlink.org
The Trichological Society
19 Balgores Square
Gidea Park
Essex RM2 6AU
Telephone: 01708 728 980
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.hairscientists.org
Hairline International
The Alopecia Patients Society
Lyons Court
1668 High Street
Knowle
West Midlands
B93 0LY
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
- 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
- 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
- support centres for breast cancer patients, offering information, advice, counselling and complementary therapies free of charge.
Database of over 700 self-help and support groups countrywide offering practical and emotional support.
- professional body for hair science and hair specialists.
Support network for patients coping with hair loss. Send A4 sae for information