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Action for ME is a UK based national membership organisation and registered charity whose aims are:

to campaign for more recognition, research and better care and benefits for ME sufferers
to fund research, particularly into treatments for ME
to raise awareness of ME within the government, media, health care organisations and general public
to provide information, self-help and support services to people with ME, their carers, family and friends

Action for ME, PO Box 1302, WELLS, Somerset BA5 1YE. Tel: 01749 670799. Fax: 01749 672561. Email: afme@afmeuk.demon.co.uk

Alcohol Concern is the national agency on alcohol misuse in England and Wales. We work both to reduce the costs of alcohol misuse and to develop the range and quality of helping services available to problem drinkers and their families. Since we began work in 1984 Alcohol Concern has built up expertise on a wide range of alcohol-related issues. We use this to influence and to support health and social policies both nationally and locally.

Alcohol Concern, 32-36 Loman Street, London SE1 0EE. Tel:(+44) 0171-928-7377 Fax:(+44) 0171-928-4644 Email: info@alcoholconcern.org.uk

The Andropause Society (TAS) is a newly established UK-based charity, with the aims of promoting the exchange of research information and ideas about the Androgen Deficiency in the Adult Male (ADAM) between health professionals working in this field, as well as to encourage education and training about the andropause, its consequences and its treatment.

TAS, 20/20 Harley Street, London, W1N 1AL. Tel: 020 7636 8283. Email: info@andropause.org.uk

Arthritis Research Campaign funds medical research and has 25 regional organisations and over 1,000 branches throughout the country.

ARC, Copeman House, St Mary's Court, St Mary's Gate, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S41 7TD.

ASH is a campaigning organisation which wants to see the sharp reduction and eventual elimination of the health problems caused by tobacco.

16 Fitzhardinge Street, London W1H 9PL. Tel: 0171 224 0743. Fax: 0171 224 471. Email: ash-uk@dial.pipex.com

Association of Radical Midwives. We are midwives, student midwives and others in the UK committed to improving the maternity care provided by the NHS. We strongly believe that all women have the right to a service tailored more closely to their needs, and a sympathetic attitude on the part of their professional attendants.

ARM, 62 Greetby Hill, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L39 2DT. Tel/Fax: 01695 572776. Email: arm@radmid.demon.co.uk

BAVA, (see animal rights page). The dangers of vaccination.

Body Positive. Establised in 1991, our aim is to provide support for individuals infected / affected by HIV, Hepatitis B and C Virus, their partners, families and friends. We have premises located both in Scunthorpe and Grimsby:

Facilities House, Kettering Road, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire DN16 1UW Tel: 01724 289440

142a Victoria Street, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire DN31 1NX Tel: 01472 358886

The British Allergy Foundation. We encompass all types of allergy and provide information, advice and support to sufferers including details of NHS allergy clinics and the specialists involved. Leaflets, facts sheets and regular newsletters containing practical and informative articles are available.

The British Allergy Foundation, Deepdene House, 30 Bellgrove Road, Welling, Kent, DA16 3PY. Help-Line 0181-303-8583

British Diabetic Association is a charity helping people with diabetes and supporting diabetes research.

10 Queen Anne Street, London W1M 0BD. Tel: 0171 323 1531. Fax: 0171 637 3644.

CAAP the Centre for Attachment based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. For more than 10 years CAPP people have been developing a range of psychotherapeutic services.

CAPP, Claremont, 24-27 White Lion Street, London N1 9PD Tel: 020 7689 3672 Email: capp@dial.pipex.com

CASH (Consensus Action on Salt and Health) is a group of specialists concerned with salt and its effects on health. It is successfully working to reach a consensus with the food industry and Government over the harmful effects of a high salt diet, and bring about a reduction in the amount of salt in processed foods as well as salt added to cooking, and the table.

CASH, Blood Pressure Unit, Department of Medicine, St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE. Tel: 0208-725 2409 Fax: 0208-725 2959 Email: cash@sghms.ac.uk

Depression Alliance is the largest charity in Britain that is run by and for sufferers of depression and their carers. We have at present about 3000 members and 100 self-help groups. We publish a quarterly 40 page newsletter, run a pen friend scheme and offer fellowship and support by correspondence to any sufferers from depression or their carers who write to us.

Depression Alliance, PO Box 1022, London, SE1 7QB. Tel: 0171 721 7672 (answering machine only)

First Steps To Freedom. We are a registered charity which aims to help in a practical way, people who suffer from phobias, obsessional compulsive disorder (excessive washing, checking, unwanted thoughts etc.,) those with general anxiety, panic attacks, anorexia and bulimia and those who wish to come off tranquillisers, together with help for their carers.

1 Castle Court, Park Road, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 2GF.

JABS. Gambling with Rubella Vaccine. The dangers of vaccination.

JABS, 1 Gawsworth Road, Golborne, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 3RF. Tel: 01942 7113 565

Medic Alert Foundation is a non-profit making registered charity committed to the protection of life - a service that helps keep people alive.

It is estimated that more than 20 million people in the British Isles and Ireland have a hidden medical condition which could endanger their life in an emergency, when they cannot speak for themselves - for example if they are rendered unconscious due either to an accident or to their medical condition.

1 Bridge Wharf, 156 Caledonian Road, London N1 9UU. Tel: 0171 833 3034. Fax: 0171 278 0647. Email: info@medicalert.co.uk

Plants for a Future, (see food page)

SCOPE runs a wide range of services for people with cerebral palsy, their families and carers.

Telephone helpline: 0800 626 216. Email: cphelpline@scope.org.uk.

Vegan Fitness is a community driven message board which seeks to provide a supportive, educational and friendly environment for vegans, vegetarians and people seeking to go vegetarian/vegan. The subject range covers all matters relating to nutrition, food, diet and sport specific information no matter what the activity or the experience level is.

What Doctors Don't Tell You is a monthly newsletter that has been letting the public in on medicine's secrets since 1989.

Here you can begin your search for hard-to-get facts about medicine and drugs, an industry that prefers secrecy to publicity. Every month What Doctors Don't Tell You takes a critical look at conventional medicine, often suggesting alternative approaches that have proven to be effective and safe.

WDDTY, Freepost ND6041,77 Grosvenor Avenue, London N5 2BR. Tel/Fax: 0800 146054.