Useful organisations and links

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General

Age UK 

ageuk.org.uk

0800 678 1602 

Carers UK 

carersuk.org 

0808 808 7777

Citizens Advice 

citizensadvice.org.uk 

England: 0800 144 8848 

Wales: 0800 702 2020 

Scotland: 0800 028 1456 

Northern Ireland: Find your local advice agency

Disability Living Foundation (Living Made Easy) 

livingmadeeasy.org.uk 

0300 123 3084

NHS website

nhs.uk

Samaritans 

samaritans.org 

116 123 

Scope

scope.org.uk

0808 800 3333

The Patients Association 

patients-association.org.uk

0800 345 7115 

Other conditions and risk factors

Beat Eating Disorders

beateatingdisorders.co.uk

England: 0808 801 0677

Wales: 0808 801 0433

Scotland: 0808 801 0432 

Northern Ireland: 0808 801 0434 

Breast Cancer Now

breastcancernow.org

0808 800 6000

British Heart Foundation

bhf.org.uk

0300 330 3311

British Thyroid Foundation 

btf-thyroid.org 

0142 381 0093

Coeliac UK 

coeliac.org.uk 

0333 332 2033 

Crohn's and Colitis UK 

crohnsandcolitis.org.uk 

0300 222 5700

Epilepsy Society

epilepsysociety.org.uk

0149 460 1400 

Klinefelter's Syndrome Association 

ksa-uk.net 

0300 111 4748 

Macmillan Cancer Support

macmillan.org.uk

0808 808 0000

National Centre for Eating Disorders 

eating-disorders.org.uk 

0845 838 2040 

Prostate Cancer UK

prostatecanceruk.org 

0800 074 8383 

Talk ED 

talk-ed.org.uk 

The Pituitary Foundation 

pituitary.org.uk 

0117 370 1320 (Patient Support and Information Service) 

0117 370 1317 (Endocrine Nurse Helpline) 

Turner Syndrome Support Society

tss.org.uk 

0300 111 7520 

Versus Arthritis 

versusarthritis.org 

0800 520 0520

Menopause and HRT

British Menopause Society

thebms.org.uk

Menopause Matters

menopausematters.co.uk

Women's Health Concern

womens-health-concern.org

Money, benefits and other support for living costs

Advice Direct (Scotland) 

energyadvice.scot 

0808 196 8660

AdviceLocal 

advicelocal.uk

Advice NI (Northern Ireland) 

adviceni.net 

0800 915 4604

AdviceNow 

advicenow.org.uk

Approved Food 

approvedfood.co.uk

British Gas Energy Trust

britishgasenergytrust.org.uk

Christians Against Poverty

capuk.org 

0127 476 0720

Consumer Council for Water

ccwater.org.uk

Disability Rights UK 

disabilityrightsuk.org

EntitledTo 

entitledto.co.uk 

Fuel Bank Foundation 

fuelbankfoundation.org 

Good Things Foundation

goodthingsfoundation.org 

Law Centres Network

lawcentres.org.uk

Money Helper 

moneyhelper.org.uk

0800 138 7777 (English)

0800 138 0555 (Welsh)

Money Saving Expert

moneysavingexpert.com 

Motability Scheme 

motability.co.uk 

0300 456 4566

National Databank 

goodthingsfoundation.org/databank 

National Debtline 

nationaldebtline.org 

0800 808 4000

National Energy Action

nea.org.uk 

0800 304 7159

NEST (Wales) 

nest.gov.wales 

0808 808 2244 

Ofgem 

ofgem.gov.uk 

StepChange 

stepchange.org 

0800 138 1111 

Tax Help for Older People

taxvol.org.uk 

0130 848 8066 

Trussell Trust 

trusselltrust.org

Turn2Us

turn2us.org.uk