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This article is from the Inflammatory Bowel Disease FAQ, by Susan Blank smb@panix.com with numerous contributions by others.

1.0.3 What IBD support organizations exist in the UK?

If you live in the United Kingdom, you should contact
the NACC- the National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease,
PO Box 205, St. Albans, Herts, AL1 1AB, at 01727-844296 or 0800-655544
from inside the UK, or 01044-727-844296 from elsewhere. This number
provides both answerphone and fax. There are around 58 Area groups
covering all of the UK, and they publish a newsletter every month.

The NACC also runs a voluntary helpline, called NACC-in-Contact. The
helpline is a confidential service - callers details are never revealed to
anyone. Anybody can call - patients, family or friends, at any tine
of day. There are approximately 100 contacts spread all around the
United Kingdom. Contact telephone numbers are available from NACC
head office. For more information, you can also email nacc@nacc.org.uk
NACC website: www.nacc.org.uk The website also acts as the English
language host for EFCCA, the European Federation of Crohn's and Colitis
Associations.

Dorset Chapter Website: www.hants.gov.uk/istcclr/cch06134.html
or email Micahel Shillabeer, Dorset NACC-in-Contact,
at shillies@bournemth.win-uk.net.

Other helpful organizations include the Crohn's in Childhood Research
Association (CICRA), 356 West Barnes Lane, Kingston-on-Thames,
KT3 6NB, email at CICRA@unisonit.demon.co.uk, and the
Steroid Aid Group, PO Box 220, Walthamstow, London, E17 3JR.

 

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