Support groups
Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's Concern
Support for carers of people with dementia.
223 Windmill Road, Ealing, W5 4DJ
Tel: (020) 8568 4448
Arthritis
Arthritis Care
Empowers people with arthritis to lead a normal life.
15 Chancelot Road Abbey Wood, London, SE2 0NB
Tel: (020) 8311 6566
Disablities
Middlesex Association for the Blind
Advice, help and support to blind, visually impaired,
partially sighted.
The Sight Centre, 3 Freetrade House, Lowther Road, Stanmore
HA7 1EP
Tel: (020) 8423 5141
Email:
info@aftb.org.uk
Website:
www.aftb.org.uk
Royal National Institute for the Blind
Advice, help and support to blind, visually impaired,
partially sighted.
224 Great Portland Street, London, WIN 6AA
Tel: (020) 7388 1266, helpline: 0345 669 999.
Ealing Talking Newspapers
Provides items of local news and other items of interest on
tape to visually impaired people within the borough and outside.
Referrals by social services.
Bedford Hall Bedford Road, Ealing, W13 0SP
Tel: (020) 8840 2313
Hearing
Concern
Information, support, educational and recreational activities
for people hard of hearing and deaf people.
95 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8TX.
Tel: (020) 7440 9871
Fax: (020) 7440 9872
Text: (020) 7440 9873
Email:
info@hearingconcern.org.uk
The Ealing and Southall Group for Hard of Hearing
Help, advice and activities for people hard of hearing and
deaf people.
Polish Catholic Centre, 1 Courtfield Gardens, Ealing, W13
Tel: (020) 8579 1249
Down's Syndrome
Provides information and support for people with Down's
syndrome, their families and carers.
Down's Syndrome Association
155 Mitcham Road, London, SW17 9PG
Tel: (020) 8682 4001
Cancer
BESS - Breast Cancer Ealing Self Support Group
Supports patients with cancer. Befriending carers and
relatives. Complementary therapies - free.
Ealing Hospital - Level 3 Uxbridge Road, Southall
Tel: (020) 8574 7939
Cancerlink
Support and information for people with cancer. Self-help and
support groups.
11-21 Northdown Street, London, N1 9BN
Tel: (020) 7833 2818
Ealing Palliative Care Team (Macmillan nurses)
Provides specialist knowledge, symptom control, advice and
support for people with cancer, their families and carers in the
community.
Meadow House Hospice Ealing Hospital, Uxbridge Road,
Southall, UB1 3EU
Tel: (020) 8967 5178/5172
Meadow House Lymphoedema Support Group
Brings together patients with primary and secondary
lymphoedema, to provide mutual support.
Meadow House Hospice Uxbridge Road, Southall, UB1 3HW Tel:
(020) 8967 5179
Cerebal palsy
Scope
Provides support, advice and information to people with
cerebral palsy.
6 Market Road, London, N7 9PW
Tel: (020) 7619 7100
Helpline:0808 8003333
National Association For Colitis and Crohn's Disease
Provides information, helpline and support for people who
suffer from Colitis and Crohn's disease.
4 Beaumont House Sutton Road, St Albans, AL1 5HH
Tel: 01727 830038
Heart problems
Heart link - Ealing heart support group
Help and support heart patients and their carers with advice
and information. Arrange lectures on latest treatment of drugs and
diet.
Tel: (020) 8575 8767
Email:AlxGordon@aol.com
Incontinence
Incontact
Support and information for people with bladder and bowel
problems.
SATRA Innovation Park, Rockingham Road, Kettering, Northants
NN16 9JH
Tel: 0870 770 3246
Email
info@incontact.org
Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's Disease Society
Helps people with Parkinson's disease, their carers and
families by providing support, advice and information.
215 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1EJ
Tel: (020) 7931 8080
Premenstrual Syndrome
Naps (National Association For Premenstrual Syndrome)
7 Swift's Court High Street, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0EG
Tel: 01732 760 011
Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia
Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Information Centre
Two support groups - both based at the centre in Hackney.
Homerton Hospital Homerton Row, London E9 6SR
Tel: (020) 8510 7412/7413
Stroke
Ealing Stroke Club
Social club with a support group for people who have had
strokes.
St John's Church, Mattock Lane, Ealing W13
Tel: (020) 8868 5941