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Winston's Wish
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Tel: Phone: 01242 515157
Helpline: 08088 020 021
17 Royal Crescent
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 3DA
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Winston’s Wish, the charity for bereaved children, helps young people re-adjust to life after the death of a parent or sibling. By providing professional assistance before, during and after bereavement they help them to better understand the nature of loss and offer the practical support and guid...
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Helpline: 08088 020 021 is for anyone concerned about a bereaved child or a child facing the expected death of a parent or sibling.
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Cirencester Mental Health Carer Support Group
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Tel: 0300 111 9000
GL1 1HX
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Carer Support Group for those caring for somebody of working age with a mental health problem.
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Building Circles
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Tel: 01242 210950
C/O Cheltenham Business Point
105-107 Bath Road
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL53 7LE
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Building Circles in Gloucestershire help give people with learning disabilities the chance to escape from their isolation and live more fulfilling lives.
We know that people with learning disabilities and their families can often feel “cut off” from the community they live in. Unfortunately thes...
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Service is aimed at people with more severe learning disabilities and their carers.
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The Cotswolds Prostate Cancer Support Group
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Tel: 07703 477391
GL53 7AN
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The group was started by men who, at various ages have been diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. Some are undergoing treatment while some have completed their treatment.
The group was formed to help men come to terms with the challenge of the diagnosis, and be better able to handle the difficult pe...
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Men at various stages of diagnosis/treatment with Prostate Cancer; their families and carers.
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Gloucestershire Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre
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Tel: 01452 419246
GMSITC
71-75 Frampton Road
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL1 5QB
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The Gloucestershire Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre was set up in 1985, by a group of local people with MS who wanted to get together, to improve the therapy options available in their area. Since then, the Centre has flourished. Run largely by volunteers with or without MS, it has developed to...
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The Centre is open to anyone with MS, their friends and families (and to those with other neurological illnesses)
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Headway Herefordshire
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Tel: 01432 761 000
Headway House
Trenchard Avenue
Credenhill
Hereford
Herefordshire
HR4 7DX
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Headway Herefordshire was set up in 1989, as an independent local charity being affiliated to Headway - the brain injury association. Headway Herefordshire is concerned with all aspects of the care and rehabilitation of adults with acquired brain injury, whatever the cause, who live in Herefordsh...
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Brain injury survivors, carers, family and friends.
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The Challenge Stroke Group
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Tel: 0121 457 9308
B45 9TY
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The aim of our Stroke Group is to help people who have had strokes or similar disabilities to cope. We provide support, assist rehabilitation and help to ensure all relevant benefits are being claimed. The club helps to give a bit of respite to carers and we also provide a meal for those who want...
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Persons who by reason of having suffered a stroke or whose problems of disability are similar to stroke sufferers
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Tel: 01452 617456
46 Carisbrooke Road
Hucclecote
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL3 3QP
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The Ebony Community Carers Group was launched in October 2004, and aims to assist black and ethnic minority carers access mainstream services. They provide a safe, relaxed environment where carers can socialise, have fun, and take time out for themselves.
We are currently meeting weekly on a We...
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Referral on behalf of carers and families.
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Tel: 01242 246298
Patient Helpline - 0300 303 1395
GL53 0QJ
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Sue Ryder Hospice provides specialist palliative care to adults in Gloucestershire. Services include inpatient care, day hospice, Hospice at Home and outpatient services.
We offer a bereavement programme as part of our family support service. This includes bereavement follow-up through phone cal...
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Carers only but enquiries welcome from all.
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Accesscentral
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Tel: 0121 222 5362
Longbridge Technology Park
1 Devon Way
Longbridge Lane
Birmingham
West Midlands
B31 2TS
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AccessCentral provides assessments and advice to disabled students and other disabled people . We have Centres located in Birmingham and Southampton where we can provide assessments for the students eligible for the Disabled Students Allowances.
We also provide workplace needs assessments and as...
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University Students, people requirng an Expert Witness, employers, Colleges, Universities
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