Consists of 622 branches and groups. Provides information and counselling services, holds self-management courses, runs specially adapted holiday hotels in Blackpool, Largs, Nairn and Poole. Promotes support for younger people with arthritis, up to the age of 46, through Young Arthritis Care.

Horder Centre for Arthritis
St John's Road, Crowborough, East Sussex TN6 1XP
Tel: 01892 665577
Helpline: 01892 665577 (8am-5.30pm)
Fax: 01892 662142
E-mail: arthritis@horder.co.uk
Web address: www.horder.co.uk

Offers treatment for arthritis, including specialised nursing care for the severely and totally disabled, an orthopaedic surgical unit for joint replacements, hydrotherapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy.

National Benevolent Fund for the Aged
1 Leslie Grove Place, Croydon CR0 6TJ
Tel: 020 8688 6655
Helpline: 020 8688 6655 (Mon-Fri)
Fax: 020 8688 1616
E-mail: info@nbfa.org.uk
Web address: www.nbfa.org.uk

Provides holidays for both able and disabled people. TENS machines for the relief of pain from arthritis and emergency alarms for those who live alone.