Gives women who have breast cancer or other breast disorders help, assistance, advice, information and comfort. Services include free leaflets, helplines, a prosthesis fitting service and one-to-one emotional support from volunteers who have themselves experienced breast cancer.

Bristol Cancer Help Centre
Grove House, Cornwallis Grove, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 4PG
Tel: 0117 9809500
Helpline: 0117 9809505
Fax: 0117 9239184
E-mail: chead@bristolcancerhelp.org
Web address: www.bristolcancerhelp.org

Provides and promotes holistic health care for cancer patients. Offers a therapy programme working at all levels of mind, body and spirit, and provides a supportive link for cancer patients, their families and friends.

Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood
12-13 King Square, Bristol, BS2 8JH
Tel: 0117 9248844
Fax: 0117 9244505
E-mail: @clic-charity.demon.co.uk
Web address: www.clic.uk.com

Offers welfare grants and 'crisis break' accommodation to any sick child, nationally. Develops regional networks of domiciliary care nurses and 'homes from home' (places for families to stay near their sick children in hospital).

Cancer Care Society
21 Zetland Road, Redland, Bristol, BS6 7AH
Tel: 0117 9427419

Offers emotional support and practical advice to anyone whose life has been affected by cancer, via free, confidential counselling given either by telephone or on a face-to-face basis where possible. Support groups and contacts around the country, offer befriending and group support.

CancerBACUP
3 Bath Place, Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3DR
Tel: 0207 9207216
Helpline: 0800 8001234
Fax: 0207 9207250
E-mail: Sandra@cancerbacup.org
Web address: www.cancerbacup.org.uk

Provides a national information and support service to cancer patients and their families and friends by phone and letter. Also provides a confidential counselling service, based in Glasgow, and cancer support centres at Nottingham City Hospital and the Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry.

Cancerkin
Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London, NW3 2QG
Tel: 0207 8302323
Fax: 0207 8302324
Web address: www.vois.org.uk/cancerkin

Provides comprehensive support and rehabilitation services to patients with breast cancer, their families and friends.

Cancerlink
11-21 Northdown Street, London, N1 9BN
Tel: 0207 8332818
Helpline: 0800 132905
Fax: 0207 8334963
E-mail: cancerlink@cancerlink.org.uk

Provides access to emotional support and information on all aspects of cancer. Acts as a resource to over 700 cancer support and self-help groups throughout the UK and helps people set up new groups.

The Cancer Counselling Trust
Caspari House
1 Noel Road
London N1 8HQ
Telephone: 020 7704 1137
Fax: 020 7704 1783
Email: info@cctrust.org.uk
Web site: www.cctrust.org.uk

A charity committed to providing low cost counselling, emotional support and bereavement counselling. They see clients on a self-referral basis from anywhere in London. The charity also sees carers, family and friends. When clients are unable to get to the centre there is provision for telephone counselling instead.

Leukaemia Care Society
14 Kingfisher Court, Venny Bridge, Pinhoe, Exeter, Devon, EX4 8JN
Tel: 01392 464848
Helpline: 0345 673203 or 01392 464848
Fax: 01392 460331
E-mail: leukaemia.care@ukonline.co.uk
Web address: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/leukaemia.care/

Provides information, support, financial help, holidays, befriending and training to people suffering from leukaemia and allied blood disorders.

Lymphoma Association
PO Box 275, Haddenham, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP17 8JJ
Tel: 01844 291479
Helpline: 01844 291500
Fax: 01844 292757
E-mail: support@lymphoma.org.uk
Web address: www.lymphoma.org.uk

Provides emotional support and information for patients with lymphoma (Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma), their families and carers.

Macmillan Cancer Relief
Anchor House, 15-19 Britten Street, London, SW3 3TZ
Tel: 0207 3517811
Helpline: 0845 6016161
Fax: 0207 3768098

Provides expert treatment and care through specialist Macmillan nurses and doctors, buildings for cancer treatment and care and grants for patients in financial difficulties.

Marie Curie Cancer Care
28 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X 8QG
Tel: 0207 2353325
Fax: 0207 8232380
E-mail: dhart@mariecurie.org.uk
Web address: www.mariecurie.org.uk

Run 11 Marie Curie centres throughout the UK which provide in-patient hospice service, respite care, rehabilitation and day-care. Provides nurses nationwide to care for cancer patients in their own homes, day and night and free of charge, through the Marie Curie Nursing Service.

Rainbow Centre for Children with Cancer and Life-Threatening Illnesses
27 Lilymead Ave, Bristol, BS4 2BY
Tel: 0117 9853343
Fax: 0117 9853353

Supports children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses and their families, using counselling and complementary therapies. Provides bereavement counselling for children.

Sargent Cancer Care for Children
Griffin House, 161 Hammersmith Road, London, W6 8SG
Tel: 0208 7522800
Fax: 0207 5655120

Professional counselling, financial aid and practical care is provided to all UK under 21's who have cancer, leukaemia or Hodgkin's Disease.

Breast Cancer Campaign
Clifton Centre, 110 Clifton Street,London, EC2A 4HT
Tel: 0207 749 3700
Fax: 0207 749 3701
Web address: www.breastcancercampaign.org

Breast Cancer Campaign is the only charity that specialises in funding independent breast cancer research throughout the UK. It aims to find the cure for breast cancer by funding research which looks at improving diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, better understanding how it develops and ultimately either curing the disease or preventing it.