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Abuse/Advocacy

RADAR (Advocacy for disabled people)
12 City Forum
250 City Road
London
EC1V 8AF
020 7250 3222

Aids/HIV

Terence Higgins Trust
Helpline: 0845 1221 200

National Aids Trust (NAT)
New City Cloisters
196 Old Street
London
EC1V 9FR
020 7814 6767

Alcohol/Drugs

Ffynnon Project
3 Palmyra Place
Newport
NP20 4EJ
07766 254323

Fusion
1 Palmyra Place
Newport
NP20 4EJ
01633 252045

Gwent Alcohol Project
1 Palmyra Place
Newport
NP20 4EJ
01633 252045

Gwent Specialist Substance Misuse Service
139 Dock Street
Newport
NP20 1EE
01633 21677

In2Change
3 Palmyra Place
Newport
NP20 4EJ
01633 263185

Kaleidoscope Project
St Pauls Church
Commercial Street
Newport
NP20 1LU
01633 211001

Arthritis

Arthritis Research Campaign
Copeman House
St Mary's Court
St Mary's Gate
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S41 7TD
0870 850 5000

Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's Society
Suite 23
2/4 Chepstow Road
Newport
NP19 8EA
01633 665110

Attention Deficit Disorder

Adders (National ADHD Charity)
45 Vincent Close
Broadstairs
Kent
CT10 2nd
24hour helpline: 01843 851145

Autism

The National Autistic Society
393 City Road
London
EC1V 1NG
020 7833 2299

Blood Disorders

The Haemophilia Society
First Floor
Petersham House
57a Hatton Garden
London
EC1N 8JG
Helpline: 0800 018 6068

Breathing/Lungs

Asthma UK
Providence House
Providence Place
London
N1 0NT
020 7226 2260

British Lung Foundation
73 - 75 Goswell Road
London
EC1V 7ER
020 7688 5555

Cancer

Gwent Cancer Support
Block B
County Hospital
Griffithstown
Pontypool
NP4 5YA
01495 760066

Breast Cancer Care
61 - 63 St John Street
London
EC1M 4AN
0845 077 1895

Cancer BACUP
3 Bath Place
Rivington Street
London
EC2A 3JR
Helpline: 0808 800 1234

Lymphoma Association
P.O.Box 386
Aylesbury
Bucks
HP20 2GA
Helpline: 0808 808 5555

Leukemia Research Fund - Gwent Branch
8 Cwm Cwddy Drive
Bassaleg
Newport
NP10 8JA
01633 895145

Carers

Newport Crossroads Caring for Carers UK
4Mellon Street
Newport
NP20 1EP
01633 661841

Carers National Association/Carers UK
20/25 Glasshouse Yard
London
EC1A 4JS
Carers Line: 0345 572 369

Children's Services

BUSK (Belt Up School Kids)
18 Windsor Road
Newport
NP19 8NS
01633 274944

Care Leavers Mentoring Scheme
After Care Team (Newport City Council)
Floor1
Them Corn Exchange
High Street
Newport
NP20 1RN
01633 235619

Home-Start Newport
10 Commercial Road
Newport
NP20 2PA
01633 257200

NCH
30 Stow Park Avenue
Newport
NP20 4FN
01633 257596

Newport Gingerbread Group
138 Fosse Road
Newport
NP19 4TB
01633 272520

Prince's Trust Cymru
Orion Suite
16 Enterprise Park
Enterprise Way
Pillgwenlly
Newport
NP20 2AQ
01633 262664

Teen Challenge
128 Lower Dock Street
Newport
01633 243235

Sure Start
10 Commercial Road
Newport
NP20 2PA
01633 254700

Continence

Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust Continence Service
Llanfrechfa Grange Hospital
Cwmbran
NP44 8YN
01633 623623

Gwent Healthcare Pad Home Delivery
01633 435902

National Self-Help Organisation
02077 007035

The Continence Foundation
02078 319831

Enuresis Resource Information Centre
01179 731323

Shiloh Health Care
08009 173951

Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic Fibrosis Trust
11 London Road
Bromley
Kent
BR1 1BY
020 8464 7211

Diabetes

Diabetes UK
Macleod House
10 Parkway
London
NW1 7AA
020 7424 1000

Disability Services

DOORS
45 Bolt Close
Newport
NP20 2AJ
01633 765341

Thursday Club for the Deaf - Newport
51 Dan-y-Coed Road
Cyn Coed
Cardiff
CF23 6ND
02920 689283

RNIB Cymru
Trident Court
East Moors Road Cardiff
CF24 5TD
02920 450440

The British Tinnitus Association
Ground Floor
Unit 5, Acorn Business Park
Woodseats Close
Sheffield
S8 0TB
0800 018 0527
Mincom: 0114 258 5694

PALS (People and Leisure Sharing)
3rd Floor
Royal Chambers
High Street
Newport
NP20 1FP
01633 235334

Domestic Violence

Newport Women's Aid
56 Stow Hill
Newport
NP20 1JG
01633 840258

Dyslexia

The British Dyslexia Association
98 London Road
Reading
RG1 5AU
Helpline: 0118 966 8271

Elderly

Age Concern Gwent
12 Baneswell Road
Newport
NP20 4BP
01633 763330

Age Concern Gwent - Newport Community Support Services
(Befriended)
11 Baneswell Road
Newport
NP20 4BP
01633 763340/240193

Newport Senior Citizens Forum
30 Alanbrooke Avenue
Malpas
Newport
NP20 6QJ
01633 679376

Newport (S.E.Wales) University of the Third Age
22 Kenilworth Road
Newport
NP19 8JQ
01633 275233

Epilepsy

The British Epilepsy Association
New Anstey House
Gate Way Drive
Yeadon
Leeds
LS19 7XY
Helpline: 0808 800 5050

National Society for Epilepsy
Chesham Lane
Chalfont St Peter
Bucks
SL9 0RJ
Helpline: 01494 601400

General Support

British Red Cross
35 Stow Park Circle
Newport
NP20 4HF
01633 267131/267132

Citizens Advice Bureau
8 Corn Street
Newport
01633 212680

Gwent Victim Support
Divisional Police Headquarters
Cardiff Road
Newport
NP20 2EH
01633 254091

HAFAL Newport (formerly Schizophrenia Fellowship)
Maindee Mission
Probert Place
Maindee
Newport
NP19 8EH
01633 215882/842266

Relate South Wales
41 Stow Hill
Newport
NP20 1JH
01633 253982

Samaritans of Newport & Gwent
43 Stow Hill
Newport
NP20 1HH
01633 259000

Heart

The British Heart Foundation
14 Fitzharding Street
London
W1H 6DH
08450 708070

Homelessness/Housing

Big Issue Cymru
19 Charles Street
Newport
NP20 1JU
01633 761400

Caring Hands
2 Powells Place
Newport
NP20 1EL
01633 244453

Charter Housing Association
11 Devon Place
Newport
NP20 4NP
01633 678514

Gwerin (Cymru) Housing Association
4 Gold Tops
Newport
NP20 4PG
01633 259679

Newport Action for the Single Homeless (NASH)
128 Lower Dock Street
Newport
NP20 1EG
01633 664045

Tai Trothwy
Lower Ground Floor
St Marks House
3 Gold Tops
Newport
NP20 4PG
01633 223741

Shelter Cymru
P.O.Box 5002
Cardiff
CF5 377
02920 556120

Liver

British Liver Trust
Portman House
44 High Street
Ringwood
BH24 1AG
01425 463080

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

Action for ME
P.O.Box 1302
Wells
Somerset
BA5 1YE
0845 123 2380

Meningitis

The Meningitis Trust
Fern House
Bath Road
Stroud
Gloucestershire
GL5 3TJ
0845 6000 800

Meningitis Research Foundation
Midland Way
Thornbury
Bristol
BS35 2BS
080 8800 3344

Mental Health

Growing Space
Tredegar House
Newport
NP10 8YW
01633 810718

Newport MIND
Princes' Chambers
55 High Street
Newport
NP20 1RE
01633 258741

Migraine

Migraine Action Association
Unit 6
Oakley Hay Lodge Business Park
Great Folds Road
Great Oakley
Northamptonshire
NN18 9AS
0870 050 5898

Miscellaneous

British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy
BACUP House
35 - 37 Albert Street
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV21 2SG
0870 443 5252

Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
0845 345 0055

National Blood Service
0845 7711 711

Osteoporosis

National Osteoporosis Association
Claverton
Bath
BA2 0PJ
0845 450 0230

Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's Disease Society
215 Vauxhall Road
London
SW1V 1EJ

Skin

National Eczema Society
Hill House
Highgate Hill
London
NP19 5NA
0870 241 3604

The Psoriasis Association
Milton House
7 Milton Street
Northampton
NN2 7JG
0845 676 0076

The Vitiligo Society
125 Kennigton Road
London
SE11 6SF
0800 018 2631

Sleeping Problems

The Sleep Centre
Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust
C/O Penhow Ward
St Woolos Hospital
Stow Hill
Newport
01633 236321

British Snoring & Sleep Apnoea Association
52 Albert Road North
Reigate
RH2 9EL
0800 085 1097

Smoking Cessation

Health Promotion Smoking Cessation Service
National Public Health Service
St Woolos Hospital
Stow Hill
Newport
NP20 5SZ
01633 238170

Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
102 Clifton Street
London
EC2A 4HW
020 7739 5902

Quit
Ground Floor
211 Old Street
London
EC1V 9NR
01633 020 7251 1551
Quitline: 0800 00 22 00

Stroke

The Stroke Association
72 Merthyr Road
Whitchurch
Cardiff
CF14 1DJ
02920 521728

The Stroke Association
240 City Road
London
EC1V 2PR
Helpline: 0845 30 33 100

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