Links to useful organisations and websites

Local support and charities

• Acorn House: Sick Children's Trust website

• The Child Brain Injury Trust Support Group
  Tel: 01223 225255
  CBIT is a support group for families of children who have acquired brain injury and live in Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire.

• COPARS (Childhood Cancer Organisation for Parents and Relatives Support)

• East Anglia's Children's Hospices

National children's charities

• Action for Sick Children

• Cancerbackup Tel: 0800 181 199

• Childhood Bereavement Network

• Childline Tel: 0800 1111

• Contact a Family: Helping families who care for children with any disability or special need. A major source of information about rare disorders, they are able to assist affected adults as well as children. The CaF Directory Online contains details of many medical conditions and also patient-support groups; also Rare Disorders Alliance UK. 209-211 City Road, London EC1V 1JN; Tel: 020 7608 8700; Fax: 020 7608 8701; Minicom: 020 7608 8702; Helpline: 0808 808 3555; Freephone for parent and families (Mon-Fri: 10am-4pm) e-mail: info@cafamily.org.uk; Website: www.cafamily.org.uk.

• Great Ormond Street Hospital & Institute of Child Health

• HCPT: The Pilgrimage Trust (for pilgrimages to Lourdes), 100A High Street, Banstead, Surrey FM7 2RB; Tel: 01737 353 311

• Mencap

• Make a Wish Foundation ('grant a wish' to very sick children), Make a Wish House, 8 Minster Court, Tuscam Way, Camberley, Surrey GU15 3YY; Tel: 01276 24127

• NCH The Children's Charity Helpline: 0845 7 626 579 (lo-call number, open 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday); NCH 85 Highbury Park London N5 1UD.

Also on this website

• Outpatient Play Service

• Shops and services in the concourse

• The Information Centre at Addenbrooke's

• The Patient Advice and Liaison Service

On other websites

• Department of Paediatrics (University website)

• AboutKidsHealth Canadian website designed to help children and their families learn about the conditions that affect them, keep informed about current research, and learn how to fit disease management seamlessly into an active, healthy lifestyle.

Please contact Children's Services if you would like your organisation to be added to this list