Following you can find a list of useful links to help you find out more about meningitis and septicaemia, as well as links to other organisation associated with the after-effects that meningitis and septicaemia can cause:
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Afasic
Provides help and support to children, young people and families affected
by speech and communication impairment. UK wide.
Arthritis
Care
Information and support for people with arthritis, their families, friends,
carers and health professionals. UK wide.
ASBAH (Association for Spina
Bifida and Hydrocephalus)
Information and a range of support services for people with hydrocephalus
and their carers. Covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Auditory Verbal UK
The Auditory Verbal method of helping hearing-impaired children learn
listening and spoken language skills.
British
Deaf Association
Offers access to health advice and counselling for people who are hard
of hearing or profoundly deaf. UK wide.
bibic
A national charity working to help maximise the potential of children
with conditions affecting behaviour, sensory processing, communication,
social, motor and learning abilities.
British Tinnitus Association
Information for people with tinnitus, their families, and details of
self-help groups. UK wide.
Carers
UK
Confidential advice to family members and friends looking after someone
with a disability or illness. Provides information on all aspects of
caring including benefits, services and local contacts for carers. UK
wide.
Cerebral Palsy Helpline
For people with cerebral palsy, their families and carers. Offers information,
support and can also offer a telephone interpreting service to people
whose preferred language is not English. Part of Scope. UK wide.
Changing Faces
Offers advice and support to people living with facial and other disfigurements.
UK wide.
Child Bereavement
Charity
A UK charity that provides information for bereaved children and families.
Child Brain Injury Trust
Offers a support network across the UK, provides advice and information
for families of children with an acquired brain injury.
Childhood
Bereavement Network
Access to information, guidance and support services to bereaved children,
young people, their families and other caregivers in the UK.
Child Death
Helpline
For anyone affected by the death of a child of any age, under any circumstances,
however long ago.
Children First for
Health
The Children First for Health website is a health and advice resource
run by Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity. The content
ranges from cartoons and BBC-produced video diaries, to in-depth features
and condition fact sheets.
Confederation of Meningitis
Organisations (COMO)
Information about meningitis organisations throughout the world.
Contact a Family
Provides support for families who care for disabled children, including
those with rare disorders. UK wide.
Cruse Bereavement
Care
Cruse Bereavement Care provides bereavement support to those bereaved.
Deaf
Education Through Listening And Talking (DELTA)
Nationwide group of young deaf adults, families and teachers of
deaf children providing support and advice for parents to help their
children listen and talk.
Department for Education
and Skills
This website provides a wide range of special education needs advice
and material for teachers, parents and others working with children.
England only.
Depression Alliance
Offering information and support for people affected by depression and
their carers. UK wide.
Disability Alliance
– Rights Advice Line
Website for people with disabilities and their families, offering advice
on welfare benefits. UK wide.
Disability Living Foundation
Helpline
For people with disabilities and their carers, offering advice and information
on all aspects of equipment for daily living. This organisation also
has a display centre of disability equipment. UK wide.
Disability Unit of
the Department of Work and Pensions
Provides information for people with disabilities on their civil rights
and benefit entitlement. UK wide.
Encephalitis
Society
Support and information for people affected by encephalitis, their families,
friends and health professionals. UK wide.
Enuresis Resource and Information
Centre (ERIC)
Information and support for children and young people with bed-wetting,
daytime wetting or soiling problems. UK wide.
Epilepsy Action
Offers advice and information for people with epilepsy, their family,
doctors and other health professionals. UK wide.
Face
2 Face
Offers a network of trained volunteer befrienders who will listen to
parents and enable them to make positive adjustments to the news that
their child has a disability.
Family Fund
Provides grants and information for families who care for severely disabled
children under the age of 16. UK wide.
Group
B Strep Support
Offers information and support to families affected by Group B Streptococcal
disease. UK wide.
Hearing
Concern
Information and advice for the deaf or hard of hearing, their families,
friends and health professionals. UK wide.
Hemihelp
Information and support to families with a child with hemiplegia. UK
wide.
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Limbless
Association
Information, advice and support for people of all ages who are without
one or more limbs. UK wide.
Meningitis
Research Foundation
Funds research into meningitis, helps to raise awareness and supports
those affected by the disease.
Meningitis
Trust
Charity website providing information about meningitis and offers 24-hour
support.
Meningitis
UK
Funds research into finding a single vaccine to eradicate meningitis.
National
Association of Deafened People
Information and support for deafened people who have lost all or most
of their useful hearing, and for their families and friends.
National Deaf Children's Society
For parents of deaf children and young deaf people. Provides information
on all aspects of childhood deafness. Offers advice on benefits, educational
issues, equipment and technology, hearing aids, hearing tests etc. UK
wide.
National Society
for Epilepsy
Emotional support and information for people with epilepsy, their families,
carers and health professionals. Can provide written information resources
from the Information and Education Department. UK wide.
Neuro Support Centre
Information and support for those affected by neurological conditions.
NHS Direct
Information about meningitis and useful links to other websites.
NHS Immunisation
Information
Detailed information about vaccines, disease and immunisation in the
UK.
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Pain
Society
Publishes booklets intended to help sufferers of chronic pain, how to
help and treatment at pain management clinics.
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Rathbone
Special Education Advice
Provides advice and support to parents of children with special educational
needs. UK wide.
Reach
Provides support and advice for children with hand or arm deficiencies,
and their parents. UK wide.
REMAP
Retired engineers use their expertise to make one off technical aids,
free of charge, to help disabled people of all ages. UK wide.
RNIB Helpline
Information, support and advice for anyone with a serious sight problem.
UK wide.
RNID Tinnitus Helpline
Information for people with tinnitus, their families and friends. Information
on tinnitus clinics and self-help groups. UK wide.
RNID Information Line
Information service for deaf and hard of hearing people, their carers,
families and professionals. UK wide.
Royal College of Speech and
Language Therapists
For information on how to contact a local speech therapist.
SANELINE
Information and support for people with mental ill health, their families,
carers, friends and professionals. UK wide.
Steps
For people with a lower limb condition. UK wide.
The
Children’s Trust at Tadworth Court
Offers appropriate care, treatment, education and rehabilitation to
children with exceptional needs and profound disabilities and gives
support to their families. UK wide.
The Compassionate Friends
Provides support and advice to parents and their families after the
death of their son or daughter at any age from any cause.
The Ear Foundation
Provides advice and support for deaf children and teenagers with cochlear
implants, their parents, carers and local professionals. Bridges the
gap between the work of the specialist clinic and the child's community,
where the implant will be used in everyday communications. UK wide.
The Elizabeth
Foundation
Offers parent centered services and courses for babies and young children
with hearing loss and provides families with support, education and
encouragement. UK wide.
The Huntercombe Group
Hospitals and care centres providing treatment for patients suffering
from brain injury.
The Murray
Foundation
Information and advice for those affected by limb loss or absence.
The Neurological Alliance
The Neurological Alliance brings together over 60 charities working
to improve life for people with a neurological condition.
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Winston's
Wish
Winston's Wish offers a range of services to bereaved children, young
people and their families.
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YoungMinds
YoungMinds' parent's information service provides information and advice
for any adult with concerns about the mental health of a child or young
person. UK wide.
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