Charities

Contact a Family provides information, advice and support to families caring for children and young people with disabilities or additional needs. We have up to date information on local services and sources of support for families with disabled children. We support families with disabled children, no matter what their condition or disability. Our services are free and open to any parent/carer or family member. We also support practitioners working with families. No eligibility criteria It is a free service. Contact a Family helpline For information or advice on any aspect of caring for a disabled child contact our national freephone helpline o Telephone: (0808) 808 3555 o Opening hours : Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5pm, o Email: helpline@cafamily.org.uk Our team of trained advisers includes education specialists and a dedicated welfare rights team. Contact a Family website Our website offers up-to-date information on hundreds of medical conditions, extensive information on benefits and services as well as a wider range of support, information and advice for families. You can link with families going through similar experiences, down load our resources. www.cafamily.org.uk Parents can follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/contactafamily or Twitter: www.twitter.com/contactafamily as sources of information and links to parents.

We are the first breast cancer charity in the UK to solely create awareness amongst young people, with the aim of instilling the knowledge and tools they need to get to know their bodies. We like to talk about a serious message in a light-hearted way, empowering people to start healthy habits for life. We want everyone to have the best possible chance of surviving breast cancer. Ideally we want to live in a world where all breast cancers are diagnosed at the earliest stage possible, at which treatments are more effective and survival rates are higher.

At Coram we champion children’s rights and wellbeing, making lives better through legal support, advocacy, adoption, and our range of therapeutic, educational and cultural programmes. Through our work we understand better what works for children and young people, and we use that insight and experience to engage with government, local authorities, social workers, teachers, carers, and families – all those in a position to make a difference - to help deliver better practice, systems, and laws. Established as the Foundling Hospital in 1739, today we are a vibrant charity group of specialist organisations, supporting hundreds of thousands of children, young people, and families every year.

Cord provides practical solutions to violent conflict in Africa and Asia.

CORE is the new name for Digestive Disorders Foundation, the charity for research and information on digestive diseases. As well as funding expert research into these disorders, CORE also provides a range of patient information for sufferers , their families and friends. Unfortunately we cannot answer individual medical questions.

To provide solutions, services, support and reassurance to people of all ages in the South West who face independence and mobility challenges.

We are the leading local charity working to protect and enhance Cornwall's wildlife and wild places. We are passionate about all aspects of nature conservation and work only in Cornwall. We want to help everyone enjoy nature now and in the future.