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Self-help
organisations Women's
health
Women’s Health
The vision of Women’s Health is to
ensure that every woman has access to the information and support she
needs to make appropriate choices.
The aim of Women’s Health is
- To ensure that health information is
available to all women, particularly those who have difficulty
accessing information and services.
- To provide this information in a
confidential, supportive and non-judgemental way.
- To focus on those women’s sexual
and gynaecological health issues which are not adequately covered by
existing groups.
- To support self-help and the sharing
of experiences among women and to affirm women’s own experiences.
Women's Health provides a
free and confidential telephone helpline service
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays on 020 7251 6580 between 10am and 4pm.
Postal and email enquiries are also welcome. Women's Health also produces
a
range of women's health information leaflets and factsheets - contact the
organisation for a publications list.
Women’s Health is a voluntary
organisation independent of the NHS. It is not a clinic and does not offer
any medical diagnosis or treatment.
Address:
Women’s Health
52 Featherstone Street
London
EC1Y 8RT
U.K.
Admin tel: +44 (0) 207 251 6333
Helpline tel: +44 (0) 207 251 6580
Fax: +44 (0) 207 608 0928
Email: womenshealth@pop.3poptel.org.uk
Women’s Health belong to the following
professional bodies:
Telephone Helpline Association, NCVO, Federation of Independent Advice
Centres
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Positively Women
Positively Women was established in
1987 by a small group of women who were diagnosed HIV+. At the time there
were no services set up specifically for women, so they put out adverts
letting people know who they were . They received a good response and a
support group was formed providing a safe space for women to talk openly
about the challenges they faced. Today, the organisation remains strongly
committed to the ethos of peer support and empowerment.
Positively Women is the
only national registered charity to provide peer support – support for
HIV positive women by HIV positive women. We empower women with HIV and
AIDS to live healthier, longer and more fulfilled lives, by offering
services specific to need.
- Support and Advocacy
- Information on
Treatments
- Creche facilities and
therapeutic services for children affected by HIV
- Direct services to women
living with HIV and their children are led and provided by women
living with HIV.
Positively Women
347 – 349 City Road
London
EC1V 1LR
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 0207 713 0444/0222
Fax: +44 (0) 0207 713 0444
Email: poswomen@dircom.co.uk
Contact: Ms Wendy Sholton
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