Charities


ASTI
is a registered charity based in the UK operating as a centre of excellence supporting and working hand in hand with Acid Survivors Foundations (ASFs) in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Uganda and Pakistan. www.acidviolence.org


Changing Faces
is a national charity based in the UK that supports and represents people who have disfigurements of the face or body from any cause. www.changingfaces.org.uk


Children’s Burns Trust is a national fundraising charity championing the cause of people living with disfigurement and visible loss of function, by funding research into pioneering surgical and psychological healing techniques. www.cbtrust.org.uk


Dan’s Fund for Burns
is identifying those most in need of help and providing it in a swift and practical way. Offering practical help to burns survivors in the UK. www.dansfundforburns.org


The Fire Fighters Charity
has a confidential and impartial helpline service offering free advice, guidance and support on a wide range of issues, providing assistance to those who have suffered a burn-related injury. www.firefighterscharity.org.uk


The Healing Foundation is a national fundraising charity championing the cause of people living with disfigurement and visible loss of function, by funding research into pioneering surgical and psychological healing techniques. thehealingfoundation.org


Islamic Help
is a registered charity based in Birmingham Helping the people around the world. www.islamichelp.org.uk


Burn Care Services work in collaboration with their local hospital Emergency Departments to ensure patients are accurately assessed and referred onto the right specialised provider where required. Specialised out-reach and rehabilitation services for burn care involve burn care services working with local health services, including community services, across their Network. There are 4 Burn Care Networks covering England and Wales – Northern, Midlands South West UK and London & South East. www.specialisedservices.nhs.uk/
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Organisations


The British Burn Association
: Burn prevention and propagating knowledge on the best treatment and rehabilitation following a burn injury. www.britishburnassociation.org


The CSP supports those who deliver physiotherapy care, education and research through professional, educational and trade union services, as well as campaigning on behalf of the profession. www.csp.org.uk

NHS


London Area Burn Survivor Support Groups, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital London
. The Burns Family Group offers support and information or families who have a child that has experienced a burn or scald injury. The London Area Burns Adult Support Group is open to any adults (16+) who have experienced a burn of any sort and any size at any age and have been treated at any hospital. www.chelwest.nhs.uk


McIndoe Burn Centre, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead
. The group was formed by ex-patients, their relatives and staff at QVH in 1983 and provides friendship and reassurance to those who have suffered burns and to their families at the time when it is most needed, be it on admission, while in hospital or after discharge. http://qvh.nhs.uk


B.U.G.S. Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury
. Burns Unit Group Support is a small registered charity which supports patients and ex-patients who have been burned. The small team of volunteers who organise and staff B.U.G.S. are dedicated to providing enhanced care. www.salisbury.nhs.uk

Specialists

This year the Foundation is delighted to be working in partnership with the following clinics to provide treatments:


Karen Betts
is renowned as one of the top permanent cosmetics artists. She gives up a lot of her time and expertise to helping people coping with the after-effects of chemotherapy, as well as Alopecia sufferers. www.karenbetts.co.uk


Lucinda Ellery
are dedicated specialists in the application and aftercare of professionally applied hair extensions. Her team of 60 specialists is one of the biggest in the UK. www.lucindaellery.com

VIVA Clinic
VIVA Clinic
is a medical clinic owned by Dr Tapan Patel with 22 years experience within the medical industry, specialising in laser treatment www.viva-clinic.co.uk

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