The National Asthma Campaign provides education and support to people with asthma. They run a helpline staffed by asthma specialist nurses and can put you in touch with local support volunteers.

National Asthma Campaign
Providence House
Providence Place
London
N1 0NT

020 7226 2260

Asthma Helpline - 0845 7 01 02 03
Open 9am - 7pm, Monday to Friday

www.asthma.org.uk

The National Eczema Society is dedicated to helping people with eczema and their families. It can help by:

• providing information and practical advice;
• putting you in contact with other people coping with eczema;
• offering support.

163 Eversholt Street
London
NW1 1BU

020 7281 3553

Eczema Information Line - 020 7388 3444
Open 1pm - 4pm, Monday to Friday

www.eczema.org

"My son has had Eczema since he was about a month old, it's been infected, he's been seen by a Dermatologist and to emollient clinics. We've tried all the creams and lot, and home remedies and nothings helped, then one day I changed his milk and it went! His Health Visitor and Dermatologist said changing his milk wouldn't help but I just had a gut feeling that I had to go with.

He was on C&G Number 2 for hungry babies and I have now changed him to Aptamil Number 1 and he is a different child, his skin is soft and his bowels are formed and regular (previously they were soft or loose and strange colours and irregular). So please let people know about this just in case their baby is reacting to the milk too. We had months of unnecessary suffering."

Karen

Action for Sick Children is the UK's leading children's healthcare charity, specially formed to ensure that sick children always receive the highest standard of care possible.

The information on their web site and in their publications has been developed specifically to help parents cope with, and prepare for, different aspects of childrens healthcare.

If you have a problem or query regarding your child's healthcare, from how to register your child with a GP, to what to expect when they go into hospital, call Action for Sick Children on 020 7843 6444.

Action for Sick Children
c/o National Children's Bureau
8 Wakley Street
London
EC1V 7QE

www.actionforsickchildren.org

Their all-embracing approach means that they can offer:

• homecare nurses;
• accommodation close to oncology centres;
• family care grants;
• play specialist in children's cancer wards;
• crisis breaks;
• teenage support group.

They also fund research projects looking at improving cures and treatments.

CLIC
6 Emma Chris Way
Abbey Wood,
Bristol
BS34 7JU

Tel: 0117 311 2600
Fax: 0117 311 2649

clic@clic-charity.demon.co.uk

www.clic.uk.com

The Cot Death Society

The Cot Death Society loans Infant Respiration Monitors to families with babies who are at risk from cot death. These are provided, free of charge, upon medical referral.

General Enquiries: 01635 38137

Monitor Enquiries: 0845 6010234

Email: fundraising@cotdeathsociety.org.uk

www.cotdeathsociety.org.uk

React is an independent UK charity founded in 1989 to help children with life-limiting illness under the age of 18 living at home with their families. The charity is unique in the speed with which it responds to cries for help, be it urgent medical equipment, fares to visit a child in a far away hospital, or domestic items which are unavailable from other sources. Last year React met the needs of over 800 families.

Tel: 020 8940 2575

react@reactcharity.org

www.reactcharity.org

We'd also like to share one mum's tip for a child with a high temperature:

"My daughter has been ill over the weekend with a high temperature and sore throat. She was very reluctant to eat or drink anything. As I worried about getting fluids into her Nanny came to the rescue with ice lollies, they went down a treat, cheered her a little and calmed my fear of her dehydrating.

Obviously we were using calpol and rang the healthline and doctor etc but this did help us all feel like we were doing something to make her feel better."