Our User / Support Groups directory is a list of organisations around the UK able to offer advice and practical support to amputees and people affected by limb difference.
The list changes regularly and is managed manually, so please let us know if there are any errors or omissions via our Contact form.
ENGLAND
- Brighton Limb User Group
Contact: Ann Dyson – 01273 242160
Website: www.coastingtogether.wordpress.com
- Canterbury (A Step in the Right Direction)
Contact: Louise Derbyshire – 01277 864356 (ext 73076)
- Charing Cross
Contact: Laura Burgess – 020 8846 1144
- Cleveland
Contact: Sally Smith – 01642 835973
- Colchester
We were sad to learn that following the death of Graham Facey, Chairperson of the Colchester Hospital Prosthetic User Group, the group is no longer active. We will update you if there is more news about support in Colchester and send our sympathy and condolences to all who knew Graham.
- Crystal Palace Limb User Group
Contact: Angie McCrae – 0203 049 7707
- Derby Amputee Club
Contact: Cedric Norman – 07948 302211
Website: www.derbyamputeeclub.org.uk
- Dorset (Bournemouth)
Contact: Rosemary Mead
- Epsom (STEADY Support Group & Swimming Support Group – STEADY As She Goes)
Contact: Sue Humphreys
- Exeter Limb User Group
Contact: Allan Sykes – 01803 664410
- Gillingham
Contact: Bryan King – 07976 218957
- Harold Wood
Contact: John Reid – 07722 621849
- High Wycombe
Contact: Gail Wellings – 07970 836312
- Hull
Contact: Peter Gill – 01482 325656
- Leeds (Seacroft Amputee Group)
Contact: Mike Hern – 0113 206 3265
- Leicester
Contact: Pip Russell – 0116 245 6135
- Liverpool
ACSIL Liverpool Limb User Group
Contact: Robert Hodson – 0151 261 1166
- Luton & Dunstable
Contact: Andy Mann
- Manchester
Contact: Roy Haycock – 01204 887 869
- MAAF (Midland Association for Amputees & Friends – covers Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Loncolnshire & South Yorkshire) Support Group
Contact: Christine Mitchell – 01773 872922/MAAF Mobile: 07528 491891
Website: www.midlandsamputees.org.uk
- North Manchester
Contact: Sue Plevey – 0161 794 6549
- Northampton
Contact: Lynne Taylor – 07884 054771
- Nottingham
Contact: Sue Brisco – 0115 924 9924 (ext 57534)
- Oldham
Contact: Debbie Ruff – 0161 778 5090
Alternative contacts: Zeadia Bruce, Thoslima Chowdhury
- Oxford
Contact: Gail Wellings – 07970 836312
- Plymouth (Southwest)
Contact: Ray Robins: 07710 333771
Website www.plymouthcommunityhealthcare.co.uk
- Plymouth (Thornbury Amputee Group)
Contact: Sarah Green – 07598 858888
- Portsmouth Moving Forward
Contact: Mike Stoneman – 07947 532648
Website: www.movingforwardportsmouth.org.uk
- Preston
Contact: Sue Charlesworth – 01772 716921
- Roehampton Limb User Group (RLUG)
Contact: Christopher Harwood – 07713 357410
Website: www.rlug.org.uk
- Stanmore (OPUS)
Website: www.opus.rnoh.wix.com/usergroup
Facebook: www.facebook.com/OPUSstanmore
- Swindon
Contact: Bonny Walsh – 01793 346388
- Wirral
Contact: Nicola Burns – 0151 482 7812
- York Limbless Support Group
Contact: Lynda Hornsey – 01430 872026
NORTHERN IRELAND (Prosthetic Forum NI)
Contact: Godfrey Madill – 02890 647663
Website: www.prostheticforum.co.uk
SCOTLAND
- Aberdeen & North East
LOONS – North East Scotland Limb User Group
Contact: Dave McDonald – 01224 644749
- AYR, Ayrshire
Contact: Robert Harkness – 01292 264030
(Please note – sadly this group has disbanded due to lack of interest. If you’d like to form a new group, please contact Robert.)
- Dundee (in-patient group), Tayside
Contact: Louise Whitehead – 01382 660111 (ext 36149)
(Note: The Dundee (in-patient group) is associated with The Murray Foundation, which was established by David Murray in November 1996 as a support service for amputees and their families in Scotland, and has regular meetings with them.)
- Falkirk & Forth Valley (Instep)
Contact: Carol Grant – 01786 434061
- The Association of Limbless in Fife (& Dundee)
Contact: Mrs Gillian Cosgrove – 01383 726135
- ELLA, Edinburgh
Contact: Keith Ferguson – 07743 780913
- Galloway Limbless Social Group, Dumfries & Galloway
Contact: Douglas Dewar – 01776 700812
(NB We haven’t been able to contact Mr. Dewar so it’s possible that the Galloway Group is no longer operating. Please do contact us if you have any information so we can update our details.)
- HISAG, Highlands and Islands
Contact: Anne Driver – 01463 793584
(Please note – I’ve been unable to contact this group so can only assume that it has been disbanded. Please contact us if you have different information.)
WALES
- Cardiff & Vale Rookwood Hospital
ALAS User Group Contact: Gareth Jones (Chairman) – 02920 884960
(Group meets at Cardiff & Vale Rookwood Hospital quarterly: March, June, September, December. Contact Gareth Jones for details.)
- Swansea Morriston Centre
Contact: Fiona Evans, Chairwoman
Alternative contact: Cath Hughes – 01269 594474
- Wrexham
Contact: Belinda Spink – 01978 727383
Website: http://www.alas.wales.nhs.uk/home
We will update details regularly. However, as information sometimes changes more frequently than we can keep up with, we’d be very grateful if you could notify us of any that are out of date, or any broken links you may come across.
We’d also welcome notification of any user groups or other organisations you know of that do not appear here.