Action for M.E. is the UK's leading charity dedicated to improving the lives of people with M.E
Action for Sick Children (Scotland) is the only charity in Scotland dedicated to informing, promoting and campaigning on behalf of the needs of ALL sick children within our young people within our healthcare system.
Advocacy Matters provides independent advocacy to people aged 16 or over, resident, studying or in hospital in the Greater Glasgow area who experience mental health problems.
Alzheimer Scotland is a leading voluntary organisation helping people with dementia, their families and carers.
Arthritis Care in Scotland is the voice for people with arthritis in Scotland.
Asthma UK (Scotland) is dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of people with asthma in Scotland.
Ayrshire Cancer Support was founded in 1982 to provide emotional support and practical help for cancer patients and their families and carers throughout Ayrshire.
Backcare (Lothian Group) is an independent national charity that helps people manage and prevent back pain.
Bowel Cancer UK aims to save lives by raising awareness of bowel cancer, campaigning for best treatment and care providing practical support and advice.
Brain I.A.C. (Brain Injury Awareness Campaign) is a group of people with their own individual stories, who are all on the same mission- to improve things for the future. Brain Injury affects 3500 people per year in Glasgow alone and it doesn't discriminate- it can get you whenever, wherever and whoever you are.
Braveheart Association (the) - helping people with heart problems in Falkirk and Clackmannanshire.
Breakthrough Breast Cancer is the UK's leading charity committed to fighting breast cancer through research, campaigning and education.
British Heart Foundation Scotland - Investing in pioneering research, and support and care for heart patients
British Lung Foundation- One person in seven in the UK is affected by a lung disease, whether it is mild asthma or lung cancer, the British Lung Foundation is here for every one of them.
British Stammering Association Scotland – Operates wholly within the remit of the UK association. However, the Scottish branch serves as a focus for Scottish campaigns, events and services, and can engage more effectively with the national agencies in Scotland.
Cancer Care Research Centre was established so that people affected by cancer could help shape the future of cancer services in Scotland.
Cancer Link Aberdeen and North (CLAN) is a charity for anyone affected by any cancer at any time from diagnosis onwards.
Cancer Support Scotland (TAK TENT) - to promote the care of cancer patients, their families, carers and friends, providing emotional support to all.
Care Co-ordination Network UK (CCNUK) is a networking organisation promoting and supporting care co-ordination or key working for disabled children and their families in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Carers Scotland is the Scottish national office of Carers UK and is the only carer-led organisation working for all carers.
Centre for Health and Wellbeing aims to improve the lives of the increasing numbers of people who suffer from long term medical conditions such as Diabetes, Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy, Depression, Obesity and Respiratory Conditions- no website at present. Please contact LTCAS for details.
Centre for Sensory Impaired People (SITE)- to provide training and support to people affected by site loss.
Changing Faces Scotland is a charity that supports and represents people who have disfigurements of the face or body from any cause.
Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland aims to improve the quality of life for people living in Scotland affected by chest, heart and stroke conditions.
Child Brain Injury Trust is a UK-wide charity offering support, information and training on childhood acquired brain injury.
Circles Network works with disabled and disadvantaged individuals. Our work in Scotland is focused primarily on mental health advocacy and training related to this area.
Clydeside Action on Asbestos provides practical advice and support to those diagnosed with an asbestos-related condition and their families- no website at present. Please contact LTCAS for details.
Coalition of Carers in Scotland is the information network for carers and carer organisations across Scotland.
Confer – supporting those who live with neurofibromatosis in Scotland.
Contact a Family is a UK-wide charity providing advice, information and support to the parents of all disabled children.
Cystic Fibrosis Trust is the UK’s only national charity dedicated to all aspects of Cystic Fibrosis
Diabetes UK Scotland - working for people with diabetes, funding research, campaigning and helping people live with the condition.
Disability Concern Glasgow – promoting service improvements for disabled people in the West of Scotland.
Disability Information Greater Glasgow (DIGG) aims to provide people who have a long-term disability with the information they need to have control of their lives and to live life to the full.
Disability Information Services in Perthshire (DISIP) – allows clients to obtain a diverse range of information from one call or meeting, and from a single source.
Downs Syndrome Scotland works to help people with Down’s syndrome reach their full potential by providing information and support to them, their families, carers and professionals.
Dystonia Society (the) - help and support for people with dystonia.
East Lothian ME Self Help Group (East Lothian MESH) is a charitable organisation funded by members’ subscriptions, and occasional donations from grant-making trusts. We are run by a small Committee of volunteers, most of whom themselves have M.E. or care for someone who does- no website at present. Please contact LTCAS for details.
Edinburgh M.E. Self Help Group (Edmesh)- providing support, information and friendship to people affected by Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.
Epilepsy Connections is a community based support for people living with epilepsy in the Greater Glasgow area.
Epilepsy Scotland - Scotland's voice for epilepsy, providing support and information.
Fibromyalgia Friends Scotland is a support group for sufferers of fibromyalgia.
Genetic Interest Group is a UK wide alliance of over 130 patient organisations that support people affected by genetic conditions.
Gorbals Healthy Living Network - providing health opportunities for people in the Gorbals area of Glasgow.
Haemophilia Scotland – working for people with haemophilia and bleeding disorders in Scotland.
Haven Centre (the) is a registered charity which provides holistic support to people affected by a life-limiting illness.
Headway - the brain injury association – the charity that Supports people with a brain injury and those who care for them.
Hearing Concern Link is the newly united charity providing support and information to people with a hearing loss and their families (formerly Hearing Concern and the LINK Centre for Deafened People).
HIV Scotland is the leading national policy and strategic HIV charity.
Inverclyde Asthmatic Caring Group - providing nebulisers to people with respiratory disorders in Inverclyde.
Living Better is led by RCGP Scotland, in partnership with the Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health and the University of Stirling. Other partners in the project include Diabetes UK Scotland, British Heart Foundation (Scotland), Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland, and Depression Alliance Scotland
Lothian Centre for Inclusive Living (LCIL) is a disability and user-led organisation providing practical services to disabled people in the Lothian region.
Lupus UK is the only national registered charity supporting people with systemic lupus and discoid lupus and assisting those approaching diagnosis.
Macmillan Cancer Support improves the lives of people affected by cancer.
Marie Curie Cancer Care provides free care to cancer patients and those with other terminal illnesses in their own homes.
M.E. Support -a support group for people with M.E. in the Stirling area- no website at present. Please contact LTCAS for details.
Melanoma Action and Support Scotland (MASScot) is a support group for people who have been diagnosed with melanoma.
Men’s Health Forum Scotland is a registered charity whose main aim is to improve the health and wellbeing of men in Scotland.
Meniere’s Society – is the UK registered charity dedicated to supporting people with Meniere’s disease and vestibular disorders. Meniere’s disease is a long term progressive condition affecting both balance and hearing parts of the inner ear.
Mindfulness Scotland – exists to bring the practices of mindfulness to a wider audience in Scotland, including initiating robust, ground-breaking research into its potential benefits for the wellbeing of different groups.
Momentum – works in partnership to enable and empower disabled and excluded people to identify and achieve their goals.
Multiple Sclerosis Society Scotland is Scotland's largest charity for people affected by multiple sclerosis.
Music in Hospitals enables people of all ages in hospitals, hospices, care homes and day care centres to enjoy the therapeutic benefits of high quality live music.
National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease (NACC) brings together people of all ages who have Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis, which includes Proctitis, their families and the health professionals involved in their care.
National Autistic Society champion the right and interest of people with autism and aim to provide individuals with autism and their families with help, support and services that they can access, trust and rely upon and which can make a positive difference to their lives.
National Osteoporosis Society is dedicated to eradicating osteoporosis and promoting bone health in both men and women.
National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society - providing information on symptoms and treatment.
National Schizophrenia Fellowship (NSF) (Scotland) is a registered charity, led by its members.
NEAD Scotland is an online resource for sufferers of Non Epileptic Attack Disorders with their carers, families and friends.
Pain Association is run by chronic pain sufferers, providing information and support.
Pain Concern provides information and support for pain sufferers, those who care for them and about them.
PAMIS - in partnership with people with profound learning disabilities and their carers.
Parkinson’s Disease Society is the leading charity dedicated to supporting all people with Parkinsons, their families, friends and carers.
PBC Foundation (the) provides support for people with primary billiary cirrhosis, their families and friends.
Pelvic Instability Network Scotland (PNS) provides information about, raises awareness of and provides support to everyone affected by pelvic girdle pain.
Penumbra is one of Scotland's leading mental health organisations, providing a wide range of support services for adults and young people.
Pink Ladies provides confidence building courses for women in Midlothian suffering from anxiety and depression.
Princess Royal Trust for Carers was created on the initiative of HRH The Princess Royal in 1991. At that time people caring at home for family members or friends with disabilities and chronic illnesses were scarcely recognised as requiring support.
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Association (the) is the only national organisation in the UK dedicated to the support of people with PSP.
Prostate Cancer Charity Scotland (the) was set up in 1996 in response to the urgent need to increase investment in prostate cancer research and to raise public and political awareness of a long neglected disease.
Psoriasis Association (the) provides information to give a better understanding of what psoriasis is, what causes it and what treatments are available.
Psoriasis Scotland, Arthritis Link Volunteers (PSALV) provides Scottish based patient information, support and advice on psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
Quarriers provides a variety of support services to children, adults, young people and carers. Their four main areas or work are epilepsy, children and families, adults with disabilities and young people.
Revive MS Support is a charity dedicated to helping everyone affected by Multiple Sclerosis.
Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) helps people identify whether they have a hearing loss, campaigns for change, provides services and training and actively supports scientific and technological research.
Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) - supporting blind and partially sighted people.
Scotland Transverse Myelitis (TM) Support Group -the Transverse Myelitis Association was established in 1994 as an organisation dedicated to advocacy for those who have these rare neuroimmunologic diseases.
Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) - Scotland's leading mental health charity.
Scottish Huntington’s Association - providing expert care to families.
Scottish Post Polio Network provides support for polio survivors in Scotland.
Scottish Spina Bifida Association is Scotland’s voice for Spina Bifida, hydrocephalus and related conditions.
Sense Scotland is part of the UK National Deafblind and Rubella Association and is registered as a company with charitable purposes in its own right in Scotland.
Shared Care Scotland was formed to promote and support the development of flexible, imaginative and person centred short break services (respite care) throughout Scotland.
Shine on Scotland is campaigning to get vitamin D for every child in Scotland as a preventative measure against Multiple Sclerosis.
Skin Care Campaign Scotland represents the interests of patients and patient groups. Members come from a wide range of organisations representing people with skin conditions.
Speakability - helping aphasic individuals rebuild communication through information services and self-help groups.
Spinal Injuries Scotland is the national voluntary organisation concerned with new and long-term spinal cord injured people, their relatives and friends along with those involved in the management, care and rehabilitation of the injury.
Stroke Association (the) - Working for a world where there are fewer strokes and all those touched by stroke get the help they need.
T.A.P. Fibromyalgia Support Group provides help and support for people with fibromylagia in Tayside, Angus and Perthshire.
Terrence Higgins Trust is at the forefront of the fight against HIV, and improving the nation's sexual health.
Thistle Foundation (the) provides services to support disabled people live full and active lives.
Tourette Scotland is a registered charity dedicated to providing support and information to people living with Tourette syndrome and promoting "empathy not sympathy."
Towpath Trust (the) supports organisations which provide services and opportunities for people with disabling conditions.
Transverse Myelitis Scotland Support Group is dedicated to advocacy for those who have these rare neuroimmunologic diseases.
Tuberous Sclerosis Association is the UK charity that supports individuals, promotes awareness and seeks the causes and best possible management of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC).
Turning Point Scotland provides person-centred support to people affected by alcohol and drug addictions, mental health issues and learning disabilities.
VOCAL supports carers living in Edinburgh and the Lothians.
Voluntary Health Scotland (VHS) is a national intermediary body of voluntary and community health organisations.
Waverley Care is Scotland’s largest charity providing support to people with HIV and Hepatitis C and to their partners, families and carers.
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Allied Health Professions Forum Scotland – Working to promote and optimise Allied Health Professionals’ essential contribution to improved patient care. No website at present. Please contact LTCAS for details.
British Association and College of Occupational Therapists (the) – Professional body for Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy students in the UK.
Care Free Kids promotes health and wellbeing through empowering and equipping individuals and groups to adapt and make healthy choices, working with physical, mental and emotional health issues. No website at present. Please contact LTCAS for details.
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (the) provides a wide range of member services and campaigns on behalf of physiotherapists and the physiotherapy profession.
Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) is a national umbrella body that provides essential services to Scottish Citizens Advice Bureaux.
Community Network supports isolated people through the provision of telephone support groups to end the social and geographical isolation, dealing with issues such as lack of mobility, physical or emotional illness etc.
Cornwallis Associates provides high quality training and development programmes for improving health, reducing inequalities, motivating behaviour change and improving communication skills. No website at present. Please contact LTCAS for details.
Edinburgh University Settlement is a social action centre which strives to enhance public provision for those individuals who are disadvantaged through circumstance or disability and aims to help local people in and around Edinburgh bring about social change and regeneration for their communities.
Fife Sports & Leisure Trust want to be widely recognised for excellence in the provision of facilities and services for sport, recreation and physical activity.
Health Rights Information Scotland produces information for patients about their rights, about how to use NHS services, and about what they can expect from the NHS.
International Futures Forum is a charity established to support a transformative response to complex and confounding challenges and to restore the capacity for effective action.
Life Support Partnerships aims to raise awareness of the skills of experiential focusing and listening and offers skills training workshops and information for self and peer support. No website at present. Please contact LTCAS for details.
LinkLiving is a listening, responsive organisation that works in partnership with people, providing a range of care and support services.
Long Term Conditions Collaborative. The Collaborative will help people to deliver improvements in patient-centred services and change the way care is provided for people with long term conditions.
Moray Carers Project raises awareness of carer issues and needs and identifies and signposts hidden carers throughout Moray.
National Association for Colitis and Crohn’s Disease - Clyde Group provides support and information for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients and their families, raise public and political awareness of IBD; strive to improve health services and provision for IBD in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area.
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) provides knowledge and information services and trains staff and partners of NHS Scotland.
NHS Forth Valley is governed by a Board of Directors and is accountable to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing through the Scottish Government Health Directorate.
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde provides health care over the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area.
NHS Lanarkshire is responsible for improving the health of more than 553,000 people living within the North and South Lanarkshire local authority areas.
NHS Tayside is responsible for meeting the health needs of more than 388,780 people living in Tayside.
Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) exists to safeguard the health and wellbeing of the public by registering all nurses and midwives in the UK and setting standards of training, education and conduct. The NMC is happy to be an associate member of the LTCAS but, as an independent statutory regulator, does not take part in the campaigning activity of LTCAS.
Outside the Box Development Support provides community development support to individuals and organisations across Scotland. This includes work with people who have long term conditions.
Royal College of Nursing Scotland represents nurses and nursing, promotes excellence in practice and shapes health policies.
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (the) is the professional body for speech and language therapists and support workers. We set, promote and maintain high standards in education, clinical practice and ethical conduct
Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care is an umbrella organisation and representative body for palliative care in Scotland.
Sheila McKechnie Foundation (the) is dedicated to equipping campaigners with the skills they need to change the world.
Single Gene Complex Needs Project (the). The SGCN project provides a model of service delivery which supports an integrated collaborative working practice embedded in evidenced-based learning. No website at present. Please contact LTCAS for details.
SKS Scotland aims to deliver 'hands on' business support to organisations in the third sector and to engage with people with Long Term Conditions to deliver this service. No website at present. Please contact LTCAS for details.
Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists is a professional body and trade union representing HpC registered Chriopodists/Podiatrists in NHS and private practice.
South East Area Lifestyle (SEAL) Community Health Project aims to reduce inequalities and ensure equal access to a healthy lifestyle, for all residents in the Gorbals, Govanhill, Toryglen, Pollokshields and the wider South East area of Glasgow.
Taptastic aims to share and teach the self empowering healing technique, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) to people living with long term conditions. No website at present. Please contact LTCAS for details.
Tayside Healthcare Arts Trust (THAT) develops arts programmes and services relevant to the needs of participants in collaboration with hospital/community staff. No website at present. Please contact LTCAS for details.
Universal Comedy provide a range of support services including specialist comedy clinics, and clinical comedy training courses, conferences, events, and professional services to staff.
Volunteer Centre Glasgow (the) aims to improve the quality of life for the people of Glasgow by offering opportunities to use and enhance their skills in volunteering, training and personal development.
VOX (Voices of Experience) seeks to take a leading role in creating an environment where mental health problems are not a barrier to participating in any aspect of Scottish society.
Walking on Wheels Trust - the objective of the Trust is to advance education, promote the health and welfare, and to relieve the suffering and distress of persons who have mobility disabilities.
Wellness and Health Innovation (WHI) Project is a national initiative designed to support Scottish SMEs that are developing innovative products, services or applications.
West Dunbartonshire Community Volunteer Service (WDCVS) exists to promote, develop and support volunteering and third sector activity throughout the area of West Dunbartonshire.
Individual Supporters
Sabrina Allison
Bernadette Brown
Martin Hilland
Dr Lisa Kidd
Marie McGill
Jan Wells
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