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Health and Disability
Choose from the links below to read more about campaigns for the rights of people with disabilities and organisations concerned with various issues of health.
If you belong to a campaigning group that you would like us to include here, please click here to e-mail us or call 020 7664 2056.
Inclusion in these listings does not imply endorsement of an organisation or its policies by ULU or its officers.
Dana Centre
The Dana Centre is a young, controversial and experimental venue challenging public perceptions about science, health, medicine, the environment and technology.
London Nightline
London Nightline is a charity organisation run by students of London Universities, providing emotional support for students as well as an information service. We are available for confidential listening support from 6pm to 8am every night of term.
Mental Health Alliance
The Mental Health Alliance is a coalition of 77 organisations, including ULU, working together to secure better mental health legislation. We believe that the Government must ensure that its proposals are both fair and workable.
Mental Health Foundation
We exist to help people survive, recover from and prevent mental health problems. Within one organisation, we bring together teams that undertake research, develop services, design training, influence policy and raise public awareness. We are keen to tackle difficult issues and try different approaches, many of them led by service users themselves.
Mind
Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. Mind works to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress.
OCD UK
OCD-UK is the leading charity for people who are affected by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Run by sufferers, for sufferers, we aim to bring the facts about OCD to the public and to support those who suffer from this often debilitating anxiety disorder.
SKILL
Skill promotes opportunities to empower young people and adults with any kind of disability to realise their potential in education and employment throughout the UK. We work by providing information and advice to individuals, promoting good practice and influencing policy in partnership with disabled people, service providers and policy makers.
Students in Mind
Students in Mind is a new national charity specifically for the 7 million students in Further and Higher Education. 1 in 4 students will experience some form of mental distress. Students in Mind is here to help the 1 in 4.