United Kingdom

Action against Allergy
Covers: Allergy
Activities:
- Providing patient information
- Offering advice and support to patients    
- Helpline service
- Raising funds for research    
- Raising public awareness of respiratory diseases
- Advocating on behalf of patients

www.actionagainstallergy.co.uk

Allergy UK
Covers: Allergy, asthma
Activities:
- Providing patient information
- Offering advice and support to patients    
- Offering a helpline service for patients    
- Recruiting patients for clinical trials    
- Raising funds for research    
- Raising public awareness of respiratory diseases    
- Working with the media    
- Advocating on behalf of patients
- Campaigning for improved services

www.allergyuk.org

Alpha-1 UK
Allergy, asthma, COPD, influenza, neumonia, sleep apnoea, alpha-1
Activities:
- Providing patient information
- Offering advice and support to patients
- Helpline service
- Raising public awareness of respiratory diseases
- Provide equipment to aid those with serious problems
- To generate income for the cause in order to purchase equipment, publish information and provide financial aid in times of crisis
- Organise meetings and social gatherings

www.alpha1.org.uk

Alpha 1 awareness
Covers: Alpha-1
Activities:
- Providing patient information
- Offering advice and support to patients
- Raising funds for research
- Raising public awareness of respiratory diseases
- Working with the media    
- Advocating on behalf of patients

www.alpha1awareness.org.uk

Asthma UK
Covers: Asthma
Activities:
- Providing patient information
- Offering advice and support to patients
- Helpline service
- Recruiting patients for clinical trials
- Raising funds for research    
- Raising public awareness of respiratory diseases
- Working with the media    
- Advocating on behalf of patients

www.asthma.org.uk/

The Butterfly Trust
Covers: Asthma, CF, COPD, lung cancer
Activities:
- Providing patient information
- Offering advice and support to patients    
- Helpline service

www.butterflytrust.org.uk/

Chloe Cotton Trust Fund
Covers: CF
Activities:
- Providing patient information
- Offering advice and support to patients
- Offering a helpline service for patients
- Raising public awareness of respiratory diseases    
- Working with the media
- Grants for days out, holidays, transport costs to hospital, hospital equipment that improves quality of life

www.chloecottontrustfund.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=Home.xml

June Hancock Mesothelioma Research Fund
Covers: Mesothelioma
Activities:
- Providing information for patients
- Raising funds for research    
- Raising public awareness of respiratory diseases
- Advocating on behalf of patients

www.junehancockfund.org

Merseyside Asbestos Victim Support Group
Covers: All asbestos related diseases
Activities:
- Providing patient information
- Offering advice and support to patients
- Offering a helpline service for patients
- Raising funds for research
- Raising public awareness of respiratory diseases
- Working with the media
- Advocating on behalf of patients    
- Welfare benefits advice

www.asbestosdiseases.org.uk/

Breathtakers OB Trust
Covers: Obliterative Bronchiolitis
Activities:
- Providing patient information
- Offering advice and support to patients
- Raising public awareness of respiratory diseases
- Working with the media        

www.breathtakers.org.uk

PCD Family Support Group
Covers: Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
Activities:
- Providing patient information
- Offering advice and support to patients        
- Recruiting patients for clinical trials    
- Raising funds for research    
- Raising public awareness of respiratory diseases

www.pcdsupport.org.uk/

British Snoring & Sleep Apnoea Association
Covers: Allergy, sleep apnoea
Activities:
- Providing patient information
- Offering advice and support to patients   
- Offering a helpline service for patients                
- Working with the media        

www.britishsnoring.co.uk/

British Lung Foundation
Covers: Asthma, COPD, CF, ILDs, influenza, lung cancer, pneumonia, sleep apnoea, TB
Activities:
- Providing patient information
- Offering advice and support to patients    
- Offering a helpline service for patients        
- Raising funds for research    
- Raising public awareness of respiratory diseases    
- Working with the media    
- Advocating on behalf of patients
- Campaigning with the Government for improved services for people with respiratory disease

www.britishlungfoundation.org

Alpha-1-kids
Covers: Alpha 1
www.alpha1kids.org/index.php

Alpha 1 awareness alliance
Covers: Alpha 1
www.kama.u-net.com/

Cystic Fibrosis Trust (CF)
Covers: CF    
www.cftrust.org.uk

Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
Covers: Lung cancer
www.roycastle.org

Mesothelioma UK
Covers: Mesothelioma
www.mesothelioma.uk.com/

North East Asbestos Support and Awareness Group (NASAG)
Covers: Asbestos-related disease
www.nasag.org.uk/

United Kingdom Lung Cancer Coalition
Covers: Lung cancer
www.uklcc.org.uk/

Cancer Research UK
Covers: Lung cancer
www.cancerresearchuk.org/

Riding's Asbestos Support and Awareness Group and the Mesothelioma Information Service (RASAG)
Covers: Asbestos-related diseases and mesothelioma
www.asbestos-action.org.uk/Home.html

Macmillan Cancer support
Covers: Lung cancer    
www.macmillan.org.uk/Cancerinformation/Cancertypes/Lung/Lungcancer.aspx

Asbestos support West Midlands
Covers: Asbestos-related diseases
www.asbestossupportwm.org/

Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum UK (AVSGF-UK)
Covers: Asbestos-related diseases
www.asbestosforum.org.uk/

World Association of Sarcoidosis and other Granulomatous
Covers: Sarcoidosis    

Sarcoidosis Awareness Society
Covers: Sarcoidosis
www.uksarcoid.org/

Sarcoidosis and Interstitial Lung Association (SILA)
Covers: Sarcoidosis and ILDs
www.sila.org.uk/

UK Sarcoidosis Information and Support Group
Covers: Sarcoidosis
http://sarcoidosissupport.ning.com/

TB Alert
Covers: TB    
www.tbalert.org/

LAM Action (lymphangioleiomyomatosis)
Covers: ILDs
www.lamaction.org/

Pulmonary Fibrosis UK
Covers: ILDs    
www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org.uk/

Pulmonary Hypertension Association UK
Covers: PAH
www.phassociation.uk.com/

The Sleep Apnoea Trust
Covers: Sleep apnoea
www.sleep-apnoea-trust.org/

Scottish Association of Sleep Apnoea
Covers: Sleep apnoea
www.scottishsleepapnoea.co.uk/