Helpful Organisations

Allergy UK is a national medical charity established to represent the views and needs of people with allergy, food intolerance and chemical sensitivity. The website offers advice and support to sufferers with leaflets, factsheets and e-newsletters available.

Tel: 01322 619898

Email: info@allergyuk.org

Web: allergyuk.org

A text service providing free 24/7 crisis support for young people in the UK.

If you are experiencing a mental health crisis and need support, you can text AFC to 85258.

For those affected by anxiety, stress and anxiety based depression.
Tel: 03444 775 774

Text Service: 07537 416 905

Email: support@anxietyuk.org.uk

Web: www.anxietyuk.org.uk

Asthma & Lung UK campaigns for the interests of people with asthma, provides public information in the form of leaflets and other publications and funds research. The helpline runs from 9am to 5pm weekdays and handles 1,500 calls each month.

Tel: 0300 222 5800

Email: info@asthma.org.uk

Web: https://www.asthma.org.uk

BackCare, the charity for healthier backs, is dedicated to educating people on how to avoid preventable back pain, and supporting those living with back pain.
Tel: 0208 977 5474

Email: info@backcare.org.uk

Web: backcare.org.uk

Impartial advice on choosing the right bed to help you sleep better, as well as how to care for your mattress.

Tel:01756 556651

Email: help@bedadvice.co.uk

Web: https://bedadvice.co.uk

Find details of all officially accredited CBT Therapists. All the practitioners listed are accredited members of either the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP), which is the lead organisation for CBT in the UK and Ireland, or the Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (AREBT).

Tel: 0161 705 4304

Web: www.babcp.com

With 3,000 qualified members it represents the largest body of professional acupuncturists in the UK. Find details of a highly qualified practitioner. Tel: 020 8735 0400

Email: helpline@eric.org.uk

Web:www.acupuncture.org.uk

A registered charity, The British Sleep Society is a professional organisation for medical, scientific and healthcare workers dealing with sleeping disorders. Find details of sleep centres local to you.

Email: professional@sleeping.org.uk

Web: www.sleepsociety.org.uk

To help patients with sleep problems access valid advice at their first healthcare professional interaction – with their community pharmacist.

Email: hello@bspss.org 

Web: www.bspss.org

An app for guided meditation and sleep stories.

Web: www.calm.com

The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy is the professional, educational and trade union body for the country’s 45,000 chartered physiotherapists, physiotherapy students and assistants. It aims to support its members and help them to provide the highest standards of patient care.

Tel: 020 7306 6666

Email: enquiries@csp.org.uk

Web: www.csp.org.uk

Offering a telephone helpline, online chat and email service.

Tel: 0800 1111

Web: www.childline.org.uk

A free public information resource for those seeking to learn more about sleep apnoea and snoring and for those who are existing sleep apnoea patients on CPAP therapy.

Web: www.cpap.co.uk/

ERIC, The Children’s Bowel & Bladder Charity (www.eric.org.uk) is the only charity dedicated to the bowel and bladder health of all children and teenagers in the UK. ERIC provides expert support, information and understanding to children and teenagers and enables parents, carers and professionals to help them establish good bowel and bladder health.

ERIC Bladder and Bowel Helpline: 0845 370 8008 (Calls to the helpline cost 9.6p per minute, plus the phone company’s access charge)

Tel: 0117 960 3060

Email: helpline@eric.org.uk

Web: www.eric.org.uk

An app that gives you tools and resources to look after your mind, they also have a section on sleep.

Web: www.headspace.com

A registered charity run by sleep apnoea sufferers, CPAP and non-invasive ventilator users and sleep professionals – all of whom are passionate and committed in supporting people to get the safe restful sleep they deserve. We constantly raise awareness of Sleep Apnoea and are a unique charity, in that we support patients with all kinds of sleep disordered breathing.

Tel: 0300 102 9711

Email: support@hope2sleep.co.uk

Web: www.hope2sleep.co.uk/

Connects individuals with qualified professionals in the UK. It offers information about what hypnotherapy is, how it can help, upcoming events, articles written by professionals and the latest hypnotherapy news. 

Tel: 0333 325 2502

Web: www.hypnotherapy-directory.org.uk

The London Sleep Centre provides access to the full range of services for patients with all types of sleep disorders across the life span within one location. It is a private clinic that accept referrals from General Practitioners and other medical specialists. It also accepts direct patient referrals where the patients are self funding. Their specialist teams are recognised by all of the UK private health care companies and by the major international health insurance companies.

Tel: 020 7725 0523

Email: info@londonsleepcentre.com

Web: londonsleepcentre.com/

Provides a range of content for more information on mental health and how to look after it.

Web: www.mentalhealth.org.uk

Mind offer advice and support to anyone experiencing a mental health problem.

Tel: 0300 123 3393

Web: www.mind.org.uk

Mr Motivator’s Bed Bank works to end child bed poverty by funding beds and sleep support for children without a safe place to sleep, while raising awareness through partnerships, campaigning and community engagement.

Email info@bedbank.org.uk

Web: www.bedbank.org.uk

Narcolepsy is a malfunction of the sleep/wake regulating system of the brain where the sufferer has an irresistible tendency to fall asleep – often in unlikely circumstances – or may have sudden loss of muscle control triggered by excitement, anger or amusement. The website was set up by Narcolepsy UK, and provides FREE support, advice and assistance with benefits, schooling, further education, employment, and many others areas of life

Helpline: 0345 4500 394

Web: www.narcolepsy.org.uk

The National Bed Federation is the recognised trade association representing UK manufacturers of beds and their suppliers. Founded in 1912, its members today account for about 75% of the total UK bedding turnover. It’s consumer arm, Bed Advice UK, is an independent website that helps you on your bed buying journey.

Helpline: 01756 799950

Web: www.bedfed.org.uk

Available Monday-Friday 9-5pm

Web: www.nationalbullyinghelpline.co.uk

A health and wellbeing programme that uses a unique learning environment and direct engagement between sleep scientists, workers and employers to improve health at work. The evidence-based programme supports shift workers’ physical and mental health by offering a selection of practical tools, exercises and tips for workers to incorporate into their routines to alleviate the negative mental and physical impacts of disrupted circadian rhythms caused by shift work.

Web: https://www.night-club.org/

RLS-UK supports people living with Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder, offering advice, understanding and community. It raises awareness and help people manage conditions that often disrupt sleep and wellbeing.

Web: www.rls-uk.org

A registered charity and managed by volunteers, the trust aims to improve the lives of sleep apnoea patients and their families by offering information, support and non-medical advice while also sending regular newsletters to trust members.

Email: info@sleep-apnoea-trust.org

Web:: sleep-apnoea-trust.org

The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the professional and educational body of psychiatrists in the UK and Ireland. The website looks at many related subjects in the area of psychiatry, one of which is sleep. Leaflets and factsheets are available to read on the site along with the option to send off for the leaflets or purchase audiotapes to help with sleeping problems.

Tel: 020 7235 2351

Email: rcpsych@rcpsych.ac.uk

Web: www.rcpsych.ac.uk

Theta Sleep is a tech-enabled, remote sleep clinic. We provide sleep medicine care to patients anywhere in the UK. We focus on identifying and treating sleep apnoea because it is very common and often causes other sleep problems. We deliver the whole sleep medicine pathway in your own home so you don’t have to travel long distances to access care.

Tel: 020 8178 9938

Email: help@thetasleep.com

Web: www.thetasleep.com

Young Minds offer a range of information on their website. They also run a crisis messenger service if you are experiencing a mental health crisis text YM to 85258

Web: www.youngminds.org.uk

Zarach works to end child bed poverty by providing bed bundles through schools, connecting families with support services, and ensuring children have the sleep they need to learn, grow and thrive.

Email  info@zarach.org

Web: zarach.org