Safety:
Accidents
Department of Health's pages on accidental injury,intended to act as
a focal point for general information on this subject.
Safety:
Barnados
Charity No 216250 Children's charity aiming to help vulnerable children
and young people transform their lives and fulfil their potential.
Safety:
Childline
24-hour UK helpline for children and young people in trouble or danger.
Call ChildLine free on 0800 1111.
Sarcomas:
CancerBACUP
Charity No 1019719 Providing high quality and up to date information,
practical advice and support for cancer patients and their families.
Sarcomas:
Cancerhelp UK
Free information service about cancer and cancer care for the general
public, brought to you by The Cancer Research Campaign.
Sarcomas:
Cancerlink
Charity No 326430 Resource for approximately 500 cancer support and
self-help groups throughout the UK.
Sarcomas:
CLIC
Charity No 802396 Help for children affected by cancer, promotion of
research, and financial grants to families.
Sarcomas:
Sargent Cancer Care for Children
Charity No 256435 Counselling and financial support for children and
young people affected by cancer, leukaemia, or Hodgkin's Disease.
Sarcomas:
Teenage Cancer Trust
Charity No 1062559 Focuses on the needs of UK teenagers and young adults
with cancer, leukaemia, Hodgkin's and related diseases.
Schizophrenia:
Anna Freud Centre
UK charity, dedicated to improving the mental health of children locally,
nationally and internationally.
Schizophrenia:
Mind
Charity No 219830 Promotes mental health throughout England and Wales,
and works for a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress.
Schizophrenia:
Young Minds
UK national charity committed to improving the mental health of all
children and young people.
School
Travel
Department for Transport - School Travel
School-leavers:
After 16 : what's new?
Aimed at teenagers and young people in the UK who have an impairment
or disability and are wondering what opportunities and services there
should be when they leave school.
School-leavers:
AHEAD
Independent voluntary organisation working to promote improved access
for persons with disabilities to 3rd Level Education in Ireland.
Sexual
Health: Marie Stopes International
Marie Stopes’ mission is to ensure the right of all people to have children
by choice not chance, by providing reproductive healthcare worldwide.
Sickle
Cell Society
Charity No 1046631 Support, financial assistance and holiday schemes
for affected children.
SIDS:
Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths
Charity No 262191 Major funder of all cot death research and support
in the UK, and offers personal support to families by letter and telephone
Siezures:
David Lewis Centre For Epilepsy
Charity No 1000392 Multi-disciplinary teams providing assessment and
treatment for severe epilepsy and related conditions.
Siezures:
Epilepsy Action
Charity No 234343 founded in 1950. It offers a nationwide network of
branches.
Siezures:
Epilepsy Action Scotland
Charity No 311877 Epilepsy Resource Centre, St Piers School for children
up to 16 and a Further Education Centre with residential or day places.
Sight
Problems: Uveitis Information Group
Charity No SC028439 Uvetis (term given to a number of rare eye conditions)
is a Scottish charity which offers support by telephone, post or e-mail.
Single
Parents: Gingerbread
Support organisation for lone parent families in England and Wales.
Advice Line 0800 018 4318 Open 10am - 4pm Monday - Friday
Single
Parents:Parents At Work
Parents At Work is a national charity committed to the welfare of children
of working parents.
Sixth-form:
After 16 : what's new?
Aimed at teenagers and young people in the UK who have an impairment
or disability and are wondering what opportunities and services there
should be when they leave school.
Skin
Problems: Ichthyosis Support Group
Charity No 1084783 Ichthyosis Support Group is a charity aimed at informing
parents and carers on ichthyosis and other skin diseases.
Skin
Problems: National Eczema Society
Charity No 1009671 Telephone advice and information together with support
through a national network of regional telephone contacts.
Skin
Problems: Stop Spots
Charity No 1026654, founded in 1992. The Group also supports those with
Rosacea. It offers support to those affected and their families.
Sleep:
Narcolepsy Association (UK)
Charity No 326361 Site is run by UKAN as a service to people interested
in or suffering from narcolepsy as well as members of the Association.
Sleep:
Serene incorporating CRY-SIS
Support for families with excessively crying, sleepless and demanding
babies and young children. Helpline 020 7404 5011 (24 hours).
Social
Welfare: Jewish Care
Jewish Care is Anglo-Jewry's largest social services provider, providing
care to the most vulnerable members of the Jewish community across London
and the South-East.
Special-Care
Babies: Bliss
National neonatal charity with a mission to act as an advocate for the
most fragile, vulnerable members of the UK population.
Speech
Problems: British Stammering Association
UK organisation to initiate and support stammering research, identify
and promote effective therapies, offer support to those lives are affected
by stammering.
Speed:
Drugscope
The UK's leading centre of expertise on drugs, aiming to inform policy
development and reduce drug-related risk.
Speed:
European Association for the Treatment of Addiction (UK)
The European Association for the Treatment of Addiction (UK) is an independent
charity, which aims to help ensure that people who are dependent on
drugs or alcohol get timely access to the treatment they need.
Speed:
Trashed
Drug information: about, origins, effects, the law, composition, emergency
and risks (NHS Promotion site).
Spinal
Injuries Association
Comprehensive spinal injury site with information, links, and the opportunity
to add posts and photos on interactive pages, plus a dedicated chatroom.
Spots:
Acne Support Group
Providing support and advice for acne sufferers and relatives of sufferers.
Spots:
Stop Spots
Charity No 1026654, founded in 1992. The Group also supports those with
Rosacea. It offers support to those affected and their families.
Stammering:
British Stammering Association
UK organisation to initiate and support stammering research, identify
and promote effective therapies, offer support to those lives are affected
by stammering.
Strawberry
Mark: Changing Faces
Charity No 1011222 established in 1992. It provides information, support
and advice to anyone with a disfigurement and their family.
Streptococcus:
Lee Spark NF Foundation
Charity No 1088094 Lee Spark NF Foundation offers support for people
touched by necrotising facsiitis and streptococcus.
Stroke:
Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY)
Charity No 1050845 CRY raises awareness of undiagnosed cardiac problems
in young people and offers counselling to those who have been bereaved.
Stroke:
NICHSA
Charity No 1057472 Helpline staffed by stroke survivors, counselling
and information on benefits, further and higher education, special training
and work opportunities.
Stroke:
NICHSA
Charity No XN 47338 The Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke Association
(NICHSA).
Stroke:
Stroke Association
Charity No 211015 Support and contact with other parents of children
affected by stroke.
Suicide: Papyrus - Prevention of young suicide
PAPYRUS is a national charity dedicated to the prevention of young suicide. Anyone concerned that a young person they know may be feeling suicidal should never hesitate to call our helpline - HOPELineUK 0870 170 4000.
Syncope
Trust and Reflex Anoxic Seizures (STARS)
Charity No 1084898 Syncope Trust and Reflex Anoxic Seizures (STARS )offers
information and support for parents and carers of children suffering
from Reflex Anoxic Seizures.
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