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Help & Support: Turtle Boy

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Friday 20 April 2012

Caring Matters Now
http://www.caringmattersnow.co.uk/
A support group providing information for anyone affected by Congenital Melanocytic Naevus and their families.

Birthmark Support Group
www.birthmarksupportgroup.org.uk
Providing information about the different types of birthmarks, their identification and treatment; with downloadable articles by doctors from Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Contact a Family
www.cafamily.org.uk
Offering support and information about childhood conditions; including an online directory of specific conditions and rare disorders. Contact a Family can also put families in touch with each other.
Helpline: 0808 808 3555 (lines open Monday - Friday 9.30am - 5pm)

Changing Faces
www.changingfaces.org.uk
Providing support and advice to children, young people and adults with disfigurements of face hands or body, and their families.
Adviceline: 0300 0120 275 (lines open Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm)

Let's Face It
www.lets-face-it.org.uk
A support network for people with facial disfigurement, their families and friends.

NHS Choices
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Moles/Pages/Introduction.aspx
Online information for different types of melanoytic naevi (moles).

Information on call charges to 08 numbers:
0800 - Free from BT land lines. Other networks may charge and mobile costs will be incurred.
0808 - Free from BT land lines. Other networks may charge and mobile costs will be incurred.
0845  Free with BT land lines call packages, otherwise charged at 2p per minute daytime and weekend,5p per minute evenings. Other networks may charge and mobile costs will be incurred.
0300 - Calls cost standard national rate plus a 13.1p set up charge per call from a BT landline. Calls from other networks may be higher and from mobiles will cost considerably more.
0844 - Calls from BT land lines cost up to 5p per minute and 5p per call as part of many BT call packages, otherwise a 13.1p set up charge per call will be incurred. Calls from other networks may be higher and from mobiles will cost considerably more.

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