Below you will find links to websites that you may find helpful:

ACE – The Association of Clinical Embryologists

The Association of Clinical Embryologists (ACE) is the UK’s only professional body representing embryologists and now has in excess of 800 members, both in the UK and across the rest of the world.

Adoption Net

Adoption.net is a community where you can share your experiences and ask questions, a guide for all things foster care and adoption, and a place to get support throughout the adoption process.

Adoption UK

Our vision is a world where all children and young people unable to live with their birth parents can find security and happiness with permanent families who have the right support to build brighter futures.

After Adoption

After Adoption is an independent adoption agency working throughout England and Wales to help all those affected by adoption. From placing children with adoptive parents to supporting birth families and reuniting families separated through adoption, we can work with all groups of people affected by adoption.

Antenatal Results and Choice

ARC is the only national charity helping parents and professionals through antenatal screening and its consequences and offers non-directive individualised information and support to parents who are making decisions around antenatal testing.

APS Support

APS Support (formerly Hughes Syndrome Foundation) is the only UK registered charity dedicated to helping people affected by antiphospholipid antibodies (APS).

Ashermans Syndrome

For information and support for Asherman’s Syndrome, intrauterine adhesions/scarring, or related problems.

Association of Reflexologists

The Association of Reflexologists (AoR) is a non-profit making membership organisation providing support to professionally qualified practitioners.

AvMA - Action against Medical Accidents

Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) is a UK charity for patient safety & justice

Babyloss

Resources and support for bereaved parents who have suffered pregnancy loss through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, intra-uterine death, stillbirth and more.

BioNews

BioNews, published by the Progress Educational Trust (PET), provides news and comment on genetics, assisted conception, embryo/stem cell research and related areas.

Brilliant Beginnings

Brilliant Beginnings is a non profit-making professional surrogacy agency, creating families through surrogacy.

British Acupuncture Council

The British Acupuncture Council is the UK’s main regulatory body for the practice of traditional acupuncture by over 3000 acupuncturists.

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

The Association was formed nearly 40 years ago by a group of counsellors who were passionate about the value of counselling and its potential to improve the lives of individuals and communities.

British Infertility Counselling Association

BICA is the only professional association for infertility counsellors and counselling in the UK, seeking to promote the highest standards of counselling for those considering or undergoing fertility investigations and treatment.

CCS Adoption

We work across Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire, supporting you through every stage of your adoption journey with our lifelong adoption support.

Chana

Chana supports couples in the Jewish community who may feel isolated and need medical information and support to help them deal with the challenge of infertility.

Childless Overcome Through Surrogacy

Our prime objective is to pass on our collective experience to surrogates and would be parents, helping them to understand the implications of surrogacy before they enter into an arrangement and to deal with any problems that may arise during it.

CoramBAAF Adoption & Fostering Academy

CoramBAAF Adoption & Fostering Academy is the leading membership organisation dedicated to improving outcomes for children and young people in care by supporting the agencies and professionals who work with them.

Counselling Directory - Infertility

Infertility is when a couple is unable to have a baby naturally. Find a counsellor dealing with infertility.

Cystic Fibrosis Trust

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a genetic condition affecting more than 10,800 people in the UK.

Daisy Network

Registered UK charity organization supporting those affected by premature menopause. Information regarding menopause stages and treatments is available.

Donor Conception Network

We are a supportive network of more than 2,000 mainly UK based families with children conceived with donated sperm, eggs or embryos, those considering or undergoing donor conception procedures; and donor conceived people.

Donor Conceived Register

The Donor Conceived Register (DCR) falls under the National Gamete Donation Service, as funded by the Department of Health and managed by the National Gamete Donation Trust (NGDT).

Donor Sibling Registry

The Donor Sibling Registry (DSR) was founded in 2000 to assist individuals conceived as a result of sperm, egg or embryo donation that are seeking to make mutually desired contact with others with whom they share genetic ties.

DrawingOut

Infertility is an ‘invisible’ condition, and so affected people can struggle to explain what they are going through. In situations like this, a picture can be worth a thousand words. The new website DrawingOut encourages people to express their experiences of invisible conditions through simple drawing exercises.

Ectopic Pregnancy Trust

Providing information, education and support to those affected by early pregnancy complications and to the health professionals who care for them.

Endometriosis UK

Endometriosis devastates the lives of women and their families. Endometriosis UK helps them take back control by providing vital support services, reliable information and a community for those affected by endometriosis.

European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

The aim of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology is to promote interest in, and understanding of, reproductive biology and medicine.

Federation of Holistic Therapists

The Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT) is the largest and leading professional association for therapists in the UK and Ireland.

Fertility Care Scotland

The tuition given by Fertility Care Scotland is on a one to one basis and teaches a woman to understand and appreciate her fertility.

Fertility Europe

Fertility Europe, the association of European organisations and associations involved with fertility issues.

Fertility Fairness

Fertility Fairness campaign for people to have comprehensive and equal access to a full range of appropriate NHS investigations and treatments for infertility; this includes the right to access up to three full cycles of IVF treatment free on the NHS

Fertility Friends

We are an infertility community in the UK, with members at every stage of their journey.

Fertility Planit

FertilityPlanit.com is a site for people who want to have children and create families, and for all services that support them.

First 4 Adoption

First4Adoption is the national information service for people interested in adopting a child in England. We give clear and impartial information about adopting and can put you in touch with adoption agencies in your area.

Footsteps

Footsteps provide counselling support for anyone affected by pregnancy related issues, the loss of a baby for any reason or at any time and for those struggling with infertility in the Gloucestershire area.

Foresight

Foresight has supported clients through conception, pregnancy, birth and post-natal health concerns including unexplained infertility, miscarriage, secondary infertility, low birth weight, depression and child health.

FPA - The Sexual Health Charity

Our vision is a society where everyone can make positive choices about their own sexual health and wellbeing. Our mission is to champion people’s right to sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing through advocacy, information, education and campaigning.

Genetic Alliance UK

We are the national charity working to improve the lives of patients and families affected by all types of genetic conditions. We are an alliance of over 180 patient organisations.

Health Friends - Patient powered health organisation

Whether you are looking for advice on how to cope with a specific condition or simply want to adopt and maintain a healthy lifestyle, HealthFriends is the place to come for information you can trust and to make new friends who share your health concerns and interests.

Here

Here NI is a community organisation and registered charity based in Belfast. We’re here to support lesbian and bisexual women and our families and improve the lives of L& B women across Northern Ireland.

Home for Good

Home for Good raises awareness of the need for foster and adoptive parents, encourages families to provide loving homes for the children in care, and equips the Church to offer welcoming communities for them.

The Society of Homeopaths

The Society of Homeopaths is the largest organisation registering homeopaths in the UK.

Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFEA)

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is the UK’s independent regulator overseeing the use of gametes and embryos in fertility treatment and research. The HFEA licenses fertility clinics and centres carrying out in vitro fertilisation (IVF), other assisted conception procedures and human embryo research.

Hypnotherapy Directory

Hypnotherapy Directory is a comprehensive database of UK hypnotherapists, with information on their training and experience, fees and contact details.

IAC: The Centre for Adoption

IAC’s mission is to place children from all parts of the world, both in the UK and overseas, in loving families and to work in a fair, transparent and professional manner with all individuals who seek our professional services.

Klinefelter’s Syndrome

We offer support and information to all affected by, or having an interest in, Klinefelter’s Syndrome.

Lesley Pyne - Supporting childless women to heal

If you’re a childless woman you’ll find all the help you need right here. I support childless women to heal and to create a life they love.

Life After Loss

Life After Loss is here to help anyone affected by the loss of a baby. We provide support and information to those who have been through the death of a baby at any stage of pregnancy, or early in life, for any reason.

Macmillan Cancer Support

At Macmillan, we know how a cancer diagnosis can affect everything. So we’re here to support you and help you take back some control in your life.

Men's Health Forum

Our mission: to improve the health of men and boys.

Miscarriage Association

The Miscarriage Association acknowledges the distress associated with pregnancy loss and strives to make a positive difference to those it affects.

Miscarriage Support

Welcome to the miscarriage support website; providing counselling for women and couples in Scotland who have suffered miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal loss

Multiple Birth Foundation

The Multiple Births Foundation was founded in 1988 and has become a national and international authority on multiple births.We are the only charity internationally which employs healthcare professionals dedicated to supporting multiple birth families and educating and advising professionals about their special needs.

National Gamete Donation Trust

Whether you’re an actual or potential donor, intended parent, clinic, journalist, researcher, professional or interested friend or relative, our goal is to ensure you receive all the relevant information and support you need.

NGA Law

NHS Choices

Helping put you in charge of your healthcare.

NISIG – National Infertility Support Group Ireland

NISIG’s vision is for those facing reproductive challenges to be supported, along with the families created through that support, in a society that is fully accepting of them.

PAC-UK

PAC-UK has become the largest independent adoption support agency in the country. Our vision is that all people affected by adoption and other forms of permanence are supported and enabled to live their lives to the full.

PACT

PACT (Parents And Children Together) helps hundreds of families every year through outstanding adoption and award-winning therapeutic support and inspirational community projects across London and the south of England.

Patient

Patient is the web’s leading independent health platform, established for over 15 years.

Peanut

Peanut connects you with like-minded women who are trying to conceive. The app is a safe space to build friendships, ask questions and find support. Whether it’s discussing treatment options such as IVF, donor conception and adoption, or understanding PCOS, POI and everything in between, Peanut is a place to connect with women like you.

Pelvic Pain Support Network

The Pelvic Pain Support Network is a patient led organisation, providing support, information and advocacy for those with pelvic pain, their families and carers.

Pink Parents

Support for Gay and Lesbian parenting issues.

Progress Education Trust

PET is a charity founded in 1992 to advance public understanding of science, law and ethics in the fields of human genetics, assisted reproduction, embryology and stem-cell research. Funded by grants and public donations, PET aims to help people in the UK and worldwide.

Resolve

RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association is a non-profit, charitable organization, who works to improve the lives of women and men living with infertility.

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) works to improve health care for women everywhere, by setting standards for clinical practice, providing doctors with training and lifelong learning, and advocating for women’s health care worldwide.

RSCPP

Connecting you with the right therapist.

SANDS - Stillbirth & Neonatal Death Charity

UK charity providing support for bereaved parents and their families.

Saying Goodbye

Saying Goodbye provides comprehensive information, advice, support and much more to anyone who has suffered the loss of a baby, at any stage of pregnancy, at birth or in infancy

Sexual Advice Association

The Sexual Advice Association is a charitable organisation created to help improve the sexual health and wellbeing of men and women, and to raise awareness of the extent to which sexual conditions affect the general population.

Silverline

The free, 24 hour, confidential helpline for older people.

Stonewall

Stonewall campaigns for the equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people across Britain.

Surrogacy UK

Through our organisation, Surrogates and Intended Parents can meet one another and form the friendships that can lead to dreams coming true. We are here to help and support you through all the stages of your surrogacy journey.

TACT

TACT is the UK’s Largest Fostering and Adoption Charity. At TACT, not only have we been helping to provide loving homes for vulnerable children for 24 years – we are also a voice for children in care.

Tamba

Tamba – Twins And Multiple Births Association – is the UK’s leading twins and triplets charity. We have lots of advice and information about what to expect while you are pregnant.

Teenage Cancer Trust

Around seven young people aged between 13 and 24 are diagnosed with cancer every day in the UK. They need expert treatment and support from the moment they hear the word ‘cancer.’ We’re the only charity dedicated to making this happen.

The Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture UK

The Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture UK (ATCM) is a professional body in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).

The Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council

CNHC is the UK voluntary regulator for complementary healthcare practitioners that was set up in 2008 with government funding and support.

The Dovecote

Enabling and inspiring people facing the prospect of living life without children to reconnect with their daily lives and rediscover a passion and purpose.

The Fostering Network

The Fostering Network is the UK’s leading fostering charity. We are passionate about the difference foster care makes to children and young people. Transforming fostered children’s lives is at the heart of everything we do.

The National Council for Hypnotherapy

Leading UK Hypnotherapy Professional Association. The home of qualified, insured and ethical hypnotherapists and university validated hypnotherapy training.

The Patients Association

The Patients Association’s motto is ‘Listening to Patients, Speaking up for Change’.

The Pituitary Foundation

We’re here for anyone affected by pituitary conditions. We give support, information and we bring people together.

Tommy's

We fund research into pregnancy problems and provide pregnancy health information to parents. We believe it is unacceptable that one in four women lose a baby during pregnancy and birth.

Turner Syndrome Support Society (TSSS)

The Turner Syndrome Support Society is a national charity caring for the needs of those with Turner Syndrome throughout the United Kingdom.

Verity

Verity is a self-help group for women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The group was established in 1997 to share the truth about the condition and improve the lives of women living with PCOS.

Well Being of Women

Wellbeing of Women is the charity dedicated to improving the health of women and babies across the UK.

Women's Health Concern

Women’s Health Concern (WHC) is the patient arm of the British Menopause Society (BMS). We provide an independent service to advise, reassure and educate women of all ages about their health, wellbeing and lifestyle concerns.