Limb loss helplines
Use our helplines to find more information and advice on limb loss
NHS Choices – Amputation
Comprehensive information and advice from NHS Choices about amputation and adjusting to disability, with links to external websites.
Limbless Association
Helpline: 0800 644 0185
Leading UK charity for people with limb-loss, their family, friends and carers. Offers free, friendly and impartial information on all aspects of limb-loss and provides a national “voice” for UK prosthetic patients. Encourages best practice in the industry and promotes equal opportunities in the community.
Douglas Bader Foundation
This online resource has been created to guide individuals with congenital or acquired limb loss and their friends, family and carers through the emotional, physical and psychological process of coming to terms with limb loss. We have taken a holistic approach to limb loss and hope that through this we can provide relevant and useful information on all aspects of life after limb loss. We have tried to make the site as easy to navigate as possible and hope that you can find the information you need here. You will find that we refer to individuals with limb loss as amputees, and we would like to reassure you that this is for ease, rather than to the exclusion of children born with congenital limb absence. You will find dedicated information for children born with congenital limb absence on the website, as well as dedicated information on upper limb amputees.
BLESMA (British Limbless Ex Servicemen’s Association)
BLESMA (British Limbless Ex Service Men's Association) is the national charity for limbless serving and ex service men and women and their dependants and widows. It is the charity that directly supports all our service men and women who lose limbs, the use of limbs or eyes or the sight of an eye in the service of our country and we are with them all whenever we are needed for the rest of their lives. Our work starts with rehabilitation - proving that there is life after amputation. Our work is about amputee helping amputee - the fellowship of shared experience. Our work is about life long welfare support, about campaigning for what they deserve and about being there when old injuries come back to haunt. Our youngest Member is 19 and our oldest is 99 - Truly we are BLESMA for Life. Children
STEPS
Helpline: 01925 750271
STEPS offers confidential advice and support to people affected by hip dysplasia, clubfoot and other lower limb conditions. We are the UK’s only national charity which supports ALL lower limb conditions. Our valuable experience and knowledge can help you make confident and informed decisions at what can be a confusing and difficult time. We offer a wide range of services (many free of charge) to help and support family, friends and individuals. We are continually developing resources to reach more families and raise awareness of the conditions we support.
Whizz Kidz
Tel: 020 7233 6600
Whizz-Kidz provides disabled children and young people with vital mobility equipment, opportunities to meet and have fun, and training to help them gain skills and look forward to a bright future. We provide services in communities across the UK and we have mobility centres located in a number of areas through our partnerships with the NHS.
Action for Kids
Tel: 020 8347 8111
Action For Kids is a charity that helps young people with physical and learning disabilities across the country find greater levels of independence and opportunity through the provision of mobility aids, employability training and family support. At Action For Kids, we help disabled young people, their parents and carers in any way we can to enable them to lead full and independent lives.
Contact a Family
Helpline: 0808 808 3555
Providing advice, information and support to the parents of all disabled children - no matter what their disability or health condition.
The Family Fund
Tel: 01904 621 115
The Family Fund provides grants to families with severely disabled children, based on families' views and needs and is open to families with children and young people up to their 18th birthday who have a severe disability.
The Children’s Trust
Telephone: 01737 365 000
The Children’s Trust is a national charity working with children who have multiple disabilities and complex health needs. We are based in Surrey but offer our services to children from across the UK.