Local support groups and contacts
Some Audiologists and Hearing Therapists believe local Support Groups have much to offer, especially if linked with their local tinnitus clinic. The benefits of self help groups are that they may provide hope to others and act as a local action group (check posters are displayed in in GP clinics, provide local support to local people unable to get to meetings or use the internet, hold coffee mornings and sponsored events, assist with information stands at local events). They may also campaign with their PCT for better tinnitus support and reduced waiting lists.
If you are interested in starting a self help group, contact us, there may be one already in your area. If not we can help you get started. Listed below are local tinnitus support groups and contacts.
The Groups listed are run by volunteers, the majority of whom have experience of tinnitus, and can therefore provide support. Many hold group meetings and events, all of which you can find out by contacting them.
The Contacts are also volunteers who help to provide help and support - they do not, however, hold meetings or events.
Some Groups and Contacts have requested that their details do not appear on the internet, if this is the case, please contact the BTA. If you know of a group or contact that is not listed or if you are interested in setting one up, please do contact us.
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Aldershot and District (group)
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Amersham (group)
Daphne
01494 434111
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Bexley (group)
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c/o BID, Ladywood Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B16 8SZ
Eileen Hewitson
01384 831 032
Lorna Mills
0121 352 0671
Bournemouth & District Tinnitus Group (group)
Jean Lakins
01202 468 480
Bristol (contact)
Gordon Brand
0117 9624803
Bude (contact)
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Cambridgeshire Tinnitus Support Group (group)
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Canterbury (group)
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Chesterfield (group)
Joanne Carlin
01246 380 415
Helpline available Monday-Thursday 9.30am-4.30pm or Friday 9.30am-12 noon. An answer phone is also available.
Chester-le-Street and Durham Tinnitus Self Help Group (group)
George Howorth
0191 267 4704
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Herefordshire Tinnitus Self-Help Support Group (group)
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Hull Tinnitus (group)
Bill and Barbara Howard
01482 656 033
Isle of Wight (group)
Jack Richards
01983 295 685
Isleworth (group)
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Liverpool (Aintree group)
Tony Kay
0151 5294697
London (contact)
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Manchester (group)
Jude Nortier
Manchester Deaf Centre
0161 276 9333
Merseyside (contact)
Mrs Dee Davies
Newcastle - North Tyneside Disability Forum Tinnitus Support Group (group)New Forest - Lyndhurst (group)
North Tyneside Disability Forum Tinnitus Support Group meets twice monthly, alternating between Thursday afternoon sessions from 2-4pm and Tuesday evening sessions from 6-8pm.
To contact the group for specific dates and activities contact:
Derek Craigie, The Shiremoor Centre, Earsdon Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE27 0HJ
Tel: 0191 200 8574
Minicom: 0191 200 8572
derek.craigie@ntdf.co.uk
Debbie Hallman
02380 286 343
Karen Dack
01603 404 440 (daytime only)
West Norfolk Deaf Association (group)
Rachel Weir
West Norfolk Deaf Association
01553 773 399
www.wnda.org.uk/tinnitus_support/tinnitus_support.html
Northampton Tinnitus Group (group)
Kim Wood
Deafconnect
01604 589011
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Beryl Lambert
0118 934 0705
Redbridge (group)
Celia Whiteside
Audiology Department,
01722 429 337
celia.whiteside@salisbury.nhs.uk
Sheffield (group)
Betty Hawthorn
0114 239 6708
Meetings every month on the second Wednesday, 1.30 pm to 3 pm, at St Mathews Church, Carver Street, Sheffield.
Mr D Mercer
02380 442492
Stoke on Trent (group)
Anne Davies
01782 393879 (after 7pm please)
Suffolk (group)
Graham Jenson
01449 720386
Suffolk (contact)
Trevor Jones
01284 827515
trevor.jones1000@btinternet.com
Weston Super Mare (contact)
Mrs Lee Collings
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Wirral (group)
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Elizabeth Perrers
01324 485617
We meet at Murrayfield Parish Church, 2B Ormidale Terrace, Edinburgh. Come along for a cup of coffee and chat and talk to people who understand.
Neath (South West Wales) (group)
Alan Keenan
01639 773 980
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Ballymena Tinnitus Support Group (group)
Marlene Ritchie and Rhoda Campbell
028 25 86 3800
Craigavon Group (contact)
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Londonderry (contact)
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Newry (contact)
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Omagh/Enniskillen (contact)
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Cork Group
Sharon Spain
00 233 21 450 5944
The Irish Tinnitus Association (ITA)
00 353 1 817 5700
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Updated 9 July 2010
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Sevenoaks (contact)
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