Links to burns support charities
MY Burns Club
The Burns Club provides support for patients and families alongside activity camps and family therapy weekends. Young people who have had burn injuries can meet to have fun and share experiences. Various club activities are held throughout the year.
Pinderfields Burns Club: Tel: 01924 541000
Offering practical help to burns survivors in the UK. You can email info@adultburnsupportuk.org for enquiries or visit the website to check where existing support groups are nationally.
Website: www.dansfundforburns.org
Tel: 01344 622 977
Email: info@dansfundforburns.org
Adult Burn Support UK also offer a weekly online Live Chat every Wednesday 7.30-9.00pm (UK time) for those affected by burn injury to share experiences or discuss any issues they may be having in relation to burns. The link for the live chat is: https://adultburnsupportuk.org/live-chat/
Aims to provide support and rehabilitation for burns survivors.
Website: https://katiepiperfoundation.org.uk/
Telephone: 07496 827266
Enquiries: 07903 187309. Please leave a message and they will respond as soon as possible from Mon-Fri.
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals charity aims to benefit patients or towards the benefit of staff, resulting in improved patient care.
Website: https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/my-hospitals-charity
Email: charitablefunds@midyorks.nhs.uk
Provides advice, support and psychosocial services for everyone with a scar, mark or condition on their face or body that makes them look different. They offer counselling; support for children in Yorkshire; self-help information.
Website: www.changingfaces.org.uk
Telephone: 0300 012 0275 (Mon – Fri 10am – 4pm)
Aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in emotional distress or struggling to cope, or at risk from suicide.
Website: www.samaritans.org
Freephone: 116 123
Childline is free, confidential and available any time, day or night.
National confidential helpline phone: 0800 1111
Online support: www.childline.org.uk
Email (need to sign up first): https://www.childline.org.uk/login/?returnPath=%2flocker%2femail%2f
1-1 Counsellor online chat: https://www.childline.org.uk/get-support/1-2-1-counsellor-chat/
Childline is here to help anyone under 19 in the UK with any issue they’re going through.
Whether you want to know more about how you're feeling, get information about a mental health condition or know what support is available to you, YoungMinds have online guides that can help.
Supporting children with burns
http://supportingchildrenwithburns.co.uk
A website designed with parents and carers, specifically to support families of children who have had a burn injury