Support groups
There are a number of support groups for people with Mesothelioma.
National support groups
Asbestos Victim Support Group Forum
T: 0808 278 2515
E: forum.asbestos@gmail.com
www.asbestosforum.org.uk
Regional support groups
Asbestos Action
Region covered: Scotland – Tayside, Aberdeenshire, Dundee, Fife, the Lothians, Forth valley, Angus and the Borders
T: 0808 196 1861
E: dianne@asbestosaction.org.uk
E: john@asbestosaction.org.uk
www.asbestosaction.org.uk
Asbestos Awareness & Support Cymru
Region covered: Wales
T: 01495 272479
E: enquiries@a-a-s-c.org.uk
www.a-a-s-c.org.uk
Asbestos Support Central England CIO
Region covered: Birmingham, West Midlands, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire and Staffordshire
T: 0121 678 8853
E: info@asbestossupportce.org
www.asbestossupportce.org/
Cheshire Asbestos Victims Support Group
Region covered: West & East Cheshire, Chester, Halton, Warrington and North Wales
T: 01928 576641
E: cavsg@btconnect.com
www.cavsg.co.uk
Clydebank Asbestos Group
Region covered: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Inverclyde, Paisley, Argyll & Bute and West Dunbartonshire
T: 0141 951 1008
E: enquiries@clydebankasbestos.org
www.clydebankasbestos.org/
Cumbria & Lancashire Asbestos Support & Advice Group
Region covered: Blackburn, Preston, Blackpool, Lancaster, Morecambe, Ulverston and Barrow
T: 01253 472201
E: admin@disabilityfirst.org
www.disabilityfirst.org/cumbria-lancashire-asbestos-support-advice-group/
East Midlands Asbestos Support Team
Region covered: Derbyshire, South & East Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Peterborough, Burton-on-Trent and parts of Cambridgeshire
T: 01246 380415
E: emast.admin@emast.org.uk
www.emast.org.uk
Greater Manchester Asbestos Victims Support Group
Region covered: Greater Manchester (e.g. Salford, Rochdale, Stockport, Wigan, Bury, Oldham, Trafford, Tameside, Bolton), parts of Lancashire (e.g. Burnley), parts of Derbyshire (e.g. High Peak council area), parts of Cheshire (e.g. Wilmslow & Macclesfield)
T: 0161 258 0166
E: info@gmavsg.org
www.gmavsg.org
HASAG Asbestos Disease Support
Region covered: London, Essex, Herts, Bedfordshire, Middlesex, Buckinghamshire, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Avon, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire
T: 02380 010 015
E: info@hasag.co.uk
www.hasag.co.uk
London Asbestos Support Awareness Group
Region covered: London and The South East, including Essex, Kent, Surrey & East Sussex, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Suffolk, Norwich and Norfolk
T: 0808 278 2515
E: support@lasag.org.uk
www.lasag.org.uk
Merseyside Asbestos Victims Support Group
Region covered: Liverpool, St Helens, the Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley, Skelmersdale and North Wales
T: 0151 236 1895
E: info@mavsg.org
www.mavsg.org
Northern TUC Asbestos Support & Campaign Group
Region covered: North East (e.g. Teeside, Newcastle, Gateshead, Northumberland, Sunderland, Durham) and North Cumbria (e.g. Carlisle)
T: 01429 271275
E: reception@wvarc30.org.uk
www.tuc.org.uk/northern
Readley Asbestos & Mesothelioma Support Group
Region covered: North East England
T: Sam - 07929 391529, Jo - 07809 466557
E: info@readley.co.uk
www.readley.co.uk
SARAG Yorkshire and Humberside Asbestos Victims Support Group
Region covered: Yorkshire and Humberside (including Sheffield, Scotch Corner, Skipton, Bradford, Leeds, Kingston upon Hull, Bridlington, Doncaster), North Lincolnshire and North Nottinghamshire
Rotherham: 01709 360 672
Leeds: 0113 4720 031
Hull: 01482 932 131
York: 01904 808 120
E: enquiries@saragasbestossupport.org
www.saragasbestossupport.org
South West Asbestos Support Awareness Group
Region covered: South West of England, including Devon and Cornwall
T: 07446 255524
E: swasaginfo@gmail.com
www.swasag.co.uk