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Here are some links to other relevant sites you might find interesting or of use.

UKABIF
A charity which aims to promote understanding of all aspects of Acquired Brain Injury and to provide expert input to policy makers, service providers and general public.

Brain Injury Association of America

The Association envisions a world where all preventable brain injuries are prevented, all unpreventable brain injuries are minimized and all individuals who have experienced brain injury maximize their quality of life.

Chest Heart & Stroke   

Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland aims to improve the quality of life for people in Scotland affected by chest, heart and stroke illness through medical research, advice and information, and support in the community.                                        

Headway                                                              

Our aim is to promote understanding of all aspects of brain injury; and to provide information, support and services to people with a brain injury, their family and carers

Relate         

Couple Counselling Scotland is established for the public benefit. It exists to promote, develop and co-ordinate a confidential counselling service for people in marriage and other intimate personal relationships.                                                         

British Brain & Spine Foundation        

The Brain and Spine Foundation was set up in 1992 to develop research, education and information programmes aimed at improving the prevention, treatment and care of people affected by disorders of the brain and spine and to stimulate the greater allocation of resources across all neurological disorders.              

Glaxo Charity Alliance   

The Glaxo Neurological Centre is a unique non-medical centre offering information and support to people with neurological conditions and their families.                                           

Princess Royal Trust for Carers   

We aim to offer useful information and support for all unpaid carers throughout the UK.          

Encephalitis Support Group           

The Society’s stated aim is to improve the quality of life of all people affected directly and indirectly by encephalitis.                       

Meningitis Trust    

Meningitis Research Foundation's vision is a world free from meningitis and septicaemia. The charity funds research to prevent meningitis and septicaemia, and to improve survival rates and outcomes. The Foundation promotes education and awareness to reduce death and disability, and gives support to people affected.                                   

Health Education Board for Scotland       

Health Scotland is a new special health board created on 1 April 2003 by bringing together the Public Health Institute of Scotland (PHIS), and the Health Education Board for Scotland (HEBS).We provide a national focus for improving health and will work with the Scottish Executive and other key partners to take action to improve health and reduce inequalities in Scotland.               

Google Health Directory                                

Head Injury Resource Centre, Seattle, USA    

The purpose of this site is to share with you lessons we learned long ago. 
Our intention is help you avoid much of the grief and loss of  brain injury, and perhaps to inspire you to get involved. 
To achieve these goals we offer you the benefit of our considerable knowledge and experience. 
Most importantly, we learned that pro-active involvement, knowledge, self-awareness, and self-advocacy are key to quality of life following brain injury. 

Disability Information, Scotland  

UPDATE is Scotland's National Disability Information Service.   We provide a comprehensive package of disability information, resources and other supporting services to enable any type of organisation to provide reliable, relevant and up-to-date disability information.                     

NICE   

NICE is the independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on the promotion of good health and the prevention and treatment of ill health.                                                           

RNIB  

We are UK’s leading charity offering information, support and advice to over two million people with sight problems.                                                            

RNID            

RNID campaigns in many ways to make daily life better for deaf and hard of hearing people. We also support deaf and hard of hearing people by providing free information via our helplines, running vital services, supporting scientific and technological research, and running the RNID Typetalk telephone relay service. And we help other organisations to provide better services to their deaf and hard of hearing employees and customers.