Positive Patients Support Group, Mansfield
The Positive Patients Support Group (PPSG) offers support to help to provide members with the skills necessary to self manage their long-term mental or physical health conditions.

Group Website: www.positivenewsonline.org

Dizzy Self Help Group, Nottingham
Group for anyone in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire with balance problems, including vertigo, Ménière's disease, labyrinthitis and Arnold-Chiari malformation. The group offers meetings for support and a chat or to listen to a speaker.

Bereavement Self Help Group, Keyworth
A self help group, for people in Keyworth and south Nottinghamshire, who are suffering with bereavement, offering a chance to meet others, talk, listen and offer support to one another.

CALAB (Coping After Losing A Baby), Nottingham
Support and shared experience for parents, in Nottingham and surrounding areas, who have suffered the sudden unexpected death of an infant.

Care of Parents in Grief (COPING), Sherwood
A professional supported group of bereaved parents who meet monthly for mutual support, in an informal setting; open to parents across the East Midlands.

Compassionate Friends, for Bereaved Parents, Nottingham
Bereaved parents offering support and understanding to other parents who have lost a child by death, at whatever age. Telephone support, home visits, leaflets.

UK Website: www.tcf.org.uk

Friends After Bereavement, Hucknall
An informal group for mutual support and sharing of experiences.

Headstart, Beeston
For people over 18 in Broxtowe who may be feeling stressed, lonely, depressed, bereaved and/or in need of companionship. A place to make new friends and have a chat. Occasional outings.

National Association of Widows, Mansfield Branch
A friendly self help group providing help and friendship to bereaved women and men. Speakers at meetings or group activities, theatre visits and occasional lunches and social outings.

UK Website: www.nawidows.org.uk

National Council for Divorced, Separated and Widowed, Midlands Branch
Previously known as the National Council for Divorced and Separated. Mutual support and social evenings for people going through divorce, separation and the ending of relationships and for widows.

UK Website: www.ncds.org.uk

New Beginnings, Clifton
Bereavement support group for people in Clifton, Wilford and Silverdale and surrounding areas. A range of activities are held and the group welcomes those suffering bereavement, stress and loneliness.

Nottingham Miscarriage Support Group
A self help group that aims to provide a safe environment in which men and women experiencing the grief of losing a pregnancy, can come together to share their experiences and provide each other with mutual support.

UK Website: www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk

SANDS (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society) Group, Nottingham
A group of parents who have all experienced the death of a baby either during pregnancy or soon after birth.

UK Website: www.uk-sands.org

Sharers of Bereavement by Suicide, Nottinghamshire and East Midlands (SOBS)
A friendship group for those bereaved as a result of suicide. The group is for people aged 18 and over.

Website: www.sobs.name

Bipolar MDF Group, Nottingham
The group aims to provide a safe and friendly environment where people with bipolar disorder (also known as manic depression), friends and family, can meet to give each other support, confidence and share experiences.

UK Website: www.mdf.org.uk

Equilibrial Bipolar Support Group, Worksop
Support and advice for people who suffer from bipolar disorder in Worksop and across Bassetlaw.

Group Website: www.equilibrial.org.uk

Greyfriars Ladies Group, St Ann's
A self help group providing space for women who have, or have had mental health problems. Female carers welcome. Support and help to build confidence, outings arranged.

Mind Medication Group, Nottingham
A self help group for people in Nottinghamshire on psychiatric drugs who may feel caught up in the 'psychiatric medication bubble'. Aims to help people discover new ways of coping and feeling less dependent on medication, in order to live more fulfilling lives.

Mental Health Support Group, Rushcliffe
Regular meetings offering information and support.  Also a range of social activities: bowling, theatre and cinema.  Carers welcome.

Women's Group, Carlton and Gedling
A group for women of any age, who have experienced difficult mental illness, ranging from depression to schizophrenia, who are on the mend.

National Childbirth Trust, Nottingham and Bassetlaw Branches
Local branches of the national charity for pregnancy, birth and parenting. Run by local parent volunteers for parents in and around Nottingham. Breastfeeding Counsellor, antenatal classes, local groups.

Nottingham Group Website: www.nctnottingham.org

Bassetlaw Group Website: www.nct.org.uk/bassetlaw

UK Website: www.nct.org.uk

Nottingham Trent Twins and Multiple Births Club
Moral support for families with multiple births (twins, triplets or more) in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Quarterly newsletters, hospital visits, loan and sale of equipment.

Website: www.nottinghamtwins.org.uk

Twins and Triplets Club, Retford and District
The club aims to give support, friendship, advice, a listening ear and a helping hand to parents and carers of twins, triplets or more, before and after birth, through to toddler-hood and beyond; throughout Bassetlaw.

Website: www.retfordtwinsandtriplets.com

Website: www.tamba.org.uk

Breakout, Nottingham
A friendly, informal social group for gay and bisexual men of all ages and all walks of life, in Nottinghamshire and surrounding areas. Support for those 'coming out' and a different activity every week. New members are always welcome. Membership is free.

Website: www.breakoutnottm.org.uk

Lesbians in Ashfield (LAFS)
A support group for women who are lesbian, bisexual and transgender who identify as lesbian or are uncertain of their sexuality, aged 16 plus.

Nottingham Bisexual Women's Group (NBWG)
Welcomes women in Nottinghamshire who identify as bi, or who recognise attractions to more than one gender (even if they don't use the word 'bisexual') or who are questioning their sexuality.

Website: www.uncharted-worlds.org/bi/nbwg

Outburst, Nottingham
Social and support project for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans young people between the ages of 12 and 25 inclusive, in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

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Painful Bladder Group, Nottinghamshire
A self help group offering support for people who have interstitial cystitis (IC)/painful bladder syndrome and for individuals to share their experiences with others who understand.

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HOPE (Haematology Open Patients Enquiry), Nottingham
The group provides mutual support for haematology patients and their carers, families and friends. Meetings provide an opportunity to talk to others with similar illnesses or conditions.

Aphasia Nottingham
Aphasia is a speech and language problem following a stroke, brain tumour or brain injury. This can affect the ability to speak, read, write, read numbers and comprehend.

Website: www.speakability.org.uk

Brain Tumour Support Group (Brainwaves), Nottingham
A professionally supported group offering support, information and opportunities to meet others affected by brain tumours, in Nottingham and district.

UK Website: www.braintumouruk.org.uk

Cerebral Aneurysm Support Group, Nottingham
For patients who have suffered a cerebral aneurysm (brain haemorrhage), their relatives and carers. A small friendly, patient-led group who meet to talk over problems, share experiences and support each other.

Talking Heads, Nottingham
Telephone support and understanding for people who have had traumatic brain injuries, their partners and families.

Breast Cancer Support Group, Newark
A small, friendly group who have all experienced breast cancer. Monthly meetings for an informal chat, friendship and support.

Group Website: www.newarkbreastcancersupportgroup.com

Breast Cancer Support Group, Nottingham
Offers support to those who have undergone treatment for breast cancer, their partners, family and friends. Trained volunteers provide a listening ear and the atmosphere of the group encourages discussions between group members.

Breast Cancer Support Group (Amazon), Sutton-in-Ashfield
A self help group that aims to support breast cancer patients, their friends, families and carers from around the Mansfield area and surrounding towns, at any time during or after treatment.

UK Website: www.amazonsgroup.org.uk

Breast Cancer Care Support Group (Buzzom Buddies), Worksop
A group for women in Bassetlaw who have experienced breast cancer and would like to meet other women for information, support and friendship.

La Leche League of Nottingham
Information and support for women, in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, who want to breastfeed their babies; telephone counselling for women with breastfeeding problems.

UK Website: www.laleche.org.uk

National Childbirth Trust, Nottingham and Bassetlaw Branches
Local branches of the national charity for pregnancy, birth and parenting. Run by local parent volunteers for parents in and around Nottingham. Breastfeeding Counsellor, antenatal classes, local groups.

Nottingham Group Website: www.nctnottingham.org

Bassetlaw Group Website: www.nct.org.uk/bassetlaw

UK Website: www.nct.org.uk

Breathe Easy Nottingham
A support group for people with lung conditions, their carers, family and friends. Meetings provide an opportunity for social interaction with people sharing common problems.

UK Website: www.lunguk.org

Breathe Easy Nottingham Central and District
Previously called Breathe Easy, North Nottingham. Breathe Easy is a support network for people with respiratory illness and part of the British Lung Foundation. Meetings give an opportunity for social interaction.

UK Website: www.lunguk.org

Breathe Easy, Bassetlaw
Breathe Easy is a support network for people living with respiratory illness,their family, friends or carers. Meetings give an opportunity for social interaction, with speakers, on a variety of subjects.

UK Website: www.lunguk.org

Breathe Easy, Nottingham West
A support group for people with respiratory disease, their carers, family and friends in Hucknall, Kimberley, Eastwood and Stapleford. Contacts are COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) Nurse Specialists. Affiliated to Breathe Easy, the British Lung Foundation support network.

UK Website: www.lunguk.org

Breathe Easy, Mansfield and Ashfield
A professionally facilitated support group for people with breathing difficulties due to a long-term lung condition, for example chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma.

UK Website: www.lunguk.org

The Puffins, Newark
Puffins is for anyone with COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) or and all other breathing conditions. Also for carers, family or friends.

Overeaters Anonymous, Nottingham
Help for anyone suffering from compulsive overeating, bulimia or obsession with food and weight. Offers a spiritual programme of recovery based on 12-Step group methods. Not a diet club. Welcomes people from anywhere in the East Midlands.

UK Website: www.oa.org