Links
Useful Organisations
NHS Direct
NHS Direct is at the forefront of 24-hour health care - delivering telephone
and e-health information services day and night direct to the public.
Tel: 0845 4647
NHS Choices
NHS Choices is a service that aims to put you at the centre of your healthcare.
Their straightforward information – presented in words, pictures, video and audio
– is at the heart of their aim of giving you better choices, greater convenience
and more control over your health. NHS Choices draws together the knowledge and
expertise of NHS.UK, the National Library for Health, NHS Direct, the Information
Centre for Health and Social Care, the Healthcare Commission and numerous other
health and social care organisations.
BT Benevolent Fund
Room 323
Reading Central ATE
41 Minster Street
Reading
RG1 2JB
May be able to provide financial aid, single or regular cash grants, contributions
towards property alterations for the disabled and replacement of essential household
appliances. This is for BT employees past and present.
www.benevolent.bt.com
Tel: 0118 9559160
Cancer Research UK
PO Box 123
Lincoln Inn Fields
London
WC2A 3PX
Provides information and advice about cancer. Also provides information on their
research, publications on cancer risks and a frequently asked questions page.
www.cancerresearchuk.org
Tel: 0207 242 0200
Civil Service Benevolent Fund
5 Anne Boleyn's Walk
Cheam
Sutton
SM3 8DY
Provides advice, information and possible financial assistance for civil servants
past and present and their families.
www.csbf.org.uk
Tel: 0800 056 2424
Civil Service Insurance Society
7 Coleman House
King Street
Maidstone
Kent
Me14 1DD
The Civil Service Insurance Society (CSIS) offers a range of insurance policies
including household, motor, travel, pet or caravan for serving and retired Civil
and Public Servants. Now all Benenden Members and their partners are eligible
to apply for their policies. CSIS is a "not for profit" organisation which gives
every penny of its surplus income to Civil and Public Service charities. Indeed,
in the last six years it has donated more than £3 million to such causes.
Tel: 0845 6077444
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