Support Groups

Support

groups

There are local support groups across the UK that can offer help and support locally to patients, carers and family members. Some of these groups are patient support groups, where patients and family members come together to meeting, offer support and often listen to invited speakers on topics such as diet and mesothelioma.  

For younger people affected by mesothelioma and for those caring for someone with mesothelioma, there are specific groups you can attend to connect with others going through the same experience.

There are also Asbestos Support Groups which provide a range of services, including benefits advice. Often the Asbestos Support Groups run or host the Patient Support Groups.  

Please note: Unless specified the following are not Mesothelioma UK support groups. They are run by other organisations/charities. For the latest information regarding these groups, please contact them directly using the contact details provided below.

Asbestos Awareness & Support Cymru (AASC) 

Website: www.a-a-s-c.org.uk
Tel: 01495 272 479
Email: enquiries@a-a-s-c.org.uk

Manteg, Penslade, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. SA65 9PB

Area Covered: Wales

ASG or PSG: Both

Action on Asbestos

Area Covered: Scotland

ASG or PSG: Both

Asbestos Action 

Website: www.asbestosaction.org.uk
Tel: 0808 1961861 
Email: info@asbestosaction.org.uk

16-18 Whitehall Street, Dundee, DD1 4AF 

Area Covered: Scotland

ASG or PSG: Both

Bristol and Beyond Asbestos Family Support (BBAFS) 

Website: www.bristolasbestossupport.co.uk
Tel: 0117 414 1900 (Anna Morley)

Info on dates and times of group meetings: Every 2nd Monday of the month. See website for venue: www.bristolasbestossupport.co.uk/events

Area Covered: Bristol and South West

ASG or PSG: Both

Clydebank Asbestos Group

Website: www.clydebankasbestos.org
Tel: 0141 951 1008
Email: enquiries@clydebankasbestos.org

24 Kilbowie Road, Clydebank, G81 1TH 

Area Covered: Scotland

ASG or PSG: ASG

HASAG Asbestos Disease Support 

Website: www.hasag.co.uk
Tel: 02380 010015 and 02380 010016
Email: info@hasag.co.uk

Unit 19 Basepoint Centres, Andersons Road, Southampton, SO14 5FE

Area Covered: South, South East, London and Home Counties 

ASG or PSG: Both

Info on dates and times of group meetingswww.hasag.co.uk/coffee-mornings/ 

Greater Manchester Asbestos Victims Support Group 

Website: www.gmavsg.org
Tel: 01612580166
Email: info@gmavsg.org

Windrush Millennium Centre, 70 Alexandra Road, Manchester, M16 7WD

Area Covered: North West England  

ASG or PSG: Both

Info on dates and times of group meetingswww.gmavsg.org/living-well-support-group/

Guys & St Thomas’ Mesothelioma Support Group

Website: NA
Tel: 0207 188 4758
Email: rachel.c.thomas@gstt.nhs.uk

Rachel Thomas, Guy’s Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 9RT 

Area Covered: London

ASG or PSG: PSG

Info on dates and times of group meetings3rd Thursday of every month from 11am to 12pm. Call or email for details.

Asbestos Support Central England 

Website: www.asbestossupportce.org
Tel: 0121 678 8853
Email: info@asbestossupportce.org 

Asbestos Support Central England, BVSC, 138 Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 6DR 

Area Covered: West Midlands

ASG or PSG: Both

Info on dates and times of group meetings2nd Monday of each month 

Yorkshire and Humberside Asbestos Victim’s Support Group (SARAG) 

Website: www.saragasbestossupport.org
Tel: 01709 360672
Email: enquiries@saragasbestossupport.org

Unit 37, Moorgate Croft Business Centre, Rotherham, S60 2DH

Area Covered: Yorkshire and the Humber 

ASG or PSG: Both

Papworth Mesothelioma Social Group

Website: www.papworthmesosocial.com
Tel: 01223 639591
Email: kateslaven@nhs.net

Thoracic Oncology, Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge Biomedical Centre, Papworth Road, Cambridge, CB2 0AY 

Area Covered: East of England

ASG or PSG: PSG

 

Merseyside Asbestos Victim Support Group (MAVSG) 

Website: www.mavsg.org
Tel: 01512361895
Email: info@mavsg.org

108 Century Building, Brunswick Business Park, Liverpool L3 4BJ 

Area Covered: North West England 

ASG or PSG: Both

 

Mesothelioma Support Yorkshire (MESSY) 

Website: www.messy.org.uk
Tel: 07875 511323
Email: simon.bolton1@nhs.net

Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Acre Street, Lindley, West Yorkshire, HD3 3EA 

Area Covered: Yorkshire and the Humber 

ASG or PSG: PSG

 

Cheshire Asbestos Victims Support Group (CAVSG) 

Website: www.cavsg.co.uk
Tel: 01928 576641
Email: Cavsg@btconnect.com

3 Fryer Street Runcorn WA7 1ND

Area Covered: Cheshire

ASG or PSG: ASG

 

EEA-PSG East of England Asbestos Patient Support Group

Area Covered: Norfolk, Suffolk (Norwich, Bury St Edmunds and Wells next the Sea, North Norfolk) 

ASG or PSG: 

Info on dates and times of group meetings:Please see our website for the most up to date information on dates/times of support groups meetings.

Anglia Asbestos Disease Support Group

Area Covered: Norwich, Bury St Edmunds

ASG or PSG: 

Info on dates and times of group meetings: All meeting currently being held online via Zoom. Contact Vicki Clover on 01603 703 244 if you would like to join the virtual Zoom meetings.

Meets monthly (excluding August) in each of these locations – Norfolk: Postwick Village Hall, Norwich, NR13 5HL. Suffolk: Bury St Edmunds Farmers’ Club, IP33 1HQ

London Asbestos Support Awareness Group (LASAG) 

Website: www.lasag.org.uk/support-groups
Tel: 0808 278 2515
Email: support@lasag.org.uk

Farthings, Bridle Lane, Loudwater, Rickmansworth, Herts WD3 JQ 

Area Covered: London, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and Surrey, and surrounding area

ASG or PSG: Both

Info on dates and times of group meetings: Support groups in London, Surrey, Dagenham, Canterbury, Rainham, Tunbridge Wells and via zoom. Also run friendship groups for families and loved ones in Dagenham and Canterbury.

 

Cumbria & Lancashire Asbestos Support & Advice Group (CLASAG)

Website: www.disabilityfirst.org
Tel: 07702 180341
Email: carolreid@disabilityfirst.org

259 Whitegate Drive Blackpool FY3 9JL 

Area Covered: North West England 

ASG or PSG: Both

Info on dates and times of group meetingsEvery 3rd Monday of the Month, 1-2pm

South West Asbestos Support & Awareness Group (SWASAG) 

Website: www.swasag.co.uk
Tel: 07446 255524
Email: julie@swasag.co.uk

19 Windemere Crescent Plymouth Devon PL6 5HX 

Area Covered: Devon & Cornwall  

ASG or PSG: Both

Info on dates and times of group meetings1st Thursday of every month in Truro, and 3rd Thursday of every month in Plymouth  

Readley – Asbestos & Mesothelioma Support North East

Website: www.readley.co.uk
Tel: 07929 391 529 or 07809 466 577
Email: info@readley.co.uk or joanne@readley.co.uk

59 Eade Close, Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham DL5 7QQ 

Area Covered: North East England 

ASG or PSG: Both

 

Derbyshire Asbestos Support Team (DAST) 

Website: www.asbestossupport.co.uk
Tel: 01246 380415
Email: mail@asbestossupport.co.uk

34 Glumangate, Chesterfield S40 1TX  

Area Covered: East Midlands 

ASG or PSG: ASG

 

Swindon and Wiltshire Asbestos Support Group 

Website: NA
Tel: 01793 847 707 (Jennifer Seavor)
Email: support@swasg.com

c/o Jennifer Seavor, Royds Withy King, 34 Regents Circus, Swindon, SN1 1PY

Area Covered: Swindon and Wiltshire 

ASG or PSG: Both

Info on dates and times of group meetings: Facebook – ‘Swindon and Wiltshire Asbestos Support Group’ / Twitter – @SWAsbestos 

Maggie’s Highlands / mesothelioma Scottish network group

Website: www.maggies.org/our-centres/maggies-highlands/  
Tel: 01463 382900
Email: maggieshighlands@maggies.org

Maggies’s Highlands, Old Perth Road, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, IV2 3FL 

Area Covered: Scotland

ASG or PSG: Both

Info on dates and times of group meetingsFirst Friday of the month, 12-1pm 

Whitminster Mesothelioma Support Group

Area Covered: South West

ASG or PSG: Both

Info on dates and times of group meetingsFirst Monday of the Month, 10.30 – 12.30pm  call or email for details.

Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma Support Group at (Virtual) Maggies 

Area Covered: South East

ASG or PSG: PSG

Info on dates and times of group meetings1st Wednesday of the month, 2-3pm via Zoom 

South Tyneside Mesothelioma Self Help Group

Address: Woodridge Gardens, Oak St., Oxclose Rd., Columbia Village, Washington, Tyne & Wear, NE38 7NZ
Tel: Ray on 0191 4151460 or Hazel on 0191 416 6275
Email: raymond.turnbull1@ntlworld.com

Area Covered: South Tyneside

ASG or PSG: Both

Info on dates and times of group meetings: Contact for details 

Support

for carers and younger people

Mesothelioma UK provides a dedicated carers hour each month for people who care for someone with mesothelioma. It gives people an opportunity to connect with others going through the same experience as well as getting advice and information. It’s free to join and held every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 2pm on Zoom. Please email support@mesothelioma.uk.com for a link to the meeting.

The Mesothelioma UK Younger Persons Group is designed specifically to support mesothelioma patients and carers under 55. Meetings are facilitated by Mesothelioma UK Clinical Nurse Specialist Simon Bolton and provide people with an opportunity to share experiences and ask questions. Meetings take place on the 1st Wednesday of the month at 1pm on Zoom. Please email support@mesothelioma.uk.com for a link to the meeting.

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