Provides information, support, telephone counselling and helpful contacts for people with fertility difficulties. Provides support and information for lesbians and gay men. Offers bereavement counselling and advice on will making and funerals. A self-help network for people with physical and social disabilities. You may hear a continuous tone on this phone line if the switchboard is busy.
Some centres offer services to lesbians and gay men.
The Institute also produces publications on couple relationships. Produces two leaflets on sexual matters, one for women and one for men. Runs a number of local support groups and drop-in centres in England and Wales. Acts as a resource to cancer support and self-help groups throughout the UK, and produces a range of publications on issues about cancer. Runs eleven hospice centres for cancer patients throughout the UK, and a community nursing service which works in conjunction with the district nursing service to support cancer patients and their carers in their homes.