"reMEmber www.remembercfs.org.uk is a charity which helps people with ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis) – also known as CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) – get the best possible treatment and advice to enable them to lead happy and healthy lives. An excellent guide, in a simple format, to help ME patients to treat themselves with compassion and dignity, and also to address their physical, emotional and spiritual needs. LYS sits comfortably with pacing – the tried and tested method of managing the illness."
Janice Kent
Director of reMEmber
"Portsmouth City Primary Care Trust, Older Persons Mental Health service – a day hospital setting. The ‘Lifting Your Spirits’ pack has been successfully used in a day hospital setting in a weekly group for older people with anxiety and depression. The pack is being recommended across the primary care trust for use by staff and patients alike."
Kate Legg
Portsmouth City Primary Care Trust
"The Haven www.thehavencentre.com is an information and support centre for people their families and carers coping with life limiting illnesses. We are a charity and all our services are provided free of charge. We offer nurse specialist support and advice, counselling, several complimentary therapies, support for children and much more. The pack has proved inspirational to me, encouraging me to pilot a relaxation course for our clients based on the pack. The CD is of a very good quality and has a good mixture of music and voices."
Elizabeth Kelly
The Haven Blantyre Health Centre, Scotland
"With financial support from various charitable trusts, I have been able to give ‘Lifting Your Spirits’ packs to hospices, voluntary organisations and individuals who I think will use the packs and receive benefit. For example, a hospital in Motherwell is using it with elderly mental health patients which is proving very helpful. A stress centre in Glasgow lend the packs out to the users to help them with their stress, and one individual who has used the pack fed back that it had really helped them deal with their anxiety."
Margaret McCathie
Laughter therapist, Stirling, Scotland
"New Approaches to Cancer www.anac.org.uk is a national registered charity that offers practical and financial help in all areas of complementary therapy for people affected by cancer."
"The British Holistic Medical Association www.bhma.org is an open association of mainstream healthcare professionals, CAM practitioners, and members of the public who want to adopt a more holistic approach in their own life and work."
"Help the Hospices www.helpthehospices.org.uk is a national charity supporting hospice care throughout the UK, providing information and support to patients, carers and all those interested in hospice and palliative care."