Managed by St George’s Hospital Charity

St George’s Hospital Charity is working hard to raise income to support and promote medical and scientific research focused primarily on lymphatics and the lymphatic system with a view to achieving advances in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of lymphoedema and other disorders of the lymphatic system.

With Your Support we aim to help the 200,000 plus people who suffer from lymphoedema and other disorders of the lymphatic system each year.

To begin the research process, we need to raise a minimum of £250,000.

The BLS is registered charity, the purpose of which is to preserve and protect good health of people living with lymphoedema / chronic oedema.

The BLS provides a strong professional voice and support for those involved in the care and treatment of people with lymphoedema and related lymphatic disorders, including lipoedema. We seek to achieve high standards of care across the UK, raise awareness of the condition, promote early detection and intervention with supported self-management. 

The Lymphoedema Support Network is the charity in the UK that supports anyone living with or affected by lymphoedema. Promoting and facilitating self-management, providing high quality information, making and taking opportunities to educate health care professionals and working with researchers. Website, social media, YouTube videos, quarterly magazine, telephone and email help line, patient conferences, support groups, Schools packs, nursing home packs and much more. We believe lymphoedema matters and hope you do to.

Lymfund established in 2005 is the charity arm of MLD^UK

Lymfund raises money to help people with chronic conditions like lymphoedema access Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) treatments, when they cannot get the treatment on the NHS, and when they cannot afford to pay for it privately.

Our Purpose and Aims, Benefits
The Aim of the Lymfund is to help provide MLD treatment for people Living with chronic conditions like Lymphoedema who could not otherwise afford the financial outlay. Applications are not open to the public but must be made by an MLDUK registered member who can submit a Lymfund application on behalf of a patient, allowing the therapist to provide up to 15 sessions of MLD.

International Lymphoedema Framework (ILF) is a UK based charity whose aim is to improve the management of lymphoedema and related disorders worldwide. The activities of the ILF include international scientific research with published results, webinars, international conferences, and access to education for professionals and patients.

The Lymphatic Education & Research Network (LE&RN) is an internationally recognized non-profit organization with a mission to fight lymphatic diseases (LD), such as lymphedema (LE), lipedema, and lymphatic malformation (LM), through education, research, and advocacy.