PAIN CONCERN
Updated 28 days ago
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Active - SC546994 (CH)
- Age: 7 years
- ID: 31191588/95
62-66 Newcraighall Road Edinburgh EH15 3HS
• 58190 - Other publishing activities
• 63990 - Other information service activities n.e.c.
Pain Concern was founded on April 26th 1995. We began as a self-help group - for ten years we ran Astley Ainslie's pain management support group - and we have also operated a helpline service since 1995. However, right from the start we were interested in policy and were involved in local campaigning. We were secretaries of the Scottish Cross-Party Group on Chronic Pain from 2003 to 2012. The work of the group was influential in achieving the government's appointment of a national lead clinician for chronic pain... Our work on providing information to people in pain began with the launch of Pain Matters magazine in 1995 and has continued through the production of leaflets which have proven popular with physiotherapy departments and pain clinics across UK, as well as individuals with chronic pain. In 2009 Pain Concern was awarded first place in the NAPP Chronic Pain Awards receiving a grant of £10,000 to develop an internet radio show aimed at those living with chronic pain. This..
Registration numbers: SC023559 (W), SC546994 (CH)