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Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths

11 Belgrave Road
London
SW1V 1RB
Tel: 020 7233 2090 Helpline
Tel: 020 7802 3200 General
Fax: 020 7802 3229
e-mail: helpline@fsid.org.uk
Web: http://www.fsid.org.uk

The Foundation is a National Registered Charity No. 262191, established in 1971. It is the UK's leading baby charity working to prevent sudden infant deaths and promote baby health. FSID achieves its aims through funding research, supporting families, promoting safe infant care advice to parents and professionals and working with professionals to improve investigations when a baby dies. In particular, FSID runs CONI (Care Of the Next Infant) with the NHS, to support bereaved families when they have subsequent babies. The Foundation has a network of trained befrienders and produces a range of publications including the leaflet 'When a baby dies suddenly and unexpectedly'.

Group details last updated February 2009.

The Scottish Cot Death Trust

Royal Hospital for Sick Children
Yorkhill
Glasgow
G3 8SJ
Tel: 0141 357 3946 (Mon-Thurs, 9am-5pm, Fri, 9am–4pm)
Email: contact@sidscotland.org.uk
Web: http://www.scottishcotdeathtrust.org

The Trust is a Scottish Charity No. SC003458, established in 1985. It is the only Scottish charity dedicated purely to the issue of cot death. The Trust provides a wide range of support for families affected by the loss of a baby to cot death; funds research both nationally and internationally and educates parents and health professionals about the risks of cot death and the role they can play in reducing the risks.

Group details last updated June 2009.

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