Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Is there support?

Elta House
Birmingham Road
Stratford upon Avon
CV37 0AQ
Tel: 0800 975 3100 Helpline (families only)
Tel: 0870 774 3651
Fax: 0870 774 3652
e-mail: jennifer@jtsma.org.uk
Web: http://www.jtsma.org.uk
The Trust is a National Registered Charity No. 1106815, established in 1985. It offers support, information and contact with other families. The Trust also funds research into the causes, treatment and management of SMA. It can help with the provision of equipment both via its loan library and equipment panel. It publishes a quarterly newsletter 'Holding Hands' and has a wide range of information available, details on request. The Trust has over 1,500 members.
Group details last confirmed October 2006.
As spinal muscular atrophy is a neuromuscular disease advice and information about the condition is also available from the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign (see entry, Muscular Dystrophy and neuromuscular disorders)
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