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[MISSION] [DEPRESSION] [NEWSLETTER] [PEN and CHAT] [GROUPS] [INFORMATION] [SUPPORT US] [USEFUL LINKS]	Home Page WELCOME Thank you for entering our site, to which you may have been redirected. Please read on to find out more about Depression UK, and how we help our members to learn how to overcome their depression. WHO ARE WE? “Depression UK” (D-UK), is a national self help organisation that has operated within the United Kingdom ever since it was founded in 1973. It was first registered as a charity in 1979. Depression UK has several hundred members who either suffer from depression or have suffered from it in the past, or who care about such people. Their anonymity is strictly preserved. The charity is run actively by a team of 15 or more unpaid volunteers, who work mainly from their own homes, to support and help members cope with their depression. Depression UK is entirely self-funding, has no commercial links, employs no staff, and has no office headquarters. The aims of Depression UK are listed in the Mission Statement. We welcome new members and ask you to please support us, especially in a volunteering role. Please note that the charity changed its name in September 2007. Prior to that it was known as “The Fellowship of Depressives Anonymous” (FDA). If appropriate, please update the details you hold about us concerning the new names of our organisation and website, and our new email address (info@depressionuk.org). WHO DO WE HELP? We wish to help anyone who is troubled by depression and to provide support for their carers. This illness does not discriminate against a person because of their age, race, creed, colour, culture, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, or economic and social status ‒ and neither do we! HOW DO WE HELP OUR MEMBERS COPE WITH THEIR DEPRESSION? We know from our own personal experiences that those who suffer from depression find it helpful to share their problems with fellow sufferers, because they understand the sadness, torment, and despair that this insidious illness causes. That is why Depression UK was formed years ago to enable our members to communicate with each other. For further information about the charity please contact us. (Feedback comments from our members are given in information, as are Notices for them.) We also remind our members that they can overcome their depression, and so need never despair. We offer information when our volunteers are available to do that but, please note, we do not give advice on medical matters because we are not qualified to do so. HOW DO WE SUPPORT AND SHARE? We issue a NEWSLETTER at least four times a year. We operate a Pen-Friend scheme. See PEN and CHAT. We operate a Phone-Friend scheme. See PEN and CHAT. We are trialling internet D-UK Chat. See PEN and CHAT. We have an information phone line. (Answered when a volunteer is available.) We have a few information sheets about depression. We maintain contact with independent depression GROUPS. We hold DISCUSSIONS at our AGM and other meetings about depression related topics HOW DO YOU JOIN? Please type in your details on the Membership Form, then sign it and send it with your subscription to our Central Address. WHAT DOES IT COST TO JOIN? We request an annual subscription of only £10, or less for those in receipt of benefits or on a low income. (Page updated: 29 June 2009)
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