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Outsiders
BCM Box Outsiders
London
WC1N 3XX
Tel: 020 7354 8291
Best time to telephone: 1pm - 5pm, Thursdays.
Helpline: 0871 424 9935 Weekdays only, 11am-7pm
Outsiders is a self-help group for people who have become emotionally isolated due to physical disability, mental illness, sexual orientation, or other factors such as shyness or agoraphobia which make forming friendships and relationships difficult. Membership as of November 2008, which costs £27.50 per year (£14 unwaged), offers the following benefits.
- Contact with other members via a membership list, updated every three months.
- Annual newsletter.
- Copy of 'Practical Suggestions', a 250-page book offering advice on forming relationships for people with conditions which make this difficult.
- Telephone advice and information on specific problems including advice of a sex therapist if required.
- Social events, which are wheelchair accessible.
- Postal library (return postage requested) of over 500 books, tapes and videos on topics based around increasing self-esteem and the ability to form happy relationships, and the general issue of disability and sexuality. Many books are available on tape for visually impaired people.
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