Pelvic Partnership

26 Manor Green
Harwell
Oxon
OX11 OEL

Tel: 01235 820921
Web: www.pelvicpartnership.org.uk

The Pelvic Partnership is a registered charity run by women with Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction (SPD), also known as Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP), for women with SPD/PGP and their families and carers. They encourage women to seek treatment and advice early to minimise the impact of their pain.

Their aims are:

• To provide support and information about SPD/PGP to women with SPD/PGP and their families and carers.
• To inform healthcare professionals about SPD/PGP and to encourage evidence-based practice among all health professionals caring for women with SPD/PGP.
• To raise general awareness of SPD/PGP.

They provide a telephone helpline with answering machine, which is manned by women with personal experience of SPD/PGP.

They have written information leaflets available free of charge to women with SPD/PGP. These leaflets are available via the website or by ringing the helpline:

Information leaflets include:

• About SPD/PGP: a leaflet about how to manage SPD/PGP antenatally, planning for labour and postnatal care.
• Pain management.
• Family and friends: a leaflet about how they can help.
• Benefits and parking: a leaflet about what help can be available to women with SPD/PGP.

They produce a quarterly newsletter with articles about different aspects of SPD/PGP.

It is run by volunteers, most of whom have personal experience of SPD/PGP.