About Us

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About Us

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The AUK Management Committee at a recent meeting.

Who Are We?

Alopecia UK is run by a management committee who are responsible for the day-to-day operation and development of the charity. We also have a board of 5 trustees that work with the management committee to ensure that the charity works within its trust deeds and an advisory panel made up of experts who advise the management committee in the developments they make. The advisory panel also help to ensure that the material written is accurate.

Alopecia UK is a registered charity. We are not funded by any external organisations so we remain impartial about the information we provide.

The Alopecia UK Management Committee

Julia Cobb lives in London, works in the music industry and has three children, one still a young baby. She's had various forms of alopecia since the age of 10.

Dr Nigel Hunt lectures at the University of Nottingham, specialising in the study of the impact of traumatic events on mental and physical health. He has a particular interest in the psychological impact of alopecia.

Dr Sue McHale lectures at Sheffield Hallam University, specialising in biopsychology. She has a specific interest in psychoneuroimmunological aspects of alopecia.

Sarah Delaney is an accountant working as a tax consultant. Sarah has had alopecia universalis since 1992.

Vicky Spencer works as Commission Support for a company in Central London. She has alopecia universalis.

Sarah Spencer is a smoking cessation facilitator, she has a degree in psychology and an MSc in health psychology.

Paul Brasnett has a background in mathematics and electronic engineering and is currently working for Mitsubishi Electric. He has recently completed a PhD at Bristol University.

Paul Bowdage lives in London and works for the Greater London Authority.

Ruth Bowdage lives in London and works part time as a volunteer for Alopecia UK

Advisory Panel

Where possible we get information checked by the Alopecia UK advisory panel, which includes Dr Andrew Messenger (Consultant Dermatologist), Dr Susan MacDonald-Hull (Consultant Dermatologist), Dr Sue McHale and Dr Nigel Hunt (Academic Psychologists) and George Theurer (Wig consultant).

Why did we start Alopecia UK?

When Vicky Spencer found that her hair was falling out, one of the first places she looked for information and support was the internet. She didn’t find what she hoped to, and felt there was a gap for a UK based website for people with alopecia or an interest in alopecia. We therefore decided to start Alopecia UK, a mainly web-based information, advice and support resource primarily, but not exclusively, geared to the needs of people in the UK. Alopecia UK is growing very quickly and it has become an important resource. We are always looking for contributors and if you are interested in helping either by writing material for the site or by giving us feedback on the content of the site, helping us to develop and improve Alopecia UK - we would love to hear from you.

Alopecia UK Aims and Objectives

The age group that Alopecia UK is aimed at is teenagers and adults,
Alopecia UK aims to give reliable and accurate information about alopecia,
Alopecia UK is a UK based website and concentrates primarily on a UK based population. Much of the information provided by Alopecia UK is relevant to people around the world and Alopecia UK welcomes feedback and contributions from everyone,
Alopecia UK aims to increase the number of visitors to the site,
Alopecia UK aims to be accessible to all users (see Accessibility for more details),
Alopecia UK aims to meet Health On the Net Foundation Code of Conduct (HONcode) (http://www.hon.ch/HONcode/Conduct.html) and is developing policies based on

Alopecia UK is a registered charity No. 1111304