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- Participants needed for study investigating the interaction of self-compassion and pain perceptions in chronic pain (University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK)
- VPS article on vulvodynia is published in Pharmacy and Northern Ireland Healthcare Review
- Vulval Pain Society Conference 2020 - a date for your diary
- Participants needed for study exploring sleep and chronic pain (University College London, London, UK)
- Participants needed for study exploring the embodied experiences of people living with chronic vulval pain in the Netherlands (University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Participants needed for study examining shared decision making in chronic pain (University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, Scotland, UK)
- Participants needed for study looking at the impact of vulval pain conditions on women's sense of gender, health and wellbeing (University College London, London, UK)
- Welsh Marches Vulval Pain Support Group - notice of new address
- Participants needed for study exploring the physical and psychological experiences and sexual function of women with vulvodynia (King's College London, London, UK)
- Participants needed for study to develop practitioner guidelines on communication about the psychological aspects of vulvodynia (University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK)
- Guardian article on vulvodynia
- VPS is in Bella magazine!
- UPDATE - University of the West of England study on men's experiences of their partners' sexual pain
- NHS leaflet on coping with vulvodynia
- Participants needed for web-based study on men's experience of their partners' sexual pain (University of the West of England, Bristol, UK)
- Article on vulvodynia in Stylist magazine
- Supporter Natalie successfully completes half marathon for VPS
- UPDATE - University of York study on women's reproductive disorders and human rights
- #ItsNotInYourHead: campaign to raise awareness about provoked vestibulodynia
- VPS is in The Independent!
- Input needed for the Lichen Sclerosus Priority Setting Partnership
- UPDATE - City, University of London vulvodynia study
- NEW - What is the vulva?
- Participants needed for web-based study on female pelvic pain and self-esteem (London Metropolitan University, London, UK)
- Report from Your Pelvic Health Women's Coffee Morning held at Redruth, Cornwall on Saturday 10 June 2017
- Cosmopolitan article on vestibulodynia
- NEW - Finding a vulval clinic page
- Podcast and transcript now available for 'Airing Pain' programme on vulvodynia
- New Facebook group for male partners of vulvodynia sufferers
- New vulval pain support group on Facebook
- The Vulval Pain Society Handbook (4th edition)
- NEW - Transcript and references now available for VPS Podcast 4 - Physiotherapy treatment for vulval pain
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- VPS signs up to eBay for Charity
- BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat - feature on vulval pain
- VPS Super Workshop 2015: presentations now available to download and read
- NEW - Transcripts page on VPS website
- Smears without Tears: new revised smear guide now available for download!
- VPS Webinar with David Nunns, 'Vulvodynia research update' - full video presentation now viewable online
- Volunteers needed for educational vulval films
- Personal experiences of vulvodynia
- VPS webinars - past presentation downloads now available
- VPS Webinar with Krystal Woodbridge, 'Maintaining Intimacy' - presentation now viewable online
- VPS Webinar with Clare Staunton, 'The Partner Perspective' - full presentation and Q & A now viewable online
- VPS joins Just Text Giving
- UPDATE: West Midlands Vulval Pain Support Group
- UPDATE: Southampton University vulvodynia study
- UPDATE: Liverpool University vulval pain study
- UPDATE: Coventry University unprovoked vulvodynia study
- Talking helps skin
- Painful Sex vs 'Normal' Sex: The Differences Explained With Food
- Listen to 'Airing Pain: The power of the mind' podcast
- Journey through Pudendal Neuralgia
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- UPDATE: British Association of Dermatologists Vulval Health Survey 2015
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- CANCELLATION - Vulval Pain Society Webinar, Friday 3 April 2020, 2.00pm
- Participants needed for study investigating the interaction of self-compassion and pain perceptions in chronic pain (University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK)
- VPS article on vulvodynia is published in Pharmacy and Northern Ireland Healthcare Review
- Bristol Vulval Health Support Group meeting, Saturday 21 March 2020 - MEETING CANCELLED
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 14 March 2020 - MEETING CANCELLED
- Bristol Vulval Health Support Group meeting, Saturday 21 March 2020, 10.30am
- Manchester Vulval Support Network: meeting on Thursday 19 March 2020 - MEETING POSTPONED
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 14 March 2020, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- Manchester Vulval Support Network: meeting on Thursday 19 March 2020, 7.00pm - 9.00pm
- Participants needed for study exploring sleep and chronic pain (University College London, London, UK)
- Vulval Pain Society Conference 2020 - a date for your diary
- Bristol Vulval Health Support Group meeting, Saturday 15 February 2020, 10.30am
- Bristol Vulval Health Support Group meeting, Saturday 18 January 2020, 10.30am
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 25 January 2020, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- Participants needed for study exploring the embodied experiences of people living with chronic vulval pain in the Netherlands (University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Participants needed for study examining shared decision making in chronic pain (University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, Scotland, UK)
- Manchester Vulval Support Network: meeting on Thursday 5 December 2019, 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 7 December 2019, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- Participants needed for study looking at the impact of vulval pain conditions on women's sense of gender, health and wellbeing (University College London, London, UK)
- Welsh Marches Vulval Pain Support Group - notice of new address
- Participants needed for study exploring the physical and psychological experiences and sexual function of women with vulvodynia (King's College London, London, UK)
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 26 October 2019, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- Participants needed for study to develop practitioner guidelines on communication about the psychological aspects of vulvodynia (University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK)
- UPDATE: Vulval Pain Society Conference Leeds 2019 - tickets still available
- Vulval Pain Society Conference Leeds 2019, Saturday 5 October 2019 - tickets now available
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 7 September 2019, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- Manchester Vulval Support Network: meeting on Thursday 12 September 2019, 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm
- Guardian article on vulvodynia
- Somerset Vulvodynia Network: meeting on Sunday 25 August 2019, 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 27 July 2019, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- VPS is in Bella magazine!
- UPDATE - University of the West of England study on men's experiences of their partners' sexual pain
- NHS leaflet on coping with vulvodynia
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 15 June 2019, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- Participants needed for web-based study on men's experience of their partners' sexual pain (University of the West of England, Bristol, UK)
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 4 May 2019, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 16 March 2019, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- Article on vulvodynia in Stylist magazine
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 26 January 2019, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 15 December 2018, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- Manchester Vulval Support Network: meeting on Thursday 4 October 2018, 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 22 September 2018, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- Supporter Natalie successfully completes half marathon for VPS
- British Society for the Study of Vulval Disease 2018 Meeting
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 14 July 2018, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- Natalie's half-marathon for the VPS
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 12 May 2018, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 24 March 2018, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 20 January 2018, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- UPDATE - University of York study on women's reproductive disorders and human rights
- #ItsNotInYourHead: campaign to raise awareness about provoked vestibulodynia
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 14 October 2017, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- VPS is in The Independent!
- Manchester Vulval Support Network: meeting on Monday 25 September 2017, 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm
- UPDATE - City, University of London vulvodynia study
- Input needed for the Lichen Sclerosus Priority Setting Partnership
- NEW - What is the vulva?
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 12 August 2017, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- Participants needed for web-based study on female pelvic pain and self-esteem (London Metropolitan University, London, UK)
- Report from Your Pelvic Health Women's Coffee Morning held at Redruth, Cornwall on Saturday 10 June 2017
- Cosmopolitan article on vestibulodynia
- REMINDER: Vulval Pain Society Workshop Liverpool 2017, Saturday 10 June, 9.30 am - 3.30 pm
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 3 June 2017, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- Women's Coffee Morning: Your Pelvic Health, Saturday 10 June, Redruth, Cornwall
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 18 March 2017, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- NEW - Finding a vulval clinic page
- Manchester Vulval Support Network: meeting on Thursday 23 March 2017, 7.00 pm
- Listen to Airing Pain programme on vulvodynia, Tuesday 14 February 2017, 8.00 pm
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 28 January 2017, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- Podcast and transcript now available for 'Airing Pain' programme on vulvodynia
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 10 December 2016, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- Manchester Vulval Support Network: meeting on Thursday 8 December 2016, 7.00 pm
- Vulval Dermatology in Practice Masterclass, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, 10 November 2016
- Manchester Vulval Support Network: meeting on Thursday 15 September 2016, 7.00 pm
- Manchester Vulval Support Network: next meeting on Monday 13 June 2016, 7.00 pm
- New Facebook group for male partners of vulvodynia sufferers
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 4 June 2016, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- Last chance to sign petition to get pelvic pain included on UK medical student curriculum
- New vulval pain support group on Facebook
- Manchester Vulval Support Network - group details and meeting dates
- Channel 5 need interviewees for new sex education TV programme
- London Vulval Pain Support Group meeting, Saturday 30 January 2016, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm
- NEW - Transcript and references now available for VPS Podcast 4 - Physiotherapy treatment for vulval pain
- The Vulval Pain Society Handbook (4th edition)
- BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat vulval pain feature - website item
- BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat - feature on vulval pain
- VPS signs up to eBay for Charity
- NEW - Transcripts page on VPS website
- VPS Super Workshop 2015: presentations now available to download and read
- Personal experiences of vulvodynia
- VPS webinars - past presentation downloads now available
- VPS Webinar with Krystal Woodbridge, 'Maintaining Intimacy' - presentation now viewable online
- VPS Webinar with Clare Staunton, 'The Partner Perspective' - full presentation and Q & A now viewable online
- VPS joins Just Text Giving
- Volunteers needed for educational vulval films
- UPDATE: West Midlands Vulval Pain Support Group
- UPDATE: Southampton University vulvodynia study
- UPDATE: Liverpool University vulval pain study
- UPDATE: Coventry University unprovoked vulvodynia study
- Talking helps skin
- Painful Sex vs 'Normal' Sex: The Differences Explained With Food
- Listen to 'Airing Pain: The power of the mind' podcast
- Journey through Pudendal Neuralgia
- Garden party fundraising for the VPS
- An article in That's Life! magazine
- Smears without Tears: new revised smear guide now available for download!
- VPS Webinar with David Nunns, 'Vulvodynia research update' - full video presentation now viewable online
- UPDATE: British Association of Dermatologists Vulval Health Survey 2015
- Vulval Pain Society (VPS) Webinar, Tuesday 21 May, 7.00 - 8.00 pm
- McTimoney chiropractic study - latest news
- Patient and doctor attitudes to pain
- Article in The Guardian
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- Manchester Vulval Support Network: meeting on Thursday 19 March 2020 - MEETING POSTPONED (text only)
- Manchester Vulval Support Network: meeting on Thursday 19 March 2020, 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm (text only)
- Manchester Vulval Support Network: meeting on Thursday 5 December 2019, 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm (text only)
- Manchester Vulval Support Network: meeting on Thursday 12 September 2019, 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm (text only)
- Manchester Vulval Support Network: meeting on Monday 25 September 2017, 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm (text only)
- Women's Coffee Morning: Your Pelvic Health, Saturday 10 June, Redruth, Cornwall (text only)
- Manchester Vulval Support Network: meeting on Thursday 23 March 2017, 7.00 pm (text only)
- Transcript of Airing Pain Programme 87: Vulvodynia
- Manchester Vulval Support Network: meeting on Thursday 8 December 2016, 7.00 pm (text only)
- Manchester Vulval Support Network: meeting on Thursday 15 September 2016, 7.00 pm (text only)
- Manchester Vulval Support Network: next meeting on Monday 13 June 2016, 7.00 pm (text only)
- Manchester Vulval Support Network - group details and meeting dates (text only)
