The Liverpool Support Group closed in November 2025. If you would be interested in re-starting this group, please be in touch with Nesta, at [email protected]

The Bristol Support Group provides much needed support and information for people through meetings. We usually hold 3 or 4 meetings a year.

Everyone is welcome at meetings and you will find that they are a friendly and informal atmosphere. We try to host different activities over the year, including Q&A's with expert speakers, informal meetups for people living with pituitary conditions, and events for patients, their families and support network.

If you have any questions or would like to be contacted about the next meeting, please fill out the contact form below.

Our online support group for everyone affected by prolactinoma offers a place where you can raise your concerns, ask questions and receive support from people who truly understand what you’re going through. 

In addition to the support of our community members, we have medical professionals with experience in managing prolactinoma joining us on a frequent basis. They will be there to answer your medical questions and provide you with guidance and advice.

Our meetings take place online every 3-4 months. Please fill out the contact form to find out more about the group and our next meeting.

We look forward to seeing you!

Jess Buck

After being diagnosed with a prolactinoma in 2011 when she was 18, Jess turned to The Pituitary Foundation for help and support after she spotted one of our leaflets in her hospital. She has done lots of fundraising events Four Falls Trek and Snowdon and Ben Nevis climbs. Jess loves hearing from others with pituitary conditions and enjoys trying to help those with a prolactinoma. She is very excited to create this safe space where people can share their stories, discuss their symptoms and generally feel supported throughout their pituitary journey. 

The Sheffield Support Group meets to provide a welcoming support network for anyone affected by pituitary conditions in the area, a chance to discuss and meet and support others. The group holds sessions every three months.

Please do get involved and support the group by attending meetings. If you’d like to join the group or find out more please get in touch using the contact form below.

The Aberdeen and North of Scotland Support Group provides much needed support and information for people through meetings.

A particularly warm welcome awaits newly diagnosed people, or anyone who has not been before. Come along and have a chat over a coffee/tea with other pituitary patients and their families and swap experiences.

Our group meets four times a year. We look forward to welcoming you.

If you'd like to find out more about the relaunch of the group, please read Caren's story, here.

The Aberdeen Support Group also keeps in touch via a private Facebook group.

For group information please get in touch with Caren using the contact form below.

The Northern Ireland Patient Support Group is for the support of all pituitary patients, relatives and carers. The group provides peer support, networking, sharing of experiences and liaising with our local pituitary unit at the Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast to optimise patient experience.

Over the last few years we have met virtually via Zoom. More recently we have commenced in person meetings and we plan to have a mix of both in the future. We tend to meet every two to three months and hopefully we will have some information sessions or medical talks at future meetings.

If you are interested in being kept in the loop or in joining any of our meetings please contact Gillian using the contact form below.

The Ireland Support Group provides much needed support and information for people diagnosed with rare conditions affecting the pituitary gland.

Support is available through phone conversations, email enquiries, answering your questions in a private Facebook groups. The group also organise online and in person meetings and an AGM welcome to all in the pituitary community including medical professionals.

The group will be very pleased to hear from you and can answer enquiries as well as offering information and support. Please get in touch with us using the contact form below.

The Kent Support Group has been relaunched by Lauren!

The group will be meeting to share experiences, offer information and welcome new members.

Everyone is welcome, including patients, family and friends.

Please fill in the form below to hear about our next meetings!

The Solent & IOW Support Group covers the areas surrounding Portsmouth, Southampton & also the Isle of Wight. We hold regular, informal get-togethers with expert speakers.

We welcome everyone who is affected by pituitary conditions including friends and family, particularly those who are newly diagnosed. We always hold a raffle (prizes gratefully received on the day, although nothing to break the bank of course!)and refreshments are available too.

From time to time we hold patient led meetings which, through discussion, bring about different ‘hints and tips’ that help people with the day to day management of their pituitary condition. Additionally, if any of you out there have a particular subject or speaker you'd like to suggest for any of our gatherings, please contact us using the form below.

What to expect at a meeting

We appreciate it can be a daunting experience meeting new people for the first time so you definitely won’t be left to just stand there like the proverbial ‘lemon’. For our Portsmouth meetings there is a sign on display showing where to find us in the Garden Room. You will be welcomed as soon as you arrive and offered tea, coffee, fruit juice and biscuits too. We also host yearly meetings on the Isle of Wight and at Southampton General Hospital. You can see all our upcoming events below.

We do ask you to sign in giving your name, address, contact number & email address if you have one. This is so that we can send you our quarterly Newsletters. One of our committee members (pictured below) can chat to you about your pituitary condition and offer you guidance as to where to find more information. We will do our best to introduce you to someone else with the same condition. We’re a very friendly bunch, so come & give us a try!

Our most recent Newsletter is now available to download: November 2025

We can sometimes offer lifts from various areas, so if you are struggling to get to a meeting location please get in touch using the form below and we will try to assist. We look forward to meeting you for a chat, a sharing of experiences, the odd whinge, and a laugh or two as well.

Location

Our Portsmouth area meetings are held at Portchester Parish Hall, Assheton Court, off Castle Street, Porchester, Fareham PO16 9PS.  Also, after discussion your committee decided to change our start time to 10.30am, which will give us all an extra half an hour in bed !

Portchester Parish Hall is near to Fareham, Portsmouth and Havant with good facilities, disabled access and toilets. Disabled parking is on site at the front of the building 

Directions:

From Portsmouth/A3M From the A27, turn left into Castle Street (brown sign to Portchester Castle) at the first roundabout when entering Portchester.  Take the first right into Assheton Court and you will see the Parish Hall immediately on your left. Continue past the hall and the free car park entrance is just past the hall on the left. Further parking is  round the left bend on the right. 

From Fareham  From the A27, take the right hand exit into Castle Street at the last roundabout (the opposite side of the station signpost). Take the first right into Assheton Court and you will see the Parish Hall immediately on your left. The free car park entrance is just past the hall on the left. Further parking is round the left bend on the right. 

If driving to the hall, please use Google Maps or Apple Maps for much more detail than could be included above.

Public transport The train station is in the Hillway, off the main roundabout, around 8  minutes walk to the Parish Hall. The bus stop is near the precinct, around 3 minutes walk away.

The London Area Pituitary Patients support group (LAPPs) provides much needed support and information for people through quarterly meetings and newsletter.

We meet in different teaching hospitals across London when a Consultant Endocrinologist gives a talk on a Pituitary subject, followed by a Q&A session. We welcome anyone impacted by a pituitary condition, including friends and families, especially those who are newly diagnosed or who haven’t attended a support group session before. Come along and have a chat over a coffee/tea and swap experiences, make new friends as well as renew old acquaintances . We are very friendly and welcome everyone from London and the Home Counties.

Contact us using the form below if you would like to find out more or join a meeting. Click on the meeting below to find out more information about the specific events.

Location

LAPPs meet in different hospitals across London.