For general enquiries including press or media enquiries, requests for involvement with research projects or conferences etc. please contact enquiries@aims.org.uk
Anyone wanting information and support about maternity care, please see details of the AIMS Helpline details below.
For details of AIMS Publications, please visit our shop (click here). If you have an enquiry about a purchase, or any of our books or other items, please email publications@aims.org.uk
Use of AIMS copyright material: all the text, charts and images included in AIMS publications are copyright AIMS unless otherwise indicated. Under UK law, you are permitted to use short extracts from AIMS publications without needing to seek the explicit permission of AIMS, as long as you give the title of the work being quoted, stating AIMS as the author (©AIMS), and provided your use is reasonable and fair. We would be very pleased for you to quote a sentence or two, but if you want to quote a longer extract please contact management@aims.org.uk to explain why you want to quote more and to seek permission. We ask anyone who quotes from AIMS publications to include the following text:
“Extracts from {Title} are ©AIMS. The book is available from shop.aims.org.uk. AIMS is a charity
which works towards better births for all by campaigning and information sharing, protecting human
rights in childbirth and helping maternity service users to know their rights, whatever birth they
want, and wherever they want it. See www.aims.org.uk”
The Helpline is intended for anyone using the maternity services or their supporters to seek information and support.
The AIMS Helpline volunteers are all experienced in providing information and support on pregnancy and birth issues. We do not give medical advice, but instead we focus on helping those who contact the Helpline to find the information that they need to make informed decisions which are right for them, and support them to have their decision respected by their health care providers. They are also able to provide a listening ear and practical support for women who are unhappy with their experiences.
Email: helpline@aims.org.uk
This email will go to a group of AIMS volunteers and someone will respond as soon as possible.
Telephone: +44 (0) 300 365 0663 PLEASE NOTE: This number is only for those seeking information and support about maternity care. For all other matters please see the General Enquiries details above.
Calls to 03 numbers cost no more than a national rate call to an 01 or 02 number and will be covered by phone contract inclusive minutes in the same way as 01 and 02 calls. See www.ofcom.org.uk for further details.
You will be able to leave a voicemail message which will be sent to all our Helpline Volunteers. Please include your name, phone number and brief details of your enquiry. A Volunteer will try to call you back as soon as possible.
Helpline volunteers may respond to your enquiry by email or phone, and may also send you a follow-up email following a telephone call in order to give you more detailed information. Any emails they send you may include details of the personal information that you shared when explaining the reason for your enquiry. You need to be aware that email is not a secure form of communication. It is possible for hackers to intercept and read emails (both those you send and those sent to you), and people do make mistakes when addressing and/or forwarding emails too. We will communicate with you by email on the basis that you understand and accept these risks. If you would prefer us to communicate with you only by phone please mention this at the time of your enquiry. For details of how our Helpline Volunteers are expected to protect the confidentiality of any personal information that you share with them see the section of the AIMS Data Protection and Privacy policy headed AIMS Helpline.
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If you have any comments about the AIMS Birth Information pages or would be interested in helping to write a page for us, please email birthinfo@aims.org.uk
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