LUPUS UK is the only national registered charity supporting people with systemic lupus and discoid lupus and assisting those approaching diagnosis. LUPUS UK presently has over 6000 Members and a number of Regional Groups around the UK.

The West Midlands Lupus Group (WMLG) arrange medical talks, publish local newsletters, set up local occasions and organise fundraising events.

WMLG is there to help all sufferers of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Lupus) and allied illnesses who live in the West Midlands and surrounding areas in any way necessary, to raise funds to help finance vital medical research into lupus and to provide patient services.

WMLG is able to help sufferers come to terms with having lupus and to advise on such items as aids and adaptations that may be needed to live as near a ‘normal’ life as possible as well as keeping them up-to-date with the progress being made into research and treatment of the illness.