Welcome to the Vulval Pain Society, a UK registered charity supporting vulval pain sufferers.

Our aims are:

  • To promote and protect the physical and mental health of sufferers of vulval pain through the provision of support, education and practical advice

  • To advance the education of the general public in all areas relating to vulval pain

We offer advice and information on all vulval pain matters. You can read detailed information about vulvodynia, vestibulodynia (previously known as vulval vestibulitis), lichen sclerosus, and other vulval pain conditions. We also have information on sex and vulval pain, pregnancy and vulval pain, and other general good advice.

Find out more about us.

Forthcoming VPS Conference at Leeds

A date for your diary - the Vulval Pain Society Conference takes place in Leeds on:

Saturday 5th October 2019

The venue is Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds. Full details of the day's speakers will be announced soon. Please keep an eye on the Leeds Conference page for ticket availability and more info.

Participants needed for web-based study on men's experience of their partners' sexual pain (University of the West of England, Bristol, UK)

The University of the West of England are looking for participants for a study on how men experience sexual pain in their partners.

To participate in the online survey, you will need to be male, over the age of 18 and resident in the UK, and you will need to have been in a relationship with a woman suffering from pain during sexual intercourse (or pain preventing intercourse).

Full details of the study are given on our Current research page.

Article on vulvodynia in Stylist magazine

The VPS has recently contributed to and features in an article on vulvodynia in the weekly women's magazine Stylist.

The article details one woman's journey with vulvodynia and can be found on the Stylist website.

 

Supporter Natalie successfully completes half marathon for VPS

VPS fundraiser Natalie crosses the finishing line at the Hever Half MarathonA huge 'well done' and 'thank you' to VPS supporter Natalie Pougher, who took part in the Hever Half Marathon at Hever Castle, Kent on Sunday 8 July 2018 in order to raise funds for the VPS, successfully completing the event despite sweltering weather (apparently 31C on the day!).

If you're interested in making a donation, there's still time to do so if you visit Natalie's fundraising page, where you can also find more details about the event.

You can read more about Natalie's personal journey with vulvodynia on her blog.

UPDATE - University of York study on women's reproductive disorders and human rights

Please note that following an excellent participant response, this study has sufficient data and is now closed. As ever, any further updates or news about the results of the study will be posted here and on our Older studies page.

Many thanks to all who took part in the study.

#ItsNotInYourHead: campaign to raise awareness about provoked vestibulodynia

The Women's Health Research Institute in Vancouver, British Columbia have asked us to pass on news about #ItsNotInYourHead, a campaign which they have just launched to raise awareness about provoked vestibulodynia.

You can watch the campaign's short animated video here, or visit their page on Facebook.