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.

Amazon Smile

If you shop at Amazon, you can now raise funds for us by using Amazon Smile and they will make a donation to the Vulval Pain Society. Just follow the link and choose us as your beneficiary (our charity number is 1118118).

You can find Amazon Smile at https://smile.amazon.co.uk/ch/1118118-0

Birthday fundraiser for the VPS

Some of you will have seen our fantastic trustee, Sheren Gaulbert, on our webinars. Sheren has created a fundraiser for her birthday, so if you'd like to support us, please do.

You can find Sheren's fundraising page on Facebook.

Video of Facebook Live Q&A of 20 August 2020 with Sheren Gaulbert and Laura Rathbone von Meurs

'Compassionate care, not just clever care'

VPS trustee Sheren Gaulbert and specialist physio and clinical educator Laura Rathbone van Meurs discuss the challenges met by those experiencing vulval pain when accessing healthcare - and how physios and clinicians can better support someone with vulval pain and deliver more compassionate care.

You can watch the video here.

Vulval Pain Society Conference 2020 - change of date

Due to coronavirus concerns the date for our conference in October 2020 has now been postponed to 2021:

WHEN

Saturday 24 April 2021, 9.00am - 4.00pm

WHERE

Friends House
173 - 177 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BJ

  • Opposite Euston station
  • Within walking distance of King's Cross and St Pancras International stations

Further details will be posted here nearer the time.

VPS article on vulvodynia is published in Pharmacy and Northern Ireland Healthcare Review

In 2019, we were invited to contribute a two-page article on vulvodynia to Scottish Pharmacy Review, Welsh Pharmacy Review and Northern Ireland Healthcare Review, which are publications aimed at healthcare professionals.

This article has now been published in all three reviews and is available for all to read as a PDF on the VPS website. Healthcare professionals can also read the article on the Northern Ireland Healthcare Review website (pages 34 and 35).

 

Participants needed for study exploring the embodied experiences of people living with chronic vulval pain in the Netherlands (University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands)

A researcher at the University of Amsterdam is looking to interview people in the Netherlands with experience of chronic vulval pain as part of her anthropology research project.

The study is open to chronic vulval pain sufferers, whether diagnosed or undiagnosed: anyone who has experience of vulvodynia, vestibulodynia, pain during sex, itching, soreness etc is welcome. The researcher is primarily looking to speak with people living in the Netherlands. Please note that the interviews will be in English.

For further details about the study, please see our Current research page.