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.

Vulval Pain Society Conference 2020 - change of date to 9 October 2021

Due to coronavirus concerns the date for our conference in October 2020 has now been postponed to 9 October 2021:

WHEN

Saturday 9 October 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

Watch this space for further details!

Participants needed for study examining the use of writing to improve body image in adults with vulval skin conditions (University of Sheffield, UK)

Do you have a vulval skin condition that affects how you feel about your body? Dr Kate Adkins at the University of Sheffield is running an online Randomised Controlled Trial to test whether or not a brief online writing intervention could improve body image in adults with a range of conditions that affect the skin, including conditions that affect the vulva.

To take part in this study, you will need to be aged 18 or over and live with a skin condition (e.g. lichen planus, lichen sclerosus, vulval intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN), cysts, herpes or dermatitis/eczema) which negatively affects how you feel about your body.

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

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.

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).