Online support groups

We run regional online drop-in sessions for people who want to meet other patients with liver disease and their families. Each session lasts an hour, and people are welcome to attend for all or part of the session. We run two drop-in groups: a Celtic group for people living in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and another for those living in England. You do not need to state a preference to join this group on our registration form. You will automatically be invited based on your postcode area.

We run quarterly introduction sessions for anyone who has newly signed up to British Liver Trust groups, or anyone who wants to learn more about the British Liver Trust and the support services we offer. This is a great opportunity to meet our support group facilitators before deciding if a support group is right for you. You do not need to state a preference to join this group. You will automatically be invited to the next session when you register your interest in attending a virtual support group.

This group helps people manage their condition by focusing on positive lifestyle changes through diet and exercise.

This group helps people look after their liver health and offers peer to peer support for anyone affected. The group focuses on living with cirrhosis and offering tips on how to manage this condition.

This group is for anyone with any type of genetic or autoimmune liver condition and often focuses on living well with this type of liver condition. Peer to peer support in this group helps people feel they are not alone in managing some of the difficulties and side effects of the medications that come with these conditions.

This group is for anyone who is living on the transplant list or who has had a liver transplant. This group offers tips to those waiting on the list as well as an opportunity for those waiting to ask any questions to people who have been through the operation.

This group is for anyone affected by, or has had liver cancer. This group offers peer to peer support, positivity and hope to those going through cancer treatment.

Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) can be a difficult symptom of liver disease to understand and manage. This group is for both patients and families affected by HE and gives tips on how to manage by others who are also experiencing it.

The monthly Hepatitis B Virtual Support Group is a safe and confidential space where you can meet with others in the UK living with Hepatitis B. At the meetings we share reliable information on how to live well with the condition, learn through sharing experiences, and promote patient advocacy to give people affected by Hepatitis B a voice.

Our Young Adults Virtual Support Group is a safe space for people under the age of 40 who are affected by any form of liver disease. Meetings aim to offer patients access to reliable information on living well with a liver condition, opportunities to lessen feelings of isolation, and to learn from the experiences of others.

This is a peer support group for carers or family members of someone living with liver disease, the group will be a safe space to speak to others with shared experience who can empathise and understand your situation.