Changing Faces

James Partridge is Founder and Chief Executive of Changing Faces, the leading UK charity supporting and representing people with disfigurements.

Badly injured in a car fire in 1970 when he was 18, James used his experiences to set up the charity in 1992 to improve the psycho-social help available for people with any kind of disfigurement and to combat the taboos and challenge public attitudes about the subject.

To read James’ moving account of his thoughts 40 years on, click here.

Building on some of James’ original ideas, Changing Faces quickly established a reputation for pioneering, providing and proving new ways to help children, young people, adults who acquire a disfigurement, and their families, to come to terms with its psychological and social impact.

The help was focused on teaching effective communication skills to manage other people’s reactions to an unusual face, complemented by counselling, advice and sharing experiences with others. The charity is now contacted by over 500 new clients annually and counsels and supports many more including through its websites.

Mr Cuddles Bear has been supplied to 1000 schools alongside a teaching programme for Key Stage 3, “Promoting Positive Attitudes and Behaviours towards people with Disfigurements.”

Changing Faces’ Patrons are:

Sir Christopher Benson

Ms Gloria Hunniford

Mr Terry Mansfield

Ms Jan Ravens

Mr William Simons

Mrs Fiona Squire

The Duke of Westminster KG, CB, OBE, TD, CD,DL

Mr Simon Weston OBE

Mr Benjamin Zephaniah

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