BackCare was first founded in 1968, Registered as the National Back Pain Association, this is the only charity in the UK that is solely dedicated to providing support for, and campaigning on behalf of, people affected by back pain. Our goal is to provide back health information to the whole community, both the lay person and health care professionals, and to significantly reduce the number of people affected by back pain. We do this by providing a helpline service, a forum,producing information via our website www.backcare.org.uk, mobile phone app, publications, promotional/campaigning work, a UK wide network of branches, and also by funding research into back pain related issues.