NATIONAL

AbilityNet
Head Office: AbilityNet Thames Valley, c/o Microsoft Ltd, Microsoft Campus, Thames Valley Park, Reading RG6 1WG
Tel: 0800 269545/01926 312847
Fax: 01926 407425
Email: enquiries@abilitynet.org.uk
www.abilitynet.org.uk

AbilityNet is a national charity offering computer access assessments for disabled people, supply of specialised computer systems, awareness training for professionals/carers via courses and general information/advice regarding special access technology.

BLESMA - British Limbless Ex-Servicemen's Association
185 - 187 High Road, Chadwell Heath RM6 6NA
Tel: 020 8590 1124; Fax: 020 8599 2932
Email: headquarters@blesma.org
www.blesma.org

Welfare of limbless ex-Service men and women and their dependants. Operates residential and nursing homes in Blackpool and Crieff (Perthshire), providing permanent accommodation and respite care. Provides a counselling service to individuals pre and post amputation and gives advice on pensions and allowances. Makes representations to Government Depts on individual entitlements and, where necessary, represents individuals and their dependants at pension appeal tribunals. Welfare visiting service to members and widows. Provides grants, aids and equipment. Plans and organises rehabilitation events/programmes for amputees. Assists in finding suitable employment for amputees.

Contact a Family
209-211 City Road, London EC1V 1JN
Helpline: 0808 808 3555/0808 808 3556 (text)
Tel: 020 7608 8700; Fax: 020 7608 8701
Email: helpline@cafamily.org.uk
www.cafamily.org.uk

Helpline and advice for families caring for children with disabilities or special needs.  Encourages mutual support between parents.  Maintains national and regional databases of parent support groups.  Range of factsheets and information packs covering issues such as benefits, special educational needs and health.

DisabledGo
Ground Floor, Ardent House, Gatesway, Stevenage, Herts SG1 3HG
Email: info@disabledgo.info
www.disabledgo.info

DisabledGo provides free detailed access information for disabled people across the UK. The detailed access information will empower you to judge the disabled access to venues for yourself.  Every public venue and business listed in the guides has been assessed by DisabledGo researchers.  Also provides information on nationwide job opportunities with inclusive employers, details of education access at universities and colleges, and a directory of services and products.

The Disabilities Trust
First Floor, 32 Market Place, Burgess Hill, West Sussex RH15 9NP
Tel: 01444 239123; Fax: 01444 244978
Email: info@thedtgroup.org
www.disabilities-trust.org.uk

Organisation offering support and advice to children and adults with autism, people with an acquired brain injury, adults with a profound physical disability and adults with a learning disability. 

Disability Information.Com (British Council of Disabled People)
Litchurch Plaza, Litchurch Lane, Derby DE24 8AA
Tel: 01332 295551; Fax: 01332 295580
Minicom: 01332 295581
www.disabilityinformation.com

Web resource aiming to be the best source for anyone looking for useful information on disability in the UK today, in particular, the services organisations of disabled people can offer.  These include: information & counselling, housing, technical aids & adaptations, personal assistance, transport and physical access, as well as information on holidays, leisure, social security benefits, legislation and official guidelines, and events of interest to disabled people.

DIAL - UK (Disability Information & Advice Line)
St Catherine's, Tickhill Road, Doncaster DN4 8QN
Tel/Text: 01302 310123; Fax: 01302 310404
Email: informationenquiries@dialuk.org.uk
www.dialuk.info

Dial UK is the national organisation for the DIAL network - 140 advice centres run by and for people with disabilities. DIAL branches give free, independent advice on all aspects of disability over the telephone and in drop-in centres; many can arrange to visit less mobile clients in their own homes. DIAL UK delivers training on issues such as Pension Credit, New Tax Credits, Equal Opportunities and Social Policy Awareness.

Dinfo.co.uk: The online disability directory
The Old Tannery, Wharf Yard, Bridge Street, Bungay, Suffolk NR35 1HD
Tel: 01753 671646; Fax : 01753 620322
Email:enquiries@dinfo.co.uk
www.dinfo.co.uk

Dinfo.co.uk is the independent online directory from Dis-Ability Info Ltd providing access to disability related information and resources at your fingertips.  Dinfo Directory is a comprehensive index of thousands of product suppliers and service providers throughout the UK that cater specifically for the less able individual's needs.

Disability Foundation
RNOH, Brockley Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex HA7 4LP
Tel: 020 8954 7373; Fax: 020 8954 7414
Email: info@tdf.org.uk
www.the-disability-foundation.org.uk

National charity which provides support and advice to disabled adults, children and their families.  Has one of the largest specialist disability information databases in the UK to help deal with any query received, and provides free information on a wide range of issues relating to disability.

Disability Law Service
39-45 Cavell Street, London E1 2BP
Tel: 020 7791 9800; Fax: 020 7791 9802
Email: advice@dls.org.uk
www.dls.org.uk

Legal advice helpline for disabled people, their families and carers. Specialist advice on benefits, consumer and contact, community care, discrimination, education, employment and other disability issues.

Disabled Living Foundation
380-384 Harrow Road, London W9 32HU
Tel: 0845 130 9177; Textphone: 020 7432 8009
Email: advice@dlf.org.uk
www.dlf.org.uk

Information about the provision of equipment for Independent Living.

Disabled Parents Network
81 Melton Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 8EN
Helpline: 0300 3300 639
Email: information@disabledparentsnetwork.org.uk
www.disabledparentsnetwork.org.uk

Organisation of disabled people who are parents or hope to become parents.  Helpline enables callers to talk to a disabled parent for advice and membership information.  Aims to improve services for and support disabled parents.  Resource centre and meeting facilities.

Hearing Concern LINK
19 Hartfield Road, Eastbourne BN21 2AR
Tel: 01323 638230; Fax: 01323 642968
Text: 01323 739998
Email: info@hearingconcernlink.org
www.hearingconcernlink.org

Newly united charity providing support and information to people with a hearing loss and their families (formerly Hearing Concern and the LINK Centre for Deafened People).

HemiHelp (Hemiplegia Support Group)
Camelford House, 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP
Helpline: 0845 123 2372
Email: support@hemihelp.org.uk
www.hemihelp.org.uk

We provide support and information to people with hemiplegia and their families. Provides quarterly newsletters, workshops, activity days. A video is now available as well as leaflets and information sheets.

Limbless Association
Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton Lane, London SW15 5PN
Tel: 020 8788 1777; Fax: 020 8788 3444
Email: enquiries@limbless-association.org
www.limbless-association.org

Telephone service for people born without upper or lower limbs or who have had amputations.  Offers emotional support and advice on a variety of issues including prostheses, aids and amputations, welfare benefits and holidays.

Livability (formerly John Grooms and the Shaftesbury Society)
50 Scrutton Street, London EC2A 4XQ
Tel: 020 7452 2000; Fax: 020 7452 2001
Email: info@livability.org.uk
www.livability.org.uk

Provides a wide range of services, including residential care and support for people with complex disabilities, wheelchair accessible housing, affordable holidays, training and social inclusion, respite care, specialist nursing services and brain injury rehabilitation.

Mobilise
Ashwellthorpe, Norwich NR16 1EX
Tel: 01508 489449; Fax: 01508 488173
Email: enquiries@mobilise.info
www.mobilise.info

Organisation formed by the merging of the Disabled Drivers' Motor Club and The Disabled Drivers' Assocation.  Self-help organisation run for disabled people by disabled people, concerned primarily in encouraging greater independence through enhanced mobility.

Motability
Motability Car Scheme:
City Gate House, 22 Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HB
Tel: 0845 456 4566; Minicom: 0845 675 0009
Motability Wheelchair & Scooter Scheme:
Montgomery House, Newbury Road, Enham Alamein, Andover SP11 6JS
Tel: 0845 607 6260; Fax: 01264 384482
www.motability.co.uk

National charity set up to assist disabled people with their mobility needs.  Directs and oversees the Motability Scheme, which enables disabled people to obtain a car, powered wheelchair or scooter simply by using their government-funded mobility allowances.

National Federation Of Shopmobility UK (NFSUK)
PO Box 6641, Christchurch BH23 9DQ
Tel: 08456 442446; Fax: 08456 444442
Email: info@shopmobilityuk.org
www.shopmobilityuk.org

Shopmobility is a scheme where people can hire a wheelchair from an easily accessible position to take around the shops.

National Wheelchair Managers Forum
www.wheelchairmanagers.nhs.uk

Have an index of NHS Wheelchair Services around the country.

Queen Elizabeth's Foundation
Leatherhead Court, Woodlands Road, Surrey KT22 0BN
Tel: 01372 841100; Fax: 01372 844657
Email: info@qef.org.uk
www.qefd.org

Offers assessment, education, residence, vocational training, supported employment, brain injury rehabilitation, information service, mobility assessment and training, day care, care and respite fund.

Ricability
30 Angel Gate, City Road, London EC1V 2PT
Tel: 020 7427 2460; 020 7427 2469 Text
Email: mail@ricability.org.uk
www.ricability.org.uk

An independent charity also known as RICA (Research Institute for Consumer Affairs). It carries out research and publishes consumer information on products and services to enable older and disabled people to live more independently.

RNIB (Royal National Institute of the Blind)
105 Judd Street, London WC1H 9NE
Tel: 020 7388 1266; Fax: 020 7388 2034
www.rnib.org.uk

There are around two million people in the UK with sight problems and RNIB (Royal National Institute of the Blind) is the leading charity offering practical support and information to anyone with a sight problem. Our pioneering work helps - not just with braille, Talking Books and computer training but with imaginative and practical solutions to everyday challenges.

Shaw Trust
Tel: 01225 716300; 08457 697288 Minicom
Fax: 01225 716301
www.shaw-trust.org.uk

A national charity that provides training and work opportunities for people who are disadvantaged in the workplace due to disability, ill health or social circumstances. Each year Shaw Trust supports over 14,000 in the UK to achieve their personal development and employment aims. This is done through pre-employment activities, training, creating jobs through social enterprise, and working in partnership with over 2,500 employers.

Sue Ryder Care
114-118 Southampton Row, London WC1B 5AA
Tel: 0845 050 1953; Fax: 020 7400 0441
Email: info@suerydercare.org
www.suerydercare.org

The 20 care centres in the United Kingdom care for patients with many different disabilities and diseases. Each care centre specialises to meet the needs of the local community. This includes services for people with cancer, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Huntington's Disease, people with acquired brain injury, care of the elderly and those with mental health needs.  Services include long term care, respite care, symptom control, rehabilitation, day care and domiciliary care.

SCOTLAND

Lead Scotland (Linking Education & Disability)
Princes House, 5 Shandwick Place, Edinbugh EH2 4RG
Tel: 0131 228 9441; Fax: 0131 229 8082
Email: enquiries@lead.org.uk
www.lead.org.uk

A voluntary organisation providing home-based access to guidance and information about educational opportunities for physically and/or sensorily impaired adults. This is achieved by a network of staff & volunteers, through innovative projects to extend the range of opportunities available to disabled adults. Lead also develops links with statutory & voluntary agencies and with education institutions.

Limbless Organisation of Northeast Scotland (L.O.O.N.S)
Tel (Chairman): 078669 910865
Email: loons126@hotmail.com
www.loons.info

The Limbless Organisation of North East Scotland, or L.O.O.N.S, is the local Amputee Support Group based in Aberdeen.  It is open to all Amputees, those soon to be Amputees and their families and friends.  L.O.O.N.S provides a number of support services to those affected by amputation as well as organising meetings of general interest and social evenings, including; quiz nights, 10 pin bowling, horse nights and much more.

Spinal Injuries Scotland
Festival Business Centre, 150 Brand Street, Govan, Glasgow G51 1DH
Helpline: 0800 0123 305
Tel: 0141 427 7686; Fax: 0141 427 9528
Email: info@sisonline.org
www.sisonline.org

AIMS: Looks after the interests, welfare, sports etc. of spinal injury patients, their families and those involved with their medical care.

Grampian Society for the Blind
Aberdeen: 21 John Street, Aberdeen AB25 1BT
Tel: 0845 27 12345; Fax: 01224 620122
Email: info@grampianblind.org
Moray: 35 Moray Street, Elgin IV30 1JH
Tel: 0845 27 12345; Fax: 01343 552800
Email: moray@grampianblind.org
www.grampianblind.org

Founded in 1879 Grampian Society for the Blind is a charity that provides advice and support to over 2500 people with a visual impairment.  The organisation offers a social work and rehabilitation service to people with a serious sight loss within Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.  Although our offices are in Aberdeen and Elgin the majority of the work is carried out in peoples' own homes.

Aberdeen and North East Deaf Society (ANEDS)
13 Smithfield Road, Aberdeen AB24 4NR
Tel: 01224 494566; Minicom: 01224 495675
Fax: 01224 483894
Email: info@aneds.org.uk
www.deafcouncil.org.uk/aneds.htm

We provide services for Deaf and Hearing Impaired people throughout the north east of Scotland (Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray). Our services include social work (agreements with three local councils), interpreter service, technical officer, resource centre for environmental equipment, deaf awareness training, cyber café and IT training, church. Also support groups for Ménière's, Acoustic Neuroma, Tinnitus, leisure and social activities and various self-help, support and social groups. We also have a sub-office in Elgin.

Orkney Disability Forum
Power Station Offices, Great Western Road, Kirkwall KW15 1AN
Tel: 01856 871515
Email: Info@odforkney.com
http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/ODF/

Runs a number of services, all with the aim of improving the lives and opportunities for disabled people in Orkney.

Shetland: Disability Shetland
Market House, 14 Market Street, Lerwick ZE1 0JP
Tel: 01595 743920
Email: dorothy.sales@shetland.org
www.shetland-communities.org.uk/disability-shetland/

Disability Shetland aims to offer a comprehensive range of services to disabled people, their families, carers and other agencies, voluntary organisations and the statutory sector, locally.  They offer confidential advice, information, training and act as a focal point for all issues relating to disability in Shetland.

Shetland Stroke Support Group
Baila House, Lerwick, Shetland ZE1 0SF
Tel: 01595 696201
Email: dorothy@force10.co.uk
www.sssg.co.uk

The Shetland Stroke Support Group was set up last year with money provided by the National Lottery. A Committee has been elected and we provide a varied programme of events throughout the year, with activities each month - usually on the second Thursday of the month. We have group members from all over Shetland, and outings are arranged to places outwith Lerwick so that those living in the outer isles or other parts of the mainland can join in group activities more easily.  Anyone affected by stroke illness is welcome to join the group, including family, friends and carers as well as people who have had a stroke. There is information and support available as well as social activities.

ENGLAND

Asian People's Disabilities Alliance (APDA)
Suite 1, 4th Floor, Alperton House, Bridgewater Road, Wembley HA0 1EH
Tel: 020 8902 2113/020 8902 2083
Fax: 020 8902 2113
Email: apdmcha@aol.com
www.apda.org.uk

Health and social care services, confidential information and advice service for Asian disabled people, their families, professionals and agencies in contact with Asian people.

Optua
Tel: 01473 836777; Fax: 01473 836778
Textphone: 01473 836779
Email: enquiries@optua.org.uk
www.optua.org.uk

Optua UK provides community based support for people with acquired brain injury across England and Wales.  Optua also represents disabled people on a wide range of voluntary and statutory committees, involving the planning, monitoring and provision of services for disabled people across Suffolk.  Optua works to provide disabled people with the opportunities to play an active part in the community and to help them recognise their equal right to take part in all aspects of everyday life.  Optua is run by disabled people for disabled people and represents the interests of all disabled people, whatever their disability.

WALES

Disability Wales/Anabledd Cymru
Bridge House, Caerphilly Business Park, Van Road, Caerphilly CF83 3GW
Tel: 029 2088 7325; Fax: 029 2088 8702
Email: info@disabilitywales.org
www.disabilitywales.org

Fully comprehensive information unit. Works to promote the rights, recognition and support of all disabled people in Wales.

NORTHERN IRELAND

Disability Action - Northern Ireland
Portside Business Park, 189 Airport Road West, Belfast BT3 9ED
Email: information@disabilityaction.org
www.disabilityaction.org

To ensure that people with disabilities attain their full rights as citizens. Various units including training support, employment support, transport, driver and passenger assessment, community development and information, training and access to the physical environment.