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Entries under Disability Quick Link may also be of help. NATIONAL DisabledGo
Ground Floor, Ardent House, Gates Way, Stevenage, Herts SG1 3HG
Tel: 0845 270 4627; Text: 07971 425213
Email: questions@disabledgo.com
www.disabledgo.com DisabledGo provides free information for disabled people across the UK. Here you can find detailed information about access to all kinds of places - hotels, restaurants, colleges, tourist attractions, libraries, hospitals, leisure centres, etc. All access information has been collected in person by DisabledGo's team of surveyors.You can also use DisabledGo to find a job, catch up on the latest disability news, advertise events, post articles and join discussions on our forum. Limbless Association (LA)
Rehabilitation Centre, Jubilee House, 3 The Drive, Warley Hill, Brentwood CM13 3FR
Helpline: 0845 230 0025
Tel: 01277 725182/725184/725186
Email: enquiries.limblessassociation@yahoo.co.uk
www.limbless-association.org LA is a leading UK charity for people with limb-loss, their family, friends and carers and the industry and healthcare professionals who support them. We offer free, friendly and impartial information on all aspects of limb-loss and provide a national "voice" for UK prosthetic patients, encouraging best practice in the industry and promoting equal opportunities in the community. Whether you are preparing for an amputation, already undergoing rehabilitation or need support at any stage after limb-loss, the LA is here to help. The Douglas Bader Foundation
45 Dundale Road, Tring, Herts HP23 5BU
Tel: 07831 596015
Email: douglasbaderfdn@btinternet.com
www.douglasbaderfoundation.co.uk Foundation formed in honour of Sir Douglas Bader, which continues his work on behalf of the disabled. It offers a telephone helpline, information centre, rehabilitation centre and many more services for amputees. The information centre can be accessed at: www.limblossinformationcentre.com. BLESMA - British Limbless Ex-Servicemen's Association
185-187 High Road, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex RM6 6NA
Tel: 020 8590 1124
Email: headquarters@blesma.org
www.blesma.org BLESMA (British Limbless Ex Service Men's Association) is the national charity for limbless serving and ex service men and women and their dependants and widows. It is the charity that directly supports all our service men and women who lose limbs, the use of limbs or eyes or the sight of an eye in the service of our country and we are with them all whenever we are needed for the rest of their lives. Our work starts with rehabilitation - proving that there is life after amputation. Our work is about amputee helping amputee - the fellowship of shared experience. Our work is about life long welfare support, about campaigning for what they deserve and about being there when old injuries come back to haunt. Livability
50 Scrutton Street, London EC2A 4XQ
Tel: 020 7452 2000
Email: info@livability.org.uk
www.livability.org.uk Livability (formerly John Grooms) offers a wide range of innovative services to support and empower disabled people throughout their lives. We also provide community organisations with the resources, advice and confidence to impact their neighbourhoods. SCOTLAND The Murray Foundation
9 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh EH2 4DR
Helpline: 0800 028 2822; Tel: 01691 680635
Email: info@murray-foundation.org.uk
www.murray-foundation.org.uk Organisation which offers a support service for those affected by limb loss and absence in Scotland. Services include counselling for both amputees and their families, hospital visitors scheme, freephone helpline, Scotland-wide network of amputee support groups, family support groups, regular newsletter and information about issues surrounding limb loss. Limbless Organisation of Northeast Scotland (L.O.O.N.S)
Tel (Chairman): 07866 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. REPUBLIC OF IRELAND Amputee Ireland
125 Clonkeen Road, Deansgrange, Co Dublin
Tel: 085 154 3398
Email: info@amputeeireland.org
www.amputeeireland.org The aim of Amputee Ireland is to provide help to amputees, their families and carers. We help ourselves and others through information,advice and support. We hope our organisation benefits not only ourselves and our families, but others including friends and healthcare professionals. |
