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Extensive site including details of the causes, types of and treatment for cerebral palsyNational charity dedicated to improving the lives of those with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Encephalopathy (ME), also known as Chonic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome (PVFS)
The UK’s largest charity working with and for older people provides a range of advice, products and services as well as being a powerful campaigning group.
Dedicated to improving the lives of those affected by dementia the society’s 25,000 members include carers, health professionals and people with dementia.
Supports people with arthritis by providing advice and information, including running self management and personal development programmes. A user led organisation it also campaigns for greater awareness of and provision for those with arthritis and operates a network of over 350 branches and groups.
A fundraising organisation promoting medical research into the cause, treatment and cure of arthritic conditions, educating health professionals and providing information to the public on arthritis.
A national network providing advice on on independent living equipment which campaigns for “when products for independent living are seen as part of everyday life”.
Provides information and advice to individuals, families and carers, including assisting young people in gaining access to services to help them towards controlling their lives.
Provides wheelchair training courses run by mobility trainers for children and their families, across the UK and Ireland. Baywatch Campaign [www.baywatchcampaign.org] Group campaigning to end abuse of designated disabled parking spaces.
Provides wheelchair training courses run by mobility trainers for children and their families, across the UK and Ireland. Group campaigning to end abuse of designated disabled parking spaces.
The UK’s largest deaf organisation run by deaf people champions British Sign Language. It campaigns for the equal rights and opportunities of BSL users.
The BHF funds research into heart disease as well as supporting and caring for patients through advice and BHF nurses. Provides extensive materials on the causes, prevention, symptoms and treatment of heart disease.
Conducts research and trains staff, carers and people with a learning disability. To help improve their lives. Promotes inclusive design and access for disabled and older people through advice and consultancy.
Conducts research and trains staff, carers and people with a learning disability. To help improve their lives. Promotes inclusive design and access for disabled and older people through advice and consultancy.
National rights organisation led by disabled people and championing equal rights for those with learning disabilities.
Volunteer organisation arranging social groups for elderly people living independently but alone.
Provides advice, information and financial support to help deliver better care and support for older people, their families and carers.
Raises the profile of Cystic Fibrosis – the UK’s most common life-threatening inherited disease – funds research and provides advice, information and, if appropriate, financial support to those with the disease.
Funds research, campaigns for better standards of care and quality of life and helps people living with diabetes.
Government portal for disabled people giving access to information on employment, financial and health support, motoring, transport, housing, travel rights and more.
Focused on relieving poverty and improving the living standards of disabled people. Author of the Disability Rights Handbook and provider of information on benefits, tax credits and services.
Run by and for disabled people the DLS is a registered charity providing legal advice on disability discrimination, consumer issues in relation to disability, community care, further and higher education, employment and, in Greater London, benefits.
Promoting diversity and equality Disability Matters specialises in disability and employment issues. Services include vocational rehabilitation, personal development programmes and corporate consultancy.
Promotes the rights of all disabled people in Wales including all with physical and sensory impairment, mental health conditions or learning difficulties.
Founded by wheelchair user Gregory Burke, DisabledGo provides an extensive disabled access guide.
Provides free and independent advice on disability equipment and mobility products.
Charity creating routes to employment for people with disabilities through regional centres across Britain. Provides a link between disabled people and employers.
Supports people with epilepsy through freephone and online helplines, local branches, forums, conferences and a specialist nurse scheme. Also provides extensive information in various formats.
Non-department public body (or quango) championing equality and human rights for all.
Charity which aims to ensure development of “assistive technologies” (or disability equipment) and services is led by the needs and wishes of disabled and older people.
Website for disabled people and their carers with advice, contacts, information and links.
Committed to promoting and developing admiral nursing – specialist nursing for carers and supporters of people with dementia.
Works with people with learning disabilities and their carers to promote their rights, quality of life and opportunities.
Charity helping and supporting people with brain injuries through a network of local groups and nationally through its helpine and publications.
Working, through research, campaigning and service provision, for disadvantaged older people in the UK and across the world.
National body funded by government and providing financial support to disabled people seeking to live independently.
Charity providing a range of services supporting disabled people, including supported living and personal support. The largest voluntary sector provider of care and support services for disabled people.
Supports limbless people of all ages (and their carers) in maximising their mobility and independence.
Provides emotional support and information to anyone with lymphatic cancer (Hodgkinson’s Disease) and their families, carers and friends.
National charity providing learning support and care to children and adults with learning disabilities.
Charity with a nationwide team of over 2,700 doctors, nurses and other health proffessionals providing specialist care in the community and its hospices. Whilst it primarily cares for people with cancer Marie Curie also supports people with other life-limiting illnesses.
Offers information, support and practical advice to people with Encephalomyelitis/Encephalopathy (ME), also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome (PVFS). Provides training and education.
The UK’s leading learning disability charity providing a range of advice and support to people with learning disabilities and their carers – including helping those who seek to live independently.
Formerly known as the Disabled Drivers Association. A national charity fighting to improve mobility and access.
Supporting people with MND and their carers across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Charity with over 350 local branches dedicated to supporting the estimated 85,000 people in the UK affected by MS. Offers a helpline, free publication, self-management courses and information days.
Provides information and advice to people with neuromuscular disorders on their condition and how to improve their lives.
Champions the rights and interests of – and supports – people with autism
A charity comprising families, parents and carers who assist deaf children and their families through provision of emotional and practical support. Suport services include a freephone helpline and trained support workers.
Provides information and support, including care and medical services, to people with epilepsy.
An umbrella organisation enabling a range of charities to work together in improving the lives of people living with a neurological condition.
Supports people with Parkinson’s and their family, friends and carers through nurses, specialist advisers and a helpline. Also publishes a range of information sheets, booklets and DVDs and has a network of 300 branchges and support groups.
Campaigning group run by and for people with learning difficulties which rejects the medical model of disability (which says ‘there’s something wrong with you’) in favour of the social model s– that society should change to include disabled people. Provides services and training to professionals and employers wanting to improve their communication and working practices.
National charity providing one-off technical aids to improve the quality of life for disabled people. Case studies highlight what skilled volunteeer engineers and craftspeople can achieve in creating specialist letter openers, page turners, tricycyles and much more.
The Research Institute for Consumer Affairs (RICA) is an independent consumer research charity advising on the value of products and services to disabled and older people.Publishes detailed reports on issues such as which cars are easiest to get in and out of and can fit a wheelchair in the boot.
Run by and for disabled people and promoting and enabling independent living and the making of informed choices through access to relevant information, services and resources.
Promotes the welfare and interests of deaf people.
Provides information, advice and support to over two million blind and partially sighted people.
With a focus on people with cerebral palsy Scope promotes equality for disabled people in key areas such as education, employment and independent living.
Represents 90 organisations working with and on behalf of deaf sign language users, deafened, deafblind and hard of hearing people. Provides partnerships with voluntary and public sector bodies.
Supports children and adults with deafblindness (or dual-sensory-impairment). Provides a wide range of advisory and advocacy services, including supporting independent living.
The UK’s largest voluntary sector provider of employment services for disabled people provides training and work opportunities.
Website of the National Bureau of Students with Disabilities, a national charity promoting opportunities in post-16 education, employment and training to young people and adults with any impairment (including physical and sensory disabilities, learning and mental health difficulties).
Provides support, encouragement and information to people who have sustained a spinal cord injury, of which there are more than 40,000 in the UK.
National charity working for children with lower limb abnormalities - like clubfoot or hip conditions – and their families.
Funds research to help prevent strokes as well as providing a range of rehabilition and support services to stroke patients and their families.
Charity devoted to giving disabled children and young people independence by providing customised mobility equipment, training, advice and life skills.
