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Provides information and advice, and campaigns for equality for disabled people. Campaigns include improved access to buildings, shops and schools. DLF Checked.
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Publishes the National Guide to Care Homes. Produces a database available on the Internet which includes information on 6,300 nursing homes and 12,500 residential care homes throughout the UK. DLF Checked.
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A2 Housing Group offer a variety of extra care housing schemes throughout the South East. The latest of these is Beechwood Court in Sunbury which offers a collection of homes with the latest in assistive technology. DLF Checked.
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UK-wide volunteer-led charity providing housing with care for older people to combat loneliness. DLF Checked.
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Promotes independent living for people with physical or learning disabilities, and people recovering from a mental illness. DLF Checked.
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Ability On Line is a free internet community where children/youth with disabilities/illness and their parents can meet other like them, make friends from all over the world, share their hopes an fears, find role-models and mentors, and feel like they belong. DLF Checked.
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Professionals agency providing assistance for individuals who wish to travel yet require help with their special needs. DLF Checked.
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Offers an information service for children and adults who find using standard computer equipment and systems challenging and offers advice on adaptive computer technology. Activities include consultancy and assessment services to assist in choice and use of computer equipment at work and at home. Centres established in Warwick, Worcester, Cambridge, London, Reading and Edinburgh. DLF Checked.
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Website for use by people with disabilities, carers and friends. Members use the website to communicate with other members as penpals or via chat rooms for example. Membership is free. DLF Checked.
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Magazine with articles on issues related to disability. Includes details on holidays, motoring, sports, product features and art reviews. DLF Checked.
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Offers a variety of access audit and DDA compliant solutions using 'reasonable adjustment' as recommended by the DDA and the DRC. DLF Checked.
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Networking organisation for professionals concerned with the inclusive and accessible environment. DLF Checked.
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Produces a guide to London aimed at disabled people and those who find it difficult to get around. DLF Checked.
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Aims to provid a web-based information service to those with disabilities. DLF Checked.
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Service that provides wheelchair users with the information and equipment required to ensure peace of mind when staying away from home. DLF Checked.
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Helps disabled people and their families to find accessible accommodation for their holidays all over the world. DLF Checked.
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Property website advertising accessible and adapted property. Aims to be the first port of call for anyone advertising or looking for accessible or adapted property anywhere in the UK and abroad. Advertises, and finds accessible and adapted property for sale or rent. Are building a network of APR Approved Partners - trusted agencies who understand access issues. Home location and homebuyers assistance who will find shortlists of properties meeting a persons criteria and, if required, can handle all aspects of the sale and purchase. Services are available via telephone helpline. DLF Checked.
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Organisation that researches accessibility of holiday destinations across the world. Information provided about overseas services, equipment hire, resort services, care, visitor attractions, and destination facilities (for example, pubs, clubs, restaurants, museums). DLF Checked.
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Aims to help people injured in an accident to decide whether they can make a claim. Provides free legal consultation with a local solicitor specialising in injury claims. Medical negligence and advice also given. DLF Checked.
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Provides information and expertise in the use of technology as an aid to communication. Provides a range of services including in-depth assessments of the communication needs of individuals in education, training of professionals and parents, and research and development. Centre is involved in projects working with manufacturers of equipment by advising on the needs of children with communication issues, or developing specialised software to meet specific accessing and educational needs. It has a library of short term loan equipment and also produces publications. This centre covers the north of England, North Wales, the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland. Refer to Ace Centre South for the south of England, Mid-Wales, Isle of Wight, Scilly Isles and the Channel Islands. DLF Checked.
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Provides information and expertise in the use of technology as an aid to communication. Provides a range of services including in-depth assessments of the communication needs of individuals in education, training of professionals and parents, and research and development. Centre is involved in projects working with manufacturers of equipment by advising on the needs of children with communication issues, or developing specialised software to meet specific accessing and educational needs. It has a library of short term loan equipment and also produces publications. This centre covers the south of England. Refer to Ace Centre North for north of England, North Wales, the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland. DLF Checked.
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Professional organisation for chief executives in the voluntary sector. Contributes to the increased effectiveness of the voluntary sector by helping chief executives through a wide range of carefully focussed services. Provides a series of activities for members to enhance their personal development and leadership. Their core task is promoting effective leadership for the benefit of the third sector and representing the sector leaders. Provide appropriately tailored information, advice and support, together with professional development and first class networking opportunities. DLF Checked.
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Works to promote the best possible palliative and supportive care for children with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions and their families. Provides a telephone helpline, database of useful organisations, publications, research, training and membership. DLF Checked.
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Provides information to those who are chronically ill from what is thought to be a breakdown in the immune system leading to different forms of allergy. They campaign for diagnosis and treatment through NHS doctors, hospitals and clinics. DLF Checked.
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Provides services for blind and partially sighted people in the areas of work, leisure, housing, accommodation, information and advice and grants to individuals. DLF Checked.
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Aims to help physically and mentally disabled young people find a greater level of independence and opportunity through the provision of appropriate support. DLF Checked.
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.Working to promote play, leisure and recreation with and for disabled adults and children
. To increase access to appropriate play, leisure and recreation opportunities by disabled children, young people and adults
. To raise awareness of the issues around play, leisure and recreation opportunities by disabled children, young people and adults
. To increase access to good quality information, advice and training on play, leisure and recreation for disabled children, young people and adults
. To raise awareness of the importance of play, leisure and recreation for disabled people
. To focus on play, leisure, recreation and disability Membership DLF Checked.
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Charity dedicated to improving the lives of people with ME. DLF Checked.
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Children's healthcare charity specially formed to ensure that sick children always receive the highest standard of care possible. Works to improve the services and attitudes to the way children are treated when they are unwell in hospital, at home and in the community. DLF Checked.
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Provides independent advice and support to anyone who has suffered a medical accident, including medical and legal advice. Arrange referrals to a medical negligence solicitor. Provide a range of services for lawyers specialising in the field including the recommendation of appropriate medical experts. DLF Checked.
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National organisation giving help and information to all concerned about the abuse of older people. DLF Checked.
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National service providing live-in care packages to enable physically disabled adults to live independently in their own home. Specialises in supporting young adults with a spinal cord injury and those with a neurological condition such as MS. Open Mon-Fri, 9am-5.30pm. DLF Checked.
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Provides ante-natal and post-natal classes and workshops. Runs a mail order service, and hires and supplies water birth pools. DLF Checked.
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Charity offering advisory and consultative services to managements and their professional advisers wishing to make their premises more accessible to people with disabilities. Also able to offer an advisory service for new buildings. Administers one or two selected small grants for improvements to arts venues. DLF Checked.
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National charity working with families affected by drugs and alcohol, and is a leading agency in substance related family work. Provides a range of publications and resources for families, and operates an online message board and searchable database of local support groups. Runs a range of training programmes on substances and family support, and operates direct support services at London prisons for families of prisoners with drug problems. List of resources is available. DLF Checked.
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Every day over 75 children in the UK are born or diagnosed with a serious disability or rare syndrome and the vast majority of them are cared for at home. Contact a family is a UK charity providing support and advice to parents whatever the medical condition of their child. DLF Checked.
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Aims to build awareness in the advice sector of existing Alternative Dispute Resolution services, including court-based and out-of-court services. This will include any service offered within the advice sector and any new developments or planned initiatives in this field. Produces a guidance manual for advice agencies covering current ADR service provision, what to consider when advising clients of their options for resolving disputes and making referrals. Provides training to advisers on making appropriate ADR referrals. Publishes a free quarterly briefing on ADR developments, reports, issues and recent court cases. DLF Checked.
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Website which is the main public information service of Citizens Advice, providing people with round-the-clock access to CAB information on their rights - including benefits, housing and employment, and on debt, consumer and legal issues. DLF Checked.
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Provides advice to parents who need information and support on education law and practice in schools including admissions, special needs, exclusions, bullying and complaints. Helpline open Mon-Fri, 2pm-5pm. DLF Checked.
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Promotes the needs of people with disabilities and older users of the telephone system. Provides an independent bridge between the users and the telecommunications industry. Produces reports and public information booklets including an information pack and notes on the use of text terminals. They do not take enquiries from the general public. DLF Checked.
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Works in the field of preventative education. Encompasses the areas of health and personal and social education, with particular expertise and experience in alcohol and drug education and demand reduction. DLF Checked.
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Parent-led organisation which helps children and young people with speech and language needs. Promotes understanding, acceptance and equal opportunities. Helpline open Mon-Fri, 10.30am-2pm. DLF Checked.
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Aims to register as many 18-45 year old potential life savers of African, African Caribbean and Mixed Parentage descent into the UK Bone Marrow Register. The objective is to try to save the lives of black people across the world, who urgently require a transplant from a matching donor from their own ethnic/racial group. DLF Checked.
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Funds a new, innovative and unique research programme into treatment and prevention of breast cancer, focusing particularly on metastases and survival after breast cancer. A team of researchers, funded by ABC, is based at University College Hospitals with ABC units around the UK. The ABC Research Team aims to find a vaccine against breast cancer, looking at how the cancer cell, patients' natural resistence, and their environment interact. DLF Checked.
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Works to promote the well being of older people and help make later life a fulfilling and enjoyable experience. Federation of over 400 organisations and groups provide direct services for older people locally and are independent organisations in their own right. Publishes fact sheets and an 'Information Bulletin' with information on community care, consumer affairs, disability issues, health and health service information, heating, housing, income and benefits. DLF Checked.
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Improves services for older people and campaigns on their behalf. Supports a network of 350 local groups providing practical services and friendships for older people in Scotland. Brings together in membership, national organisations and individuals committed to improving the quality of life for older people. DLF Checked.
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Aims to emphasise the value of older people's memories by putting the spotlight on them. Through theatre, publishing, exhibitions, in-service professional programmes and inter-generational projects they record and celebrate older people's experience and their valuable role in their communities today. DLF Checked.
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National charity concerned with frail older people facing immediate hardship or distress whose personal needs cannot be met by statutory or voluntary services. Helps to sustain people in their own homes by making personal grants as a contribution to the cost of necessary equipment or other exceptional expenditure. DLF Checked.
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International Catholic pastrol relief agency, giving spiritual and material aid wherever the Church is persecuted, oppressed or in need. DLF Checked.
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Provides specialised computer equipment to people with disabilities to aid their communication. DLF Checked.
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Provide comprehensive information to prevent people from becoming infected with HIV. Aims to improve the quality of life for those already infected, and works with others to develop a cure. Funds research into HIV and Aids for improved treatments and understanding of HIV. DLF Checked.
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Offers understanding support for families and friends of problem drinkers. Runs a confidential helpline and an Alateen service for teenagers (aged 12-20 years) affected by a problem drinker. Supports a network of over 1,000 self-help groups and local groups. No membership or charges are made for services. DLF Checked.
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Provides information, advice and support to or for people with Albinism. Services include newsletter twice a year, regional meetings, telephone helpline, and bi-annual conferences. DLF Checked.
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National agency working to reduce the costs of alcohol misuse and to develop the range and quality of helping services available to problem drinkers and their families. Publishes a quarterly magazine, educational and training materials and a range of leaflets and posters. DLF Checked.
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Voluntary worldwide fellowship of men and women from all walks of life who meet together to attain and maintain sobriety. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. DLF Checked.
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Supports ALD sufferers and their families, and raises public awareness of the disease. DLF Checked.
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Provides information for special needs children and their families. DLF Checked.
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Site based on and around the concept that all the hotels, airlines and other places and services listed herein can be used by anyone, able bodied or disabled. DLF Checked.
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Operates a parent telephone helpline on weekdays. Produces a journal and range of publications, and runs awareness events, conferences, forums and presentations. DLF Checked.
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Provides an information and advice service to people with allergies. DLF Checked.
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Aims to be the national voice to improve public policies and to provide and secure the provision of high quality services for people with dementia and for their carers. Has over 45 projects and branches throughout Scotland, providing practical services such as day, evening and weekend centres, home care and befriending and carers' support services. DLF Checked.
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Seeks to establish the first multi-disciplinary research centre towards treating or curing the condition. DLF Checked.
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Works through a national network of 180 local branches, 80 support groups and 100 contact people. Offers information about Alzheimer's disease; all representatives have either personal or professional experience of the disease. Helpline open Mon-Fri, 8.30am-6.30pm. DLF Checked.
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Aims to promote a better understanding of the menopause and hormone replacement therapy (HRT); makes treatment available to all women who need it. DLF Checked.
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Provides information to people who suffer from severe allergic reactions.
Volunteer regional co-ordinators operate from home and support local members. Membership, publications, newsletter, video, and health visitors pack available. DLF Checked.
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Aims to facilitate the protection of all adults and children with learning disabilities who are vulnerable to abuse. Provides information and advice service including training and conferences. Produces a range of publications. DLF Checked.
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Aims to eliminate all forms of slavery in today's world through research, raising awareness and campaigning with commitment and determination. DLF Checked.
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Support group for those living with arachnoiditis - a condition of inflammation and scarring around the nerve roots that can follow spinal surgery, myelography, spinal injections and conditions like meningitis. Produces a newsletter four times a year for all members. Offers a helpline five days a week and answers any questions by letter, fax or e-mail. DLF Checked.
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Aims to provide and promote the research and study of the cause and treatment of Scoliosis and other spinal deformities and to endow research fellowship in the study of those disorders. Works to improve the standard of knowledge of the means of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of these disorders. Promotes the publication, production and distribution of books, pamphlets, periodicals and video's on spinal deformities. Activities include advice and information to parents and patients with Scoliosis, and publications include fact sheets and an information booklet for patients and parents. Raises funds for research into the condition. DLF Checked.
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UK governing body for aromatherapy which represents the majority of practising, professional aromatherapists in the UK today through its 12 professional organisations and 105 training establishments. This consists of some 6,000 professional aromatherapists all of whom have trained to the AOC standards, and who are required to hold appropriate insurance cover and adhere to a common Code of Conduct and Ethics. DLF Checked.
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Aims to help members regain freedom of movement, and freedom from pain by following the dietary guidance and taking the homeopathic and herbal preparations pioneered by Charles de Coti-Marsh. Open Mon-Fri, 10am-1pm, 2pm-4pm. DLF Checked.
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Aims to empower people to take control of their arthritis and their lives. Works proactively with and for people with arthritis, providing development courses, residential activity breaks, self-help groups and funding improvements in self-management. Information counsellors available Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm; freephone 12-4pm. Runs 'The Source', an information and advice service for young people with arthritis. Publishes a quarterly magazine 'Arthritis News' on issues related to arthritis, which carries advertisements for second hand equipment. DLF Checked.
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Medical research charity that raises money to find the cause of rheumatic disease. Aims to promote a better understanding of rheumatic diseases by publishing a range of free information leaflets which have been written by medical specialists to answer questions which are commonly raised by people with arthritis. DLF Checked.
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Group formed to help children and their parents and also adults to ensure a better understanding of this condition in which multiple joint derformities are present at birth. DLF Checked.
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Produces a number of publications on arts and disability and a directory of art and disability organisations, available in large print, Braille and cassette. Disability Link Officers can give telephone advice about different art forms. DLF Checked.
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London's information and advice service on access to the arts and entertainment for all disabled people, publishing a wide range of access guides for disabled people, and maintaining a database with access details for thousands of arts and entertainment venues across London. Supplies disability equality training, specifically geared towards arts and entertainment venues. DLF Checked.
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Provides information on old asbestos containing products. Does not provide any medical information on Asbestosis. Publishes information leaflets. DLF Checked.
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Aims to provide help to Asians with disabilities of all ages, nationalities and religion without differentiation. Aims to provide services which take into account Asian traditions, practices and family relationships as well as languages, diet and religions. The organisation is managed by Asian people with personal experience of disability. DLF Checked.
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Site includes information about autism, a condition that affects the way a person communicates and relates to others, and Asperger syndrome, a form of autism. DLF Checked.
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Aims to raise awareness of Angelmans Syndrome. Maintains a 24-hour telephone support network; a national register of families as a point of contact for families newly diagnosed; and provides information to families and health care professionals. Produces publications including a quarterly newsletter and various fact sheets. Holds eight regional meetings a year. DLF Checked.
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National network for advice on independent living equipment. Aims to lead a UK wide network of Assistive Technology service providers that introduce people to products and solutions which make life easier and safer, creating greater choice and control. DLF Checked.
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Promotes the relief of children with upper limb deficiencies by encouraging mutual aid and support between families. Open Mon-Fri, 9.30am-5pm. DLF Checked.
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Charity registered in 1975 and, in the years since, have helped hospitals with the funding of vital pieces of equipment and have given support and understanding to many families, both local and further afield. Aims to give support and understanding to parents and families and to improve facilities for children at heart units. DLF Checked.
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Multi-disciplinary organisation for health and social care professionals, with a special interest in incontinence. As such, it does not have a direct interface with the general public. DLF Checked.
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Family contact and support group for those affected with some form of Glycogen Storage Disease. Aims to encourage the provision of specialist centres for the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease, as well as creating public awareness for educational, scientific and charitable activities. DLF Checked.
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Advises and supports women with post-natal depression, their partners, families, friends and medical profession. Produces a range of informative publications. DLF Checked.
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Aims to ensure the quality of life, maintenance of standards, and diversity of provision for people with a learning disability. DLF Checked.
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Promotes improved services for children and adults with difficulties caused by neurological disease or head injury. Focuses particularly on communication and eating needs. Team consists of therapists, engineers, doctors, lawyers, who offer range of specialist services including independent assessment and consultation. Therapy based on Bobath and other concepts. Training provided for carers and professionals. Carries out collaborative and consultative work with education, social and medical services, product design, development and research. DLF Checked.
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Provides advice, information and support to people with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus, and their carers. Promotes individual choice, control and quality of life. A team of workers cover most of England, Wales and Northern Ireland and are backed up by specialist advisors in education, mobility, continence and medical matters. Produces a range of publications including leaflets, booklets, magazines and newsletters. DLF Checked.
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Aims to support its members throughout their student and working lives, providing advice and information, newsletters and a magazine concerning education and employment issues. Advices educational establishments, local and central government and campaigns on behalf of visually impaired people. An annual conference and other events are held during the year. DLF Checked.
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Provides information on all aspects of breastfeeding to anyone with an interest, whether they are a mother or a healthcare professional. ABM counsellors are mothers who have enjoyed breastfeeding their babies, and have completed a training course enabling them to help other mothers to overcome problems experienced during breastfeeding. Provides a letter counselling and information service, quarterly magazine, information leaflets and posters, electric breast pump hire, and annual meetings. DLF Checked.
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Lists companies, products, services, trade and brand names and related organisations, trusts and institutions. DLF Checked.
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Relieves stress experienced by carers and enables disabled people to stay in the community. DLF Checked.
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Provides advice, information and peer support about employment to disabled people, their advisers and friends. DLF Checked.
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Aims to share ideas, skills and information with colleagues and clients. Helpsmidwives develop their role as advocates for women's active participation in maternity care. Supports midwives in their efforts to provide continuity of care. Encourage the evaluation of developments within the sphere of midwifery practice. DLF Checked.
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An independent non profit making organisation with a membership of over 4,000 professionally trained reflexologists. Publishes a register of practitoners and accredited courses nationwide. DLF Checked.
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Aims to raise the profile of social care public information and to improve the quality and range of information available to services users and staff. Encourages the exchange of ideas between information workers in social services departments and social work departments throughout the country. DLF Checked.
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Aims to promote understanding of the needs of people with an acquired hearing loss, whether partial or total. Works to advance the awareness of the benefits of lipreading and other communication skills in the rehabilitation of people with an acquired hearing loss. Access of information about the range of support services and environment aids is available. DLF Checked.
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Carries out assessments, wheelchair training, assists with funding and can act as an advocate to fight for government funding. DLF Checked.
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Provides support and encouragement to children and young people with ME aged five to 25. Activities include pen pal service, bi-monthly magazine, annual conference, support from counsellors, doctors and those with ME, a postal library and parents network. Range of publications available. DLF Checked.
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Funds research into the causes and treatment of asthma allergy and related disorders. DLF Checked.
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In the past, many people with dementia were unable to use assistive technology devices because they were not designed for use by people with memory difficulties. Now there are many new technologies which have the potential to enhance the independence of people with dementia and the control they have over their lives. These devices may also help to support carers and reduce the costs associated with hospital and residential/nursing home care. However, people with dementia, carers and professionals often have difficulties finding up-to-date and user-friendly information on what is available and how it can be obtained and used. DLF Checked.
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Charity which supports people affected by Friedreich's, cerebella and other ataxias. Helps people with ataxia, their carers, families and friends, to live with the condition. Provides information through leaflets, magazines, reports and the website; an information and support helpline; branches, self-help groups and meetings; personal contacts and welfare grants. DLF Checked.
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Provides wheelchair accessible and adapted static caravans to be placed within a specified caravan park. Suitable for one or two wheelchair users. Caravan features include wide access sliding doors, low level coat hooks, thermostatically controlled shower mixer, shower seats, handrails, raised level WC, easy access washbasins, lever taps, low level mirrors, higher beds, easy access dressing table, low and high level wardrobe hanging rails, ceiling hooks, wide single beds. DLF Checked.
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TAKE CASES ONLY IN BOROUGHS OF Islington, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Redbridge, Waltham Forest.
Provides information, advice and support for individuals on the autistic spectrum, their relatives and carers. Offers a telephone helpline (Mon-Fri 11am-2pm) and provides a personal advocacy service and a range of support groups for parents and carers and for adults with Aspergers. Produces a range of fact sheets, a regular bulletin and organises discounted family events for supporters. DLF Checked.
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Website focusing on Autistic Spectrum Disorders and co-existing conditions. Offers support and information for parents and families of children and adults with ASD. Provides news, photo and art gallery, information and interactivity. DLF Checked.
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Establishes and promotes standards of safety, quality, reliability and after-sales service for suppliers and users of automatic doors. DLF Checked.
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