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Parent befriending service offering emotional support and information to parents of newly diagnosed children with a disability, delivered by parents who have a disabled child themselves. DLF Checked.
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Families Need Fathers is run almost entirely by volunteers and relies heavily on income from membership and donations. Without this income FNF could not survive. This website provides invaluable help to nearly 2,000 people every week. Without it, many separated parents would be deprived of one of the best resources of its kind on the Internet. DLF Checked.
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Helps low income families of disabled or seriously ill children under 15 years of age, and gives grants related to the care of the child for example for holidays, leisure, laundry equipment and driving lessons. Works towards an inclusive society where families with severely disabled or seriously ill children have choices and opportunities. DLF Checked.
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Aims to provide information and support for anyone at high risk of premature coronary heart disease, especially families with familial hypercholesterolemia. Promotes the early detection and preventative counselling of families prone to premature coronary heart disease. DLF Checked.
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Charity that promotes mutual support for families in need. Seek to provide holidays for families with school age children in desperate need of a break. Provides grants for one week's holiday for the whole family. DLF Checked.
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Hold indexes to the records of all births, deaths and marriages in England and Wales since 1837 and legal adoptions since 1927. Visitors can carry out searches of the last three to four generations. Certificates are available in Braille on request. Induction loops and textphones are available for customers who are deaf or hard of hearing. The centre is wheelchair accessible and has toilet facilities for disabled visitors. DLF Checked.
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Advise families with children in public care, involved in child protection procedures or receiving family support services. Train and advise social workers, lawyers and other professionals about family and childcare law and good practice. Responds to central and local government proposals on family and childcare policy and practice. Helpline open Mon-Fri, 1.30-3.30pm. DLF Checked.
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Prevent the breakdown of family and community life by providing services to disadvantaged communities families and children. Monitors the effects of public policy on families living in poverty. DLF Checked.
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Assist families and individuals to overcome the effects of poverty in tangible ways, providing practical, emotional and financial support. Promote professional social work practice and training. DLF Checked.
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A US based organisations that supports fathers and families raising children with special health care needs and developmental disabilities DLF Checked.
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Offers a number of driver training services that can contribute to reducing occupational road risk. DLF Checked.
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Central organisation for city farms and community gardens. Details of local city farms and community gardens can be posted to enquirers (send an SAE) or obtained from their website. DLF Checked.
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Provides support and encouragement for depressives and their relatives. Promotes and supports self-help groups. Works alongside the medical and caring professions to try to meet the needs not covered by health professionals. There is an information line open to anyone at any time, including weekends: answered personally for four hours a day, messages left at other times, responded to as soon as possible.
Publications include a newsletter, published six times a year, information sheet, tape list, booklist. Membership per annum is 10 (or what a person can afford.) Members receive a newsletter and can join penfriend/phonefriend schemes. DLF Checked.
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Provide support, information and advice to people with fibromyalgia. DLF Checked.
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Aims to win the battle against blindness, funding first-class research through the Institute of Ophthalmology. DLF Checked.
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Travel policy for disable people and their personal assistants/companions. No value limit on disability equipment, hire costs of temporary equipment if own is damaged, stolen or lost in transit. Medical expenses and repatriation cover including emergency visit from UK family member if personal assistant/companion is ill or injured, the policy provides cover to find a replacement or bring a family member to you. If pre-booked accomodation is unsuitable, a free legal helpline is provided to give advice; lawyers liase on behalf of insured and accomodation provider. Investigation for compensation. DLF Checked.
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Organisation that offers a free search service to families looking for products for children with special needs. Provide a nationwide ordering service, and local support through coffee mornings and demonstrations. DLF Checked.
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Welcome to Flying with Disability. This site is to help make flying with disability as easy as possible. The site is designed to provide impartial information and advice to all disabled people around the world who travel by air. DLF Checked.
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Aims to address the needs of people with dementia and their carers both in the community and in residential settings, by providing one-to-one support, advice and counselling. Activities include help with obtaining professional assessment, support service, welfare benefits and relief care.
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Government department responsible for forestry, providing advice on access to forests. Facilities and camping discounts available to people with disabilities. DLF Checked.
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Aims to provide an opportunity for younger disabled people to explore independent lifestyles, with freedom of choice. Activities include having discussion about a choice of independent living with freedom. Publications include organisation flyers and CD Rom Personal Assistance Tools.
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The Forum of Mobility Centre is a network of 17 independent organisations covering England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, who offer professional, high quality information, advice and assessment to individuals who have a medical condition or are recovering from an accident or injury which may affect their ability to drive, access a motor vehicle. DLF Checked.
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Promotes collaboration between researchers and developers of assistive technology. Produce online database of research and development into assistive technology, organisations and services and events. DLF Checked.
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Cerebra works to ensure that up-to-date, evidence-based knowledge is available and applied for the prevention of brain damage and for proven treatments. In addition to the programme of research carried out at UK hospitals, universities and the Foundation's centre, they also co-ordinate the international parent network (PARNET) for support, information and research. Organise a range of training seminars, workshops and projects for parents, professionals and children themselves. DLF Checked.
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Promote and sponsor research into the causes and prevention of sudden and unexpected deaths (cot deaths/sudden infant death syndrome). Raises funds for research into cot deaths and their prevention. Supports families who have experienced a cot death. Provide infant care advice to parents. Helpline open Mon-Fri 9am-11pm, Sat-Sun 6pm-11pm. DLF Checked.
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Aims to improve women's and children's health, with special emphasis on the eradication of female genital mutilation. DLF Checked.
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Co-ordinates the home improvement agencies in England. Deals with problems facing elderly, disabled and low income householders in private sector housing who are trying to improve, repair or adapt their homes. DLF Checked.
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Aims to increase representation of disabled people in TV. Programme makers can search database for disabled people to appear on screen or work in programme production. Site also includes guidelines for programme makers and advice for disabled people who want to work in TV. DLF Checked.
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Provides a range of services to operational and developing Foyers, raises awareness of Foyers' work, and represents the movement at all levels of decision-making throught the UK. DLF Checked.
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Offer London children in need aged five to 12 years and their families the highest quality holiday experience, in the safest possible environment. DLF Checked.
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Makes computer software designed to improve the effectiveness of charities.
Produces four programs: GIN (groups in need), helps groups identify trusts and foundations that might fund their work. PIN (people in need), identifies the trusts and foundations that might make a grant to an individual. Apply Yourselves, a free program, downloadable from website, helps organisations write a funding application. Budget Yourselves, also free, helps organisations develop a budget. DLF Checked.
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Provides a reference point on planning to finance the care of elderly or disabled relatives. DLF Checked.
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