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• Octopus Club
  The Original Club Night run by people with learning disabilities.

• Oesophageal Patients Association
  Telephone advice and support given to patients with Oesophageal cancer and their families. Leaflets available.

• Off the Page
  Provide an audiotape transcription service which includes audiotape transcriptions of information, for example bank statements, and business meetings.

• Office for Advice, Assistance, Support and Information on Special Needs
  Help parents and professionals with information on where to start if they think their child is having problems at school; what to do if they are having trouble getting an assessment for their child; where they can get professional legal help if needed at any stage during the assessment, statement or appeals procedures; how to choose the right special school a post 16 further education colleges; post 19 (adult) homes and educational establishments. Run a local support group and produce publications including free information sheets on various autism spectrum disorders and other special needs topics.

• Office for National Statistics
  Maintain the UK's official statistics, reflecting Britain's economy, population and society at national and local level. Summary stories and detailed data releases are published on their website free of charge.

• Office Furniture Advisory Service
  Offer impartial information and advice on all aspects of office and contract furnishings to help organisations make the best purchase to suit their needs.

• Office of Fair Trading
  Aims to identify and put right trading practices which are against the consumers interests. Activities include regulating the provision of consumer credit. Acting directly on the activities of industry and commerce by investigating and remedying anti-competitive practices of market power, and bringing about market structures which encourage competitive behaviour.

• Older Homeless Persons Advisory Service Helpline
  Provide expert advice to professionals working with people aged 50+ and are homeless or threatened with homelessness. Advice on topics including benefits, charitable grants, social services, health services, housing and ways of working with clients. Advisors available Mon, Wed, Fri, 10am-4pm. Maintain a database of London-based services for older people. Offer free training courses on care planning, goal setting and monitoring for keyworkers; older homeless people and mental health issues; bereavement and loss counselling; working with older people with behavioural problems; stress management; team building; dual diagnosis; dementia.

• One Parent Families
  One Parent Families provides advice and support to lone parents bringing up disabled children. For more information call their specialist advice service on 0800 018 5026.

• Open Age
  Charity that provides low cost leisure activities for older people across Kensington, Chelsea and North Westminster.

• Organic Acidaemias UK
  Parent contact for affected children; newsletters; literature and support.

• Orpheus Centre
  Residential performing arts centre for young disabled people. Offer one to three-year apprenticeships in performing arts and life skills as well as a number of short courses in all aspects of performing arts. Aims to develop young disabled people confidence and independence through their skills in performing arts.

• Ouch!
  Website that reflects life as a disabled person. Aim to reflect experiences, thoughts and give alternative slants on all things big and small that are important to disabled people.

• Outsiders Club
  Offer isolated people the chance to contact one another for friendship and mutual help. Promote social integration between all people, whatever their disability.

• Ovacome
  Support group for all those concerned with ovarian cancer. Aims to link people who have the condition, provide information on treatments, screening and research, and to raise awareness of the condition. Helpline open Mon-Fri, 9am-1pm.

• Ownbase - The National Association for Home Based Working
  National business and social network of people working from home or thinking of doing so, whether self employed or working for an employer or simply interested in the home based economy. Dedicated to serving the needs of home-based people and to encouraging the growth of home-based working in the interests of efficient use of resources, worldwide.

• Oxford Centre for Enablement
  Offers a wide range of disability services including respite care, wheelchair provision, prosthetics, orthotics and neuro rehabilitation. Specialist services offered nationwide.

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