Links

Here are some links that may be of help to you.

Disability Organisations

• 4 Children
  National charity 4Children runs Sure Start Children’s Centres as well as family and youth services across Britain.
• Barnardos
  Barnardo’s helps the most vulnerable children and young people transform their lives, including tackling the challenges of disability.
• Council for Disabled Children
  Provides a national forum for the development of policy and practice issues relating to service provision and support for children and young people with disabilities and special educational needs.
• DIAL UK
  The national organisation for the DIAL Network of 160 local disability advice centres ran by and for disabled people
• Disability Action
  Works to ensure that people with disabilities in Northern Ireland attain their full rights as citizens, by supporting inclusion, influencing Government policy and changing attitudes in partnership with disabled people.
• DisabledGo
  Provides guides to goods and services for disabled people, their carers, family and friends, to break down barriers to inclusion in the community.
• Equality and Human Rights Commission
  They promote and monitor human rights; and protect, enforce and promote equality. They provide advice and information, and support people in securing their rights under the Equality Act (2010).
• HemiHelp
  HemiHelp is a membership organisation offering information and support to children and their families affected by hemiplegia. Hemiplegia is a neurological condition that weakens one side of the body, and affects one child in a thousand.
• Mencap
  The leading UK charity working with and for people with learning disabilities and their parents and carers.
• Mind
  Advances the needs of people with mental health problems by challenging discrimination, promoting inclusion and influencing policy.
• Minister for Disabled People
  The Minister for Disabled Peoples’ aim is for the site to help disabled people find out about their rights and to learn more about the legislation that exists to help establish fully comprehensive and enforceable civil rights for disabled people in the UK
• mumsnet – special needs 'talk' forum
  Postings and peer advice by members around disability and disabled children.
• Rainbow Trust Children's Charity
  Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity provides practical and emotional support to families when their child has a life threatening or terminal illness. Their support lasts from diagnosis throughout treatment, to bereavement or recovery and beyond.
• Royal Association for Disability And Rehabilitation
  Radar campaigns towards the social inclusion of disabled people through developing disabled peoples networks and developing best practice information for organisations.
• Special Needs Kids.co.uk
  Special Needs Kids is one of the largest online information and shopping resources for parents and carers of children with special needs. Dedicated to childrens disability, the site covers a wide range of topics and provides up to date guidance.
• The Centre for Accessible Environments
  Provides businesses, construction professionals and service providers with expertise on how to design their buildings so that they are accessible to disabled people.
• The Queen Elizabeth's Foundation
  Encourages and enables people with disabilities to increase their independence and mobility and improve their life skills.
• United Kingdom Disabled People's Council
  The UK’s national organisation of the worldwide Disabled People’s Movement promoting their full equality and participation in UK society.

Equipment

• AbilityNet
  This national charity offers expertise on computing and disability and also supply adapted computer equipment for people with disabilities.
• Action for Kids
  Helps disabled young people find more independence and opportunity through providing equipment and support.
• Disabled Living Centres Council
  Leads a UK-wide network of centres which provide advice, assessment and the opportunity to try out a range of community service equipment.
• Florence Nightingale Aid In Sickness Trust
  The Florence Nightingale Aid In Sickness Trust provides grants to help people in need who are ill, convalescent or disabled. These are used to provide medical and household aids that make a huge difference to people’s ability to manage at home.
• Priority Trust
  The Trust gives physically disabled children and young people greater independence by funding mobility equipment and sharing experiences; helping them participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals and achieve their potential

Health, Education, Employment and Housing

• ableize
  Ableize is a human edited directory, run by a dedicated team of disabled people providing a collection of disability, mobility and health related resources covering the UK and Ireland.
• Connexions Direct
  Connexions Direct can help you with information and advice on issues relating to health, housing, relationships with families and friends, careers and learning options, as well as activities you can get involved in.
• Directgov
  Information for disabled people in areas such as employment, health and education. There’s also advice on independent living, leisure, financial support and rights.
• Disability Alliance
  Publisher of the Disability Rights Handbook, the DA is regarded as the leading authority on social security benefit for disabled people.
• IPSEA (Independent Panel for Special Educational needs Advice)
  This charity offers independent expert advice for parents on the special educational needs of their children.
• LDA Learning
  A special needs resources supplier that ensures that every child has the opportunities they need to gain the education and skills they deserve
• mumsnet – special needs 'talk' forum
  Postings and peer advice by members around disability and disabled children.
• NASEN (National Association for Special Educational Needs)
  The UKs leading organisation promoting the education, training, advancement and development of all those with special educational needs.
• Skill
  The National Bureau for Students with Disabilities, Skill is a national charity promoting opportunities for young people and adults with any kind of disability in post-16 education, training and employment across the UK.
• The Department of Health's Disabled Children's Website
  The Department of Health’s disabled children’s website

Holidays and Leisure

• 3H Fund
  Organises subsidised group holidays for disabled children and adults to provide respite for their regular carers. It also provides some grants to families on low income with a disabled dependent.
• ableize
  Ableize is a human edited directory, run by a dedicated team of disabled people providing a collection of disability, mobility and health related resources covering the UK and Ireland.
• Accessatlast
  A directory of accessible hotels around the country, including reviews of those that have been visited.
• Accessible Travel
  An exciting world of accessible holidays and travel for wheelchair users, slow walkers, mature travellers their families and friends.
• All Go Here
  Provides information on hotels, airlines and other services that can be used by anyone, listing only mainstream hotels, and not those targeted towards only people with disabilities.
• British Disabled Waterski Foundation
  This challenging sport is available to wheelchair users, people with Multiple Sclerosis and learning disabilities.
• British Wheelchair Sports Foundation
  Provides, promotes and develops opportunities for men, women and children with disabilities to participate in recreational and competitive wheelchair sport.
• Calvert Trust
  Specialises in outdoor activities for disabled people, providing the professional expertise to expand and improve the range of activities available to people with disabilities.
• Disability Sport Northern Ireland
  Disability Sport create opportunities for participation in different types of sport for people with a wide range of disabilities.
• Disability Sport Scotland
  Disability Sport create opportunities for participation in different types of sport for people with a wide range of disabilities.
• Disabled Holiday Directory
  A directory of accessible holiday accommodation and services in the UK, USA, Europe
• English Federation of Disability Sport
  The English Federation of Disability Sport are the national body responsible for developing sport for disabled people in England.
• Jubilee Sailing Trust
  Promotes the integration of able-bodied and physically disabled people through tall ship sailing and associated activities.
• Kids Day Out
  A directory of tourist attractions around the U.K, including whether they have wheelchair access.
• MadeForMums
  MadeForMums is the place where mums and mums-to-be can find essential information, entertainment and friends. It makes life as a parent easier and more fun.
• Mind The Gap
  A theatre group that encourages learning disabled and non-disabled artists to perform alongside each other as equals.
• Riding For Disabled People
  Provides disabled people with the opportunity to ride or carriage- drive, with opportunities to join in social activities, competitions, or to take a holiday.
• Sailability
  RYA Sailability helps disabled people to experience sailing and sail regularly. They have locations throughout the UK with trained volunteers and a choice of boats to suit your needs.
• Vitalise
  A national charity providing holidays for disabled and visually impaired people and breaks for carers
• Wheels for Wellbeing
  This London-based charity runs cycle sessions for disabled people of all ages, with some during the holidays specifically for disabled children. They have a wide range of 3 and 4 wheeled cycles.

Shop for Charity

• Family Fund
  Families with a disabled child can now make their money go further through a new online buying and lifestyle club, Family Fund extra. And anyone can shop online and help severely disabled children without it costing them a penny more.
• The Giving Machine
  TheGivingMachine is a new way to support Whizz-Kidz and other UK charities. Purchases you make via TheGivingMachine trigger retailer donations to our cause. It costs you nothing!

Transport

• DaRT
  Includes information on transport issues such as Dial-a-Rides, accessible bus routes, tubes, Freedom Passes and the Blue Badge Scheme
• Department for Transport Mobility and Inclusion Unit
  The Government’s Quality Protects Programme is a key part of its strategy to prevent social exclusion. This Department of Health site contains information about the QPP for disabled children, such as news, policy, and links to relevant organisations
• Disabled People's Transport Advisory Committee
  This organisation advises the UK Government on access for disabled people to all types of transport and on the built environment. The site makes information about new developments accessible to all.
• Motability
  The scheme enables disabled people to exchange either their Higher Rate Mobility Component of Disability Living Allowance or their War Pensioners’ Mobility Supplement to obtain a new car, powered wheelchair or scooter.

Web Design

• Communis Ltd
  Communis specialise in creating highly accessible websites, just like this one!