Spinal Injury Claims

Brief Summary

Personal Care assistant recruitment agency founded by SIA member. Supplies advice on how to manage personal assistants

Works to highlight the needs of Asian disabled people and carers, provides direct services.

Practical help for families with a disabled member. 
 

Clubs all over the country and abroad. Promotes galas. Training courses / books / videos.

Association to Aid the Sexual and Personal Relationships of People with Disability (SPOD)

286 Camden Road
London
N7 0BJ
020 7607 8851 (T)

Has a network of counsellors all over the country and provides information and training courses on sexual matters.

A charity working with people paralysed through spinal cord injury to rebuild self confidence and independence. They provide peer support, challenging outdoor activities and integrated events

Information service and assessment of disabled and elderly people for driving and 4/8 mph pavement vehicles. Training courses, driving tuition and research.

Provides advice and information and ensure the needs and interest of disabled Londoners and people with learning difficulties are not marginalised

Organisation offering practical help and information to disabled people who wish to enjoy camping. List of adapted campsites available.

Provides residential, respite, and domiciliary care for people with physical / mental disability UK wide.

Full time volunteers involved independent living home based respite care, etc. UK wide.

DIAL supports 100 local disability information and advice services, respite care advice / information and advocacy / case work studies.

Publishes detailed catalogues of equipment for disabled people, including wheelchairs, hoists and lifts etc.

Advice on daily living equipment. Has vast database on aids, equipment and suppliers and publishes the multi-volume Hamilton index. DLF has suspended its telephone advice line at present but will reply to any queries by post.

Hospitality exchange holiday scheme for the disabled.

Free holiday information and advice for disabled people and others with special needs.

Includes the new Independent Living (1993) Fund and the Independent Living (Extension) Fund, which make cash payments to individual disabled people to enable them to buy personal care.

Information on all aspects of mobility. Driving assessment for disabled drivers.

Compromises the National Toy Libraries Association and ACTIVE, advises and lends toys for disabled children.

Employment service for job seekers and employers

Pain Concern
PO Box 13256
Haddington
EH41 4YD
01620 822572 (T)
01620 829138 (F)

Email: info@painconcern.org.uk
Website: www.painconcern.org.uk

Aims to provide the opportunity of riding and driving to disabled people.

National disability campaigning and information service.

Bursaries to physically disabled young people for further education or training.

SIA House
2 Trueman Place
Oldbrook
Milton Keynes
MK6 2HH

0845 678 6633 (T)
01908 604 191 (G)

0845 070 6911(Fax)

0800 980 0501 (Freephone helpline)
Email sia@spinal.co.uk
Website: www.spinal.co.uk

Offering a wide range of vocational residential training courses to disabled people between ages 19 and 59.

Organises tall-ship sailing for disabled and able-bodied people.

Charity providing mobility aids, including lightweight wheelchairs to disabled children.

Holidays and respite care for physically disabled people UK and abroad.