The following section contains details of organisations that offer support and advice to disabled people on various aspects of relationships/friendship.
Head Office: Brook Central ,421 Highgate Studios,
Telephone: 0800 0185023
Website: www.brook.org.uk (Online inquiry service available through this site)
Brook Advisory Centres offer people under 25 years of age advice on sex, relationships, contraception and pregnancy.
Discern
Chadburn House,
Telephone: 01623 623732
Discern is a specialist confidential counselling service for people with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, their carers/partners and family members.
It is free of charge to anyone within Nottinghamshire.
Discern has experience in many types of relationship counselling, specialising in relationship and sexual counselling. It promotes the understanding that people with physical disabilities and learning disabilities have a right to sexual identity which is acknowledged, respected and supported.
Family Planning gives information on sexual health matters, contraception and reproductive rights for people with sexual difficulties
Family Planning Clinic,
Clinic on a Monday only
Telephone: 01480 416416 Ext 3541
Huntingdon
Newtown Centre Family Planning Clinic, Nursery Road, Huntingdon, Cambs, PE29 3RJ
Telephone: 01480 415290
St Neots
Almond Road Clinic, Almond Road, St Neots, Cambs, PE19 1DZ
Telephone: 01480 472261
Outsiders
BCM Box Outsiders, London, WC1N 3XX
Telephone: Sex and Disability Helpline: 0707 4993527
Telephone: Club : 0202 7354 8291
An association to aid the sexual and personal relationships of disabled people. Outsiders offers information and counselling on sexual and personal relationships and seeks to help disabled people and/or their partners. They also run a club to help disabled people find partners.
Relate
3 Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 2BB
Telephone: 01223 357424
Website: www.relatecambridge.org.uk
Relate provides trained counsellors for advice to couples or individuals who are experiencing problems in their relationships. They have sessions in St Neots, St Ives and Huntingdon, via appointment from the Cambridge office.
Write Away
1 Thorpe Close, London, W10 5XL
Telephone: 020 8964 4225
Website: www.write-away.org
Write Away is a penfriend scheme for disabled children and adults, those with learning difficulties and their families. Braille and audio cassette facilities are available.