- Disability Cambridgeshire Organisations and
suppliers in Cambridgeshire plus lots more disability information.
- Calculate
possible Tax Credits and Benefits This site will help you
work out the benefits to which you may be eligible. (If you prefer us
to do this for you tel. 01480 830833.)
- Cambridgeshire Children's Services This gives contact details and information about the services for children and young people in the County.
- Cambridgeshire.net This is a site support by
the county council which allows you to search for local organisations.
- you2choose.com Searchable online Social care and Support Services Directory aimed at Individual Budget Holders (under the Government's scheme of Personalisation
- National Centre for Independent Living This organisation campaigns for a better deal for disabled people. It supports the Independent Living Bill and its website includes useful information and contacts.
- Cemented to the Floor by LAW a paper by Steve Broach which gives a detailed coverage of the legal duties that may be used to fight cuts to disabled children's service, some of it can be applied to adults too.
- Down's Heart Group a charity offering support
and information relating to heart conditions associated with Down’s Syndrome.
- Disability
Equality Duty information for those who want to make sure that
public bodies are living up to these duties.
- Accessible restaurant, cafe or pub near you
run by
wheelchair user Mary Dixon, this site will help you find one. You can
also make recommendations. When using the search field, type in a
county or a town. The post code option can be a bit limited.
- Advice
Now Making sense of the law and your rights, by Advice
Services Alliance.
- Advice Guide This is the public
information service provided by Citizens Advice. (also in Punjabi, Gujarati,Urdu, Bengali, Chinese and Welsh) CABx hold a much more detailed system which
advisers will help you to access. DISH also has the same detailed
Citizens Advice database. You can access it by E-mail info@dish.org.uk , telephone 01480
830833 or by letter to Info,
- Screenreader.net You can download a free screenreader and web-brouwser
(Windows XP or Vista) suited to the needs of visually impaired people.
For Macs see below.
- Voice Over Macs with OS X Tiger and
onwards have this built in.
- RADAR
Royal
Association for Disability and Rehabilitation. A good place to start if
you want to find out more about particular disabilities, support and
services. Produces a number of publications, including an annual guide
to holiday accommodation.
- FAMILY FUND This organisation makes grants to families with disabled children. The family's income must be below £28,000 per year.
- Contact a Family Parents with a disabled
child will find this site very useful.
- Go For It A directory of facilities, services and information for disabled young people in Cambridgeshire published by Disability Cambridgeshire.
- Benefits Now A very
comprehensive website with lots information and news about benefits.
- CLS
Direct Free initial legal advice from the Legal Services
Commission about; benefits, debt, housing, employment and education
- Hunts Forum Here you will find a list
of all the voluntary organisations in
- Disabled Workers Co-operative
Very
useful site if you are looking for work or accessible services.
- Department of
Work and Pensions Index page on the department's website relating
to disabilities.
- Disability Handbook DWPThis is a technical medical guide published by the DWP.
It is useful if you want to know the guidance on care needs.
Unfortunately it's in pdf form and a bit
slow.
- Papworth
Trust The Papworth Trust, provides
a wide range of services. It changes and improves its services
continuously in response to the needs of disabled people.
- Disabled Living Centre Council Now known as Assist UK. Locate your nearest disabled living centre.
- Disabled
Living Foundation Useful factsheets
about equipment, frequently asked questions and much more.
- OT Direct Lists of equipment
suppliers.
- Every Child Matters Information from the government about policies and services in regard to disabled children.
- The Scotson Technique A pioneering therapy
for brain injured children without the use of drugs or invasive therapy.
- Disability Now This is the site for the
magazine of the same name. Full of useful news and products.
- Debt National Debt Line gives
free and impartial advice about how to cope with debts. You can
download useful forms and documents.
- MYVESTA Free advice and
information packs if you have money problems. Bankruptcy service for
which you pay a nominal charge so that your bankruptcy petition can be
reviewed by an insolvency practitioner plus you receive 1 year of
telephone support from a firm of insolvency experts.
- Equality and Human Rights Commission
This
commission has taken over from the Disability Rights Commission. You
can find out more about the Equalities Act 2006 via this site.
- UK Carers This is a website with a noticeboard run by carers. It invites new
members and is a campaigning group that wants to achieve a better deal
for carers.
- Ask
Cedric A consumer education website run by Cambridgeshire County
Council with information for individuals, businesses and schools.
- Perennial Occupational charity for the horticulture industry. Works with those employed by, or retired from, the horticultural industry. Help includes welfare rights work, benefit entitlement, help with training costs, housing and debt advice.
- Holiday Care An independent charity which
provides information about transport,
accommodation, visitor attractions, activity holidays and respite care
establishments, both in the