Trafford Disability Partnership is not responsible for the content of sites
you may visit as a result of using this website. If you have any reason to think
that any site we have provided a link to is unsuitable, please don't hesitate to
contact us.
Access
|
| Access All Areas - a DDA access audit company run by the
disabled for the benefit of the disabled in the UK |
www.access-auditing.com |
| Blue Badge Training - disability awareness training to
business all over the UK |
www.blue-badge.co.uk |
| Disabled Access
Solutions |
www.disabledaccesssolutions.co.uk |
| Trafford Adaptations
Team |
www.trafford.gov.uk/cme/live/welcome.asp?id=537 |
| |
|
Blind/Visually
Impaired
|
| Action for Blind
People |
www.afbp.org |
| British Blind Sport |
www.britishblindsport.org.uk |
| Guide Dogs for the
Blind Association |
www.guidedogs.org.uk |
| Henshaws Society for
Blind People |
www.hsbp.co.uk |
| Listening Books
|
www.listening-books.org.uk |
| National Library for
the Blind |
www.nlb-online.org/ |
| Royal National
Institute for the Blind |
www.rnib.org.uk |
| Royal National
College for the Blind |
www.rncb.ac.uk |
| Talking Newspaper
Enterprises Ltd |
www.tnauk.org.uk |
| |
|
Business
|
| Association of
Disabled Professionals (ADP) |
www.adp.org.uk |
| Business in the
Community |
www.bitc.org.uk |
| Centre for
Accessible Environment |
www.cae.org.uk |
| Companies House -
provision of company information to the public |
www.companieshouse.gov.uk |
| Disability
Employment Advisory Committee |
www.deac.org.uk |
| Disabled
Entrepreneurs Network |
www.disabled-entrepreneurs.net |
| Employers Forum on
Disability |
www.employers-forum.co.uk/www/index.htm |
| Equality Direct -
gives business managers easy access to advice on a wide range of equality
issues |
www.equalitydirect.org.uk |
| Greater Manchester
Low Pay Unit |
www.gmlpu.org.uk |
| North West Business
Access |
www.businessaccess.ac.uk |
| Tiger (Tailored
Interactive Guidance on Employment Rights) |
www.tiger.gov.uk |
| Trafford Business
Venture |
www.tbv.co.uk |
| Work-Life Balance campaign |
www.dti.gov.uk/work-lifebalance |
| Wheelchair accessible hotels at (WhenWeTravel.) |
www.whenwetravel.com/travel_destination_hotel/
wheelchair_accessible_hotels.jsp |
| |
|
Careers and
Employment
|
| After 16 - for
teenagers and young people in the UK who have an impairment or are disabled
and are wondering what opportunities and services there should be when they
leave school. |
www.after16.org.uk |
| Association for
Supported Employment |
www.afse.org.uk |
| BEST Employment
Services |
www.bestemploymentservices.org.uk |
| Careers A - Z |
www.careersa-z.co.uk |
| City Pride
Information Advice and Guidance (IAG) Partnership |
www.citypride-iag.org.uk |
| Connexions Trafford
- careers advice for young people |
www.connexions-trafford.org.uk |
| Disability
Employment Advisory Committee |
www.deac.org.uk |
| Disability Now -
contains a jobs section |
www.disabilitynow.org.uk |
| Disabled Workers
Co-operative - database where disabled people can register their skills |
www.disabledworkers.org.uk |
| Employers' Forum on
Disability is the national employers' organisation focused on disability in
the UK. |
www.employers-forum.co.uk |
| Employment
opportunities for disabled people |
www.opportunities.org.uk |
| Experteer is the leading website for executive jobs in the
UK and across Europe. |
www.experteer.co.uk |
| Global Applied
Disability Research and Information Network on Employment and Training |
www.gladnet.org |
| GtrManchester
Workplace - jobs and career development website |
www.manchesterworkplace.com |
| International Labour
Organisation, Disability and Work website |
http://bravo.ilo.org/public/english/employment/skills/disability |
| Jobability |
www.jobability.com |
| Jobcentre Plus
|
www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk |
| Local Government
Careers |
www.lgcareers.com |
| Local Government
jobs website |
www.lgjobs.com |
| Monster - online job
vacancies website |
www.monster.co.uk |
| New Deal for
Disabled People |
www.newdeal.gov.uk |
| Northwest Workplace |
www.northwestworkplace.com |
| Opportunities - public sector
recruitment and career development website |
www.opportunities.co.uk |
| Readywillingable - produce
employment bulletins for disabled people |
www.readywillingable.net |
| Reed - online job vacancies
website |
www.reed.co.uk |
| Remploy North West |
www.remploy.co.uk |
| Shaw Trust |
www.shaw-trust.org.uk |
| Tiger (Tailored Interactive
Guidance on Employment Rights) |
www.tiger.gov.uk |
| The Prince's Trust |
www.princes-trust.org.uk |
| United Response |
www.unitedresponse.org.uk |
| Worktrain - national jobs and
learning site |
www.worktrain.gov.uk |
| |
|
Carers
Information
|
| A - Z Care Homes
Guide |
www.carehomes.co.uk |
| Carers - government
information site for carers |
www.carers.gov.uk |
| Care Co-ordination
Network UK |
www.york.ac.uk |
| Carers National
Association |
www.londonhealth.co.uk/carersnationalassociation.asp |
| Carers website |
www.aqu.co.uk/carers/ |
| Community Care
Magazine |
www.communitycare.co.uk |
| Contact a family -
for families with disabled children |
www.cafamily.org.uk |
| Council and Care -
advice for people over 60 including those with disabilities, their carers,
etc. |
www.counselandcare.org.uk |
| Crossroads caring
for carers |
www.crossroads.org.uk |
| Disabled person's
one-stop Internet site for disabled people, their carers, family and
friends. |
www.youreable.com |
| Government
information for Carers |
www.carers.gov.uk |
| Princess Royal Trust
for Carers |
www.carers.org |
| Proactive Parents |
www.proactiveparents.org.uk |
| Rethinkcarers - for
mental health carers |
www.rethinkcarers.org |
| Vitalise - national
charity providing breaks for disabled people and their carers. |
www.vitalise.org.uk |
| |
|
Children
|
| British Association
for Early Childhood Education |
www.early-education.org.uk |
| Childline
|
www.childline.org.uk |
| Children's Legal
Centre |
www.childrenslegalcentre.com |
| Church of England
Children's Society |
www.the-childrens-society.org.uk |
| Circles Network -
provides advocacy services, bereavement counselling, supporting disabled
offenders in prision services |
www.circlesnetwork.org.uk |
| Council for Disabled
Children |
www.ncb.org.uk |
| Delamere Toy and
Tape Library - lending library of toys and tapes for children under the age
of eight years, and disabled children and adults |
www.toylibrary.org.uk |
| Dyscalculia -
information about teaching pupils with dyscalculia |
www.dyscalculia.org.uk |
| HemiHelp for
children with Hemiplegia |
www.hemihelp.org.uk |
| I Can - national
educational charity for children with speech and language difficulties |
www.ican.org.uk |
| Kidsactive
|
www.kidsactive.org.uk |
| National Children's
Bureau |
www.ncb.org.uk |
| REACH (Association
for children with hand or arm deficiency) |
www.reach.org.uk |
| |
|
Deaf
|
| British Association
of Teachers of the Deaf |
www.batod.org.uk |
| DELTA (Deaf
Education Through Listening and Talking) |
www.deafeducation.org.uk |
| Manchester Deaf Centre |
www.manchesterdeafcentre.com |
| National Deaf
Children's Society |
www.ndcs.org.uk |
| Greater Manchester
Deaf Community Information Gateway |
www.deafgateway.info |
| Royal Association
for Deaf people |
www.royaldeaf.org.uk |
| Royal National
Institute for Deaf People |
www.rnid.org.uk |
| |
|
Deafblind
|
| A - Z to Deafblindness |
www.deafblind.com |
| Deafblind Connection
|
www.sense.org.uk/deafblind/index.cfm |
| Deafblind UK
|
www.deafblind.org.uk |
| SENSE - organisation
for people with deafblindness and associated disabilities. |
www.sense.org.uk |
| Deafblind web
resource |
www.deafblind.co.uk |
| |
|
Disability
|
| Afasic (speech and
language impairments) |
www.afasic.org.uk |
| ASBAH (Association
for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus) |
www.asbah.org |
| Autism Connect |
www.autismconnect.org |
| British Council of
Disabled People |
www.bcodp.org.uk |
| British Institute
for Brain Injured Children (BIBIC) |
www.bibic.org.uk |
| Brittle Bone Society |
www.brittlebone.org |
| Cerebral Palsy
Resources on the internet |
www.healthcyclopedia.com |
| Cerebral Palsy
Tutorial - a multimedia tutorial for children and parents |
www.med.virginia.edu |
| David Lewis Centre
for Epilepsy |
www.davidlewis.org.uk |
| Disability Now |
www.disabilitynow.org.uk |
| Disability website
run by the government |
www.disability.gov.uk |
| Down's Syndrome
Association |
www.dsa-uk.com |
| Dyspraxia Foundation |
www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk |
| Greater Manchester
Coalition of Disabled People |
www.users.globalnet.co.uk |
| Headway - national
head injuries association |
www.headway.org.uk |
| Integrating
Community Equipment Services (ICES) - helps disabled people of all ages to
develop their full potential |
www.icesdoh.org |
| Limbless Association |
www.limbless-association.org |
| National Autistic
Society |
www.nas.org.uk |
| Online Asperger
Syndrome Information and Support (OASIS) |
www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/ |
| Proactive Parents |
www.proactiveparents.org.uk |
| Royal Association
for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR) |
www.radar.org.uk |
| SCOPE - for people
with cerebral palsy |
www.scope.org.uk |
| Special Educational
Needs and Disability Tribunal |
www.sendist.gov.uk |
| The Sound Learning
Centre |
www.thesoundlearningcentre.co.uk |
| The Stammer Trust |
www.stammertrust.co.uk |
| United Cerebral
Palsy Association |
www.ucpa.org |
| |
|
Dyslexia
|
| Adult Dyslexia
Organisation |
www.futurenet.co.uk |
| British Dyslexia
Association |
www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk |
| Council for the
Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic Pupils |
www.crested.org.uk |
| Dyslexia Help |
www.dyslexiahelp.co.uk |
| Dyslexia Institute |
www.dyslexia-inst.org.uk |
| Dyslexics -
independent website about dyslexia |
www.orchid.eurobell.co.uk/dyslexics/index.htm |
| I am dyslexic -
website created by a dyslexic pupil |
www.iamdyslexic.com |
| The International
Dyslexia Association |
www.interdys.org |
| |
|
Education and
Training
|
| Advisory Centre for
Education |
www.ace-ed.org.uk |
| All About College |
www.allaboutcollege.com |
| BBC Learningzone |
www.bbc.co.uk |
| BBC Skillwise - for
adults wishing to improve their reading, maths and English |
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/ |
| British Association
for Early Childhood Education |
www.early-education.org.uk |
| British Association
of Teachers of the Deaf |
www.batod.org.uk |
| Centre for Studies
on Inclusive Education (CISE) |
http://inclusion.uwe.ac.uk/csie/ |
| DELTA (Deaf
Education Through Listening and Talking) |
www.deafeducation.org.uk |
| Disabled Student
Allowance |
www.trafford.gov.uk/studentsupport/ |
| Distance Learning |
www.distance-learning.co.uk |
| Dyscalculia -
information about teaching pupils with dyscalculia |
www.dyscalculia.org.uk |
| Foundation for
Conductive Education |
www.conductive-education.org.uk |
| Foundation degrees -
employment-related, higher education qualifications |
www.foundationdegree.com |
| Gradunet |
www.gradunet.co.uk |
| Greater Manchester
Open College Network - offers accreditation to learners for whom traditional
qualifications are inappropriate and inaccessible |
www.gmocn.ac.uk |
| GreaterManchester
Workplace - jobs and career development website |
www.manchesterworkplace.com |
| HE Student Support |
www.dfes.gov.uk |
| Hobsons
International Distance Learning |
www.distance-learning.co.uk |
| I Can - national
educational charity for children with speech and language difficulties |
www.ican.org.uk |
| Independent Panel
for Special Education Advice (IPSEA) |
www.ipsea.org.uk |
| Learndirect |
www.learndirect.co.uk |
| Learning and Skills
Council Greater Manchester |
www.lsc.gov.uk |
| Manchester
Metropolitan University |
www.mmu.ac.uk |
| National Association
for Special Needs (NASEN) |
www.nasen.org.uk |
| National Extension
College |
www.nec.ac.uk |
| National Union of
Students |
www.nusonline.co.uk |
| National Union of
Teachers |
www.data.teachers.org.uk |
| Northwest Student
and Graduate online - provides details of vacancies and access to online
career management materials |
www.nwstudentandgraduate.ac.uk |
| North Trafford
College |
www.northtrafford.ac.uk |
| Office for Standards
in Education (OFSTED) |
www.ofsted.gov.uk |
| Open College of the
Arts |
www.oca-uk.com |
| Opendays -
university and college open day directory |
www.opendays.com |
| Skill: National
Bureau for Students with Disabilities - independent organisation promoting
opportunities for disabled students over the age of 16. |
www.skill.org.uk |
| South Trafford
College |
www.stcoll.ac.uk |
| Support4Learning |
www.support4learning.org.uk |
| TechDis - national
organisation providing information and advice to further and higher
education institutions on equipment and technology for disabled students. |
www.techdis.ac.uk |
| The Open University |
www.open.ac.uk |
| UK Course Finder |
www.ukcoursefinder.com |
| UK Inclusion
|
http://inclusion.uwe.ac.uk/index.htm |
| UK Lifelong Learning |
www.lifelonglearning.co.uk |
| UMIST |
www.umist.ac.uk |
| Uni4Me |
www.uni4me.com |
| University of
Manchester |
www.man.ac.uk |
| Virgin Student |
www.virginstudent.com |
| Wired for Health -
health information for teachers |
www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk |
| Workable - national
charity supporting disabled undergraduates and recent graduates in work
experience and training to meet employment goals. |
Email:
infor@workableuk.org |
| Workers' Education
Council - voluntary provider of adult learning opportunities |
www.wea.org.uk |
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|
Family and
Personal
|
| Access Travel -
holidays for disabled people |
www.access-travel.co.uk |
| Anaurora - "internet
magazine for the disAble woman" |
www.anaurora.co.uk |
| Black Britain |
www.blackbritain.co.uk |
| Black Information
Link |
www.blink.org.uk |
| British Pregnancy
Advisory Service |
www.bpas.org.uk |
| CENMAC (Centre for
Micro-Assisted Communication) |
www.cenmac.com |
| Contact a family -
for families with disabled children |
www.cafamily.org.uk |
| Cruse Bereavement
Care - charity that offers bereavement support. |
www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk |
| Delamere Toy and
Tape Library - lending library of toys and tapes for children under the age
of eight years, and disabled children and adults |
www.toylibrary.org.uk |
| Disability,
Pregnancy and Parenthood International National Centre for Disabled Parents |
www.dppi.org.uk |
| Disabled Living
Centres Council (DLCC) |
www.dlcc.org.uk |
| Disabled Parents
Network National Centre for Disabled Parents |
www.disabledparentsnetwork.org.uk |
| Disabled person's
one-stop Internet site for disabled people, their carers, family and
friends. |
www.youreable.com |
| Ex-Services Mental
Welfare Society - Combat Stress |
www.combatstress.org.uk |
| Family Holiday
Association |
www.fhaonline.org.uk |
| Family Planning
Association |
www.fpa.org.uk |
| GLAMS - friendship
group for lesbian and gay people with Multiple Sclerosis |
www.mssociety.org.uk |
| Holiday Care -
specialise in all aspects of planning a holiday for disabled people |
www.holidaycare.org.uk |
| Institute on
Independent Living - self-help organizations of disabled people who work for
equal opportunities, self-determination and self-respect. |
www.independentliving.org |
| Leonard Cheshire |
www.leonard-cheshire.org |
| Limbless Association |
www.limbless-association.org |
| National Association
of Toy and Leisure Libraries (Play Matters) |
www.natll.org.uk |
| National Disabled
Persons Housing Service |
www.hodis.org.uk |
| National Friend - UK
network of helplines in local lesbian, gay and bisexual communities |
www.friend.dircon.co.uk |
| Netmums - provides
information and advice on being a mum with young children. |
www.netmums.com |
| Parents for
inclusion |
www.parentsforinclusion.org |
| PsychologyOnline -
web-based service designed to give patients consultations, assessment and
therapy through the internet |
www.psychologyonline.co.uk |
| Regard - National
Organisation of Disabled Lesbians and Gay Men |
www.regard.dircon.co.uk |
| SSAFA (The Soldiers,
Sailors, Airmen and Families Association) |
www.ssafa.org.uk |
| Stonewall - working
for lesbian and gay equality |
www.stonewall.org.uk |
| Talking Newspaper
Enterprises Ltd |
www.tnauk.org.uk |
| The Compassionate
Friends - charity that Supports bereaved parents and their families
following the death of a child of any age |
www.tcf.org.uk |
| Thrive - national
horticultural charity that exists to enabled disadvantaged, disabled and
older people |
www.thrive.org.uk |
| Voice UK - support
and action group for people with learning disabilities who have been either
physically or sexually abused, their families and carers. |
www.voiceuk.clara.net |
| Winged Fellowship
Trust - provide holidays for disabled people and breaks for carers |
Email:
admin@wft.org.uk |
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|
Funding
|
| Arts Council of
England |
www.artscouncil.org.uk |
| Association of
Charitable Foundations (ACF) |
www.acf.org.uk |
| Awards for All |
www.awardsforall.org.uk |
| Charities Aid
Foundation (CAF) |
www.cafonline.org |
| Charities
Information Bureau (CIB) |
www.cibfunding.org.uk |
| Children in Need |
www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/index.shtml |
| Children's Fund
Programme |
www.cypu.gov.uk/corporate/childrensfund/ |
| Church Urban Fund |
www.cuf.org.uk |
| Community Energy
Programme |
www.est.org.uk/communityenergy |
| Community Foundation
for Greater Manchester |
www.communityfoundation.co.uk |
| Community Fund |
www.community-fund.org.uk |
| Co-op Charitable
Foundation (click on the bottom left button - Co-op Foundation) |
www.coop.co.uk |
| Directory of Social
Change |
www.dsc.org.uk |
| Electoral
Commission: New Initiatives Fund |
www.electoralcommission.org.uk |
| Elizabeth Finn Trust |
www.elizabethfinntrust.org.uk |
| Esmee Fairbairn
Foundation |
www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk |
| European Social Fund |
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/esf2000/index-en.htm |
| Football Foundation
Grants |
www.footballfoundation.org.uk |
| Funderfinder |
www.funderfinder.org.uk |
| Grants On-line |
www.grantsonline.org.uk |
| Harvest Trust |
www.hartrust.dircon.co.uk |
| Heritage Fund |
www.awardsforall.org.uk |
| Institute of
Fundraising |
www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk |
| Lloyds TSB
Foundation for England and Wales |
www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk |
| Manchester Rag |
www.manchesterrag.org |
| Millennium
Commission |
www.millennium.gov.uk |
| New Opportunities
Fund |
www.nof.org.uk |
| North West Arts
Board |
www.arts.org.uk/directory/regions/north_west/ |
| Sport England |
www.sportengland.org |
| Sport Relief UK
Grants |
www.comicrelief.com/money/applygrant_uk.shtml |
| Sustainable Funding
Project - a range of information sheets on fundraising options to download |
www.ncvo-vol.org.uk |
| The Princes Trust |
www.princes-trust.org.uk |
| UK Fundraising |
www.fundraising.co.uk |
| Viridor Community
Action Fund |
www.redroseforest.co.uk |
| Voluntary and
Community Sector Grants - provides information on the grants available from
four Government departments |
http://www.volcomgrants.gov.uk |
| Winston Churchill
Memorial Trust |
www.wcmt.org.uk |
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|
Getting Around
|
| Disabled Driver's
Association |
www.dda.org.uk |
| Disabled Driver's
Motor Club |
www.ddmc.org.uk |
| Disabled Go -
provides detailed access information for public venues from art-galleries to
swimming pools, from theatres to zoos. |
www.disabledgo.info |
| Greater Manchester
Passenger Transport Executive - travel information |
www.gmpte.gov.uk |
| Inclusive Mobility -
A guide to best practice on access to pedestrian and transport
infrastructure |
www.mobility-unit.dft.gov.uk/inclusive/index.htm |
| Manchester Airport -
travel information |
www.manairport.co.uk |
| Metrolink - travel
information |
www.lrta.org/Manchester/index.html |
| Mobility Information
Service |
www.mis.org.uk |
| Motability - helps
disabled people of all ages become more mobile |
www.motability.co.uk |
| Motivation -
wheelchair design |
www.motivation.org.uk |
| National Association
for Bikers with a Disability (NADB) |
www.nabd.org.uk |
| National Rail "service alterations" |
www.nationalrail.co.uk |
| National Rail Live
Departure Boards - allows you to see how the trains are running from any
station |
www.nationalrail.co.uk |
| Network Rail |
www.networkrail.com |
| Queen Elizabeth's
Foundation Mobility Centre |
www.qefd.org |
| Rail ticketing guide
- plain English guide to the anomalies of the railways' ticketing system and
contains advice |
www.chester-le-track.co.uk |
| Tripscope |
www.tripscope.org.uk |
| Wheels for All! -
provides disabled people with the opportunity to enjoy cycling for
themselves. |
www.cycling.org.uk |
| Wheelchair accessible hotels at (WhenWeTravel.) |
www.whenwetravel.com/travel_destination_hotel/
wheelchair_accessible_hotels.jsp |
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|
Government
Departments
|
| Adult Learning
Inspectorate |
www.ali.gov.uk |
| Commission for
Racial Equality |
www.cre.gov.uk |
| Department for
Education and Skills |
www.dfes.gov.uk/index.htm |
| The Department of
Health Personal Social Services (PSS) Performance Assessment website - aims
to pull together all the relevant documents on performance assessment in
social services |
www.doh.gov.uk/scg/pssperform |
| Department of Health |
www.doh.gov.uk |
| Department for
Transport |
www.dft.gov.uk |
| Department for Work
& Pensions |
www.dwp.gov.uk |
| Inland Revenue |
www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk |
| Learning and Skills
Council |
www.lsc.gov.uk |
| Local Government
Information Unit |
www.lgiu.gov.uk |
| National Statistics
website |
www.statistics.gov.uk |
| North West Regional
Assembly |
www.nwra.gov.uk |
| Office of Fair
Trading |
www.oft.gov.uk |
| Open Government
website |
www.ukonline.gov.uk |
| Social Services
Inspectorate |
www.doh.gov.uk |
| UK Central
Government Directory |
www.tagish.co.uk |
| UK Passport Service |
www.ukpa.gov.uk |
| |
|
Having Your Say
|
| British Council of
Disabled People |
www.bcodp.org.uk |
| Disability Rights
Commission |
www.drc-gb.org |
| Equal Opportunities
Commission |
www.eoc.org.uk |
| Institute of Race
Relations |
www.irr.org.uk |
| Rail Passengers
Council |
www.railpassengers.org.uk |
| Trainpain - allows
you to email complaints, comments and praise to the UK's train companies |
www.trainpain.com |
| |
|
Health
|
| Action for Sick
Children (national Association for the Welfare of Children in Hospital) |
www.actionforsickchildren.org |
| Alzheimer's Society |
www.alzheimers.org.uk |
| Arthritis Care |
www.arthritiscare.org.uk |
| British Acupuncture
Council |
www.acupuncture.org.uk |
| British Colostomy
Association |
www.bcass.org.uk |
| British Diabetic
Association |
www.diabetes.org.uk |
| British Epilepsy
Association |
www.epilepsy.org.uk |
| British Homeopathic
Association |
www.trusthomeopathy.org |
| British Osteopathy
Council |
www.osteopathy.org.uk |
| Cancer BACUP
|
www.cancerbacup.org.uk |
| CancerNausea - for
people experiencing nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy or radiation
treatments |
www.CancerNausea.com |
| Cleft Lip and Palate
Association (CLAPA) |
www.clapa.mcmail.com |
| Continence
Foundation |
www.continence-foundation.org.uk |
| Dystrophic
Eperdermolysis Bullosa Research Association (DEBRA) |
www.debra.org.uk |
| Ehlers-Danos Support
Group |
www.ehlers-danlos.org |
| Enuresis Resource
and Information Centre (ERIC) |
www.enuresis.org.uk |
| Haemophilia Society |
www.haemophilia.org.uk |
| Hypermobility
Syndrome (HMS) |
www.hypermobility.org |
| Long-term Medical
Conditions Alliance (LMCA) |
www.lmca.org.uk |
| Marfan Association
UK |
www.marfan.org.uk |
| Medical Devices
Agency |
www.medical-devices.gov.uk |
| Motor Neurone
Disease Association |
www.mndassociation.org |
| Multiple Sclerosis
Society |
www.mssociety.org.uk |
| Muscular Dystrophy
|
www.dmd.nl/nonsciuk.html |
| Musculoskeletal
Diseases |
www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/C05.html |
| National Association
for Colitis and Crohn's Disease |
www.nacc.org.uk |
| National Asthma
Campaign |
www.asthma.org.uk |
| National Back Pain
Association |
www.backpain.org |
| National Health
Service - gateway to NHS Organisations |
www.nhs.uk |
| National Institute
of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
www.ninds.nih.gov |
| National Society for
Epilepsy |
www.epilepsynse.org.uk |
| Neurofibromatosis
Association |
www.nfauk.org |
| NHS Direct - gateway
to health information |
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk |
| Paget Gorman Society |
www.pgss.org |
| Parent Project UK
(Muscular Dystrophy) - dedicated to finding a cure for Duchenne Muscular
Dystrophy (DMD) and Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD) |
www.ppuk.org |
| Perthes Association |
www.perthes.org.uk |
| Progressive
Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) Europe Association |
www.pspeur.org |
| Spinal Injuries
Association |
www.spinal.co.uk |
| Thirdaid - website
that enables people who are coping with disease or injury to contact others
in the same situation. |
www.thirdaid.com |
| Trafford General
Hospital |
www.trafford.nhs.uk |
| Trafford Health Care
Trust |
www.trafford.nhs.uk |
| Tuberous Sclerosis
Association |
www.tuberous-sclerosis.org |
| UK Thalassaemia
Society |
www.ukts.org |
| Wired for Health -
health information for teachers |
www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk |
| World Health
Organisation |
www.who.int/en/ |
| |
|
Help at Home and
Day Care
|
| Trafford Social
Services |
www.trafford.gov.uk |
| UK Home Care
Association |
www.patient.co.uk |
| |
|
House and Home
|
| Care and Repair
England |
www.ace.org.uk |
| Centre for
Accessible Environment |
www.cae.org.uk |
| Disabled Living
Foundation |
www.dlf.org.uk |
| Foundations -
national co-ordinating body for home improvements agencies who assist
older people and disabled people to improve and adapt their homes |
www.cel.co.uk/foundations |
| Housing mobility and
exchange services |
www.homes.org.uk |
| Housingnet - a
useful resource to locate housing related sites around the web |
www.housingnet.co.uk |
| Housing Options -
advisory service for people with learning disabilities |
www.housingoptions.org.uk |
| Joseph Rowntree
Housing Trust |
www.jrf.org.uk/housingandcare/ |
| Landlord-Law -
information and resources for Landlords and Tenants |
www.landlordlaw.co.uk |
| Residential Property
Tribunal Service |
www.rpts.gov.uk |
| SITRA - charitable
resource centre dedicated to raising standards in supported housing |
www.sitra.org.uk |
| Trafford Adaptations
Team |
www.trafford.gov.uk/cme/live/welcome.asp?id=537 |
| |
|
Information and
Advice
|
| Ace Centre North -
provides independent assessments, training, advice and information on the
uses of Assistive Technology for individuals with physical and/or
communication impairements. |
www.ace-north.org.uk |
| Centre for Economic
and Social Inclusion |
www.cesi.org.uk |
| Children's Legal
Centre |
www.childrenslegalcentre.com |
| Citizens Advice
Bureau - Trafford |
www.traffordcab.org.uk |
| Community Legal
Service Direct |
www.clsdirect.org.uk |
| Disabled Go -
provides detailed access information for public venues from art-galleries to
swimming pools, from theatres to zoos. |
www.disabledgo.info |
| Disability Alliance
- information and advice about social security benefits and other services |
www.disabilityalliance.org |
| Disability Now -
provides news and feature articles, advice, adverts and chat forum |
www.disabilitynow.org.uk |
| Disability UK |
www.disabilityuk.com |
| Disability World
Directory |
www.disabilityworld.com |
| DisabledInfo.com |
www.disabledinfo.com |
| Electronic Library
for Social Care |
www.elsc.org.uk |
| Help the Aged |
www.helptheaged.org.uk |
| Joseph Rowntree
Foundation - one of the largest independent social policy research and
development charities in the UK |
www.jrf.org.uk |
| Leeds University -
provides a wealth of information on disabilities |
www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/publish.htm |
| National Information
Forum |
www.nif.org.uk |
| National Statistics
website |
www.statistics.gov.uk |
| Trafford Community &
Leisure Information (enCompass) - guide to local community and leisure
organisations |
www.trafford.gov.uk/encompass/ |
| Turn Around -
disability awareness, training, education and consultancy |
www.turnaround.cdis.co.uk |
| Unison - disabled
members website link |
www.unison.org.uk |
| Voluntary Community
Action Trafford - information on voluntary organisations and volunteering |
www.vcatrafford.org |
| Youreable -
information, products and services for disabled people |
www.yourable.com |
| |
|
Jobs
|
| Employment
opportunities for disabled people |
www.opportunities.org.uk |
| Greater Manchester
Workplace - jobs and career development website |
www.manchesterworkplace.com |
| Jobability |
www.jobability.com |
| Jobcentre Plus
|
www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk |
| Local Government
jobs website |
www.lgjobs.com |
| Monster - online job
vacancies website |
www.monster.co.uk |
| Worktrain - national
jobs and learning site |
www.worktrain.gov.uk |
| |
|
Learning
Disabilities
|
| All Wales Autism
Resource (AWARes) - provides useful online resources |
www.awares.org |
| Association for
Residential Care (ARC) - an umbrella organisation, which brings together
those who provide for people with a learning disability |
www.arcuk.org.uk |
| Autism Connect |
www.autismconnect.org |
| Autism Greater
Manchester |
www.autismgm.org.uk |
| British Institute of
Learning Disabilities |
www.bild.org.uk. |
| Contact a Family for
families with disabled children |
www.cafamily.org.uk |
| The Department of
Health Personal Social Services (PSS) Performance Assessment website - aims
to pull together all the relevant documents on performance assessment in
social services |
www.doh.gov.uk/scg/pssperform |
| Down's Syndrome
Association |
www.dsa-uk.com |
| Foundation for
People with Learning Disabilities (FPLD) |
www.learningdisabilities.org.uk |
| Housing Options -
advisory service for people with learning disabilities |
www.housingoptions.org.uk |
| Independent Panel
for Special Education Advice (IPSEA) |
www.ipsea.org.uk |
| Mencap works with
children and adults with a learning disability and their families and carers
to improve their lives and opportunities. |
www.mencap.org.uk |
| Mental Health Media
- also covers learning difficulties |
www.mhmedia.com |
| National Autistic
Society |
www.nas.org.uk |
| National Development
Team for People with Learning Disabilities |
www.ndt.org.uk |
| Norah Fry Research
Centre - its principal interests are the evaluation and development of
services for people with learning difficulties |
www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/NorahFry |
| North West Regional
Special Educational Needs Partnership |
www.sen-northwest.org.uk |
| North West Training
and Development Team - works towards better futures for people with learning
disabilities |
www.nwtdt.com |
| The Quality Protects
programme - focuses on working with some of the most disadvantaged and
vulnerable children in our society |
www.doh.gov.uk/qualityprotects |
| Royal Society for
Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults (MENCAP) |
www.mencap.org.uk |
| Special Educational
Needs - provide a wide range of advice and materials for teachers, parents
and others interested in or working with children with special educational
needs |
www.dfes.gov.uk/sen/ |
| Special Educational
Needs and Disability Tribunal |
www.sendist.gov.uk |
| The Big Tree -
developing portal site, which highlights good-practice, provide support and
host a forum for discussion around all aspects of multimedia use by people
with learning disabilities |
www.thebigtree.org |
| Tizard Centre - one
of the main academic groups working in learning disability and mental health
services in the UK |
www.ukc.ac.uk/tizard |
| United Response -
aims to create opportunities and choices for people with learning
disabilities or mental health problems |
www.united-response.co.uk |
| Valuing People North
West - for people with learning disabilities, their families and those that
support them. |
www.vpnw.org.uk |
| Valuing People
Support Team |
www.doh.gov.uk |
| Voice of Independent Parents in Special Educational Needs |
www.vips-in-sen.co.uk |
| |
|
Leisure and Sport
|
| Action for Leisure |
www.actionforleisure.org.uk |
| 3D - company of
mainly disabled performers |
www.3dgoforit.org.uk |
| British Blind Sport |
www.britishblindsport.org.uk |
| The English
Federation of Disability Sport |
www.efds.co.uk |
| English Heritage
|
www.english-heritage.org.uk |
| Full Circle Arts -
disability arts development agency |
www.full-circle-arts.co.uk |
| Greater Manchester
Sports Partnership |
www.greatersport.co.uk |
| London Sports Forum |
www.londonsportsforum.org.uk |
| Manchester Amputee Fitness Initiative (MANFIT) |
www.manfit.org |
| National Trust |
www.nationaltrust.org.uk |
| Sport England |
www.sportengland.org |
| Trafford Community Leisure Trust |
www.traffordleisure.co.uk |
| Vitalise - national charity
providing breaks for disabled people and their carers. |
www.vitalise.org.uk |
| |
|
Local Information
|
| Age Concern Trafford
|
www.ageconcerntrafford.org.uk |
| Altrincham Town
Centre Partnership |
www.altrincham.net |
| Delamere Toy and
Tape Library - lending library of toys and tapes for children under the age
of eight years, and disabled children and adults |
www.toylibrary.org.uk |
| Greater Manchester
County Record Office - public record office |
www.gmcro.co.uk |
| Greater Manchester
Police |
www.gmp.police.uk |
| Greater Manchester
Police Authority |
www.gmpa.gov.uk |
| Housing |
www.trafford.gov.uk/housing/ |
| Learning and Skills
Council Greater Manchester |
www.lscgm.info |
| The Norton Group -
offer a wide variety of mental health services in Old Trafford |
www.nortongroup.co.uk |
| Partington and
Carrington Community website |
www.pccp.info |
| Sale Town Centre
Partnership |
www.saletowncentre.co.uk |
| Trafford Borough
Council |
www.trafford.gov.uk |
| Trafford Business
Venture |
www.tbv.co.uk |
| Trafford Centre
|
www.traffordcentre.co.uk |
| Trafford Community &
Leisure Information (enCompass) - guide to local community and leisure
organisations |
www.trafford.gov.uk/encompass/ |
| Urmston Town Centre
Partnership |
www.urmston.net |
| Voluntary Community
Action Trafford (VCAT) |
www.vcatrafford.org |
| |
|
Mental Health
|
| BBC Mental Health
information |
www.bbc.co.uk |
| Can do - Community
Mental Health Interactive Information Network |
www.cando.com |
| Changingminds -
campaign aimed at reducing the stigma attached to mental illness. |
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/campaigns/cminds/ |
| Embracing Diversity
- Bury and Stockport based provision |
www.embracingdiversity.org |
| Employment,
Information & Support Exchange (EISE) for people with mental health
difficulties |
www.comcarenet.co.uk/eise/default.htm |
| Ex-Services Mental
Welfare Society - Combat Stress |
www.combatstress.org.uk |
| MadNotBad - website created by a "service user" |
www.madnotbad.co.uk |
| Mental Health Media |
www.mhmedia.com |
| Mind - mental health
charity |
www.mind.org.uk |
| Moving On -
Manchester based provision |
www.moving-on.info |
| The Norton Group -
offer a wide variety of mental health services in Old Trafford |
www.nortongroup.co.uk |
| Rethink - for people
with severe mental illness |
www.rethink.org |
| Tizard Centre - one
of the main academic groups working in learning disability and mental health
services in the UK |
www.ukc.ac.uk/tizard |
| Trafford South Asian
Mental Health Project |
www.pakistani-resource.org.uk |
| United Response -
aims to create opportunities and choices for people with learning
disabilities or mental health problems |
www.unitedresponse.org.uk |
| |
|
Money and
Consumer Matters
|
| Asda |
www.asda.co.uk |
| Consumers
Association |
www.which.net |
| Co-op |
www.co-op.co.uk |
| Disability Benefits |
www.disabilitybenefits.co.uk |
| Disabled Student
Allowance |
www.trafford.gov.uk/content/lll/studentsupport/ |
| Inland Revenue |
www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk |
| Office of Fair
Trading |
www.oft.gov.uk |
| PC Association |
www.pcauk.org |
| Powergen |
www.powergen.co.uk |
| Research Institute
for Consumer Affairs (RICA) - research and information for consumers with
disabilities |
www.ricability.org.uk |
| Student Loans |
www.slc.co.uk |
| Student Moneynet |
www.studentmoneynet.co.uk |
| Support4Learning |
www.support4learning.org.uk |
| Tesco |
www.tesco.com/ |
| Trading Standards
|
www.trafford.gov.uk/cme/live/welcome.asp?ID=489 |
