Useful Contacts
Access
Access to Communication and Technology, Oak Tree Lane Centre, 91 Oak Tree
Lane, Selly Oak, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 6JA.
Tel: 0121 627 8235
Fax: 0121 627 8892
British Telecom Age and Disability Unit, 9th Floor, Burne House, Bell Street,
London, NW1 5BZ.
Freephone: 0800 671504
Textphone: 0800 243123
Blind/Visually Impaired
British Wireless for the Blind, Gabriel House, 34 New Road, Chatham, Kent,
ME4 4QR.
Tel: 01634 832501
Fax: 01634 817485
Catholic Blind Institute, Christopher Grange Centre for the Adult Blind, Youens
Way, Liverpool, L14 2EW.
Tel: 0151 220 2525
Fax: 0151 220 1972
Henshaw’s Society for Blind People, John Derby House, 88-92 Talbot Road, Old
Trafford, Manchester, M16 0GS.
Tel: (0161) 872 1234
Fax: (0161) 848 9889
Email: hanshaws@demon.co.uk
The Partially Sighted Society, 9 Plato Place, 72-74 St Dionis Road, London, SW6
4TU.
Tel: 020 7371 0289
Carers Information
Care & Support Initiatives, 39 Hazelbottom Road, MANCHESTER.
Tel: (0161) 202 3344
Carers National Association, 20-25 Glasshouse Yard, London, EC1A 4JT.
Tel: 020 7490 8818
Carers line: 0345 573369
Fax: 020 7490 8824
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, London Office, 142 Minories, London, EC3N
1LS.
Tel: 020 7480 7788
Fax: 020 7480 4729
Email: PRT4@aol.com
Careers and Employment
Breakthrough UK Ltd, Business Employment, Venture Centre, Aked Close, Ardwick,
MANCHESTER, M12 4AN.
Tel: (0161) 273 5412
First Asian Support Trust, 565-567 Cheetham Hill Road, MANCHESTER, M8 9HZ.
Tel: (0161) 740 3399
Children
Aid for Children with Tracheotomies (ACT), 215a Perry Street, Billericay,
Essex, CM12 0NZ.
Tel/fax: 01277 654425
Children’s Head Injury Trust (CHIT), c/o Neurosurgery, The Radcliffe Infirmary,
Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6HE.
Tel/fax: 01865 224786
Email: enquiries@chit.demon.co.uk
I CAN (Invalid Children’s Aid Nationwide), Barbican Citygate, 1-3 Dufferin
Street, London, EC1Y 8NA.
Tel: 020 7374 4422
Fax: 020 7374 2762
Email: ICAN@ICAN.btinternet.com
Lady Hoare Trust (for children with arthritis and limb disabilities), 87 Worship
Street, London, EC2A 2BE.
Tel: 020 7377 7567
Fax: 020 7247 4705
Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children, Finsbury Health Centre, Pine
Street, London, EC1R 0LP.
Tel: 020 7831 4818
Fax: 020 7831 5174
NASCPS (Charity of Incontinent and Stoma Children), 51 Anderson Drive, Valley
View Park, Darvel, Ayrshire, KA17 0DE.
Tel: 01560 322024
National Childbirth Trust (Parent Ability), Alexandra House, Oldham Terrace,
Acton, London, W3 6NH.
Tel: 020 8992 2616
Fax: 020 8992 5929
National Deaf Children’s Society, National Office, 15 Dufferin Street, London,
EC1Y 8UR.
Tel/textphone 020 7490 8656
Helpline: 020 7250 0123 (Mon to Fri 10 am – 5 pm, Tues 10 am – 7 pm)
Fax: 020 7251 5020
Email: ndcs@ndcs.org.uk
Play for Disabled Children with Disabilities and Special Needs (HAPA), Pryor’s
Bank, Bishop’s Park, London, SW6 3LA.
Tel/textphone/information line: 020 7731 1435
Admin: 020 7736 4443
Textphone: 020 7384 2596
Fax: 020 7731 4426
Deaf
British Deaf Association, 1-3 Worship Street, London, EC2A 2AB.
Tel/voice: 020 7588 3520
Fax: 020 7588 3527
British Deaf Sports Council, 7a Bridge Street, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 1BQ.
Tel: 01943 850214/850081
Catholic Deaf Society, Henesy House, Sudell Street, Collyhurst, Manchester, M4
4JG.
Tel: (0161) 843 8828
Fax: (0161) 833 3611
Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People (CACDP), Durham
University Science Park, Block 4 Stockton Road, Durham, DH1 3UZ.
Tel/textphone: 0191 383 1155
Textphone answering machine: 0191 383 7915
Fax: 0191 383 7914
Email: Durham@ccdp.demon.co.uk
Friends for Young Deaf People, East Court Mansion, College Lane, East Grinstead,
West Sussex, RH19 3LT.
Tel: 01342 323444
Textphone: 01342 312639
Fax: 01342 410232
Hearing Concern, the British Association of the Hard of Hearing, 7-11 Armstrong
Road, London, W3 7JL.
Tel/textphone: 020 8743 1110
Helpline: 01245 344600
Fax: 01245 280747
National Association of Deafened People, Long Acre, Horsleys Green, High
Wycombe, Bucks, HP14 3UX.
Tel/textphone: 01494 723613
Fax: 01494 431932
National Deaf Children’s Society, National Office, 15 Dufferin Street, London,
EC1Y 8UR.
Tel/textphone 020 7490 8656
Helpline: 020 7250 0123 (Mon to Fri 10 am – 5 pm, Tues 10 am – 7 pm)
Fax: 020 7251 5020
Email: ndcs@ndcs.org.uk
Deafblind
Deafblind UK, 100 Bridge Street, Peterborough, PE1 1DY.
Tel: 01733 358100
Textphone: 01733 358858
Helpline: 0800 132320
Fax: 01733 358356
Email:
Jackie@deafblind.demon.co.uk
Disability Information and Services
British Council of Disabled People (BCODP), Litchurch plaza, Litchurch Lane,
Derby, DE24 8AA.
Tel: 01332 295551
Textphone: 01332 295581
Information line: 01332 298288
Fax: 01332 295580
Email: bcodp@bcodp.demon.co.uk
British Limbless Ex-Servicemen’s Association (BLESMA), Frankland Moore House,
185-187 High Road, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex, RM6 6NA.
Tel: 020 8590 1124
Fax: 020 8599 2932
British Stammering Association, 15 Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green, London, E2 9PJ
Tel: 020 8983 1003
Helpline: 0845 603 2001 (local rates)
Fax: 020 8983 3591
D I A L Trafford, John Derby House, 88-92 Talbot Road, Old Trafford, MANCHESTER,
M16 0GS.
Tel: 08707 703255
Minicom: (0161) 772 1730
Disability Alliance, 1st Floor East, Universal House, 88-94 Wentworth Street,
London, E1 7SA.
Tel/textphone: 020 7247 8763
Disability Information Trust, Mary Marlborough Centre, Nuffield Orthopaedic
Centre, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LD.
Tel: 01865 227592
Fax: 01865 227596
Disability Law Service, 39-45 Cavell Street, London, E1 2BP.
Tel: 020 7791 9800
Minicom: 020 7791 9801
Fax: 020 7791 9802
Email advice@dls.org.uk
Disabled Living, Redbank House, 4 St. Chads Street, Cheetham, Manchester.
Tel: (0161) 214 5959
Disabled Living Foundation, 380-4 Harrow Road, London, W9 2HU.
Tel: 020 7289 6111
Fax: 020 7266 2922
Email: dlfinfo@dlf.org.uk
Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People, Carisbrooke, Wenlock Way,
Manchester.
Tel/Text: (0161) 273 5154/5155
Handicapped Aid Trust, 15 Church Road, Lytham, Lancs, FY8 5LH.
Tel/fax: 01253 780011
Leonard Cheshire, North West Region, 27 Wilson Patten Street, Warrington, WA1
1PG.
Tel: 01925 414115
Manchester Disabled People’s Access Group, Business Employment Venture Centre,
Aked Close, Ardwick, MANCHESTER, M12 4AN.
Tel: (0161) 273 5033
Manchester’s Multi-Agency Partnership for Disabled Children and Young People
(MAP), Map Office, 102 Manchester Road, Chorlton, Manchester, M21 9SZ.
Tel: (0161) 881 8116
Fax: (0161) 881 0051
Email:
gbaldwin@notes.manchester.gov.uk
Education
IPSEA (Independent Panel for Special Education Advice), 22 Warren Hill Road,
Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4DU.
Tel/fax: 01394 382814
Family and Personal
Boys and Girls Welfare Society, Central Offices, Schools Hill, Cheadle,
Chesthire, SK8 1JE.
Tel: (0161) 283 4848
Fax: (0161) 283 4747
Family Fund Trust, PO Box 40, York, YO1 9ZX.
Tel: 01904 621115
Fax: 01904 652625
Family Planning Association, 2-12 Pentonville Road, London, N1 9FP.
Tel: 020 7837 5432
Fax: 020 7837 5433
Far East (Prisoners of War and Internees) Fund, 30 Copsewood Way, Bearsted,
Maidstone, Kent, ME14 8PL.
Tel: 01622 737124
National Centre for Independent Living, 250 Kennington Lane, London, SE1 15RD.
Tel: 020 8992 2616
Fax 020 8992 5929
National Federation of Far East Prisoner of War Clubs and Associations, 25
Tintern Avenue, Flixton, Manchester, M41 6FH.
Tel: (0161) 748 6373
Funding
Foundation for Sport and the Arts, PO Box 20, Liverpool, L13 1HB.
Tel: 0151 259 5505
Institute of Sports Sponsorship (Sportsmatch), 25-27 Buckingham Palace Road,
London, SW1P 0PP.
Tel: 0207 233 7747
Email: info@sportsmatch.co.uk
Sports Aid North West, Belle Vue Athletics and Leisure Centre, Pink Bank Lane,
Longsight, Manchester, M12 5GL.
Tel: (0161) 231 7775
Whizz Kids, 31 Kensington Church Street, London, WA8 4LL.
General Advice
Altrincham Citizens Advice Bureau, 20 Stamford New Road, ALTRINCHAM, WA14
1EJ.
Tel: 0844 499 4103
Website: www.traffordcab.org.uk
Partington Citizens Advice Bureau, Community Centre, Central Road, Partington,
MANCHESTER, M31 4FE.
Tel: 0844 499 4103
Website: www.traffordcab.org.uk
Sale Citizens Advice Bureau, 73 Chapel Road, SALE, Cheshire, M33 7EG.
Tel: 0844 499 4103
Website: www.traffordcab.org.uk
Stretford Citizens Advice Bureau, Stretford Library, 55 Bennett Street,
Stretford, MANCHESTER, M32 8SG.
Tel: 0844 499 4103
Website: www.traffordcab.org.uk
Urmston Citizens Advice Bureau, 9d Crofts Bank Road, Urmston, MANCHESTER, M41
0TZ.
Tel: 0844 499 4103
Website: www.traffordcab.org.uk
Getting Around
AA (Automobile Association, Norfolk House, Priestley Road, Basingstoke, Hants
RG24 NY.
Disability Helpline: 0800 262050
Tel: 0990 448866
Disabled Drivers’ Association, National HQ, Ashwellthorpe, Norwich, NR16 1EX.
Tel: 01508 489449
Fax: 01508 488173
Email: ddahq@aol.com
Manchester Ring & Ride, Unit 2 Piccadilly Trading Estate, Gidding Road,
Manchester.
Tel: (0161) 273 3131
Mobility Advice & Vehicle Information Service, Department of the Environment,
Transport and the Regions, 'O' Wing, MacAdam Avenue, Old Wokingham Road,
Crowthorne, Berkshire, RG45 6XD.
Tel/Minicom: 01344 661000
Email: MAVIS.dot.crow@gtnet.gov.uk
Mobility Conversions, Langley Road South, Manchester.
Tel: (0161) 745 9737
PACT (Partington and Cadishead Transport Co-operative), Partington Community
Centre, Central Road, Partington, Manchester, M31 4FY.
Tel: (0161) 777 8899 (Paul Heaton)
Trafford Tramcars, Room 64, Council Offices, Crofts Bank Road, Urmston,
MANCHESTER.
Tel: (0161) 746 8323
Government Departments
Disability Rights Commission, 2nd floor, Arndale House, Arndale Centre,
MANCHESTER, M4 3AQ.
Helpline: 08457 622 633 (help line)
Textphone: 08457 622 644
Equal Opportunities Commission, 4th floor, Arndale House, Arndale Centre,
MANCHESTER, M4 3EQ.
Tel & Minicom: (0161) 833 9244
Health
Action for Dysphasic Adults (ADA), 1 Royal Street, London, SE1 7LL
Tel: 020 7261 9572
Fax: 020 7928 9542
Action for ME, PO Box 1302, Wells, Somerset, BA5 1YE.
Counselling Helpline: 01749 670402
Pre-recorded advice: 08911 22976
Tel: 01749 670799
Fax: 01749 672561
Aid for Children with Tracheotomies (ACT), 215a Perry Street, Billericay, Essex,
CM12 0NZ.
Tel/fax: 01277 654425
Arthritis Care, 18 Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HD.
Tel: 020 7380 6500
Fax: 020 7380 6505
Free Helpline: 0808 8004050 (Mon to Fri noon - 4.00 pm)
Young People Helpline: 0808 8082000 (Mon 4.00 pm - 7.00 pm, Wed to Fri 10.00 am
- 2.00 pm)
Email:
thesource@arthritiscare.org.uk (a service for people under 26 years of age)
Arthrogryposis Group, 1 The Oaks, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4SW.
Tel/fax: 01747 822655 (Mon to Thurs 9.30 am - 3.30 pm)
Email: taguk@aol.com
Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales, 30 Drayton Park,
London, N5 1PB.
Tel: 020 7609 8405
Fax: 020 7700 1152
Ataxia, The Stable, Wiggins Yard, Bridge Street, Goldalming, Surrey, GU17 1HW.
Tel: 01483 417111
Fax: 01483 424006
Ataxia - Telangiectasia Society, IACR - Rothamsted, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 2JQ.
Tel: 01582 760733
Fax: 01582 760162
Behcet's Syndrome Society, 43 Park Gate Cres, Hadley Wood, Barnet, Herts, EN4
0NW.
Tel (office): 0845 130 7328
Helpline: 0845 130 7328
British Kidney Patient Association, Bordon, Hampshire, GU35 9JZ.
Tel: 01420 472021/2
Fax: 01420 475831
British Paralympic Association, Impact House, 2 Edridge Road, Croydon, Surrey,
CR9 1PJ.
Tel: 020 8681 9655
Fax: 020 8681 9650
Email: paralympics@compuserve.com
British Polio Fellowship (BPF), Ground Floor, Unit A, Eagle Office Centre,
Runway South, Middlesex, HA4 6SE.
Tel: 020 8842 1898
Welfare line: 020 8842 4999
Fax: 020 8842 0555
Email: british.polio@dial.pipex.com
British Red Cross Society, 9 Grosvenor Crescent, London, SW1X 7EJ.
Tel: 020 7235 5454
Fax: 020 7245 6315
British Sjogren's Syndrome Association (BSSA), Unit 1, Manor Workshops, Nailsea
Wall Lane, West End, Nailsea, Bristol, BS48 2DD.
Tel/fax: 01275 854215
Email:
bssassociation@compuserve.com
Cancerlink, 11-21 Northdown Street, London, N1 9BN.
Information service freephone: 0800 132905
Information service freephone - Asian languages: 0800 590415
Information service freephone - Young people: 0800 591028
Email:
cancerlink@canlink.demon.co.uk
Cancer Research Campaign, 10 Cambridge Terrace, London, NW1 4JL.
Tel 020 7224 1333 (switchboard)
Health promotion materials: 020 7317 5076
Information Unit fax: 020 7486 8317
Email: cancer.info@crc.org.uk
Cystic Fibrosis Trust, 11 London Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 1BY.
Tel: 020 8464 7211
Fax: 020 8313 0472
Dystonia Society, 46/47 Britton Street, London, EC1M 5UJ.
Tel: 020 7490 5671
Fax: 020 7490 5672
Eating Disorders Association, Sackville Place, 44 Magdalen Street, Norwich, NR3
1JU.
Tel: 01603 621414
Fibromyalgia Association UK, PO Box 206, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY9 8YL.
Tel: 0870 220 1232
Benefits helpline: 0870 751 7389
Fax: 0870 752 5118
Headway National Head Injuries Association, 4 King Edward Court, King Edward
Street, Nottingham, NG1 1EW.
Tel: 0115 924 0800
Fax: 0115 958 4446
Huntington's Disease Association, 108 Battersea High Street, London, SW1 13HP.
Tel: 020 7223 7000
Fax: 020 7223 9489
Manic Depression Fellowship, 8-10 High Street, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT1
1EY.
Tel: 020 8974 6550
Fax: 020 8974 6600
ME Association, 4 Corringham Road, Stanford le Hope, Essex, SS17 0AH.
Tel: 01375 642466
Fax: 01375 360256
Meniere's Society, 98 Maybury Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 5HX.
Tel: 01483 740597
Textphone: 01483 771207
Fax: 01483 771207
Migraine Trust, 45 Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3HZ.
Tel: 020 7831 4818
Fax: 020 7831 5174
MIND (the National Association for Mental Health), Granta House, 15-19 Broadway,
London, E15 4BQ.
Tel: 020 8519 2122
Info line: 020 8522 1728/0345 660163
Fax: 020 8522 1725
Motor Neurone Disease Association, PO Box 246, Northampton, NN1 2PR.
Tel: 01604 250505
Helpline: 08457 626262
Fax: 01604 624726
Myasthenia Gravis Association, Keynes House, Chester Park, Alfreton Road, Derby,
DE21 4AS.
Tel: 01332 290219
National Association of Laryngectomy Clubs, Ground Floor, 6 Rickett Street,
Fulham, London, SW6 1RU.
Tel: 020 7381 9993
Fax: 020 7381 0025
National Autistic Society, 393 City Road, London, EC1V 1NE.
Tel: 020 7833
2299
Fax: 020 7833 9666
National Centre for Cued Speech, 29-30 Watling Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1
2UD.
Tel: 01227 450757
Fax: 01227 784407
National Eczema Society, 163 Eversholt Street, London, NW1 1BU.
Tel: 020 7388 4097
Fax: 020 7388 5882
National Kidney Federation, 6 Stanley Street, Worksop, Notts, S81 7HX.
Tel: 01909 487795
Fax: 01909 481723
Email: natkidney@compuserve.com
National Osteoporosis Society, PO Box 10, Radstock, Bath, North Somerset, BA3
3YB.
Tel: 01761 471771
Helpline: 01761 472721
Fax: 01761 471104
Neurological Alliance, 41 Frewin Road, London, SW18 3LR.
Tel/fax: 020 8875 0282
Parkinson's Disease Society, 215 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 1EJ.
Tel: 020 7931 8080
Fax: 020 7233 9908
House and Home
Association for Residential Care (ARC), ARC House, Marsden Street,
Chesterfield, S40 1JY.
Tel: 01246 555043
Fax: 01246 555045
Hospital
Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, MANCHESTER, M41 5SL.
Tel: (0161) 746 2362
Learning Disabilities
British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD), Wolverhampton Road,
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 3PP.
Tel: 01562 850251
Fax: 01562 851970
Email: bild@bild.demon.co.uk
Leisure and Sport
Arts Council of England, 14 Great Peter Street, London, SW19 3NQ.
Tel: 020 7333 0100
Library and enquiry service: 020 7973 6517
Textphones/fax inmost departments: 020 7973 6590
British Deaf Sports Council, 7a Bridge Street, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 1BQ.
Tel: 01943 850214/850081
British Wheelchair Sports Foundation, Guttman Sports Centre, Guttman Road, Stoke
Mandeville, Bucks, HP21 9PP.
Tel: 01296 395995
Fax: 01296 424171
Email: wheelpower@dial.pipex.com
Disability Sport England (DSE), The Mary Glen Haig Suite, 13-27 Brunswick Place,
London N1 6DX.
Tel: 020 7490 4919
Textphone: 020 7336 8721
Fax: 020 7490 4914
Dwarf Athletic Association of the UK, PO Box 23, Hazel Grove, Stockport, SK7
5FH.
Tel: (0161) 355 5399 (Arthur and Penny Dean)
English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) National, Manchester Metropolitan
University, Alsager Campus, Hassall Road, Alsager, Stoke on Trent, ST7 SHL.
Tel: (0161) 247 5294
Minicom: (0161) 247 5644
Fax: (0161) 247 6895
Email: federation@efds.co.uk
EFDS North West, Regional Development Manager, Leisure Services, Vale Royal
Borough Council, Wybern House, Drumber, Winsford, Cheshire, CW7 1AH.
Tel: 01606 867863
Fax: 01606 862100
Email: northwest@efds.co.uk
Handigolf Foundation (Greater Manchester), Moorend Golf Club, Woodford.
Tel: 01487 824257 (Brian Alden)
Manchester Disabled Athletes, Stretford Leisure Centre, Greatstone Road,
Stretford, Manchester, M32 0ZP.
Tel: (0161) 610 8817 (Mrs. N. Perry)
Manchester Mavericks Wheelchair Basketball Club, Y Club, c/o Castlefield Hotel,
Liverpool Road, Manchester.
Tel: (0161) 456 1391 (Josie Cichockyj)
Manchester United and Disabled Supporters
Email: Philip.Downs@btinternet.com
North West Disabled and Handicapped Angling Association, 13 Ashton Road, Whalley,
Wigan.
Trafford Phoenix Sports and Leisure Club, Stretford Leisure Centre, Greatstone
Road, Stretford, Manchester, M32 0ZP.
Tel: (0161) 962 4925 (Irene Cullen)
Urmston Judo Club, Urmston Leisure Centre, Bowfell Road, Urmston, Manchester,
M41 5RR.
Tel: (0161) 912 2960 (Roger Baraclough)
Money and Consumer Matters
Benefits Enquiry Line
Tel: 0800 882200
Textphone: 0800 243355
Nationwide Consortium of Direct Payments Consultants Ltd, Progress Centre,
Charlton Place, Ardwick, MANCHESTER.
Tel: (0161) 274 3993
Passports
Liverpool Passport Office, India Buildings, 2 Water Street, Liverpool, L2
0QZ.
Tel: 0990 210410
Textphone: 0151 371 8808
Fax: 0151 471 2949
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