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A UK directory of disability and mobility information. Contains disability and disabled resources, products and services as well as information on children's needs, education, health, social care and more. 

Web: www.ableize.com

If you require help and advice with Special Educational Needs Law, Autism Consultancy, Independent Assessments, ABA Consultancy, or wish to either attend one of Adrian's specialist training courses or arrange Inset training within your workplace then please click on the relevant link.

Web: www.adrianphillips.net

Information on access to the arts in London for people with disabilities. Offers information on accessing arts venues and on becoming involved in the arts.

c/o 21 Pine Court
Wood Lodge Garden
Bromley
BR1 2WA
Web: www.artsline.org.uk

BME Advice Network is an integrated network of advice services, delivered for and by the people from London's migrant refugee communities.

You can access BAN services through drop-ins, appointments, telephone, email, or home vists. BAN members have access to interpreters and translators, to provide services in community languages.

Website: www.bmeadvicenetwork.org.uk

The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) aims to promote counselling, maintain and raise standards, supply information and advise and represent counselling and psychotherapy at national level.

BACP House
15 St John's Business Park
Lutterworth
Leicestershire
LE17 4HB
Phone: 01455 883 300
Text: 01455 560 606
Email: bacp@bacp.co.uk
Web: www.bacp.co.uk

The Care Council was established in October 2001 under the Care Standards Act 2000 to 'promote high standards of conduct and practice among social care workers and high standards in their training'. The Care Council has agreed Codes of Practice, which apply to social care workers, and employers across the social care sector. It is setting up a register of social care workers to improve public protection, creating a Workforce Development Agenda that will promote and support access to training, qualifications and continuous professional development, and is regulating social work qualifying and post qualifying training.

6th Floor
West Wing
South Gate House
Wood Street
Cardiff
CF10 1EW
Tel: 029 2022 6257
Fax: 029 2038 4764
Email: info@ccwales.org.uk
Web: www.ccwales.org.uk

Carers Direct is a national information, advice and support service for carers and those who support them in England.  The Helpline Advisors can put callers in touch with specialist national or local sources of help, including social care departments, respite centres, specialist charities and other carers support groups.

Tel: 0808 802 0202 (8am to 9pm on weekdays, 11am to 4pm on weekends)
Email: via website
Web: www.nhs.uk/carersdirect

Carers UK is the voice of carers and the leading campaigning, policy and information organisation for carers.

20 Great Dover Street
London
SE1 4LX
Tel: 020 7378 4999
Fax: 020 7378 9781
Email: info@ukcarers.org
Web: www.carersuk.org

National charity committed to reducing the number of children and young people killed, disabled and seriously injured as a result of accidents.

Canterbury Court (1.09)
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE
Tel: 020 7608 3828
Fax: 020 7608 3674
Email: safe@capt.org.uk
Web: www.capt.org.uk

Learning from families, The Child Bereavement Trust leads the way in improving the care offered by professionals to grieving families. Our national UK charity provides specialised training and support for professionals to help them respond to the needs of bereaved families.

Child Bereavement TrustAston House
High Street
West Wycombe
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP14 3AG
Tel: 01494 446 648
Fax: 01494 440 057
Email: enquiries@childbereavement.org.uk
Web: www.childbereavement.org.uk

Campaign and provide information on issues relating to poverty among children and their families.

94 White Lion Street
London
N1 9PF
Tel: 020 7837 7979
Email: staff@cpag.org.uk
Web: www.cpag.org.uk

The UK's free, 24-hour helpline for children and young people. Trained volunteer counsellors comfort, advise and protect any child with any problem. 

ChildLine
Freepost NATH1111
London
E1 6BR
Tel: 0800 1111 Freephone (24 hours); 020 7239 1000 (general enquiries)
Text: 0800 400 222 (9.30am to 9.30pm weekdays, 11am to 8pm weekends)
Fax: 020 7239 1001
Web: www.childline.org.uk

The Royal Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, support families under stress, protects children from harm and neglect, helps children recover from abuse and promotes children's rights and interests. Throughout Scotland staff and volunteers use their skills to help children overcome the difficulties in their lives and rebuild trust and confidence.

83 Whitehouse Loan
Edinburgh
EH9 1AT
Tel: 0131 446 2300
Fax: 0131 446 2339
Email: info@children1st.org.uk
Web: www.children1st.org.uk

The University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester
Essex
CO4 3SQ
Tel: 01206 873 820 (legal advice); 01206 877 910 (admin)
Fax: 01206 877 963
Email: clc@essex.ac.uk
Web: www.childrenslegalcentre.com

An alliance of over 160 organisations campaigning with the general aim of promoting the fullest possible implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Do not offer legal advice.

94 White Lion Street
Islington
London
N1 9PF
Tel: 020 7278 8222 (general); 0800 328 8759 (advice line, Tuesday to Thursday 3.30pm to 5.30pm)
Email: info@crae.org.uk
Web: www.crae.org.uk

Compass Disability Services is an innovative, enlightened and positive organisation. Its mission is "to enable disabled people to have equality of opportunity".

Compass Disability Services is a user-led organisation and its Board of Trustees, who are elected by its users, comprises at least 80% disabled people. Compass has adopted the Social Model of Disability as a way of working to remove barriers which exclude disabled people from equality of opportunity.

11-12 Belverdere Trading Estate,
Taunton,
TA1 1BH

Tel: 0330 3330089 Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00
Fax: 01823 351790
Email: info@compassdisability.org.uk

A small independent publisher of the LET'S SIGN Series of BSL materials for adults and children.

On the website you can view and buy the full LET'S SIGN Series plus a selection of other specialist publications, offering learners a wider choice to meet all needs. Comment, discussion and suggestions are also welcomed.

DeafBooks use recycled paper and FSC card for their books with all printing and binding done in-house.  All of their development work is funded by the income from sales of the publications.

Email Address: admin@deafbooks1.co.uk
Telephone: 0191 4274665
Fax: 0191 4274599

The Disability Benefits Consortium brings together a wide range of disability organisations, cancer charities, older people’s organisations, advice services, carers’ organisations and other organisations. The DBC aims to lobby and campaign on welfare benefits as they relate to disabled people.

Email: disabilitybenefitsconsortium@hotmail.co.uk
Web: www.disabilityalliance.org

This is the place to turn for the widest range of government information and services. Browse by audience groups such as 'Disabled people and carers' and 'Parents' or by topics including 'Employment', 'Learning' and 'Motoring and transport'. Alternatively, you can access definitive government directories or use the search engine.

e-Government Unit
Cabinet Office
26 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2WH
Web: www.direct.gov.uk

The centre is committed to enhancing communication and understanding between deaf and hearing people, through social, cultural and educational activities in the Surrey area.  We also aim to branch out to other areas in the United Kingdom.

Dorothy Miles Cultural Centre
32 Ludlow Road
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 7NW
Tel/text: 01483 303 888
Fax: 01483 303 099
Email: dorothymiles@btinternet.com
Web: www.dorothymilescc.org

A project supported by Scope, this organisation is the one-to-one befriending service for parents of children with disabilities.

Face 2 Face schemes operate all over England and Wales.

Tel: 0844 800 9189
Email: face2face.network@scope.org.uk
Web: www.face2facenetwork.org.uk

Family Rights Group is a national charity which offers a confidential, independent telephone advice service that supports parents and other family members whose children are involved with, or need, social care services.

Family Rights Group
2nd Floor
The Print House
18 Ashwin Street
London
E8 3DL
Tel: 0808 801 0366 (10am to 3.30pm, Monday to Friday)
Email: advice@frg.org.uk
Web: www.frg.org.uk

Non-departmental public body responsible for establishing codes of practice for social care workers, providing a register of social care workers and regulating social work education and training.

2 Hay's Lane
London
SE1 2HB
Tel: 020 7397 5100
Minicom: 020 7397 5103
Fax: 020 7397 5101
Email: info@gscc.org.uk
Web: www.gscc.org.uk

An independent national voluntary organisation campaigning for justice in immigration and asylum law. Provides free advice and casework, training courses and a range of publications.

115 Old Street, London EC1V 9RT
Phone: 020 7251 8708
Fax: 020 7251 8707
Email: info@jcwi.org.uk
Web: www.jcwi.org.uk
 

The only national charity dedicated to keeping children safe from bullying and sexual abuse. Provides free leaflets and has an anti-bullying helpline.

2 Grosvenor Gardens
London
SW1 0DH
Tel: 020 7730 3300
Helpline: 08451 205 204 (for parents, carers or concerned friends)
Fax: 020 7730 7081
Email: contact@kidscape.org.uk
Web: www.kidscape.org.uk

The Count Me In puppet prgramme was designed to enable children and adults to
develop a greater understanding with regards to disability, diversity, difference and impairment.

A major focus of the programme is centred on addressing the key issues that can initiate prejudice and discrimination, including stigma, fear of difference,
pro-conceptions, ignorance, stereotypes and peer group pressure

It also achieved this by providing a platform for both disabled and non-disabled children and adults to learn to respond to disability or "Difference" in an inclusive and appropriate way, that teaches respect for everyone's individuality and "uniqueness" within family, school, peer and wider social environments.

Kidzaware
Jubilee Hall Community Centre
5 Roads Ends
Townley Road
Lupset
Wakefield
WF2 8NS
Tel: 01924 385 977
Email: info@kidzaware.co.uk
Web: www.kidzaware.co.uk

A non-profit driven workers co-operative providing multi-cultural, non-sexist and special issue books for children. Themes included are: disability and illness, black history, fostering and adoption, bereavement and the environment.

71-73 Allen Road
Stoke Newington
London
N16 8RY
Tel: 0207 503 4801
Fax: 0207 503 4800
Email: info@letterboxlibrary.com
Web: www.letterboxlibrary.com

Cerebral Palsy is not an illness and or a disease it is a physical condition that effects people’s movement and it can affect people differently.  This site is dedicated to all types of cerebral palsy and has chat forums, information and contacts for those interested in this.

Email: susie@livingwithcerebralpasly.com
Web: www.livingwithcerebralpalsy.com

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MadeForMums is the place where mums and mums-to-be can find essential information, entertainment and friends. We cover all areas of pregnancy from trying for a baby through to pregnancy and from baby to toddlerhood all the way to caring for your schoolchild. Our aim is to make life as a parent easier and more fun.

We provide all the latest parenting and pregnancy news, celebrity gossip, professional product reviews, weekly newsletters and a brand new and improved Neighbourhood section, so you can find all the health, school and family related services in your local area.

Tel: 0207 843 8800
Email: webeditor@madeformums.com
Web: www.madeformums.com