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IET Connect has links with a wide range of specialist organisations:

» Disability support
» Employment
» Legal advice
» Money advice and debt
» Other advice
» Older people/retirement
» State benefits

 
Disability support

AbilityNet

www.abilitynet.co.uk
Freephone helpline: 0800 269545
(Tel: 01926 312847)
PO Box 94, Warwick, CV34 5WS

Helps make mainstream computer technology accessible to disabled people.

Aidis Trust

www.aidis.org
Tel: 01202 695244
Fax: 01202 695322
1 Albany Park, Cabot Lane, Poole, Dorset, BH17 7BX

Aims to provide specialised computer equipment to people with disabilities, of all ages, to aid their communication.

Alzheimers Society

www.alzheimers.org.uk/
Helpline: 0845 300 0336 (local rate)
(Tel: 020 7306 0606)
Advice and support to those dealing with dementia.

Arthritis Care

www.arthritiscare.org.uk
Freephone helpline: 0808 800 4050
(Tel: 020 7916 1500)
18 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD

Benefits Enquiry Line

Freephone: 0800 602080
Specialises in benefits for people with disabilities, their carers and their representatives. As it has no access to personal records it provides general advice only.

Blind People, Action for

www.afbp.org
Tel: 020 7732 8771
14-16 Verney Road, London SE16 3DZ
Employment, grants, information and benefits advice.

Blue Badge - information and online parking mapwww.afbp.or

British Dyslexia Association

www.bdadyslexia.org.uk
The national organisation for dyslexia.

Carers UK

www.carersuk.org.uk
CarersLine: 0808 808 7777
Tel: 020 7490 8818
20-25 Glasshouse Yard, London EC1A 4JT

Informs and supports carers, brings needs of carers to the attention of government.

Calibre Cassette Library

www.calibre.org.uk

Tel: 01296 432339
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP22 5XQ

Free postal cassette library for blind, partially sighted or print disabled adults and children.

Computability Centre (now part of AbilityNet)

www.bcs.org.uk/computab
Shows how computers, with the appropriate 'get round' technology, can help people with all kinds of disabilities.

Dial UK

www.dialuk.info
Tel: 01302 310123
St Catherine's, Tickhill Road, Balby, Doncaster DN4 8QN
Supports UK wide disability information and advice services.

Disabled Living Foundation

www.dlf.org.uk
Information on equipment and technology to increase disabled people's independence.

Holiday Care

www.holidaycare.org.uk
Tel: 0845 124 9971
Minicom: 0845 124

Provides holiday information and support for disabled people and details of respite care accommodation.

Leonard Cheshire

www.leonard-cheshire.org
Tel: 020 7802 8200
30 Millbank, London SW1P 4QD

Charity provider of services for disabled people.

Motability

www.motability.co.uk
Tel: 01279 635666
Warwick House, Roydon Road, Harlow CM19 5PX

Charity helping disabled people to purchase/hire vehicles.

Multiple Sclerosis Society

www.mssociety.org.uk
Helpline: 0808 800 8000
(Tel: 020 8438 0700)
The MS National Centre, 372 Edgware Road, London, NW2 6ND

Provides information and support to people affected by MS.
National Branch Network.

Multiple Sclerosis Society in Scotland

www.mssocietyscotland.org.uk

Tel: 0131 472 4106
Rural Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh, EH28 8NZ

Multiple Sclerosis Society in Northern Ireland

www.mssocietyni.co.uk

Tel: 01232 8028023
4 Annadale Avenue, Belfast BT7 3JJ

National Centre for Independent Living

www.ncil.org.uk/default.aspwww.ncil.org.uk

This website is designed to be a resource on independent living, direct payments and individual budgets for disabled people and others working in the field who may find it useful.

Parkinson's Disease Society

www.parkinsons.org.uk
Tel: 0207 931 8080
215 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1EJ

Red Cross (British Society)

www.redcross.org.uk
Tel: 0207 235 5454
9 Grosvenor Crescent, London SW1X 7EJ

National limited equipment loan, escort and transport services.

Rethink

www.rethink.org
Advice line: 020 8974 6814
(Tel: 020 8547 3937)
28 Castle Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, KT1 1SS

Working together to help everyone affected by severe mental illness to recover a better quality of life.

Richmond Fellowship is one of the biggest providers of mental health care in the country. It has services throughout England, providing housing, care and support for adults with mental health problems and related needs.

Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)

www.rnib.org.uk
Helpline: 0845 766 9999 224 (local rate)
Great Portland Street, London W1N 6AA
Provides advice, assistance and information on benefits, equipment, employment and support.

Scope

www.scope.org.uk
Charity working with people with cerebral palsy.

Skill (National Bureau for Students with Disabilities)

www.skill.org.uk
Freephone Information Service voice: 0800 328 5050
Information Service freetext: 0800 068 2422

Voice/text: 020 7450 0620
Voice: 020 7657 2337
Fax: 020 7450 0650
Chapter House, 18-20 Crucifix Lane, London, SE1 3JW

Skill promotes opportunities for young people and adults with any kind of disability in post -16 education, training and employment across the UK.

Thrive

www.thrive.org.uk
National horticultural charity that exists to enable disadvantaged, disabled and older people to participate fully in the social and economic life of the community.

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Employment

ACAS

www.acas.org.uk/

08457 47 47 47 - Monday - Friday 8am - 6pm
08456 06 16 00 - Textphone users
Employment information and your rights at work. Helpline answers your employment questions in one confidential phone call.

The Employment Service

www.employmentservice.gov.uk
Has information on specialist services for disabled people.

Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities

www.opportunities.org.uk
Website helping people with disabilities find and retain work and advising employers on disability and employment.

IET - careers and training

www.theiet.org/careers

Professional registration, professional development, jobs and other career related information.

 

Jobability.com

www.jobability.com/jobability/jobsearch.asp
Has been set up in partnership with Leonard Cheshire, Microsoft UK Ltd and totaljobs.com.

Outset

www.outset.org.uk
Tel: 0208 692 7141
Develops technology related employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

Working Families

www.workingfamilies.org.uk
Information for working families on employment rights, childcare and flexible working. Helps children, working parents and carers and their employers find a better balance between responsibilities at home and work.

Mother at Work

www.motheratwork.co.uk

The first and only monthly webzine dedicated to working mothers.

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Legal advice

Advicenow

www.advicenow.org

Brings together the best information on the law and your rights from a wide range of advice and information services

www.advicenow.org.uk/go/livingtogether/index

Exactly what rights couples living together really have, and the simple, practical steps they can take to protect themselves and their families whatever the future holds.

Citizens Advice Bureau, National Association of (NACAB)

www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Tel: 020 7833 2181
Myddleton House, 115-123 Pentonville Road, London N1 9LZ

Information and Advice. You can search the CAB directory on the CAB website to locate your local CAB.

Law Society - Solicitors Online

www.lawsociety.org.uk/choosingandusing.law
Solicitors Online helps to find local law firms that can help with your legal issue. The website is operated by The Law Society, the regulatory and representative body for 116,000 solicitors in England and Wales. The website also covers solicitors outside England and Wales.

Legal Services Commission

www.legalservices.gov.uk
Help with legal problems.

Mary Ward Legal Centre

www.marywardlegal.org.uk
Tel: 020 7381 7079
Mary Ward Legal Centre, 26-27 Boswell Street, London, WC1N 3JZ

Provides free advice for clients who work or live in Greater London. They also take cases on and provide representation in a limited number of employment cases. Whether a case is taken on depends on the person's resources, their ability to represent themselves and the merits of the case.

Rights of Women

www.rightsofwomen.org.uk
Free legal advice line: 020 7251 6577
45 Beech Street, London, EC2P 2LX
A free legal advice line run by women for women on 020 7251 6577. The line is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 2-4pm and 7-9pm, and also Friday 12-2pm. It can also signpost you to other advice organisations or local solicitors. There is also a list of other useful organisations on its links page.

Your rights

http://www.yourrights.org.uk/

The Liberty guide to Human Rights.

 

 

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Money advice and debt

Citizens Advice Bureau, National Association of (NACAB)

www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Tel: 020 7833 2181
Myddleton House, 115-123 Pentonville Road, London N1 9LZ

Information and Advice. You can search the CAB directory on the CAB website to locate your local CAB.

Debt Help Scotland

www.debthelpscotland.co.uk
Freephone: 0800 0182001
Free debt advice for residents of Scotland.

Debt Questions

www.debtquestions.co.uk
Debt Advice and Online Forum.

Financial Makeover

www.financialmakeover.co.uk
Freephone: 0800 7838441
Save on bills and insurances.

The Office of Fair Trading

www.oft.gov.uk
Tel: 08457 224499 (local rate)
Information on consumer rights.

Payplan

www.payplan.com
Freephone: 0800 716239
Free debt management planning, budgetting advice and specialists in IVAs the alternative to bankruptcy.

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Other advice

Gingerbread

www.gingerbread.org.uk
Freephone: 0800 0184318
Information and support for Lone Parents.

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Older people/retirement

Age Concern England

www.ageconcern.org.uk
Freephone: 0800 009966
Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER
Advice and extensive range of fact sheets on subjects relating to the elderly.

Age Concern Northern Ireland

www.ageconcernni.org

Tel: 028 9024 5729
3 Lower Crescent, Belfast BT7 1NR

Age Concern Scotland

www.ageconcernscotland.org.uk

Tel: 0131 220 3345
113 Rose Street, Edinburgh EH2 3DT

Counsel and Care for the Elderly

www.counselandcare.org.uk
Tel: 0845 300 7585 (local rate)
Twynam House, 16 Bonny Street, London NW1 9PG

Advice service on care at home, residential care and nursing homes, community care and financial help.

Help the Aged

www.helptheaged.org.uk
Freephone: 0800 26 96 26 for textphone users
Tel: 0808 800 6565 Monday to Friday 9am-4pm
(Call 0808 808 7575 in Northern Ireland)

Advice and information for elderly people.

The Residents and Relatives Association

www.relres.org

Helpline: 020 7359 8136 (Monday - Friday  9:30 - 4:30pm)

The Relatives & Residents Association exists for older people needing, or living in, residential care and their families.

Benefits Enquiry Line

Freephone: 0800 602080
Specialises in benefits for people with disabilities, their carers and their representatives. As it has no access to personal records it provides general advice only.

Department for Work and Pensions

www.dwp.gov.uk/asd
Helplines:
Family Credit Help line - 01253 500050
Child Support - 0345 133133 (local rate)
Benefits for Disabilities - Freephone: 0800 882200

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State benefits

Around £5 billion in tax credits and benefits goes unclaimed each year.

Entitledto is website that provides free, easy to use calculators to help you work out your benefit entitlement.  No personal information is needed so anonymity is preserved

Adviceguide

www.adviceguide.org.uk
Published by Citizens Advice, this website provides up-to-date, independent advice and points to reliable sources of advice when you need more than information. It covers England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and provides information in English, Welsh, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Urdu and Chinese.

Citizens Advice Bureau, National Association of (NACAB)

www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Tel: 020 7833 2181
Myddleton House, 115-123 Pentonville Road, London N1 9LZ
Information and advice on your rights. You can search the CAB directory on the CAB website to locate your local CAB.

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