Useful Links
Bathroom equipment
Bathroom equipment suppliers
Abacus Healthcare Services Ltd
Radway Green Venture Park, Radway Green,
Crewe, Cheshire Tel: 0800 454 810 Website:www.abacushealthcare.co.uk
ASM (Accessories) Ltd
Picow Farm Industrial Estate, Runcorn,
Cheshire WA7 4UG
Tel: 01928 574 301
Bitteswell Employment Alliance Ltd
Unit 1, Arches Industrial Estate,
Spon End, Coventry CV1 3JQ
Chiltern Invadex
Chiltern House, 6 Wedgwood Road,
Bicester, Oxon OX6 7UL
Tel: 01869 246 470 Webiste:www.chilterninvadex.co.uk
James Lecky Design Ltd
Kilwee Business Park, Dunmurry,
Northern Ireland BT17 0HD
Tel: 02890 602 277 Website:www.lecky.com
KingKraft Ltd
Unit 4, Meverill Road, Tideswell,
Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 8PY
Nottingham Rehab Suppliers
Novara House, Excelsior Road, Ashby Park,
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire LE65 1NG
Tel: 0870 6000 197 Website:www.nrs-uk.co.uk
Rifton
Darvell, Robertsbridge, East Sussex TN32 5DR
Tel: 0800 387 457
Total Hygiene Ltd
182-186 Washway Road, Sale M33 6RN
Tel: 0161 969 1199 Website:www.total-hygiene.co.uk
Taylor Therapy
49 Woodwards Road, Pleck, Walsall,
West Midlands WS2 9RN
Tel: 01922 627 601 Website:www.taylortherapy.co.uk
Care
Carer’s Insurance
Fish Insurance
Tel: 01772 724442
CRB checks/vetting
Website:www.civilandcorporate.co.uk
Live-in agencies
Corinium Care
Website:www.coriniumcare.co.uk
Specialist Nanny Agencies
Busy Bee Nannies
Website:www.busybeenannies.co.uk
Everyday Angels
Website:www.everydayangels.co.uk
Freedom Childcare
Website:www.freedomchildcare.com
Special Needs Nanny Agency SNAP
Tel: 020 7729 2200 website:www.snapchildcare.co.uk
Top Nanny
Website:www.topnanny.com
Tax and NI
Enable Payroll
Website:www.enable-payroll.co.uk
Nanny Tax
Website:www.nannytax.com
Computer equipment
Second hand and loan equipment useful contacts
There are a number of organisations that can loan equipment or offer reduced price on second hand and reconditioned equipment.
RecommIT
Aims to supply individuals, educational and charitable institutions with low cost personal computers, laptops and laser printers.
RecommIT Ltd, 4 The Dolphin Centre, Southampton Road, Salisbury SP1 2NB.
Tel: 01722 33 9660 website:www.recommit.co.uk
Recycle It
Supply second hand systems tailored to meet the needs of a disabled person.
Tel: 0870 774 3762 website:www.recycle-it.ltd.uk
Suppliers of computer equipment
AbilityNet
AbilityNet, PO Box 94, Warwick, CV34 5WS
Tel: 0800 269 545
Ace Centre Advisory Trust
92 Windmill Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 7DR
Tel: 01865 759 800 website:www.ace-centre.org.uk
Don Johnston Special Needs Ltd
18/19 Clarendon Court, Calver Road, Winwick Quay, Warrington WA2 8QP
Tel: 01925 256 500 website.www.donjohnston.co.uk
Inclusive Technology Ltd
Riverside Court, Huddersfield Road, Delph, Oldham OL3 5FZ
Tel: 01457 819 790 website:www.inclusive.co.uk
Keytools Ltd
PO Box 700, Southampton SO17 1LQ
Tel: 023 8058 4314 website:www.keytools.co.uk
Liberator Ltd
Whitegates Swinstead, Lincolnshire NG33 4PA
Tel: 0845 2261144 website:www.liberator.co.uk
PCD Maltron
Castlefields Stafford Staffs ST16 1BU
Tel: 0845 230 3265 website:www.maltron.com
Possum Controls Ltd
8 Farmbrough Close, Stocklake Park Industrial Estate, Aylesbury, Bucks HP20 1DQ
Tel: 01296 461000 website:www.possum.co.uk
QED 2000 Ltd
Unit D16 Heritage Business Park, Heritage Way, Gosport Hants PO12 4BG
Tel: 023 9258 0600 website:www.qedltd.com
SEMERC
Tel: 0161 827 2719 website:www.semerc.com
Sensory Software Ltd
Website:www.sensorysoftware.com
Tekdata Distribution Ltd
Technology House, Crown Road, Festival Trade Park, Stoke on Trent, Staffs ST1 5NJ website:www.tekdata.co.uk
TextHelp Systems
Enkalon Business Centre, 25 Randalstown Road, Antrim BT41 4LJ
Tel: 0800 328 7910 website:www.texthelp.com
Education
Publications and useful contacts
Advisory Centre for Education (ACE)
Tel: 0808 800 5793 website:www.ace-ed.org.uk
Education Act 1996 SEN Code of Practice and SEN Tool Kit are available on line. Website:www.teachernet.gov.uk
Independent Panel for Special Education Advice (IPSEA)
Tel: 0800 018 4016 website:www.ipsea.org.uk
Network 81
Tel: 0870 770 3306 website:www.network81.org
Parent Partnership Services
Website:www.parentpartnership.org.uk
Rathbone Special Education Advice Line
Tel: 0800 917 6790
SENDIST
Special Educational Needs website:www.sedist.gov.uk
Further Education
The Association of National Specialist Colleges
Website:www.natspec.org.uk
The Department for Education and Skills
Sanctuary Buildings Great Smith Street, Westminster London SW1P 3BT
Tel: 0870 000 2288 website:www.dfes.gov.uk
The National Bureau for Students with Disabilities (Skill)
Tel: 0800 328 5050 website:www.skill.org.uk
The National Union of Students
2nd Floor, Centro 3 Mandela Street, London NW1 0DU
Tel: 0871 221 8221 website:www.nusonline.co.uk
The Universities & Colleges Admission Service (UCAS)
Tel: 0870 1122211 website:www.ucas.ac.uk
Independent Special Schools
Birtenshaw Hall School
Telephone 01204 204 230 website:www.birtenshawhall.bolton.sch.uk
Birtenshaw Hall School provides day, weekly and 52 week residential education for students up to the age of 19 years with a wide range of physical and neurological disabilities with associated learning difficulties. Day students admitted from the age of 3 years, residential students from the age of 7 years.
Burton Hill School in Malmesbury, Wiltshire
Telephone 01666 822 685
Burton Hill School provides day and residential education for 41 students aged 8 – 19 years who have major physical disabilities and associated moderate to severe learning difficulties.
Chailey Heritage School in North Chailey, East Sussex
Telephone 01825 724 444 website:www.chaileyheritage.e-sussex.sch.uk
Chailey Heritage School provides day and residential placements for students from 3 – 19 years who present a wide range of physical and learning difficulties, speech and language impairment, communication difficulties and visual impairment.
Coney Hill School in Bromley, Kent
Telephone 020 8462 2017 website:www.shaftesburysociety.org/coneyhill.asp
Coney Hill School is a boarding school for students with profound physical disabilities with severe learning difficulties and nursing needs.
Dame Hannah Rogers School in Ivybridge, Devon
Telephone 01752 892 461 website:www.damehannah.com
Dame Hannah Rogers School is a residential school for students from 8 – 19 years. Students have physical difficulties with associated learning difficulties.
Holly Bank School in Mirfield, West Yorkshire
Telephone 01924 490 833 website:www.hollybanktrust.com
Holly Bank School is a coeducational specialist residential/day school for students aged 5 – 19 years. The students have complex physical disabilities and associated communication, sensory and learning difficulties.
Penhurst School in Chipping Norton, Oxon
Telephone 01608 647020
Penhurst School caters for students aged 5 – 19 years with profound multiple learning difficulties and students who have additional complex disabilities offering residential facilities.
St Margaret’s School in Tadworth, Surrey
Telephone 01737 365 810
St Margaret’s School is set in the grounds of Tadworth Court offering residential schooling to students with profound multiple learning difficulties with complex medical needs, degenerative conditions and additional sensory impairment. Ages 5 – 19 years.
St. Rose’s Special School in Stroud, Gloucestershire
Telephone 01453 763 793
St Rose’s School offer residential placement with a 24 hour curriculum delivered by a multi-disciplinary team to students aged 2 – 18 years with physical/sensory disabilities.
Treloar School in Alton, Hampshire
Telephone 01420 526 400 website:www.treloar.org.uk
Treloar School offers residential schooling to students aged 5 – 16 years who have a physical disability with a specific or moderate learning difficulty as well as those of average or above average intelligence.
Holidays
Holiday information services
British Epilepsy Association
New Anstey House, Gate Way Drive, Yeadon, Leeds LS19 7XY
Tel: 0808 800 5050 website:www.epilepsy.org.uk
Camping for the Disabled
20 Burton Close, Dawley, Telford TF4 2RX
Tel: 01743 340 269 website:www.mis.org.uk
Holiday Care Services
Tourism for All, The Hawkins Suite, Enham Place, Enham Alamein, Andover, SP11 6JS
Tel: 0845 124 9971 website:www.holidaycare.org.uk
Travel insurance
Association of British Insurers
Website:www.abi.org.uk
Hamilton Barr Insurance Brokers Ltd
Bridge Mews, Bridge Street, Godalming GU7 1HZ
Tel: 01483 255 888
J&M Insurance Services (UK) plc
Peregrine House, Bakers Lane, Epping, Essex CM16 5DQ
Tel: 0845 338 1638
Leisurecare Insurance Services Ltd
Shaftesbury Centre, Percy St, Swindon Wiltshire SN2 2AZ
Tel: 01793 750 150
Travelcare Limited
Tel: 0870 428 4379 website:www.travelcare.co.uk
Travelbility
Peregrine House, Falconry Court, Bakers Lane, Epping, Essex CM16 5DQ
Tel: 0845 338 1638 website:www.travelbility.co.uk
Financial help
Children's Country Holiday Fund
42-43 Lower Marsh, Tanswell Street, London SE1 7RG
Tel: 020 7928 6522 website:www.childrensholidays-cchf.org.uk
Family Welfare Association
501-505 Kingsland Road, Dalston, London E8 4AU
Tel: 020 7254 6251 website:www.fwa.org.uk
Pearson’s Holiday Fund
PO Box 3017, South Croydon CR2 9PN
Tel: 020 8657 3053 website:www.pearsonsholidayfund.org
The Family Fund
Unit 4, Alpha Court, Monks Cross Drive, Huntington, York, YO32 9WN
Tel: 0845 130 4542 website:www.familyfundtrust.org.uk
The Family Holiday Association
16 Mortimer Street, London W1N 7RD
Tel: 020 7436 3304 website:www.fhaonline.org.uk
Organisations providing holidays or holiday accommodation
3H Fund (Help the Handicapped Holiday Fund)
147a Camden Road, Tunbridge Wells TN1 2RA
Tel: 01892 547 474 website:www.3hfund.org.uk
Across Trust
Bridge House 70-72 Bridge Road, East Molesey KT8 9HF
Tel: 020 8783 1355
Break
Davison House, 1 Montague Road, Sheringham Norfolk,NR26 8WN
Tel: 01263 822 161 website:www.break-charity.org
Calvert Trust Kielder
Kielder Water, Hexham NE48 1BS
Tel: 01434 250 232 website:www.calvert-trust.org.uk
Calvert Trust Keswick
Little Crossthwaite, Keswick CA12 4DQ
Tel: 01768 772 255 website:www.calvert-trust.org.uk
Calvert Trust Exmoor
Wistlandpound, Kentisbury, Barnstaple EX31 4SJ
Tel: 01598 763 221 website:www.calvert-trust.org.uk
Grooms Holidays
PO Box 36, Cowbridge CF71 7TN
Tel: 08456 584478 website:www.johngrooms.org.uk
HELP Holidays (Holiday Endeavour for Lone Parents)
57 Owston Road, Carcroft, Doncaster DN6 8DA
Tel: 01302 728 791
National Holiday Fund for Sick and Disabled Children
PO Box 44, Belvedere, DA17 6WT
Tel: 01341 280 486 website:www.nhfcharity.co.uk
Scout Holiday Homes Trust
Gilwell Park, Chingford, London E4 7QW
Tel: 0208 433 7290/
0208 433 7291 website:www.scoutbase.org.uk
Holiday Destinations
Access Travel (Lancs) Ltd
6 The Hillock, Astley, Lancs M29 7GW
Tel: 01942 888 844 website:www.access-travel.co.uk
Accessible Travel & Leisure
Website:www.accessibletravel.co.uk
Alton Towers Theme Park
Website:www.altontowers.com
Calvert Trust
Keswick Tel: 01768 772 255
Kielder Tel: 01434 250 232
Exmoor Tel: 01598 763 221
Website:www.calvert-trust.org.uk
Centre Parcs
Tel: 08700 673 030 website:www.centreparcs.co.uk
Crathie Holidays
Tel: 01339 742 100 website:www.crathieholidays.org.uk
Disabled Holiday Directory
Website:www.disabledholidaydirectory.co.uk
Disneyland Paris
Disabled visitors guide
Tel: 0870 606 6800
Eildon Holiday Cottages
Tel: 01896 823 258 website:www.eildon.co.uk
Holiday Care
Website:www.holidaycare.org.uk
Jubilee Sailing Trust
Hazel Road, Woolston, Southampton SO19 7GB
Tel: 0870 443 5781 website:www.jst.org.uk
Knightcote Farm
Tel: 01295 770637 website:www.farmcottages.com
Maison des Landes Hotel
St.Ouen, Jersey, Channel Islands JE3 2AA
Tel: 01534 481 683 website:www.mdl2000net.com
Pines Trust
Tel: 01588 638 234 website:www.pinestrust.org.uk
The National Trust
PO Box 39, Warrington WA5 7WD
Tel: 0870 458 4000 website:www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Vitalise
Tel: 0845 330 0149 website:www.vitalise.org.uk
Equipment hire on holiday useful contacts
Arjo Hire
St Catherine Street, Gloucester GL1 2SL
Tel: 08702 430 430 website:www.arjo.com
Mobility Abroad
Tel: 0871 277 0888 website:www.mobilityabroad.co.uk
Physiotherapy
Bobath Centre for Children with Cerebral Palsy
Bradbury House
250 East End Road
East Finchley
London N2 8AU
Tel: 020 0444 3355
Website:www.bobath.org.uk
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
14 Bedford Row
London WC1R 4ED
Tel: 0207306 6666
Website:www.csp.org.uk
National Institution for Conductive Education
Cannon Hill House
Russell Road
Moseley
West Midlands B13 8RD
Tel: 0121 449 1569
Website:www.conductive-education.org.uk
SCOPE
6 Market Road
London N7 9PW
Tel: 020 7619 7100
Website:www.scope.org.uk
Details regarding nearest schools for parents can be obtained from:
Headway
4 King Edward Court
King Edward Street
Nottingham NG1 1EW
Tel: 0115 924 0800
Website:www.headway.org.uk
The Child Brain Injury Trust
Unit 1
The Great Barn
Baymards Green Farm
Nr Bicester
Oxfordshire OX27 7SG
Tel: 01869 341075
Website:www.cbituk.org
National Lead Advisor
Schools for Parents
Craig-Y-Parc School
Pentych
Cardiff CF15 9NB
Tel: 029 2089 1251
Speech & Language
ACE Centre Advisory Trust
92 Windmill Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 7DR
Tel: 01865 759 800 website:www.ace-centre.org.uk
The ACE Centre
North Broadbent Road, Watersheddings, Oldham OL1 4HU
Tel: 0161 627 1358 website:www.ace-north.org.uk
AFASIC Overcoming Speech Impairments
50-52 Great Sutton Street, London EC1V 0DJ
Helpline: 0845 355 5577 website:www.afaisic.org.uk
The Royal College of Speech & Language Therapy
2 White Hart Yard, London SE1 1NX
Tel: 020 737 81200 website:www.rcslt.org
Support services
Support Services - voluntary
Sources of help with money matters
Disability Benefits Helpline
(Advice on Disability Living Allowance)
Tel: 0845 7123 456
Social Security Offices
These are staffed and equipped to make sure disabled people can get information in the form they need. Website:www.direct.gov.uk
Action for Leisure
C/O Warwickshire College,
Moreton Morrell Centre, Moreton Morrell, Warks CV35 9BL
Tel: 01926 650 195
Afasic
2nd Floor, 50-52 Great Sutton Street, London EC1V 0DJ
Tel: 0845 3 55 55 77 website:www.afaisic.org.uk
Benefits Enquiry Line
Advice and information for people with disabilities and their carers about the range of benefits available and how to claim them.
Tel: 0800 882 200
British Epilepsy Association (BEA)
New Anstey House, Gate Way Drive, Yeadon, Leeds LS19 7XY
Tel: 0113 210 8800
Helpline: 0808 800 5050 website:www.epilepsy.org.uk
The Children’s Trust
Tadworth Court, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 5RU
Tel: 01737 365 000 website:www.thechildrentrust.org.uk
Citizens Advice Bureaux
Citizens Advice Bureaux are the largest independent providers of general advice in England and Wales. They exist to give confidential, impartial, free advice to all. Some have specialist debt and disability advisors. Website:www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Contact a Family
209-211 City Road London EC1V 1JN
Tel: 0808 808 3555 website:www.cafamily.org.uk
Council for Disabled Children National Children’s Bureau
8 Wakley Street, London
EC1V 7QE
Tel: 020 7843 6000 website:www.ncb.org.uk
Crossroads Association
10 Regent Place, Rugby, Warks CV21 2PN
Tel: 0845 450 0350 website:www.crossroads.org.uk
DIAL (Disability Information Advice Line)
DIAL is run mostly by people who are themselves disabled. Call DIAL UK on
01302 310 123 for your local DIAL centre.Website:www.dialuk.info
Enuresis Resource & Information Centre (ERIC)
34 Old School House, Britannia Road, Kingswood, Bristol BS15 8DB
Tel: 0845 370 8008 website:www.eric.org.uk
The Family Fund
Unit 4, Alpha Court, Monks Cross Drive, Huntington, York YO32 9WN
Tel: 0845 130 4542 website:www.familytrust.org.uk
Family Welfare Association
501-505 Kingsland Road, Dalston, London E8 4AU
Tel: 020 7254 6251 website:www.fwa.org.uk
The Foundation for Conductive Education
Cannon Hill House, Russell Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8RD
Tel: 0121 449 1569 website:www.conductiveeducation.org.uk
HemiHelp
Camelford House, 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP
Tel: 0845 123 2372 website:www.hemihelp.org.uk
Holiday Care
Tourism for All, The Hawkins Suite, Enham Place, Enham Alamein, Andover SP11 6JS
Tel: 0845 124 9971 website:www.holidaycare.org.uk
Mencap
123 Golden Lane, London EC1Y 0RT
Tel: 020 7454 0454 website:www.mencap.org.uk
National Association of Toy and Leisure Libraries (NATLL)
68 Churchway, London NW1 1LT
Tel: 020 7255 4600 website:www.natll.org.uk
National Playing Fields Association
2d Woodstock Studios, 36 Woodstock Grove, London W12 8LE
Tel: 020 8735 3380 website:www.playing-fields.com
PHAB
Summit House, 50 Wandle Road, Croydon CR0 1DF
Tel: 020 8667 9443 website:www.phabengland.org.uk
REMAP (Technical Equipment for Disabled People)
D9 Chaucer Business Park, Kemsing, TN15 6YU
Tel: 0845 130 0456 website:www.remap.org.uk
Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA)
Lavinia Norfolk House, Avenue R, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth Warks CV8 2LY
Tel: 0845 658 1082 website:www.riding-for-disabled.org.uk
Serene (Cry-sis)
BM Cry-sis, London WC1N 3XX
Tel: 08451 228 669 website:www.cry-sis.org.uk
Shared Care Network
Units 63-66 Easton, Business Centre Felix Road, Bristol BS5 0HE
Tel: 0117 941 5361 website:www.sharedcarenetwork.org.uk
Whizz Kidz
Elliot House, 10-12 Allington Street, London SW1E 5EH
Tel: 020 7233 6600 website:www.whizz-kidz.org.uk
Vehicles
Vehicle conversion companies
Aspects Conversions
22 Lethbridge Road, Southport, Lancashire PR8 6JA
Tel: 01704 546 414
Automotive Group
24 Diana Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE4 6BQ
Tel: 0191 226 0099
Brotherwood Automobility
Pillar Box Lane, Beer Hacket, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 6QP
Tel: 01935 872 603
Constables
Mountney Bridge Business Park, Westham, Pevensey, East Sussex BN24 5NH
Tel: 01323 767 574
G&M Coachworks
Teign Valley, Treusham, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ13 0NX
Tel: 01626 853 050
Gowrings Mobility
3 Arnhem Road, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 5RU
Tel: 01635 529 500 website:www.gowringmobility.co.uk
Interbility
Unit 21, Gunnels Wood Park, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2BH
Tel: 01438 747 448
Invatravel Conversions
66 Knob Hall Lane, Southport, Lancashire PR9 9QS
Tel: 01704 506 608
Lewis Reed Group
Valiant Way, Lairdside Technology Park, Birkenhead, Merseyside CH41 9HS
Tel: 0151 650 2334
Universal Mobility
Unit 2 Royal Mill, Dye House Lane, Brighouse, West Yorkshire HD6 1LL
Tel: 01484 400 795
Widnes Car Centre
More Lane, Widnes, Cheshire WA8 7AL
Tel: 0151 420 2000 website:www.wcc-nissan.co.uk
Suppliers of swivel seats
Braun Companion Seat
Lewis Reed Group (see details above)
Carmobility
Colaton Raleigh, Nr. Sidmouth, Devon EX10 0LD
Tel: 01395 568 830 website:www.carmobility.co.uk
Suppliers of personal transfer hoists
Multilift from Lewis Reed Group
Valiant Way, Lairdside Technology Park, Birkenhead, Merseyside CH41 9HS
Tel: 0151 650 2334
Suppliers of wheelchair hoists
Adaptacar Mobility Specialists
Cooks Cross, South Molton, Devon EX36 4AW
