Useful Organisations
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Meet on 1st Friday of month (NOT August and December) between 2pm and 4pm.
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The Access2Activities project works with disabled children and young people aged between 5 and 19 years living within the Borough of Telford & Wrekin.
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Action for Advocacy (A4A) is the central point of information on independent advocacy.
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Free, confidential and impartial information, advice and advocacy on all aspects of disability, to people with disabilities, their families and carers as well as health and social care professionals.
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A national charity helping disabled adults and children use computers and the internet by adapting and adjusting their technology.
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Stocks a wide range of disabled and wheelchair clothing.
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An online disability directory of disabled information, aids and mobility services.
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Sells a wide range of disability aids, mainly in the north-west, with a store at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen, Oswestry, Supplies also available online.
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There are two sources of information for people with wheelchairs or mobility scooters wishing to access our lovely shropshire countryside.
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Action Deafness works with Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Deafened and Deafblind children, young people, adults and older people across Leicester, Leicestershire and the East Midlands.
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Action for Blind People is an expert national organisation who ensure that blind and partially sighted people receive practical support in all aspects of their lives.
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Action for M.E. is a charity dedicated to improving the lives of people with M.E.
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RNID has changed its name! It is now Action on Hearing Loss Their new website with useful information can be accessed via www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk Information Line: Telephone 0808 808 0123 (freephone) Textphone 0808 808 9000 (freephone Email: informationline@hearingloss.org.uk Address: 19-23 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8SL The Action on Hearing Loss is Britain’s leading charity working with [...]
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Are you worried about local services? Caring for someone who has mental health issues?
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A wide selection of innovative adaptive clothing specially designed to make dressing easier for the elderly and disabled.
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Provides information, training and support for parents, sufferers and professionals in the fields of ADHD and related learning and behavioural difficulties.
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Phone or check the website for information about library branches, mobile libraries and the Community Care Mobile Library, providing services to older people and disabled people across Shropshire.
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Help the Aged and Age Concern have now combined as Age UK.
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Disabled and reduced mobility Airport Guide Traveling with a disability or even a mobility problem can be a daunting experience if the proper assistance and help is not available at the Airport. Parkat (Airport Car Parking) have created a small guide with information and tips to hopefully make your trip flow more smoothly and without problems. [...]
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A commercial company: Quest 88′s All Ability Leisure product range includes leisure equipment suitable for individual use or group activities.
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For parents/carers of children with conditions such as: ADD, ADHD, autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, dyspraxia and other behavioural conditions.
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Provides helplines and support for carers, runs quality day and home care, funds medical and scientific research and gives financial help to families in need.
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Aquamira provides a Specialist Day Service for adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities who live within Shropshire.
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Arcadea is a cultural organisation based in the North East of England promoting and supporting the cultural equality of Disabled people.
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Supply a limited range of disability aids, usually at reasonable prices. Will deliver.
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The UK’s largest voluntary organisation working with and for all people with arthritis from every section of the community. Shropshire contacts in Oswestry and Shrewsbury.
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The Arthritis Research Campaign (arc) raises funds to promote medical research into the cause, treatment and cure of arthritic conditions.
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The Research group is primarily a committee; it meets to organise fund-raising activities, usually collecting from Supermarkets and Garden Centres etc. All monies collected are sent direct to Arthritis Research UK.
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ASBAH is the leading UK registered charity providing information and advice about spina bifida and hydrocephalus.
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Autism West Midlands aims to improve the quality of life for people with autistic spectrum disorders and their families. The Shropshire Autism Development Team is part of the Woodlands ASD Outreach Service and has three Autism WM Development Co-ordinators.
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A Shropshire Support Group for young people and adults in Shropshire with Asperger’s Syndrome.
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BCAB is a self-help group of visually impaired computer professionals and users who can help visually impaired people to access and use information and communications technology.
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Shropshire council launch a new service called Tell Us Once on 1 December 2011 which should help those coping with the loss of a loved one. Shropshire Council has teamed up with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to deliver a new service that will reduce stress and red tape when reporting a birth [...]
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Berwick Care Equipment sell Scooters & wheelchairs, bath lifts, beds, chairs & furniture, wheel walkers, stair Lifts, new and used.
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Bethphage – providing care and support for people with disabilities across the West Midlands, Shropshire & Telford.
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The national charity for limbless serving and ex-servicemen and women and their dependants and widows.
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Blue Eyed Soul Dance Company is an innovator of inclusive dance with disabled and non-disabled artists of all ages.
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Do you have a child/teenager with additional needs or a disability?
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Aims to develop pride, identity and awareness of the rights and responsibilities of deaf people.
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Promotes early identification and support in schools to ensure opportunity to learn for dyslexic learners. They represent the needs of dyslexic people on leaving school, in higher education and in work.
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We are a volunteer-led humanitarian organisation that helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are.
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The British Tinnitus Association is a world leader in providing support and advice about tinnitus. We provide accurate, reliable and authoritative information, much of it written by medical professionals or clinical researchers.
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BT products that can help with hearing, sight dexterity or mobility loss; try before you buy, exhibitions at events, help with communications, getting online.
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Bus Users Shropshire Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bus-Users-Shropshire/233755999981466 Email: bus users shropshire@hotmail.co.uk Contact: Peter Gilbert 07580 564458 Bus Users Shropshire, c/o Shrewsbury Coffeehouse, 5 Castle Gates, Shrewsbury SY1 2AE We represent bus users with the aim of getting better, more reliable services across Shropshire. Whether you’re in your teens or twenties, working or retired, buses are an essential [...]
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The Campaign wants power and control to shift from government to citizens, families and communities. It rejects the government’s ‘Big Society’ if that means a loss of basic human rights and unfair cuts focused on the most vulnerable.
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This list of local companies is for reference only. SDN cannot make recommendations or endorsements regarding individual homes or agencies.
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The website links below are links to websites that specifically support the needs of Carers. some of them are local to Shropshire, and others are national or regional. Please let us know if you findany thatyou think would be helpful to others and we will add them too. If you are registered on the website just [...]
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If you provide unpaid help or look after a family member or friend who is ill, disabled, frail or elderly who can’t manage without your support then you are a Carer. You can benefit from information and support for yourself to help you in your caring role Are you feeling isolated and lonely? We are [...]
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Crossroads Care is Britain’s leading provider of support for carers and the people they care for. We work with over 43,000 individuals and their families, helping carers make a life of their own outside caring. We employ over 6,000 trained professionals, providing flexible services to people of all ages and with a range of disabilities [...]
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We offer free support, information and advice to carers in Telford & Wrekin.
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The Carers Federation Ltd was established in 1992 and supports carers and the people for whom they care. The organisation provides a wide range of services and useful information, and is managed by a board of carers, former carers and people who use services.
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Carers UK is a registered charity that campaigns for changes to improve the lives of carers and has a Telford Carers contact centre.
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Thousands of people need the Changing Places toilets that would help them to enjoy the day to day activities many of us take for granted.
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Short Breaks provide opportunities for disabled children and young people to spend time away from their primary carers. This includes day, evening, overnight or weekend activities, which can take place in the child’s own home, the home of an approved carer, or a residential or community setting. Short Breaks can also be provided through a [...]
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The Carers forum is about information, humour and fun, but most of all support and concern for one another.
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A Befriending Service for people across Shropshire who are predominately disabled who are feeling isolated from their local community or society.
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CInCH(Community Involvement in Care and Health) is a Shropshire LINk. CInCH a network of local people, organisations and groups in Shropshire that want to make care services better.
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http://www.ceacard.co.uk This is a national card that can be used to verify that the holder is entitled to one free ticket for a person accompanying them to the cinema. Costs £5.50 and is valid for 1 year, so have to renew each year. You must be getting DLA. Info and downloadable application form on website.
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The Citizens Advice service helps people to resolve their legal, money and other problems, provides free, independent and confidential advice and influencing policymakers. There are 11 bureaus in Shropshire.
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Easy fit clothing and footwear designed to provide lightweight warmth and comfort.
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Club MS is for young adults in Telford and District who have Multiple Sclerosis. There are two strands, the MS Young Adults Club and the MS Parent and Under 5’s Club.
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The purpose of the Community Council of Shropshire is to maintain and improve the quality of life in Shropshire, particularly its rural communities. We encourage, facilitate and enable voluntary effort and activity and work for productive partnerships between the statutory, voluntary and private sectors.
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Monthly Sunday afternoon tea parties for people over 75, who live alone with little or no social support.
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Childcare introductory service that recruits, screens and trains care-workers, bringing together families with disabled children and people who want to work caring for them.
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Support and social group for anyone with heart problems.
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The Council of Disabled People (CDP) is a Charity organisation that exists to promote and realise the interests of Disabled people regardless of class, colour, race, sexuality, gender and/or age.
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The purpose of the site is ultimately to provide the UK with a huge counselling support network, enabling those in distress to find a counsellor close to them and appropriate for their needs.
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Craftspace is a crafts development organisation working to push boundaries and perceptions of crafts practice, presentation and learning.
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Cruse Bereavement Care exists to promote the well-being of bereaved people and to enable anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss.
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“All people are born equal in freedom and dignity”
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DaDa – Disability & Deaf Arts, is a innovative disability arts organisation based in the North West.
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DASh is a practical Disability Arts development organisation, which works across the West Midlands and the Welsh Borders, with Disabled and Deaf people.
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Clubs for deaf and hard of hearing people in Shropshire.
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Website: www.sensoryimpairment.org.uk Contact: Chairman Tom Kane, 105 Purbeck Dale, Dawley, Telford. TF4 2QP Email: tomkane57@yahoo.co.uk Please title email “Deaf and Hard of Hearing Forum” Phone: 01952 418056 (this Tom’s home number) The Forum’s aim is to provide a means by those who are affected by hearing impairment in the county of Shropshire and the borough of Telford and [...]
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Theatre Severn is committed to increasing the number of Sign Language Interpreted performances by working with companies who include SLI as an integral part of their productions. The theatre said “We always promote an SLI performance within our pantomime season. See our brochure for further details or enquire at the Box Office when booking your [...]
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Deaf Direct aims to promote responsive, professional and empowering opportunities to a diverse and unique community of deaf and hard of hearing people in and around the communities of Herefordshire, Oxfordshire and Worcestershire.
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A source of information, contacts and discussion on issues related to deafness and sign language, with a forum for exchange of ideas/experiences to foster better links between deaf and hearing worlds, for families and professionals.
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Deafblind UK is a national charity offering specialist services and human support to deafblind people and those who have progressive sight and hearing loss acquired throughout their lives.
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Deafness Research UK is a medical charity for deaf and hard of hearing people.
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deafPLUS is a registered medium-sized charity and company limited by guarantee working to encourage integration and equality between deaf and hearing people in all areas of life.
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A deaf-led peer support group for deaf, hard of hearing, deafened and deaf-blind people.
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Working to deliver a transport system which balances the needs of the economy, the environment and society.
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The Department of Health commissioned the Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities (CIRCLE) at Leeds University to produce a set of 9 regional factsheets on carers.
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Derwen College is committed to promoting, through personalised learning, the vocational, educational, personal and social development of young people with a wide range of learning difficulties and disabilities.
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An on-line company supplying adaptive clothing for the elderly and disabled. Designed to Care’s adaptive clothing make it easier to dress and be dressed.
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Diabetes UK is the largest organisation in the UK working for people with diabetes, funding research, campaigning and helping people live with the condition.
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A national organisation for a network of approximately 130 local Disability Information and Advice Line services (DIALs) run by and for disabled people. DIAL information and advice services are based throughout the UK and provide information and advice to disabled people and others on all aspects of living with a disability.
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The Nationwide Access Register was developed, in partnership with RADAR and Employers Forum on Disability, for people looking for accessible businesses, shops and restaurants.
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DirectGov provides a range of information on a wide range of matters including government, legal, employment, benefits and disabled rights.
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Disability Alliance is a national registered charity with the principal aim of relieving the poverty and improving the living standards of disabled people. Our eventual aim is to break the link between poverty and disability.
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Disability Arts Cymru believes that Disabled & Deaf People have an exciting and valuable contribution to make to the arts in Wales.
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Disability Arts Online (dao) showcases Disability and Deaf arts, profiles artists and offers informative critical evaluation, serving the development of disability arts in the UK and worldwide.
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The Disability Law Service (DLS) provides high quality information and advice to disabled and Deaf people.
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Capacity Building for Disabled People’s Organisations in England
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The Disability Network is dedicated to ensuring that disabled people have immediate access to all relevant information, resources and advice that the web can offer.
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The campaigning web newspaper for disabled people.
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A web-zine of international disability news and views.
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DisabledGo provides free detailed access information for disabled people across the UK.
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A charity that runs a website to ‘give travellers with disabilities appropriate information on accessible holiday accommodation, attractions, activities and in Shropshire.
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A web-zine which provides useful and day to day information for the disabled from the disabled.
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DLF is a national charity that provides impartial advice, information and training on daily living equipment and assistive technology.
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A web link directory & message board, for people with disabilities and online assistive technology store.
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The Disabled Workers Co-operative provides disabled workers, and companies that employ a significant number of disabled workers in meaningful employment, with a free way of marketing the goods and services they have to offer.
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Supplying Disability Information, Opportunities, Products and Resources to the Worldwide Disability Community, Disabled World is an online community for disabled persons featuring the latest news and articles for people with disabilities.
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Helps people with Down’s Syndrome to live full and rewarding lives.
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UK-wide charity providing support, advice and information for anyone affected by the neurological movement disorder known as Dystonia.
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Address: 5 Dawley Road Arleston, Telford, Shropshire TF1 2HW, Telephone 01952 243 102
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Turn legal obligation into policy development and culture change.
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Enable is a supported employment service for people with disabilities in Shropshire.
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A specialist tour operator for wheelchair-users, people with limited mobility, their families and friends.
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The aim of this site is to be a source of information and communication for everybody involved in sport and physical activity – those already working and participating as well as providing opportunities and advice for those looking to get involved – whatever level of interest or ability.
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The English Federation of Disability Sport is the National body for developing disability sport in England.
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Epilepsy Action is considered one of the largest epilepsy membership organisations in the world, whose aim is to raise awareness of epilepsy.
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Epilepsy Active (based in Shropshire) aims to provide professional, accessible and research based epilepsy training to a diverse range of organisations.
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Epilepsy Bereaved is committed to preventing Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy and other epilepsy deaths through research, awareness and influencing change.
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EQUIP – Electronic Quality Information for the Public is an NHS gateway to quality health and social care information for the West Midlands public.
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Fibro is a chronic illness characterised by chronic widespread pain, hypersensitivity to pain (and other stimuli), chronic fatigue and sleep disturbances.
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FMA UK was established in order to provide information and support to sufferers and their families affected by fibromyalgia and raise much needed awareness of this chronic condition of widespread pain and fatigue.
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Fieldfare works with people with disabilities and countryside managers to improve access to the countryside for everyone.
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Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is committed to achieving equality throughout all areas of the organisation and service delivery.
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A charity dedicated to helping disabled people to discover their true potential through the mental and physical stimulation of learning to fly a light aircraft.
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This organisation works with people with learning disabilities, their families and the people who support them.
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Works nationally with partners to provide creative solutions for inclusion of disabled people in all aspects of the cultural industries and the arts.
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The Grange Day Centre provides day opportunities to disabled people in Shropshire.
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You don’t need to have lost all your sight, or to be registered as blind or partially-sighted for Guide Dogs to help you. You just need to have sight loss that makes it difficult to get around independently or live life to the full.
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Guide to benefit changes taking place during 2010.
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The Hamar Centre is located at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital; the service is for people with cancer and other long term and serious illnesses, their relatives and carers living in Shropshire and Mid-Wales.
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Headway works to improve life after brain injury.
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Dealing with a medical condition is often difficult. HealthBoards.com is a website to connect with others who are going through the same thing can make a world of difference.
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The newly united charity providing support and information to people with a hearing loss and their families (formerly Hearing Concern and the LINK Centre for Deafened People).
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A website for ADHD, Asperger’s Syndrome, Dyslexia and similar neurological differences along with any other type of hidden impairment.
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Ican2 activities provides short break opportunities, in Telford and Wrekin, for children, young people and their families whilst their parents take time out from their caring role.
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A site with the purpose of making disabled people aware of the places and facilities they can access easily, as well as those which are impossible or difficult to use.
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The Independent Living Partnership offers a range of disability training & services, including Access and Services Audits & Equality Impact Assessment.
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IT Can Help is a network of volunteers who are able to offer free local computer assistance to disabled people.
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IT Learning Resources is a new website being developed by Flavia Humphreys, Shropshire Broadplaces Support Officer, to help people become more confident using IT.
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Telephone numbers for Job Centres across Shropshire.
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Kidz First offers activities for children and young people of all abilities; it is a specialist provider for children and young people who have disabilities/special needs/chronic illness.
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Website: www.mobilityshopshrewsbury.co.uk Email: kingswaymobility@ymail.com Tel: 01743 270 020 Or 01743 244673 Address: 127 Hereford Road ,Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY3 7QZ Kingsway Mobility is a local business providing a wide range of solutions to a wide range of mobility needs. We pride ourselves in both excellent, old fashioned standards of service and the most efficient after sales [...]
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An employment and work related training organisation providing one-to-one, individual support for people with learning disabilities.
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An advisory group made up of leading academics, MPs and Peers and others with expertise in social care and finance to ensure enough public funding is available for people with learning disabilities to have same life chances and choices as everyone else.
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Please find below links to paper copies of a number of documents produced by Shropshire solicitors Wace Morgan which will help in providing you with advice to consider when planning for your future. As their representative said to SDN ”Hope for the best and prepare for the worst” and these documents explain all the things you need to [...]
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Leonard Cheshire is a leading charity provider of care and support to people with disabilities, both in the UK and in more than 50 countries around the world.
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Leukaemia CARE exists to provide vital care and support to all those whose lives have been affected by leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma and the allied blood disorders.
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Since 1979, the Charity has continued with its commitment to improve cancer services for the people of Shropshire and Mid Wales. Raising funds to provide new buildings and equipment, to give a more comfortable and suitable environment for local cancer patients.
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Listen not Label, a User-Led Organisation developing under the umbrella of the Council for Voluntary Services in Telford and Wrekin.
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A registered charity supporting people with systemic lupus and discoid lupus and assisting those approaching diagnosis.
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The West Midlands Lupus Group exists to help all sufferers of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Lupus) and allied illnesses who live in the West Midlands and surrounding areas.
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The Marches Family Network is a registered charity which works with and for children and young people with disabilities or additional needs and their families.
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This general carers group meets on the first Monday of every month.
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Mayfair provides the community of the Strettons with many services from a creche to help with staying independent as you get older. In addition to daycare facilities, Mayfair offers room and equipment hire, a cafe and computer suite.
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MDF The BiPolar Organisation is a registered charity that aims to enable people affected by bipolar to take control of their lives through the services that we offer members.
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Mencap aims to be the voice of learning disability. They work with people with a learning disability to change laws and services, challenge prejudice and directly support thousands of people to live their lives as they choose. Local groups in Shropshire are Market Drayton and Bridgnorth and District.
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The Ménière’s Society aims to support sufferers, their families and carers, provide information to health professionals and the general public.
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Supports everyone in the UK facing the challenge of life after Meningitis. Services include counselling, art therapy, one-to-one contact, home & hospital visits, and family days.
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Mind helps people take control of their mental health. We do this by providing high-quality information and advice, and campaigning to promote and protect good mental health for everyone. How can we help you?
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a national charity to assist disabled people with their mobility needs. They direct and oversee the Motability Scheme which enables disabled people to obtain a car, powered wheelchair etc. using mobility allowances. Also may provide financial assistance towards cost of larger cars etc.
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Branches and Groups strive to provide the best possible support to local people with MND, their families and carers.
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The Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre (MSRC) is a proactive and innovative charity, passionately committed to supporting anyone affected by Multiple Sclerosis through access to unbiased information and advice.
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The MS Society is for people affected by multiple sclerosis (MS) – about 100,000 people in the UK. Information and support is available to anyone affected by MS from a network of over 350 local branches. Branches in Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Telford.
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A registered charity which provides free care and support for babies, children and adults affected by muscle disease, funds world-class research to find treatments and cures, provides grants towards equipment and campaigns to raise awareness and bring about change.
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Shropshire’s ‘My Life, My Choice’ programme will be an exciting way of giving more choice and control to people who need support with their care.
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Crohn’s and Colitis UK aims to improve life for everyone affected by Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), the most common forms being Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.
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Narcolepsy is a malfunction of the sleep/wake regulating system in the brain resulting in excessive daytime sleepiness.
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The only registered charity in the UK working with people with AS and their families.
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NAS campaigns and lobbies for lasting positive change for those affected by autism in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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A registered charity whose mission is to remove the barriers to the achievement of deaf children throughout the world.
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The NDPA is a staff association and registered Charity set up to support disabled people both in the police service and the wider community.
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Aims to provide people with independent and practical advice about treating and managing Eczema, and to raise awareness of condition-related issues, with healthcare professionals, teachers and the government.
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The National Osteoporosis Society is dedicated to improving the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, and helps those suffering from the bone disease.
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The Parent Partnership Services (PPS) are statutory services offering information advice and support to parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs (SEN).
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Provides information, education, support and advocacy for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Contact for information about Telford and Wrekin Group.
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The National Survivor User Network (NSUN) is an independent network of individuals and groups who have direct experience of mental health distress and/or using mental health services.
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The National Tremor Foundation offers support and advice to people who have been diagnosed with tremor.
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We offer face-to-face help and support about training, learning and the world of work.
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An NHS site about health issues and rights.
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The NHS Direct helpine and website offers health advice 24 hrs a day, 365 days a year.
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Provides accessible, affordable transport to the less fortunate members of society in North Shropshire.
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Office for Advice, Assistance, Support and Information on Special needs.
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The Office for Disability Issues (ODI) has been set up to help government deliver on the commitment made in the report, ‘Improving the Life Chances of Disabled People’.
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Cafe Wine Bar and Restaurant supporting jobs for 19 people with learning disabilities.
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Supporting carers, including those with responsibilty for looking after a patient with a life-limiting or long-term condition.
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The blinding of an eye, or the removal of the eye itself, as the result of accident, injury or disease, can be a distressing, if not devastating experience for anyone.
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Open Door Shropshire is a website providing access information for places to eat and drink in Shropshire, including pubs, restaurants, bars and cafe’s.
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The OU offer a wide range of support services and facilities to enable students to succeed in their studies.
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Offers services for: People with autistic spectrum disorders / People with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties.
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OSCA works to find ways of enabling people with learning disabilities to take more control over their own lives.
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A voluntary group that has been working for over 18 years to improve access and facilities for all those who are either resident in or visiting Oswestry.
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Oswestry Talking Newspaper is a registered charity which provides an audio version of local news and information taken from our local papers.
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Information on services available through the Town Council, event listings and latest news.
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Created by Qube Multimedia, this site aims to bring together all voluntary and community sector organisations in Oswestry together into one web directory.
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Parents and carers of children with a disability or an additional need often find it difficult to make their voices heard when seeking to influence the provision of services that affect them and the children in their care.
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Provides information and support to pain sufferers and those who care for them.
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We offer information, advice and support to parents/carers of children with special educational needs across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin.
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A charity which funds research into Parkinson’s Disease, offers support, advice and information to people with Parkinson’s.
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Do you produce information for patients and the public about their health?
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PCTs provide primary and community services for local people, such as community hospitals and district nursing services.
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The Perry Group provide many different forms of equestrian therapy for adults and children with disabilities.
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Pesky People harnesses digital media, content and social networking to profile, challenge and change the lack of inclusion and access for Disabled and Deaf people.
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Phab creates opportunities for children and adults of all abilities to enjoy life together.
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POhWER currently provides two statutory advocacy services in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin. The Independent Complaints Advocacy Service (ICAS) offers support and information to anyone wanting to complain about NHS care or treatment recieved. POhWER works to support individuals to share experiences with the NHS so that improvements can be made were necessary. Independent Mental [...]
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On the 5th December 2005 the inclusion of multiple sclerosis (MS), cancer and HIV in the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) was made simpler and clearer.
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Provides opportunities for families of children with disabilities or additional needs to meet and participate in a range of activities.
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Aspire, Create, Connect.
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A charity which aims to improve quality of life and empower those members of the community marginalised through age, health, disability or rural isolation, to fully participate in society.
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Quest 88 is a UK based company specialising in the design, manufacture and supply of therapy, mobility and rehabilitation equipment for children and adults.
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RADAR is a national network of disability organisations and disabled people.
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RDA has 500 member groups in the UK. The focus of its work is giving those with disabilities the chance to derive direct therapeutic benefits, and achieve personal goals, through riding.
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Big Lottery-funded project running 2009-2012, aiming to develop an infrastructure support service to assist disability organisations, with business skills and capacity building.
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We are a network for individual Disabled People, groups, and organisations of Disabled People living and working throughout the West Midlands.
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works with a nationwide network of volunteers to support and help people with disabilities to achieve independence, leisure opportunities and provides specialised equipment in the home for free.
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Remark! Interpreting is a deaf-run and deaf-led agency supplying interpreters and communication support workers to deaf people throughout the UK.
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Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is the UK’s leading charity offering information, support and advice to over two million people with sight loss.
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A college for people who are blind or partially sighted.
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The Royal National Institute for Deaf People is Britain’s leading charity working with deaf people.
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We can provide ergonomic computing solutions to assist in the prevention of RSI.
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Scope is a disability organisation in England and Wales whose focus is on people with cerebral palsy.
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Sense is the leading national charity that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind.
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The sensory impairment service works with people who are hard of hearing, deaf with speech, deaf without speech, severely sight impaired/blind, sight impaired/partially sighted and people who have a dual sensory impairment or are deaf blind.
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Contact details for local support
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Sensory Impairment Team, Disability Resource Centre, Lancaster Road, Shrewsbury.
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Provides support and information for visually impaired and hearing impaired people in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin.
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Shape is a disability-led arts organisation working to improve access to culture for disabled people.
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Shopmobility is a scheme which lends manual wheelchairs, powered wheelchairs and powered scooters to members of the public with limited mobility to shop and to visit leisure and commercial facilities within the town, city or shopping centre.
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The Group considers all access issues for people with disabilities.
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Non-profit making company providing fully accessible passenger transport within a ten mile radius of Shrewsbury town centre.
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Partnership between service users and service providers established with the objective of “improving cancer services in Shropshire & Mid Wales”.
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Provides links to Bridgnorth, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, South Shropshire, and Whitchurch & Wem Senior Citizens Forums
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We are a group prepared to help anyone dealing with autism, offering emotional support and practical advice.
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The Consortium is made up from a number of organisations and individuals who have an interest in Community Transport in Shropshire.
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A new service area for Shropshire Council, working with and for the local communities.
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If you live in Shropshire and have a physical disability there are a range of services that we can offer or arrange for you.
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The directory contains information on groups which can offer advice and support on some of the issues or concerns any family may encounter.
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Shropshire DCS provides the opportunity for parents to meet and share knowledge and experiences as well as receive support.
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Shropshire Down’s Syndrome Group is a group of families who have a child, teenager or young adult with Down’s Syndrome.
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The office is routinely manned on Wednesdays between 10am and noon. If the office is not manned a recorded message will provide a ‘duty’ helpliner to contact.
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Shropshire Family Information Service (0-19) provides free information, advice and support on all aspects of family life, whether you are expecting a baby or the parent or carer of a teenager.
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This website has been produced as a result of the announcement of the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review. It supports the view that there is an alternative to cuts involving job losses and the reduction of public services.
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SIAS’s mission is to establish an Independent Mental Health Advocacy service, throughout the County of Shropshire and the Borough of Telford & Wrekin.
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The Shropshire Infrastructure Partnership is a consortium of several voluntary sector organisations, all of which provide support to other voluntary and community groups across Shropshire. By working together the partners can maximise the impact of their services.
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A local group run by people with ME/CFS and carers to help those affected by Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Post-Viral Fatigue
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Shropshire Disability Forum was established late 2008 to promote the working relationships between the voluntary and community sector and any statutory partners they may engage with in Shropshire.
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PCAS is an advocacy service for people with any type of disability, helping people who live in Shropshire or Telford and Wrekin boroughs.
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Do you know someone who needs help?
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Shropshire Scope is over 40 years old and is run by those with cerebral palsy, their parents and carers and those with an interest in the subject.
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The Shropshire Visual Art Network is run by volunteers and aims to bring all Shropshire visual art information into one place.
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Shropshire Voluntary Helping Hand Association organises pastoral care by home, hospital, hospice and residential home visiting, and social outings, for members.
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The group is involved in a wide variety of issues.
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Parent Partnership Services offer information advice and support to parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs (SEN).
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A new SIBS group for brothers and sisters of children with disabilities is starting in Oswestry, following up the group in Bridgnorth which started summer 2010.
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Sign Health has been working for over 20 years to improve the health of deaf people – initially in mental health and now more generally.
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Psychological therapy is often the best way of overcoming our mental health problem.
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A group for parents and families of children with insulin dependent diabetes (associated with Diabetes UK).
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We are a national charity promoting opportunities for young people and adults with any kind of impairment in post-16 education, training and employment.
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Welcome to Social Welfare Training. We provide quality welfare benefits training and consultancy based on legal rights. We can also provide courses on immigration and debt advice.
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This group hold meetings at 7.30pm at Castlefields Community Hall on the 4th Monday of each month except May and August when visits out are arranged and December when a Christmas meal out takes place.
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Works to raise awareness of the needs and problems disabled people have in relation to access issues.
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Speakability is the national charity that works with people with aphasia.
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We are the country’s largest provider of a year-round sports training and competition programme for all people with learning disabilities.
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Group for parents/carers of children with Asperger’s Syndrome, ADHD and associated challenging behaviours. Meets in Shrewsbury.
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Coaching sessions continue to be held at TCAT each Saturday 9.30am – 11.30am @ TCAT (Telford College of Arts & Technology) indoor sports hall
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The STAA group in Telford meets to support the parents and carers of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder including Asperger’s Syndrome and ADHD
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Group for parents/carers of adults (16+) with Asperger’s Syndrome within the Telford & Wrekin and Shropshire area.
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Informal group of parents and carers of adults with Aspergers Syndrome to address the issues they face in their daily lives as part of their caring role.
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Steps – local helpline for parents/carers of children with lower limb abnormalities.
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We have a Facebook page : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wrekin-Telford-Stroke-Club/255975447768167 with basic information on the group. There is also a secondary page where people can be added to as ‘friends’ if they wish. Our contact information by phone is: 0845 833 95 85 (a number kindly loaned by Lions Club of Telford for the group) which allows anyone to call [...]
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Information on the rights of disabled children in education; contacts to local government providers; charitable organisations concerned with the disabled and education; organisations that provide information on accessible technology.
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A worker from the Substance Misuse Team leads the group, supported by Julie Alanthwaite, a carer support worker from CCS
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Survivors’ Poetry is a London-based National arts charity (Reg. No. 1040177) that works to support, promote and publish the poetry of people who have been through, or are currently in, the UK’s mental health system.
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SVAB is a registered charity that helps and supports blind and visually impaired people of all ages in Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin.
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TAG runs a helpdesk dealing with questions or concerns about the condition, or for those who want to speak with someone who understands the issues involved.
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An advocacy group for adults with learning disabilities, working throughout Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin.
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The campaign aims to increase public understanding of autism, so that children and young people with autism and their families do not have to feel isolated, excluded or judged.
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NTN&M provides national newspapers and magazines in a variety of accessible formats, for visually impaired and print disabled people who find reading a strain.
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This website, Focus on Disability, for Disabled People and their Carers, provides contact details for a large number of helplines and services focused on Disability. Just follow the link below to see what it offers. Disability – Telephone Helplines for Disability and Carers Please be aware that the website also contains advertisements and SDN cannot provide [...]
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This website provides a list of up to date phone numbers and web and email contact details for a large number of helpline services, with a particular focus on the likely needs of those with disability and their carers. Follow this link to the website to find out if there is anything there to help [...]
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The objectives of The Telephones for the Blind Fund are the relief of the blind by providing telephones for the benefit of the blind residents
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Please contact Sian on 01952 2560 09 to check the arrangements for these activities.
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You can use the website to find information on a range of activities for children and young people in Telford.
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Maintain a Clubs & Societies database which contains information on many diverse organisations such as choirs and theatre groups, family history and walking groups.
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Website: www.telfordandwrekinlink.org.uk Email and Contact Numbers: Dave Hayes dave.hayes@telford.gov.uk 01952 384990 Systems Administrator Catherine Pert catherine.pert@telford.gov.uk 01952 384991 Administration and Youth LINk Development Worker Leah Tirmizi leah.tirmizi@telford.gov.uk 01952 384992 DonningtonVOICEProject Manager Rebecca Dove rebecca.dove@telford.gov.uk 01952 384993 Patient ParticipationProject Manager Linda Seru linda.seru@telford.gov.uk 01952 384994 Director of the Hosting Service for Telford & Wrekin LINk General [...]
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The Liz Yates Centre, Lightmoor, Telford, TF4 3QN
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Does you child have co-ordination problems? Dyspraxia? Developmental Co-ordination Disorder?
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Telford Mind provides a diverse range of quality services, across the County for the one in four people and their families acknowledged to be affected by mental or emotional distress.
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Our current staff and projects are about addressing inequalities and tackling discrimination and harassment in Telford & Wrekin.
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A small informal group supporting people with disabilities and Transverse Myelitis.
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THE CHARITY provides educational, recreational and leisure facilities for mentally, physically and sensory disabled users.
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The word Arthrogryposis literally means curved joint, implying that it is fixed or stuck in the curved position.
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The Disabled Motorists Federation offer a variety of services to assist disabled drivers
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The Equalities Act became law in Spring 2010 though it is not due to start working until later in 2010.
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The Project Group is a voluntary arts based community business whose members are, or have been, in touch with Adult Mental Health Services. Membership is achieved through a successful referral process, initiated by a mental health worker, psychiatrist or GP within Shropshire and South Staffordshire.
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The main objective of the Sequel Trust is to provide relief to children and adults who are severely disabled and depend on electronic communication aids and adaptations to alleviate their problems.
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A national charity that provides training and work opportunities for people who are disadvantaged in the labour market due to disability.
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The Stroke Association is concerned with combating stroke in people of all ages.
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THT is a registered charity that offers a very wide range of support services for people affected by HIV
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Please see link http://www.disabledholidayinfo.org.uk/documents/activities2ndedition.pdf This is a really valuable resource which you may want to download and keep for reference. The range of activities promoted is huge and many many thanks to the volunteers who compiled it for and with Disabled Holidays.
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Addresses the complex and often confusing tourist information that faces those who have limited mobility when making decisions about where to visit and stay.
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A tried and tested guide to accessible activities across and beyond Shropshire produced by the Disability Holiday Information Group
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The WWW Virtual Library (VL) is the oldest catalogue of the Web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of HTML and of the Web itself, in 1991 at CERN in Geneva.
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The attached Respite Info will be invaluable to some. See www.respitesolutions.org.uk
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Through the Doorway to Healthy Living is a ‘virtual’ healthy living centre working primarily in Shrewsbury, but also with a Shropshire-wide remit.
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The Community Transport scheme is run by 8 different schemes across Shropshire. All of them use volunteers, have mini buses and can provide group or individual travel services. All of them have wheelchair access vehicles. If you can’t use public transport, or simply don’t have accessto it, the community transport scheme is there to help. [...]
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TCT (Telford Community Transport) is a local organisation the purpose of which is to meet the mobility needs of people who have problems using public transport. WHAT WE DO: We use our fully accessible minibuses to transport people, who have additional needs, to a variety of social activities, including local trips and those further afield. [...]
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Accessible/affordable transport in Northern Shropshire to enable people who don’t have access to transport to participate in a wide range of arts events.
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helps people access the money available to them – through welfare benefits, grants and other help.
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UCanDoIT is a charity teaching blind, deaf and disabled people a range of computer skills including email, the Internet and basic word processing in their own homes.
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U3A stands for the University of the Third Age, which is a self-help organisation for people no longer in full time employment providing educational, creative and leisure opportunities in a friendly environment.
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Victim Support is the independent national charity which helps people cope with crime.
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Provides professional communication services for Deaf, deafblind and hard-of-hearing people living in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin.
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Enables representatives from voluntary and community organisations to come together to discuss common issues.
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The Wellington Cottage Care day centre offers day care to adults with disabilities and nursing care needs from qualified nurses, therapists and health care assistants.
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list of Fibromyalgia support groups in the West Midlands
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Are you looking for the ideal fun, educational junk music group?
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A voluntary organisation situated in We provide support, training, work opportunities and recreational activities for people with learning disabilities in Ludlow, South Shropshire.
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WRVS can help in the home, in the community, in hospitals, in emergencies and disasters and with the Armed Forces.
