Useful Links
Information
Equality and Human Rights Commission
The Office for Disability Issues
Disablity information and mobility aids - Ableize
Disability Directory: uhadtobethere
Information on Trusts and Estates: Estates or Trusts
Council websites
Education
Charities
ACT (the Association for Children's Palliative Care)
ACT is the only organisation working across the UK to achieve a better quality of life and care for every life-limited or life-threatened child and their family.
Association of Wheelchair Children
Association of Wheelchair Children (Go Kids Go) provide free wheelchair skills training courses throughout the UK. We teach children useful, practical skills, empowering them with the ability to assess risk and to move safely and confidently about their homes and neighbourhood. We provide extra wheelchairs so that parents and siblings can join in with the training.
The charity that supports people with a brain injury and those who care for them. This is done at a local level through support groups and at a national level. They provide a number of support services and campaign for greater awareness of brain injury.
Leonard Cheshire Disability supports over 21,000 disabled people in the UK and works in 52 countries. They campaign for change and provide innovative services that give disabled people the opportunity to live life their way.
MuchLoved is a charity that works for bereaved people worldwide, enabling them to create sensitive, personalised and lasting website memorials in memory of their loved ones. There is no charge to create or to maintain a tribute website, plus it is very easy to do. To find out more about MuchLoved or to create your own memorial page, please visit MuchLoved.
TreeHouse is unique; it is the only autism education charity to combine the role of direct service provider and national influencer in one centre. They seek to unlock the potential of every child with autism through education.
Commercial
Online shop selling custom made clothing and accessories for babies, children, teens and young adults with special needs.
Media
Optimist World is a new website that looks at the bright side of the news. Optimist World features a charity every week and site visitors can vote for their favourite charity of those featured. Action For Kids was recently one of four charities competing for the title Optimist Charity of the Week. AFK took first place in an online poll, ahead of some popular and well known charities. We will now move on to another round in the Optimist Charity of the Year award.
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