Useful Links
You may find the following list of links to be useful. Please note that Directions can not be responsible for the content of external websites. If you would like to suggest a 'Useful Link', that you think should be added to this page, why not contact Us and we will be glad to consider your ideas!!
- www.clsdirect.org.uk
This is the website of the Community Legal Service. They are a first port of call for legal help and information in England and Wales. - www.dialuk.org.uk
Disabled Information and Advice Line - A national organisation for a network of 140 local disability information and advice services run by and for disabled people. - www.dlcc.org.uk
Disabled Living Centres Council - Aiming to improve disabled and older people's access to accurate, reliable and impartial information and advice about products and equipment for easier living. - www.dlf.org.uk
Disabled Living Foundation - A national UK Charity aiming to provide the best possible choice for people who use equipment to live a more independent life. - www.disability.gov.uk
Disability - The DfEE site about disability and related Government initiatives. Helping people to find out about their civil rights and to see more clearly how useful the Internet can be as a source for information. Find out about the rights of disabled people, and to learn more about the legislation that exists to help establish fully comprehensive and enforceable civil rights for disabled people in the UK. - www.lawcentres.org.uk
Law Centres Federation (LCF) - The Law Centres Federation encourages the development of publicly funded legal services for those most disadvantaged in society and promotes the Law Centre model as the best means of achieving this. To improve access to justice, LCF promotes good Law Centre practice and innovation in the delivery of high quality legal services to the community. - www.mencap.org.uk
Mencap - The UK's leading learning disability charity working with people with a learning disability and their families and carers. Fighting for equal rights, campaigning for greater opportunities and challenging attitudes and prejudice. Mencap also provides advice and support to meet people's needs throughout their lives. - www.mentalhealth.org.uk
Website for the Mental Health Foundation. - www.nacab.org.uk
National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux - The Citizens Advice Bureaux give free, confidential, impartial and independent advice on a limitless range of subjects, including debt, benefits, housing, legal matters, employment, immigration and consumer issues. The Citizens Advice Bureaux are open to everyone regardless of race, gender, sexuality or disability. - www.radar.org.uk
Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation - Campaigning for better lifestyles for disabled people & their families by enabling disabled people and disability organisations to initiate, develop and encourage change while working towards a fully inclusive society. - www.rnib.org.uk
Royal National Institute for the Blind - The RNIB is one of the UK's biggest and most diverse charities, providing over 60 different services for people with serious sight problems throughout the UK. - www.rnid.org.uk
Royal National Institute for Deaf People - RNID is the largest charity representing the 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK. RNID aims to achieve a radically better quality of life for deaf and hard of hearing people. - www.nhfa.co.uk
Nursing Home Fees Agency (NHFA) - The Nursing Home Fees Agency provides older people, their families and carers with free advice and information on obtaining and paying for all types of care.
