Links
- Disabled Living Foundation - a charity that advises people with disabilities large and small on how to get the best out of life. Really good advice on aids and equipment. 0845 130 9177 or 020 7432 8009 (textphone)
- RADAR - Run by and for disabled people, the emphasis is on campaigning and lobbying
- You'reAble.com - website with info, discounts and job adverts for disabled people.
- Arthritis Care - 0808 800 4050
- http://www.scope.org.uk
- Incontact - the charity for people suffering from urinary or faecal incontinence. Professional advice and support from other sufferers. 0870 770 3246
- Women's Health - a charity advising women on gynaecological and reproductive health issues. They have a good library and publish lots of booklets. They also have a self help group to support women in coping with their health problems and in speaking to their GP or gynaecologist. 0845 125 5254 or 020 7490 5489 (minicom)
- Commission for Social Care Improvement - A Government inspectorate that may investigate complaints about nursing care
- CRUSE - A national bereavement charity
- ElderAbuse.org - A national charity that helps and advises on issues of all kinds of abuse of the elderly, in institutions and in their own homes.
- Breast Cancer Care
- Breakthrough Breast Cancer
- Compassionate Friends
- Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society