Useful Organisations
See our comprehensive list of disability and other useful organisations below.
Email Alexandra Strick if you would like your organisation to be added.
National charity helping disabled adults and children use computers and the internet by adapting and adjusting their technology.
Freephone 0800 269545 (if you call from home) or 01926 312847 (from work, minicom accessible)
Fax: 01926 407425
Email: enquiries@abilitynet.org.uk
A book store and publisher, specialising in resources on deafness and deaf issues.
The Peepul Centre, Orchardson Avenue, Leicester LE4 6DP
Tel: 0844 593 8440
Fax: 0844 593 8441
SMS: 07947 201141
Email: adbooks@actiondeafness.org.uk
(previously RNID)
Working for a world where hearing loss doesn't limit or label people, where tinnitus is silenced and where people value and look after their hearing.
19-23 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8SL
Tel: 020 7296 8000
Textphone: 020 7296 8001
Fax: 020 7296 8199
Alliance For Inclusive Education (ALLFIE)
National campaigning and information-sharing network led by disabled people.
336 Brixton Road, London SW9 7AA
Tel: 0207 737 6030
Email: info@allfie.org.uk
Supports parents and carers of children with speech and language impairments.
1st Floor 20 Bowling Green Lane, London EC1R 0BD
Helpline: 0845 35555 77 (or administrative enquiries 020 7490 9410)
Fax: 020 7251 2834
UK charity producing multisensory stories for people with learning disabilities.
1 Stewart's Court, 218 - 220 Stewart's Road, London SW8 4UB
Tel: 020 7627 0444
Fax: 020 7627 0999
Email: office@bagbooks.org
Member-led national charity focused on achieving equality for Deaf people through campaigning and community engagement.
18 Leather Lane London EC1N 7SU
Tel: 0207 405 0090
Email: bda@bda.org.uk
National organisation, offering a wide range of information for parents, dyslexic adults and teachers.
Tel: 0845 251 9002 (helpline), 9003 (administrative enquiries)
Email: helpline@bdadyslexia.org.uk
UK postal lending library of mainstream children's books with added braille.
61 Princes Way London SW19 6JB
Tel: 020 8789 9575
Email: info@clearvisionproject.org
UK-wide charity providing advice, information and support to the parents of all disabled children.
209-211 City Road London EC1V 1JN
Tel: 020 7608 8700
Fax: 020 7608 8701
Free helpline: 0808 808 3355
Email: helpline@cafamily.org.uk
National charity providing support services to, and campaigning on behalf of, deafblind adults and their carers.
National Centre for Deafblindness, John and Lucille van Geest Place, Cygnet Road, Hampton, Peterborough, PE7 8FD, UK
Tel: 01733 358 100 (Voice/Text) Information and Advice Line: 0800 132 320
Fax: 01733 358 356
Email: info@deafblind.org.uk
National charity which works to relieve the poverty and improve the living standards of disabled people.
Disability Alliance, Universal House, 88-94 Wentworth Street, London,
E1 7SA
Tel: 020 7247 8776
Email: office@disabilityalliance.org
National organisation for disabled people who are parents or who hope to become parents, and their families, friends and supporters.
Tel: 0300 3300 639 or contact form on website
Helping people with Down's syndrome to live full and rewarding lives.
Langdon Down Centre, 2a Langdon Park, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 9PS
Tel. 0845 230 0372 (helpline)
Email: info@downs-syndrome.org.uk
Healthy Books
Website reviewing books featuring disability, alongside issues such as health problems, bullying, bereavement, adoption and family relationships.
Children's communication charity whose mission is to ensure that no child who struggles to communicate is left out or left behind.
Postal address: 8 Wakley Street, London, EC1V 7QE
Physical address: Unit 31, Angel Gate (Gate 5), Goswell Road, London, EC1V 2PT
Tel: 0845 225 4071 or 020 7843 2510
Fax: 0845 225 4072 or 020 7843 2569
Email: info@ican.org.uk
In the Picture
Comprehensive web resource featuring advice and reference material on including positive images of disabled children in picture books, created as part of Scope's three-year 'In the Picture' project.
Charity whose vision is a world in which all disabled children and young people realise their aspirations and their right to an inclusive community which supports them and their families.
6 Aztec Row, Berners Road, London N1 0PW
Tel: 020 7359 8238 or contact form on website
Letterbox Library
Specialist supplier of non-sexist, multicultural, inclusive (incl. disability representations) and special issue children's books for ages 0-11.
Unit 151 Stratford Workshops, Burford Road London E15 2SP
Tel: 020 7503 4800 Fax: 020 7503 4801
Email: info@letterboxlibrary.com
An association set up to develop deaf children's self-esteem and communication in signed, spoken and written languages through the medium of poetry.
81 Humber Road, Blackheath, London SE3 7LR
Phone/Text: 07748 104 051
E-mail: info@lifeanddeaf.co.uk
Information, advice and support for people of all ages who are without one or more limbs.
Unit 16, Waterhouse Business Centre, 2 Cromar Way, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2QE
Tel: 01245 216670, 01245 216671 or 01245 216672.
Helpline: 0800 644 0185
UK charity providing high-quality audiobooks to people who find it difficult or impossible to read due to illness or disability.
12 Lant Street, London SE1 1QH
Tel: 020 7407 9417
Fax: 020 7403 1377
Email: info@listening-books.org.uk
Little Parachutes
Website featuring picture books on many of the common issues, situations and challenges that young children experience.
A free postal library service of Touch to See books which have both tactile and audio components for blind and partially sighted children and adults.
Unit 8 Kingsclere Park, Kingsclere, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 4SW
Tel: 01635 299 771
Email: library@livingpaintings.org
UK charity working to gain support, education, housing, jobs, and recreational opportunities for people with learning disabilities.
123 Golden Lane, London EC1Y 0RT
Tel: 020 7454 0454
Fax: 020 7608 3254
Email: information@mencap.org.uk
The Mouth and Foot Painting Artists Association
9 Inverness Place, London, W2 3JG
International organisation, owned by its artist members, offering help, support and opportunities for mouth and foot painters.
Tel: 020 7229 4491
Fax: 020 7229 7052
National Association of Special Educational Needs
UK organisation which aims to promote the education, training, advancement and development of all those with special and additional support needs.
nasen House, 4/5 Amber Business Village, Amber Close, Amington,Tamworth, Staffordshire B77 4RP
Tel: 01827 311500
Fax: 01827 313005
Email: welcome@nasen.org.uk
UK charity for people with autism (including Asperger syndrome) and their families.
393-395 City Road
City of London EC1V 1NG
Tel: 020 7833 2299
Email: nas@nas.org.uk
National Blind Children's Society
National charity whose objective is to enable children and young people with visual impairment to achieve their educational and recreational goals.
Bradbury House, Market Street, Highbridge, Somerset TA9 3BW
Tel: 01278 764 764
Fax: 01278 764 790
Email: enquiries@nbcs.org.uk
National Deaf Children's Society
UK charity dedicated to creating a world without barriers for deaf children and young people.
15 Dufferin Street, London EC1Y 8UR
Tel: 020 7490 8656
Minicom: 020 7490 8656
Fax: 020 7251 5020
Email: ndcs@ndcs.org.uk
National network of disability organisations and disabled people.
12 City Forum, 250 City Road, London EC1V 8AF
Tel: 020 7250 3222
Fax: 020 7250 0212
Email: radar@radar.org.uk
Royal National Institute for Blind People
UK charity offering information, support and advice to almost two million people with sight loss.
105 Judd Street London WC1H 9NE
Tel: 020 7388 1266 Helpline 0303 123 9999
Fax: 020 7388 2034
Email: helpline@rnib.org.uk
UK charity that supports disabled people and their families.
6 Market Road, London N7 9PW
Freephone: 0808 800 3333
Email: response@scope.org.uk
Supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind and provides expert advice and information.
Sense Information & Advice Service
101 Pentonville Road, London N1 9LG
Tel & Minicom: 0845 127 0066
Fax: 0845 127 0061
Email: info@sense.org.uk
Deane House Studios, 27 Greenwood Place, London, NW5 1LB
Tel: 020 7424 7330
Minicom: 020 7424 7368
Fax: 0845 521 3458
Email: info@shapearts.org.uk
(previously ASBAH)
Europe's largest organisation dedicated to supporting individuals and families as they face the challenges arising from spina bifida and hydrocephalus.
42 Park Road, Peterborough, PE1 2UQ
Tel: 01733 555988 or contact form on website
A charity set up to help with the needs of deaf people in the community focusing on mental and physical healthcare.
5 Baring Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire HP9 2NB
Telephone: 01494 687600
Fax: 01494 687622SMS/text message:07966 976749
Email: info@signhealth.org.uk
Free online library of the best British children's books presented in British Sign Language, animation, text and sound, designed to help improve the literacy of deaf children by allowing them to enjoy stories. Produced by ITV SignPost.
Email: Contact through the website
For use at school or in the home, a Storysack is a cloth bag full of resources to encourage children and adults to enjoy reading together.
Resource House, Kay Street, Bury BL9 6BU
Tel: 0161 763 6232
Email: hello@resourcehouse.co.uk
Tourettes Action
Support and research charity (formerly TSA UK). Offers informational booklet, camps, events, speakers, archived news, and information on Tourette Syndrome.
Kings Court, 91 - 93 High Street, Camberley, Surrey GU15 3RN
Tel 01276 482903, helpline: 0300 7778427
Email: admin@tourettes-action.org.uk
UK charity that is all about giving disabled children the chance to lead a more independent life.
4th floor, Portland House, Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5BH
Tel: 020 7233 6600 or website contact form
The voice for young people's health and well-being.
Suite 11, Baden Place, Crosby Row, London SE1 1YW
Tel: 020 7089 5050 or website contact form
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