Useful links
Ealing
Help
Information for parents/carers of children with
disabilities in the borough.
Directgov - information for people with
disabilities
The latest information on all public services for people with
disabilities.
Volunteer Link Scheme
Befriending scheme for severely isolated housebound
people (including people with physical and sensory
disabilities, physical illness and older people).
Disability organisations
Arthritis
A voluntary organisation working with and for all people with
arthritis. It aims to promote their health, well-being and
independence through services, support, self-help, information and
influence.
The British
Polio Fellowship
The British Polio Fellowship is the largest charity
supporting people with polio or Post Polio Syndrome in the UK.
Contact a Family
Contact a Family provides support and advice to families of
children with a disability.
Disabled Living Foundation
The Disabled Living Foundation provides information on
disability equipment, household gadgets, new technologies and
training techniques.
Disability
Sport England
Creates opportunities for participation in sport for people
with all disabilities.
Disabled Workers Co-operative
A registered charity that helps people with disabilities to
help themselves, including a database of skills, services and
products offered by people with disabilities.
Ealing Centre For
Independent Living (ECIL)
A disability organisation run for and by people
with disabilities. It represents and supports people with
disabilities of all ages, who live and work in the borough of
Ealing and surrounding boroughs.
Epilepsy action (British
Epilepsy Association)
The Epilepsy Action helpline provides advice and information
on all aspects of living with epilepsy.
Headway
Promotes understanding of all aspects of brain injury, and
provides information, support and services to people with a brain
injury, their family and carers.
KIDS
KIDS is a national charity dedicated to helping children and
young people with disabilities and special needs develop their
skills and abilities and to realise their potential.
Mencap (now Royal Mencap
Society)
Mencap provides a variety of services for people with a
learning disability and their families and carers. This includes
support with housing, education, employment and leisure
activities.
Motability
Motability is a national UK charity, which helps disabled
people and their families to become mobile.
Multiple Sclerosis
Society
The Society funds MS research, runs respite care centres,
provides grants, education and training on MS. It produces numerous
publications on MS and runs a freephone specialist helpline.
Scope
For people with cerebral palsy, their families and
carers.
Stroke Association
The Stroke Association provides support for people who have
had strokes, their families and carers.
Spinal Injuries Association
Support for people affected by spinal cord injury, including
the family and friends of the disabled person.
Vitalise
(formerly Winged Fellowship Trust)
This is a national disability charity that provides breaks at
subsidized rates for disabled adults, children and their
carers.
Hearing impairment
RNID
RNID is the largest charity representing the 9 million deaf
and hard of hearing people in the UK.
RAD (Royal Association for
Deaf People)
The RAD offers services to deaf people including information and advice, interpreting and communication support, training and has 10 centres for deaf people throughout London, Essex and the south east.
British Deaf
Association (BDA)
The BDA is the UK's largest national organisation run by deaf
people, for deaf people. This site provides the latest information
about the British Deaf Association, British Sign Language and the
deaf community.
British Deaf
Sports Council (BDSC)
The BDSC's main objective is to ensure that sports and
leisure opportunities are available for deaf people in parity with
their hearing contemporaries.
Sense
Sense is the UK's leading organisation working with people
who have sight and hearing difficulties. The site provides general
information on deafblindness and a career opportunities
section.
Hearing Dogs for Deaf
People
This is a registered charity that trains carefully selected
dogs to alert severely, profoundly or totally deaf people to
everyday sounds which hearing people may take for granted.
The National Deaf
Children's Society (NDCS)
This is an organisation of parents, families and carers which
supports parents in enabling their child to maximise their skills
and abilities.
Visual impairment
Action for Blind People
Action for Blind People is a national charity that provides
practical support to blind and partially sighted people through
work, housing, leisure and support.
Royal
National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
The UK's leading charity offering information, support and
advice to over two million people with sight problems.
Deafblind UK
Deafblind UK is a national charity, which provides a range of
support services to deaf blind adults and their carers. It also
campaigns on behalf of deaf blind people.
National
Blind Children's Society
The society’s objective is to enable blind and partially
sighted children and young people to achieve their educational and
recreational goals.
Sense
Sense is the UK's leading organisation working with people
who have sight and hearing difficulties. The site provides general
information on deafblindness and a career opportunities
section.
SeeAbility
SeeAbility is a registered charity working with adults who
have a visual impairment, and a range of additional
disabilities.
West London
Mental Health Trust
The West London Mental Health Trust provides a full range of
local mental health services for children, adults and older people
in the boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, and
Hounslow.
MIND
Mind offers supported housing, crisis helplines, drop-in
centres, counselling, advocacy, employment and training schemes,
and other services.
MIND in Ealing:
Tel: (020) 8992 0303
Email:
info@mind-eh.org
Rethink
Rethink are dedicated to improving the lives of everyone
affected by severe mental illness.
Local services:
Tel: (020) 8567 0101
Email:
ealingcarers@rethink.org
The Mental
Health Foundation
The Mental Health Foundation provides information, carries
out research, campaigns and works to improve services for anyone
affected by mental health problems.
Mentality
A national charity dedicated solely to the promotion of
mental health.
Directgov: Mental health
Find information about the different ways to get help if you
are concerned about your, or someone else’s, mental health.
Helplines
Samaritans
Tel: (020) 8560 2345
Saneline
Tel: 0845 767 8000