Publishes the National Guide to Care Homes. Produces a database available on the Internet which includes information on 6,300 nursing homes and 12,500 residential care homes throughout the UK.

A2 Housing Group offer a variety of extra care housing schemes throughout the South East. The latest of these is Beechwood Court in Sunbury which offers a collection of homes with the latest in assistive technology.

UK-wide volunteer-led charity providing housing with care for older people to combat loneliness.

Provide information on services and assistive products available for people of all ages with sensory and/ or physical disabilities. New technology product reviews, environmental controls and electronic gadgets. Readers can correspond via email with questions on any disability issue.

Promotes independent living for people with physical or learning disabilities, and people recovering from a mental illness.

Ability On Line is a free internet community where children/youth with disabilities/illness and their parents can meet other like them, make friends from all over the world, share their hopes an fears, find role-models and mentors, and feel like they belong.

Offers an information service for children and adults who find using standard computer equipment and systems challenging and offers advice on adaptive computer technology. Activities include consultancy and assessment services to assist in choice and use of computer equipment at work and at home. Centres established in Warwick, Worcester, Cambridge, London, Reading and Edinburgh.

Website for use by people with disabilities, carers and friends. Members use the website to communicate with other members as penpals or via chat rooms for example. Membership is free.

Magazine with articles on issues related to disability. Includes details on holidays, motoring, sports, product features and art reviews.

Offers a variety of access audit and DDA compliant solutions using 'reasonable adjustment' as recommended by the DDA and the DRC.

Networking organisation for professionals concerned with the inclusive and accessible environment.

Produces a guide to London aimed at disabled people and those who find it difficult to get around. It includes accommodation, the transport system and access to the major sights.

The Access Project work to produce access guide books and our most recent ones are 'Access in London', 'Access in Paris' , 'Access to football grounds' and Access in Israel and the Palestinian Authority. These cover accommodation, the transport system and access to the sights.

Aims to help adults and children with communication disabilities develop their communication skills through Information Technology and to promote the wider understanding of such disabilities.

Service that provides wheelchair users with the information and equipment required to ensure peace of mind when staying away from home.

Helps disabled people and their families to find accessible accommodation for their holidays all over the world.

The UK's leading tour operator for those with disabilities and mobility problems. Every acccommodation is personally inspected for guaranteed accessibility. Trust the experts, trust accessible travel and leisure.

Aims to help people injured in an accident to decide whether they can make a claim. Provides free legal consultation with a local solicitor specialising in injury claims. Medical negligence and advice also given.

Provides information and expertise in the use of technology as an aid to communication. Provides a range of services including in-depth assessments of the communication needs of individuals in education, training of professionals and parents, and research and development. Centre is involved in projects working with manufacturers of equipment by advising on the needs of children with communication issues, or developing specialised software to meet specific accessing and educational needs. It has a library of short term loan equipment and also produces publications. This centre covers the north of England, North Wales, the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland. Refer to Ace Centre South for the south of England, Mid-Wales, Isle of Wight, Scilly Isles and the Channel Islands.

Provides information and expertise in the use of technology as an aid to communication. Provides a range of services including in-depth assessments of the communication needs of individuals in education, training of professionals and parents, and research and development. Centre is involved in projects working with manufacturers of equipment by advising on the needs of children with communication issues, or developing specialised software to meet specific accessing and educational needs. It has a library of short term loan equipment and also produces publications. This centre covers the south of England. Refer to Ace Centre North for north of England, North Wales, the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland.

Professional organisation for chief executives in the voluntary sector. Contributes to the increased effectiveness of the voluntary sector by helping chief executives through a wide range of carefully focussed services. Provides a series of activities for members to enhance their personal development and leadership. Their core task is promoting effective leadership for the benefit of the third sector and representing the sector leaders. Provide appropriately tailored information, advice and support, together with professional development and first class networking opportunities.

Operates purpose-built ambulances called "jumbulances" which take severely sick and disabled people on group pilgrimages and holidays across Europe. Between 10 and 20 disabled people are accompanied by volunteer helpers, including medical personnel. For further information, contact the group organisers. Departures every week between Easter and November. Priority given to those with terminal illnesses and progressive diseases.

Works to promote the best possible palliative and supportive care for children with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions and their families. Provides a telephone helpline, database of useful organisations, publications, research, training and membership.

ACT is the UK wide charity working to achieve the best possible quality of life and care for every child and young person who is not expected to reach adulthood.

Provides information to those who are chronically ill from what is thought to be a breakdown in the immune system leading to different forms of allergy. They campaign for diagnosis and treatment through NHS doctors, hospitals and clinics.

Provides independent advice and support to anyone who has suffered a medical accident, including medical and legal advice. Arrange referrals to a medical negligence solicitor. Provide a range of services for lawyers specialising in the field including the recommendation of appropriate medical experts.

Provides services for blind and partially sighted people in the areas of work, leisure, housing, accommodation, information and advice and grants to individuals.

Aims to help physically and mentally disabled young people find a greater level of independence and opportunity through the provision of appropriate support.

Charity dedicated toimproving the lives of people with ME.

Children's healthcare charity specially formed to ensure that sick children always receive the highest standard of care possible. Works to improve the services and attitudes to the way children are treated when they are unwell in hospital, at home and in the community.

National organisation giving help and information to all concerned about the abuse of older people.

National charity which aims to achieve a better quality of life for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Activities include: campaigning and lobbying; raising awareness of deafness and hearing loss; Typetalk Call Relay Service (in conjunction with BT); medical and technical research.

National service providing live-in care packages to enable physically disabled adults to live independently in their own home. Specialises in supporting young adults with a spinal cord injury and those with a neurological condition such as MS. Open Mon-Fri, 9am-5.30pm.

Provides ante-natal and post-natal classes and workshops. Runs a mail order service, and hires and supplies water birth pools.

National charity working with families affected by drugs and alcohol, and is a leading agency in substance related family work. Provides a range of publications and resources for families, and operates an online message board and searchable database of local support groups. Runs a range of training programmes on substances and family support, and operates direct support services at London prisons for families of prisoners with drug problems. List of resources is available.

Every day over 75 children in the UK are born or diagnosed with a serious disability or rare syndrome and the vast majority of them are cared for at home. Contact a family is a UK charity providing support and advice to parents whatever the medical condition of their child.

The Umbrella body for independent advice services in the UK. ASA promotes the development of high-quality advice services and co-operation between advice organisations. It runs the CLS support Project for advice agencies, responds to consultations and helps to develop policy, and runs Advicenow and APRnow websites. ADRnow provides information and guidance on resolving disputes. It covers ADR services across the UK.

Website which is the main public information service of Citizens Advice, providing people with round-the-clock access to CAB information on their rights - including benefits, housing and employment, and on debt, consumer and legal issues.

Provides advice to parents who need information and support on education law and practice in schools including admissions, special needs, exclusions, bullying and complaints. Helpline open Mon-Fri, 2pm-5pm.

Promotes the needs of people with disabilities and older users of the telephone system. Provides an independent bridge between the users and the telecommunications industry. Produces reports and public information booklets including an information pack and notes on the use of text terminals. They do not take enquiries from the general public.

Works in the field of preventative education. Encompasses the areas of health and personal and social education, with particular expertise and experience in alcohol and drug education and demand reduction.

Aims to assist disabled people to get airborne. Hosts flying days giving opportunity to fly, and establishes what adaptations would be needed to pursue flying as a hobby and provides flight training for disabled people.

Parent-led organisation which helps children and young people with speech and language needs. Promotes understanding, acceptance and equal opportunities. Helpline open Mon-Fri, 10.30am-2pm.

The ACLT aims to increase the number of Black, Mixed Race and Ethnic Minority poeople on the UK Bone Marrow Register by raising awareness and running donor recruitment drives.

Funds a new, innovative and unique research programme into treatment and prevention of breast cancer, focusing particularly on metastases and survival after breast cancer. A team of researchers, funded by ABC, is based at University College Hospitals with ABC units around the UK. The ABC Research Team aims to find a vaccine against breast cancer, looking at how the cancer cell, patients' natural resistence, and their environment interact.

Age Exchange is a registered charity. We work with older people to improve their quality of life by valuing their reminiscences and giving them opportunities for wider appreciation through visual and performance Arts. The charity is widely known for creating programmes that promote person centred care and creative engagement for vulnerable older people in residential and day care settings.

Age Scotland was formed by the merger between Age Concern Scotland and Help the Aged in Scotland on April 1st 2009. The new charity strives to represent all of Scotland's older people and provide a united voice.

Age UK has a vision of a world in which older people flourish. We aim to improve later life for everyone through our information and advice, campaigns, products, training and research.

National charity concerned with frail older people facing immediate hardship or distress whose personal needs cannot be met by statutory or voluntary services. Helps to sustain people in their own homes by making personal grants as a contribution to the cost of necessary equipment or other exceptional expenditure.

International Catholic pastrol relief agency, giving spiritual and material aid wherever the Church is persecuted, oppressed or in need.

Help people with disabilities communicate more easily and effectively through technology. Provide free independent advice on assistive technology, free technical support and remote technical assistance. The free technical support is via a local rate telephone line 0845 120 3719.

Provide comprehensive information to prevent people from becoming infected with HIV. Aims to improve the quality of life for those already infected, and works with others to develop a cure. Funds research into HIV and Aids for improved treatments and understanding of HIV.

Offers understanding support for families and friends of problem drinkers. Runs a confidential helpline and an Alateen service for teenagers (aged 12-17 years) affected by a problem drinker. Supports a network of over 800 self-help groups and local groups. No membership or charges are made for services.

Provides information, advice and support to or for people with Albinism. Services include newsletter twice a year, regional meetings, telephone helpline, and bi-annual conferences.

Voluntary worldwide fellowship of men and women from all walks of life who meet together to attain and maintain sobriety. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.

Provides information for special needs children and their families.

Provides an information and advice service to people with allergies.

Aims to be the national voice to improve public policies and to provide and secure the provision of high quality services for people with dementia and for their carers. Has over services and branches throughout Scotland, providing practical services such as day, evening and care centres, home care and befriending and carers' support services.

Seeks to establish the first multi-disciplinary research centre towards treating or curing the condition.

Works through a national network of 180 local branches, 80 support groups and 100 contact people. Offers information about Alzheimer's disease; all representatives have either personal or professional experience of the disease. Helpline open Mon-Fri, 8.30am-6.30pm.

Provides information, advice and support to parents and carers of children with special needs in Brighton & Hove. The site includes extensive information about education, benefits, health, social services, leisure and the transition to adulthood.

Provides information to people who suffer from severe allergic reactions. Volunteer regional co-ordinators operate from home and support local members. Membership, publications, newsletter, DVD, workshops for parents and youths.

Provides care and housing for older people in England with 22,000 retirement housing flats, a limited number of which are wheelchair accessible. Provides residential and nursing care. Anchor Staying Put enables older and disabled people to stay in their homes by arranging improvements, repairs and adaptations to their properties. Anchor Care Alternative provides home care for older and disabled people.

Aims to facilitate the protection of all adults and children with learning disabilities who are vulnerable to abuse. Provides information and advice service including training and conferences. Produces a range of publications.

Provides support and information for families with children and young people affected by absence of the testes, whether congenital or acquired. Produces an information leaflet and a newsletter three times a year.

Aims to eliminate all forms of slavery in today's world through research, raising awareness and campaigning with commitment and determination.

Help patients and their families who are coping with Aplastic Anaemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS).

Bespoke design and installation service for home adaptations for elderly and less able people. Free site surveys include 3-D software designs to visualise proposed projects. Can fit equipment that suits any requirements once approved. Service available to social landlords, home improvement agencies, care and nursing homes and individuals in London, south and south-east England and Manchester/North-west.

Support group for those living with arachnoiditis - a condition of inflammation and scarring around the nerve roots that can follow spinal surgery, myelography, spinal injections and conditions like meningitis. Produces a newsletter four times a year for all members. Offers a helpline five days a week and answers any questions by letter, fax or e-mail.

Founded by Charles de Coti-Marsh. Provides members with a natural, drug-free, self help programme that combines a healthy eating plan with physical therapy and specific prescriptions to ease the symptoms of arthritis.

Arthritis Care is a user centred and user led charity, with people with all types of arthritis at the heart of what we do. We are the voice of people with arthritis and their families, providing quality information and support to enable people living with arthritis to make and practical changes to their lives.

Medical research charity that raises money to find the cause of rheumatic disease. Aims to promote a better understanding of rheumatic diseases by publishing a range of free information leaflets which have been written by medical specialists to answer questions which are commonly raised by people with arthritis.

Group formed to help children and their parents and also adults to ensure a better understanding of this condition in which multiple joint derformities are present at birth.

Produces a number of publications on arts and disability and a directory of art and disability organisations, available in large print, Braille and cassette. Disability Link Officers can give telephone advice about different art forms.

London's information and advice service on access to the arts and entertainment for all disabled people, maintaining a database with access details for thousands of arts and entertainment venues across London. Also holds access information for every cinema in the UK, specifically geared towards arts and entertainment venues.

Provides information on old asbestos containing products. Does not provide any medical information on Asbestosis. Publishes information leaflets.

Aims to provide help to Asians with disabilities of all ages, nationalities and religion without differentiation. Aims to provide services which take into account Asian traditions, practices and family relationships as well as languages, diet and religions. The organisation is managed by Asian people with personal experience of disability.

Asperger United is a newsletter for people with Autism / Asperger Syndrome run by National Autistic Society.

Provides practical support through projects and programmes to people in the UK living with a spinal cord injury.

Aims to raise awareness of Angelmans Syndrome. Maintains a 24-hour telephone support network; a national register of families as a point of contact for families newly diagnosed; and provides information to families and health care professionals. Produces publications including a regular newsletter and various fact sheets. Holds regional meetings.

National network for advice on independent living equipment. Aims to lead a UK wide network of Assistive Technology service providers that introduce people to products and solutions which make life easier and safer, creating greater choice and control.

Aims to assist young people to reach their full potential in a supportive and caring environment in partnership with their families and local communities.

Multi-disciplinary organisation for health and social care professionals, with a special interest in incontinence. As such, it does not have a direct interface with the general public.

Family contact and support group for those affected with some form of Glycogen Storage Disease. Aims to encourage the provision of specialist centres for the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease, as well as creating public awareness for educational, scientific and charitable activities.

24 hour answerphone for out of hours calls. Helpline MON-FRI 10 am - 2 pm

Aims to ensure the quality of life, maintenance of standards, and diversity of provision for people with a learning disability.

Promotes improved services for children and adults with difficulties caused by neurological disease or head injury. Focuses particularly on communication and eating needs. Team consists of therapists, engineers, doctors, lawyers, who offer range of specialist services including independent assessment and consultation. Therapy based on Bobath and other concepts. Training provided for carers and professionals. Carries out collaborative and consultative work with education, social and medical services, product design, development and research.

Provides advice, information and support to people with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus, their family and carers. Promotes individual choice, control and quality of life. A team of workers cover most of England, Wales and Northern Ireland and are backed up by specialist advisors in education, mobility, continence and medical matters. Produces a range of publications including leaflets, booklets, magazines and newsletters.

Aims to support its members throughout their student and working lives, providing advice and information, newsletters and a magazine concerning education and employment issues. Advices educational establishments, local and central government and campaigns on behalf of visually impaired people. An annual conference and other events are held during the year.

Supplies talking books in Gujurati and Hindu as well as providing support and advice services for the community.

Provides information on all aspects of breastfeeding to anyone with an interest, whether they are a mother or a healthcare professional. ABM counsellors are mothers who have enjoyed breastfeeding their babies, and have completed a training course enabling them to help other mothers to overcome problems experienced during breastfeeding. Provides a l counselling and information service, quarterly magazine, information leaflets and posters, electric breast pump hire, and annual meetings.

Lists companies, products, services, trade and brand names and related organisations, trusts and institutions.

Relieves stress experienced by carers and enables disabled people to stay in the community.

Provides advice, information and peer support about employment to disabled people, their advisers and friends. Also provides Disabled Entrpreneurs' Network for self employment.

Aims to share ideas, skills and information with colleagues and clients. Helpsmidwives develop their role as advocates for women's active participation in maternity care. Supports midwives in their efforts to provide continuity of care. Encourage the evaluation of developments within the sphere of midwifery practice.

An independent non profit making organisation with a membership of over 4,000 professionally trained reflexologists. Publishes a register of practitoners and accredited courses nationwide.

Provides information and a contact point for members of the public searching for a private Speech and Language Therapist. Provides support and information for members on working as independent Speech and Language Therapists within the UK.

Aims to promote understanding of the needs of people with an acquired hearing loss, whether partial or total. Works to advance the awareness of the benefits of lipreading and other communication skills in the rehabilitation of people with an acquired hearing loss. Access of information about the range of support services and environment aids is available.

Carries out assessments, wheelchair training, assists with funding and can act as an advocate to fight for government funding.

Provides support and encouragement to children and young people with ME aged five to 25. Activities include pen pal service, bi-monthly magazine, annual conference, support from counsellors, doctors and those with ME, a postal library and parents network. Range of publications available.

Funds research into the causes and treatment of asthma allergy and related disorders.

Asthma UK is the chairty dedicated to improving the health and well-being of over five million people in the UK whose lives are affected by asthma.

In the past, many people with dementia were unable to use assistive technology devices because they were not designed for use by people with memory difficulties. Now there are many new technologies which have the potential to enhance the independence of people with dementia and the control they have over their lives. These devices may also help to support carers and reduce the costs associated with hospital and residential/nursing home care. However, people with dementia, carers and professionals often have difficulties finding up-to-date and user-friendly information on what is available and how it can be obtained and used.

Charity which supports people affected by Friedreich's, cerebella and other ataxias. Helps people with ataxia, their carers, families and friends, to live with the condition. Provides information through leaflets, magazines, reports and the website; an information and support helpline; branches, self-help groups and meetings; personal contacts and welfare grants.

Social enterprise that seeks to transform lives by ensuring high quality assistive technology products are designed and developed to meet the needs of users such as older and disabled people. Works with users, statutory authorities, manufacturers, retail, universities and third sector organisations to stimulate creative partnerships, broker innovative solutions and deliver the benefits of technological advances to the market. Assesses ideas, designs and develops products. Involves users in the design, development and marketing of products. Provides advice on marketing, finance and manufacture.

Provides wheelchair accessible and adapted static caravans to be placed within a specified caravan park. Suitable for one or two wheelchair users. Caravan features include wide access sliding doors, low level coat hooks, thermostatically controlled shower mixer, shower seats, handrails, raised level WC, easy access washbasins, lever taps, low level mirrors, higher beds, easy access dressing table, low and high level wardrobe hanging rails, ceiling hooks, wide single beds.

TAKE CASES FROM ALL LONDON BROUGHS. Provides information, advice and support for individuals on the autistic spectrum, their relatives and carers. Offers a telephone helpline (Mon-Fri 10.30 - 3.30) and provides a personal advocacy service and a support groups for adults with Aspergers. Produces a range of fact sheets, a regular bulletin and organises discounted family events for supporters.

Website focusing on Autistic Spectrum Disorders and co-existing conditions. Offers support and information for parents and families of children and adults with ASD. Provides news, photo and art gallery, information and interactivity.

Establishes and promotes standards of safety, quality, reliability and after-sales service for suppliers and users of automatic doors.