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Adaptawear are a company that provides adaptive clothing for the elderly and disabled. Our clothes aim to promote independence in people who dress themselves but also to make it easier for those who require assistance to dress by carers. They have just started a forum that can be used to post questions by anyone who has questions regarding specialist clothing.
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Birmingham Community Empowerment Network (b:cen) has been working since 2003 to help communities get involved in decisions and action to improve neighbourhoods in Birmingham (UK). We do this by helping community and voluntary groups and active citizens to link up and get involved in Community Networks. We support these networks and their members with small grants and staff time. We help representatives of Community Networks get a voice in local decisions. Our aim is for Community Networks to be: inclusive, effective, open and honest.
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Birmingham Crossroads
Core Values: Crossroads considers that Carers should be entitled to practical support to reduce the stress of caring, giving Carers time to be themselves.
Mission Statement: To promote, offer, support and deliver high quality services for carers and people with care needs
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Birmingham Foundation:
Established in 1995 to satisfy a desire among Birmingham's business leaders to give something back to the community, the Birmingham Foundation provides the vehicle for both companies and individuals to invest in the city's community infrastructure and support its social entrepreneurs in a convenient, tax-effective and rewarding way. We promote and support local charitable and community activity through a range of effective grant making programmes in areas of poverty and deprivation in Birmingham and the Black Country.
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Care for the Carers supports people in East Sussex who look after sick or disabled relatives, friends, neighbours, partners or children in their own homes. The main focus of our work is our Outreach Service. This is a home-visiting service where an Outreach Worker meets with the carer to identify their need for support services, information, social security benefits, etc, and then helps to arrange these.
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Carers Information, a web site designed to give information on a wide range of topics relating to the caring role, materials collected include reports, articles, leaflets from diverse sources (e.g. carers organisations & voluntary sector, government & local authority publications and research findings).
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Charities Directory of charity and charities. Online database of charities, support services to charity and non profit making organisations. The Charities Directory offers support for UK and international charities. Charities Directory includes free list of charities, non profit making organizations; message board, newsletter sponsors packages and charity articles.
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Disabled Holidays in Jersey: The disabled, and their families, can enjoy a carefree and memorable holiday in Jersey at Maison Des Landes Hotel. Maison des Landes is a charitable Trust funded and managed by the Lions Club of Jersey. The Trust runs a hotel in Britain's 'South Sea Island' catering exclusively for disabled guests and their families and helpers, in accommodation which has been specially designed and built to meet the needs of the disabled.
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The Disabled Workers Co-operative is a registered charity that helps disabled people to help themselves. Our aim is twofold - to raise the independence of disabled people (for those that want it) by enabling them to take an active role in the economy and achieve a greater sense of self-worth and also to raise awareness of the contribution that disabled people can make to society.
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Electronic Quality Information for Patients: EQUIP - A UK directory of quality checked websites of health information and support for the public. Help yourself to find out about risks, symptoms and treatment options;
where to seek support and advice (in UK) and local information for the West Midlands
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Focus on Disability is a site with wide range of information for disabled people and their carers in the UK.
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JISC RSC West Midlands
The JISC Regional Support Centre West Midlands is one of 13 centres located around the UK. We provide advice and guidance to FE, HE, Specialist Colleges and Local Authorities located in: Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, West Midlands
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Mysafehome specialise in arranging Mortgages for people with disabilities or support needs. It is our mission at Mysafehome to provide specialist mortgage services to enable more of those people to become homeowners and so provide them with complete peace of mind.
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National Council for Voluntary Organisations: NCVO believes passionately in the voluntary and community sector. This is a sector with the power to transform the lives of people and communities for the better. Our Vision is of a society in which people are inspired to make a positive difference to their communities.
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NHS Older Person's Website: Health Promotion For Older People In Birmingham. The Older Person's Website has been designed in part to be a tool for health professionals when using the Single Assessment Process particularly when a need or problem is identified and further information is required.
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Robert Campbell & Associates is a specialist firm of Solicitors, operating nationally, offering advice and assistance to the healthcare industry. Principal of the firm, Robert Campbell is a leading name in healthcare law, having dealt with regulatory and community care contracting issues for many years. We represent care homes providing specialist advice and representation to the healthcare sector unavailable from most legal practices and our work is therefore national.
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Solihull Online: A Guide to Solihull in the West Midlands, Leisure, News, Business, History, Reunions and MUCH MORE
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Special Abilities is a Self-Help, Support and Information Organisation for Parents/Carers of a Special Needs’ Person. This parent-led, voluntary organisation was formed in 1999 and has gone from strength to strength both in the Wakefield District and the country as a whole.
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spinal cord injury: This site has been created by the independent living team at Stewarts Solicitors, a firm specialising in Spinal Injury and Spinal Injury Compensation. It is intended to act as a signpost to web sites of charities and organisations linked to Spinal Cord Injury as well as providing relevant news and information.
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The Norman Laud Association provides a range of day and respite care services for children and adults with special needs. We aim to provide quality respite care for children and young adults with special needs and family support services.
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Waterloo Housing Association is a major provider of affordable homes in the Midlands. As a housing association, our key activities are managing affordable homes and working with local partners to develop new or improved homes for people in housing need. As a not for profit organisation, we currently manage over 5,000 homes and plan to develop 300 more each year.
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West Norfolk Carers: Our aim during the life of the association is: To contact, talk with and hopefully improve the health and quality of life for Carers in West Norfolk. To inform Carers about current services available to them. To create opportunities to establish outreach services. To discuss the views of Carers and represent those views at local and county level, especially with the West Norfolk Primary Care Trust and the West Norfolk Social Services.
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Birmingham Carers' Association is not responsible for the content of any external websites. If you would like to have a link added then please email joanna_h_davison@yahoo.co.uk
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