Charities - disability support

Action for Blind People is a national charity with local reach, providing practical help and support to blind and partially sighted people of all ages in all aspects of their lives.
By including Action in your Will you can help us create a better future for blind and partially sighted people.

Barnardo's helps the UK's most vulnerable children and young people have a better start in life and so gives them the chance of a better future. As one of the UK's leading children's charities, we work directly with over 190,000 children, young people and their families every year. We run more than 800 vital projects across the UK. We help those without families find loving homes through fostering and adoption. We support children who have been victims of abuse and ensure young unemployed people receive training. We help families who are homeless and in poverty. We provide centres for children with disabilities and we support young carers.

‘Knowledge is power’ is a well-known adage. It sums up the work of our charity, for the knowledge we help to acquire through research, and spread through teaching and publications, is a powerful way of preventing blindness. Scientific research has led to many breakthroughs in the diagnosis and treatment of the conditions that cause blindness, but there is still a great deal we do not understand.

It is estimated that nearly 100 people in Britain EVERY DAY will suffer serious sight loss. Sadly, almost half of all registered blind people live completely alone, often on extremely limited incomes. The British Wireless for the Blind Fund was established in 1928 to help ease the loneliness and isolation of blindness with the simple comfort of radio.

We are a charity dedicated to training dogs in the detection and recognition of human disease by odour.

Cancer and Bio-detection Dogs
Our first study that was published in the British Medical Journal in 2004 showed that dogs can be trained to identify the odour of cancer within urine. This potentially unknown finding indicated the potential for a new method of diagnosing cancer which would be simple, quick and non-invasive. Clinicians and scientists are studying the data collected to help them in the development of an electronic nose.

Founded in 1903, Chailey Heritage School is a nationally recognised non-maintained day and residential special School and Children’s Home for young people with a wide range of complex physical, communication, sensory and learning difficulties, aged 3 to 19 years. We also have a Transition Service for young disabled adults aged 19 to 25 years.

Why Deaf Access Cymru?

Would you like to discuss your mortgage with your bank manager by scribbling notes back and forth in your second language?
A significant number of deaf adults have a reading age below the 9yr old level. British Sign Language (BSL) is the preferred language of Deaf people in Wales.

Established in 1981 and registered as a charity in 1989.

1 person in 100 suffers with Epilepsy. It can affect family, friends, education, employment prospects and social activities. In many cases a driving licence has to be forfeited immediately. We are committed to giving free, practical and direct help to anyone affected by this sometimes devastating condition.

You never stand so tall as when you stoop to help a child. Through the magic of sport, The Israel Sport Centre for the Disabled (ISCD) in Ramat Gan is inspiring hope and joy in thousands of children whose bodies have been shattered by serious illness or terrorist activity. Under the loving care of professional advisors and dedicated volunteers, self-confidence and courage is forged from sporting achievement and with it the chance to lead a useful and happy life.

Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of preventable blindness in the UK. Around 2% of people over the age of 40 suffer from glaucoma. Unfortunately, many people are unaware of the risk of glaucoma, which can often have no symptoms. Up to one in 50 people are losing sight every day as a result of the condition.

For 90 years we’ve been helping blind and partially sighted people live life to the full. At Kent Association for the Blind we provide a host of vital rehabilitation services to thousands of people across Kent, Medway, Bromley and Bexley. We are here for anyone who needs our help.

Leonard Cheshire Disability is the leading charity supporting disabled people in the UK. Independence and choice are at the heart of everything we do. More than anything else in the world today, disabled people want to be active and independent, to make their own choices and take control of their lives. Our work is to help them to achieve that aim.

Since Linkage was founded in 1976, we have provided for Learning Disabled people with both severe and moderate disabilities.
1. Excellent long term residential care across several sites
2. Independent supported living, including residences at our unique Linkage Green development in Mablethorpe
3. Enabled over 3,000 learners from across the country and abroad to graduate from our outstanding college many of whom have chosen to stay with us and train towards finding work through our employment services.

The Lord’s Taverners is one of the UK’s leading youth sports charities and recreational cricket’s official charity.

We are a charity dedicated to training dogs in the detection and recognition of human disease by odour.

Cancer and Bio-detection Dogs: Our first study published in the British Medical Journal in 2004 showed that dogs can be trained to identify the odour of cancer in urine. This previously unknown finding indicated the potential for a new method of diagnosing cancer. This work is continuing and the data collected will help scientists in the development of an electronic nose for the future.

As a result of losing their sight, every year thousands of people lose their confidence, their jobs, their friends and their place in the community. For over 175 years the Metropolitan Society for the Blind has been helping people overcome the devastating effects of permanent sight loss.

Our aim at the National Blind Children’s Society is to enable children who are blind or partially sighted to achieve their educational and recreational goals.

National Talking Newspapers and Magazines (now part of the RNIB Group) provides over 200 popular and specialist publications in audio and digital format to those unable to read the printed word.
Legacies and donations are vital to enable National Talking Newspapers/and Magazines to continue its important, unique work.

Norwood supports people with learning disabilities and children and families in need. We work with individuals to improve the quality of their lives and achieve their goals. Our services are provided to the Jewish community and also to people in the wider community.

Established in 1957, Phab is a national charity committed to promoting and encouraging disabled and non-disabled children and adults to take part in a wide range of social and sports activities and to achieve complete inclusion within society as a whole.

Queen Elizabeth's Foundation for Disabled People (QEF) s a registered national charity based in Surrey, providing solutions to the needs of people with disabilities through its specialist services:

Action on Hearing Loss is the new name for RNID (the Royal National Institute for Deaf People).

We’re not changing what we do. Our new name has been chosen to reflect the breadth of help and support we provide for people with all types of hearing loss – from those who are profoundly deaf, to anyone who is losing their hearing or suffering from tinnitus. We want a world where hearing loss doesn't limit or label anyone and tinnitus is silenced – and where people value their hearing enough to look after it.

Sense is the leading national UK charity working with children and adults who are both deaf and blind. We support deafblind children and adults their families, carers and professionals working in the field of deafblindness
We provide:

• Early assessments, advice and support for deafblind children and their families
• Week long holidays and respite care
• Learning and employment opportunities for deafblind adults
• Specialist accommodation for deafblind people
• Support and services for people who become deafblind in later life

St John’s school for the deaf is a day and boarding school for hearing impaired pupils aged 5 to 19.
Pupils are taught by specialist teachers of the deaf and emphasis is placed on helping them to develop, understand and use spoken language. This approach is underpinned by a commitment to the use of technology to provide children with maximum access to speech.