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The strategy
identifies the actions that the Government will take over the
next four years to support its priorities to ensure the best
possible outcomes for carers and those they support.
The Kent Card
The Kent Card is
a Visa card that Kent county council (KCC) are using as their
preferred method of making
Direct Payments to clients.
Caring For Someone - direct.gov.uk
Government
resource for carers.
There is a range
of financial support available to carers, including Carers
Credit which helps protect your state pension. Find out more
about Carers Credit and other payments either you, or someone
who looks after you, might be entitled to.
Social Care - direct.gov.uk
The Department of
Health works to define policy and guidance for delivering a
social care system that provides care equally for all, whilst
enabling people to retain their independence, control and
dignity.
Disabled People - direct.gov.uk
Government resource for disabled people
The National
Autistic Society
We champion the rights and interests of
all people with autism and aim to provide individuals with
autism and their families with help, support and services that
they can access, trust and rely upon and which can make a
positive difference to their lives.
National Family Carer Network
Linking groups and organisations that
support families that include an adult with a learning
disabilitiy.
Carers.org
Millions of
people are caring for an elderly relative, a sick friend or a
disabled family member. They do it unpaid and often without
support. Carers UK is the voice of carers. We improve their
lives by providing information, advice, support and by
campaigning for change.
Down's syndrome Association
Helping people with Down's syndrome to live full and rewarding
lives.
NCIL
National Centre
for Independent Living
This website is
designed to be a resource on independent living, direct payments
and individual budgets for disabled people and others working in
the field who may find it useful.
DLF - Disabled Living Foundation
Provides free, impartial advice about all types of equipment for
older and disabled people, from jar openers to tap turners,
stairlifts to walk-in baths.
Good
Access Guide
The online guide to life, leisure and mobility. The UK's leading
directory of services for disabled people,
seniors, and anyone whose life is made easier by better
access to goods, services and amenities. That's pretty
much all of us!
Mencap
Mencap is a voice
of learning disability. Everything we do is about valuing and
supporting people with a learning disability, and their families
and carers.
Learning DisabilityThis site
is primarily aimed at providing education information,
resources, advocacy and services for those working with adults
with learning disabilities,including their carers, advocates,
friends, professional carers, social and health care workers and
students. Our service is for those who have an active interest
in promoting equality of opportunity and social inclusion for
people with learning disabilities.
bild
The British Institute of Learning
Disabilities (BILD) is a national charity committed to improving
the quality of life for the 1.2 million people in the UK with a
learning disability. We do this by influencing policy-makers and
other decision-makers, encouraging good practice among
practitioners and helping people with a learning disability take
charge of their own lives and become part of an inclusive
society.
Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
The Foundation
for People with Learning Disabilities works to promote the
rights, quality of life and opportunities of people with
learning disabilities and their families.
We do this by working with people with
learning disabilities, their families and the people who
support them.
We carry out
research, promote the rights of people with learning
disabilities, improve services and spread knowledge and
information.
Change
CHANGE is a leading national equal
rights organisation led by Disabled People.
Disability Alliance
Disability Alliance is a national registered charity with
the principal aim of relieving the poverty and improving the
living standards of disabled people. Our eventual aim is to
break the link between poverty and disability.
We provide information on social security benefits and
tax credits to disabled people, their families, carers and
professional advisers; undertake research into the needs of
disabled people, with particular emphasis on income needs
and seek to promote a wider understanding of the views and
circumstances of all disabled people. We are also a
campaigning organisation.
Check
the Map
This site has been set up to make it easy for everyone to
find out what services there are for people with Learning
Disabilities/Difficulties (LD)
in their local area, or any area, just by clicking the map
or typing in a postcode.
Heart
n Soul
Heart n Soul is a leading arts organisation
with learning disability culture at its heart.
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