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Advice
& Information on Disability in Manchester
- Citizen's
Advice Bureau
See Phone Book or Yellow Pages for your local office. Advice given
free of charge.
- Welfare
Rights Office
Tel: 0161-234 5600 and 737 3467.
- Benefits
Enquiry Line
General Advice Freephone: 0800 882 200
Help in Completing Forms: Freephone 0800 441 144.
- Manchester
Disabled Peoples' Access Group
Business Employment Venture Centre,
Room 29, Aked Close, Ardwick, Manchester M12.
Tel: 0161-273 5033.
- Disability
Advisory Services
Tel: 0161-925 0750.
- First
Asian Support Trust
565-567 Cheetham Hill Road, manchester M8 9HZ.
Tel: 0161-740 3399.
- Greater
Manchester Coalition of Disabled People
Carlsbrooke, Wenlock Way, Manchester M12.
Tel: 0161-273 5154 / 5155 / 8141.
Long
Term Wheelchair Hire
in Manchester
Long Term hire
is generally free of charge, though an optional donation may be
requested.
- British
Red Cross
Medical Loan Headquarters
Lynton Road, (off Station Road) Swinton, Salford.
Tel: 0161-794 2119 (Medical Loans)
Tel: 0161-792 5040 (general Enquiries).
- Disabled
Living
Redbank House, 4 St Chad's Street,
Cheetham Hill, Manchester M8.
Tel: 0161-214 5959.
- DIAL (Trafford)
Crossford, Highfield Close,
Stretford, Manchester.
Tel: 0161-865 5021 & 864 2262.
Commercial
Mobility Sales in Manchester
The following
sell a variety of mobility and other equipment for disabled persons.
Others can be found in your local region Yellow Pages under
"Mobility & Access Equipment/Vehicles", including
the following:
- Manchester
Mobility
Unit 1, Collingham Street, Cheetham Hill,
Manchester M8 8RQ.
Tel: 0161-835 1919. Fax: 0161-835 1199.
- Mobens
142 Leigh Road, Leigh, Wigan WN1 1SJ.
Tel: 01942-603616. Fax: 01942-679616.
- The Wheelchair
Centre
229 Droylsden Road, Audenshaw,
Manchester M34 5ZT.
Tel: 0161-370 2661. Fax: 0161-370 5949.
- Mobility
Conversions
Langley Road South, Salford M6 6SN.
Tel: 0161-745 9737.
- Total
Mobility
106-108 Flixton Road, Urmston M41 5AL.
Tel: 0161-7747 1812. Fax: 0161-747 1312.
- Mobility
Shop
The Courtyard, George's Road Corner,
Wellington Road North, Stockport SK4 1HT.
Tel: 0161-429 6000. Fax: 0161-480 7733.
Charitable,
Voluntary Organisations
& Disability Campaigning Groups around Greater Manchester
- Bolton
& Bury Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus
51 Cuckoo Lane, Whitefield, manchester M45.
Tel: 0161-798 7804.
- Brain
& Spinal Injury Charity
Midwood Hall, 1 Eccles Old Road, Salford M6.
Tel: 0161-707 6441.
- British
Council of Organisations of Disabled People
Litchurch Plaza, Litchurch Lane, Derby.
Tel: 01332 298 288.
- British
Heart Foundation
36 Warrington Street, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6.
Tel: 0161-830 0310.
- Carers'
National Association
St James's House, Pendleton Way, Salford M6.
Tel: 0161-737 5667.
- Cerebral
Palsy SCOPE Helpline
PO Box 833, Milton Keynes MK12 5NY.
Tel: Freephone 0808 800 3333.
- Disabled
Drivers Association
North West Group, 20 Sanderling Road,
Offerton, Stockport.
Tel: 0161-449 8385.
- Epilepsy
Action
New Anstey House, Gate Way Drive,
Yeadon, Leeds LS19 7NW..
Freephone Helpline Tel: 0808 800 5050.
Website: www.epilepsy.org.uk
- Henshaw's
Society for the Blind
John Derby House, 88-92 Talbot Road,
Old Trafford, Manchester.
Tel: 0161-872 1234.
- Leukaemia
Research Fund
74 Branksome Drive, Heald Green, Cheadle SK8 3AJ.
Tel: 0161-436 6803.
- Manchester
Deaf Centre
Crawford House, Booth Street East, Manchester.
Tel: 0161-273 3415.
- Manchester
Disabled People's Access Group
Business Employment Venture Centre, Room 29,
Aked Close, Ardwick, Manchester M12 4AN.
Tel: 0161-273 5033.
- Manchester
Dyspraxia Adult Support Group
Tel: 0161-877 6668.
- MIND
Albert Street, Eccles, Salford M30.
Tel: 0161-789 8002.
- MENCAP
Optimum House, Clippers
Quay, Salford Quays M5.
Tel: 0161-888 1200.
- Muscular
Dystrophy Campaign
25 Ardern Road, Manchester M8.
Tel: 0161-740 8088.
- Northern
Friends of ARMS (Multiple Sclerosis)
The Village, 4th Avenue, Trafford Park Manchester M17.
Tel: 0161-872 3422.
- Royal
National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
Head Office: 224 Great Portland Street, London W1.
Tel: 020-7388 1266.
RNIB Information Helpline Tel: 0845 766 9999.
Customer Services Tel: 0845 702 3153.
Talking Books Enquiries Tel: 020-8903 6666.
- Royal
National Institute for the Deaf (RNID North)
The Manchester Technology Centre,
Armstrong House, Oxford Road, Manchester M1.
Tel: 0161-242 2313.
- St Joseph's
Mission to Deaf People
Hensey House, Sudell Street, Collyhurst, Manchester M4.
Tel: 0161-834 8828.
- Salford
Talking Newspaper for the Blind
Pendleton House, Broughton Road, Salford M6.
Tel: 0161-736 8670.
- Special
Educational Needs Support Group
1a Newton Court, Newton Road,
Urmston, Manchester M41.
Tel: 0161-755 3482.
Parking
Permits for Disabled Drivers in Manchester
Free Parking
Permits/Badges are available for disabled drivers. Formerly Orange,
new permits are Blue and White. For information about how to obtain
a Blue Badge contact your local Social Services Department (see
below).
Manchester
Car Parking for Disabled Drivers
Manchester
City Council has installed dedicated parking bays for disabled
drivers throughout the city centre and on all of its multi-storey
car parks. Normal charges apply.
Pay & Display Car Parks are free to disabled Blue Badge holders
(formerly Orange Badges - see above).
For more information on disabled parking contact:
Car Park
Information Line - Tel: 0161-234 4111.
Guide
Dogs for the Blind Association, Bolton
North West
Regional Office:
Nuffield House, Lowndes Street, Bolton.
General Enquiries: Tel: 01204-495111.
Regional Appeals Manager: Tel: 01204-492534.
A registered
charity and recognised training agency providing services, support,
training and rehabilitation to blind and visually impaired persons,
as well as training dogs as guides and providing publications
and information. They also offer holiday and activities events
for the blind including hill-walking, skiing, ballroom dancing,
as well as sports (golf, bowling, etc).
Motability
Certain disabled
persons may be eligible to be provided with a vehicle free of
charge, depending on their circumstances and the degree of their
disability. Broadly speaking, to be eligible for Motability, applicants
must have been, (and are still), receiving the Higher Rate Mobility
Component, the Disability Living Allowance, or a War Pensioners'
Disability Supplement for a minimum of two years prior to the
application being made. If you think you qualify for Motability,
contact:
Motability
Warwick
House,
Roydon Road,
Harlow,
Essex CM19 5PX
Shopmobility
in Manchester
Shopmobility
Manchester
Shopmobility Manchester helps anyone with permanent or temporary
disability to get around the shops and use other facilites around
the city centre. They are based on the Upper Mall above Cannon
Street in the Arndale Centre and are open 7 days a week.
It offers a free loan of a powered scooter, electric or manual
wheelchair, volunteers who will escort wheelchair users on request,
as well as free car parking in the High Street Car Park.
To book a machine before you arrive, contact:
Tel: 0161-839 4060.
Shopmobility
Zone
Based in Wythenshawe. Open 9.30am - 4.00pm Tuesday, Friday
and Saturday.
Offers wheelchair and scooter hire, meet and greet service and
public transport information.
Must bring ID with name and address to register.
Small membership fee and session charges apply.
Telephone: 0161 437 3600
Local
Manchester Social Services
- North - Harpurhey
Office Tel: 0161-205 7321.
- North - Beswick
Office Tel: 0161-223 9641.
- Central -
Longsight Office Tel: 0161-225 9293.
- Central -
Moss Side Office Tel: 0161-226 8131.
- South - Chorlton
Office Tel: 0161-881 0911.
- South - Wythenshawe
Tel: 0161-499 2121.
Other Equipment
for Disabled People
- Mobility
Equipment
Ace mobility has a vast range in scooters, stair lifts, power
chairs and wheelchairs that come in a variety of choices and equipment
suitable for everyone.
Website: http://www.ace-mobility.com.
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