Information and advice- disabilities

To end If you have a disability, the following groups/ organisations are able to help, advise and provide support. Ealing family link scheme and sitting service This scheme provides short breaks for families, by linking children with a disability or special need, aged up to 18, to another family or individual, who provides care in their home. Children go to their link carer's home for a few hours, overnight, a weekend or longer, depending on their situation. This service provides evening or daytime breaks for families of children with disabilities or special needs up to the age of 18. A sitter sits with the child and their siblings, in the child's home, for up to eight hours per month. To apply telephone Ealing social services on (020) 8825 5797. For further information visit EalingHELP. Disability Connect is a network of disability organisations in the London borough of Ealing. http://www.ecil.org Ealing Help http://www.ealinghelp.org.uk contains information on services available in the Borough of Ealing and surrounding areas for children with disabilities. English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) http://www.efds.co.uk/ Disability Sport Events (DSE) create participation opportunities for disabled people with all impairments. http://www.disabilitysport.org.uk tells you about your local venues offering changing facilities for disabled people and wheelchairs accessibility Progress: Positive planning for your transition needs www.progressmagazine.co.uk Shape aims to improve access to the arts for deaf and disabled people www.shapearts.org.uk Scope - Scope Buddy's have specialist training to support training and young people with complex needs. http://www.scope.org.uk/ Contact: (020) 8622 3658 westlondon.inclusion@scope.org.uk KIDS - works towards a vision in which all disabled children and young people realise their aspirations, and their rights to an inclusive community, which supports them and their families. KIDS provide the opportunity for children and young people to be actively involved in choosing their buddy through their own online account profile. http://www.kids.org.uk Contact: Alexandra Mync Tel: 07827 989143 enquiries@directshortbreaks.org.uk Disabledgo is a national access guide for disabled people covering pubs, cinemas, restaurants and variety of tourist attractions www.disabledgo.info Rough Guide to Accessible Britain www.accessibleguide.co.uk RADAR has hints on choosing a wheelchair http://www.radar.org.uk Rainbow Trust - this is a specialist provider of non-medical short breaks for children and young people with a terminal or life threatening illness. http://www.rainbowtrust.org.uk/ Contact: Jo Baker, Health Lives Panel Co-ordinator, (020) 8825 8987 barkerj@ealing.gov.uk More organisations Asian People's Disability Alliance Action Group for People with Learning Disabilities Autism Services Directory Choice Contact a Family (Ealing) Contact a Family (Southall) DeafPLUS Disability Times Ealing Association for the Blind Ealing Centre for Independent Living Ealing Community Transport Ealing Consortium Ealing Crossroads Ealing Dyslexia Association Ealing MENCAP Ealing MS Group Ealing Talking Newspapers Enterprise Sports Epilepsy Action Young People Epilepsy Action West London Branch Footsteps Art Group Horn of Africa Disability Impact Theatre Company (for age 20+) Kids Ealing Log Cabin MIND in Ealing and Hounslow Multicultural Arts and Disability Association The National Autistic Society West London Service Network MESH West London PACE Parents of Ealing Self-Help Training Scheme (PESTS) Royal Association for Deaf People (RAD) Somalian People with Disabilities Transport for All Volunteer Link Scheme W13 Youth and Connexions Centre For more information, contact Jo Baker, Ealing Council, Children's Commissioning, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, London, W4 2HL. Contact details: (020) 8825 8987, barkerj@ealing.gov.uk To top

If you have a disability, the following groups/ organisations are able to help, advise and provide support.