Disabled People Becoming Disabled Caring for Someone with a Disability Coping with a Disability Day Centres Disability and Benefits Disability and Work Disability Index Help at Home Help with Shopping Holidays for the Disabled House Adaptations

Becoming Disabled

Information on becoming disabled.

Caring for Someone with a Disability

Information on caring for someone with a disability.

Coping with a Disability

To help you cope more easily with everyday life it's possible for a disabled person to get help from Social Care and Health (formerly Social Services). The type of help might be equipment to assist in getting around or perhaps an adaptation to your home, such as a grab rail. To get this help would depend on the degree of your disability. Find out more on equipment available.

BBCi's Video Nation has a number of videos you can look at about people with disabilities. It's an opportunity for people with disabilities to share their views and let others know how they cope with everyday life. You can look at the latest videos or archive. Why not take part?

Your local Age Concern might be able to help too.

View other organisations that could help support you.

Day Centres

Tameside Social Care and Health (formerly Social Services) has a number of day centres for adults with disabilities or elderly people. Information on other Community Day Centres is also available.

Disability and Benefits

The Department of Works and Pensions is responsible for benefits for disabled people. Visit their website for information on the type of benefit you are entitled to.

Disability and Work

If you get disability or health-related benefits but want to work, then the voluntary New Deal for Disabled People could help you.

View Jobcentre Plus Centres

Useful Organisations:

• Access-Ability are strong believers in living life to the full regardless of any obstacles.
• Access to Work (BBCi)
• Disability Advice Centre
• Health and Safety (BBCi)
• The British Council of Disabled People
• The Disability Discrimination Act and Employment
• Deaf Resource Site

Disability Index

For people with disabilities, there's information on the services available.

Help at Home

For information on getting extra help and support at home

Details of what is available if you are a Carer and need a break from your role.

Information on Meals on Wheels.

If you need help Bathing then there can be help available.

Help with Shopping

We hope the following links will be useful to you:

Equipment:

Details on getting equipment.

Other suppliers include:

• Disabled Living Centre
• Disabled Living Centres Council (DLCC)
• Home Care
• Remap - provides free technical equipment for disabled people.

Care from your local Social Care and Health (formerly Social Services)

Shopping

Have a look at:

• Able to go
• Food and drink stores that deliver
• General shopping
• Health shopping
• Personal shoppers
• Shopping for holidays
• Shopping on the Internet

Travel Information for the Disabled

Read about:

• Class 3 vehicle users
• Driving Licences
• Financial help with travel
• Get wheelchair-wise
• Motability
• Ring and Ride
• Shopmobility
• The Disabled Parking Scheme
• Users guide to public transport
• Volunteer car service

For taxis equipped for the disabled contact:

MIDTAX-METRO
28 Wood Street, Middleton
0161 643 5550

Black Cabs and Taxis in General

Holidays for the Disabled

The Princess Royal Trust for Carers provides links to websites with information on holiday companies that specialise in holidays for people with disabilities.

House Adaptations

The Community Occupational Therapy Team might be able to provide help in getting your home adapted to make getting around safer and easier.

You may also want to check the Housing Issues Section on the website for Carers in Tameside where you can read about:

• How to go about getting your house altered
• New Charter Housing Trust
• Other Housing Options

If there's anything you would like to comment on within this website, you can send an email to owl@tameside.gov.uk or use the 'Contacting us' button for an alternative way of getting in touch.

Thank you for visiting us. We hope we've been of some help to you.