Ability Net
A national charity helping disabled people use computers and the internet by adapting and adjusting their technology.
Health and Adult Social Care
A national charity helping disabled people use computers and the internet by adapting and adjusting their technology.
A local charity that provides support to families and carers of children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities in Brighton and Hove. They also offer independent support services to young people up until their 25th birthday.
A national charity supporting people with learning disabilities to be valued equally, participate fully in their communities and be treated with dignity and respect. They help develop the organisations who provide services, and the people who give support, as well as campaigning for proper funding for support for people with learning disabilities and their family carers, and against bad practice
An independent and impartial charity working to promote the educational needs of young vision impaired individuals under the age of 30.
A national charity that gives guidance and support to veterans as they adjust to sight loss and regain their personal independence. Whatever level of support is needed, Blind Veterans will work with you for the rest of your lives.
If you have difficulty understanding or remembering information when important decisions are being made that affect you, you may need the help of an advocacy service. The councils pages have information about how you can access an advocacy service and be assisted to express your own wishes and feelings.
If you have an emergency hospital admission the council will try to contact your next of kin and ask them to arrange pet care. If there are no next of kin they will arrange to access your property, remove any pets and place them in an appropriate setting. There is a charge for this service.
To provide blind and visually impaired passengers access to real time bus information in Brighton & Hove. People using the scheme have a battery-operated key fob which alerts them when they are near one of the talking bus stops. By pressing the fob the bus stop 'talks' to them, giving them details of which services are due, and where they are going to. There are now forty two Talking Bus Stops in the city.
A national volunteer-led humanitarian organisation that helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are.
A local organisation that inspires people with learning disabilities to achieve their artistic ambitions.
A national organisation that works in partnership with pet owners and community service volunteers. They provide practical help when any aspect of day to day care poses a problem - for example, walking the dog for a housebound owner. They seek to relieve the anxieties, problems, and sometimes injustices, faced by elderly, disabled and terminally ill people and their pets.
National charity for families with disabled children. They provide information, advice and support; bring families together so they can support each other; campaign to improve their circumstances, and for their right to be included and equal in society.