Links

The information on this page is designed to point you in the direction of other useful websites and sources of information. Optua takes no responsibility for the accuracy or content of any of the web sites listed below:

If you notice a broken link, PLEASE let us know by calling 01473 836746 or email us : james.powell@optua.org.uk.

Local organisations and services for disabled people and carers

• Time for Carers — www.timeforcarers.info
• Activities Unlimited — www.activities-unlimited.co.uk
• Suffolk Family Carers — www.suffolkfamilycarers.org
• The Suffolk Disability Information Group — www.dialnet.f2s.com/sdig
• Out and About — www.oaa.co.uk
• The West Suffolk Disability Resource Centre — www.westsuffolkdrc.org.uk
• Ipswich Mencap — www.ipswichmencap.org.uk/
• Genesis (Orwell Mencap) — www.orwellmencap.co.uk/
• DisabledGo (search for accessible health facilities in Suffolk) — www.disabledgo.com
• Counselling Directory (Find a counsellor or psychotherapist near you) — www.counselling-directory.org.uk
• Pastel - training and personal development for people with learning disabilities — www.pastel.org.uk
• Suffolk Brain Injury Forum — www.suffolkbraininjuryforum.co.uk
• Millennium Farm Trust — www.m-f-t.org.uk

National Disability Organisations

• Action for Blind People — www.afbp.org
• Action for Me — www.afme.org.uk
• Alzheimer's Disease Society — www.alzheimers.org.uk
• Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust — www.anthonynolan.org
• Arthritis Care — www.arthritiscare.org.uk
• Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus — www.asbah.org
• United Kingdom Disabled People's Council — www.ukdpc.net
• British Deaf Association — www.bda.org.uk
• British Diabetic Association — www.pavilion.co.uk/diabetic
• British Epilepsy Association — www.epilepsy.org.uk
• British Polio Fellowship — www.britishpolio.org.uk
• Cystic Fibrosis Trust — www.cftrust.org.uk
• Deafblind links
• www.sense.org.uk
• www.deafblind.org.uk
• Diabetes links
• www.diabetes.org.uk
• www.diabetic.org
• Equality and Human Rights Commission — www.equalityhumanrights.com
• Dogs for the Disabled — www.dogsforthedisabled.org
• Down' Syndrome Association — www.downs-syndrome.org.uk
• Dystrophy links
• www.muscular-dystrophy.org
• ireland.iol.ie/~mdi/mdalinks.html
• Guide Dogs For the Blind — www.gdba.org.uk
• Headway — www.headway.org.uk
• Hearing Dogs for the Deaf — www.hearingdogs.org.uk
• Advice and support for special educational needs — www.ipsea.org.uk
• Mental Health Foundation — www.mentalhealth.org.uk
• Multiple Sclerosis Society — www.mssociety.org.uk
• RADAR — www.radar.org.uk
• Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) — www.rnib.org.uk
• Royal National Institute of the Deaf (RNID) — www.rnid.org.uk
• Spinal Injuries
• www.spinal.co.uk - Spinal Injuries Association
• www.aspire.org.uk
• You're able.com — www.youreable.com
• British Lung Foundation (Search for Breathe Easy Ipswich on national website) — www.lunguk.org
• Shaping our Lives - networking and information website — www.solnetwork.org.uk

Sports and leisure for disabled people

• British Wheelchair Sports Foundation — www.wheelpower.org.uk
• British Paralympic Association— www.paralympics.org.uk
• Disability Sport England — www.disabilitysport.org.uk
• Parasport website — www.parasport.org.uk
• BP2012 Paralympic sport website — www.bp2012.co.uk
• East Anglian Sailing Trust — sailing for people with disabilities in East Anglia — www.east-anglian-sailing-trust.org.uk
• The Woolvertsone Project — sailing for people with disabilities in Suffolk and Essex — www.woolverstoneproject.org.uk
• Jubilee Sailing Trust — tall ships sailing for people with disabilities — www.jst.org.uk
• GB Wheelchair Rugby Association — www.gbwr.org.uk
• International Blind Sports Association — www.ibsa.es
• British Blind Sport — www.britishblindsport.org.uk
• Stowmarket Table Tennis Club — www.stowmarkettabletennis.co.uk
• Orwell Panthers — www.orwellpanthers.co.uk
• Suffolk Spartans Powerlifting Club — www.suffolkspartans.co.uk
• Ipswich Disability Sport Forum — www.idsf.org.uk
• Ipswich Sport Club for the Disabled — www.iscd.org.uk

Benefits, health and equipment

• Suffolk County Council care and health pages — useful links and information on care and health in Suffolk
• Benefits information and advice — information about money and benefits for older and disabled people in Suffolk
• Second hand mobility equipment — second hand mobility equipment being sold on our website
• Chantry Wheelchair Clinic — For help with wheelchairs
• Stairlift advisor — For help with buying stairlifts

Holidays and days out

• Direct Gov — travel and holiday contacts
• Suffolk Tourist Guide — information for disabled people
• Matching Houses holiday house exchange — www.matchinghouses.com
• Some suggestions of — accessible places to visit in Suffolk

Arts for disabled people

• Suffolk Artlink — www.suffolkartlink.org.uk
• Access Art — www.accessart.org.uk
• Arts Council England — www.artscouncil.org.uk
• Artsline — www.artsline.org.uk
• Association of Foot and Mouth Artists — www.amfpa.com
• Heart'n Soul Music Theatre — www.heartnsoul.co.uk
• Momentum Arts — www.momentumarts.org.uk
• New Audiences — www.newaudiences.org.uk

IT / Communication Information

• Abilitynet — www.AbilityNet.org.uk
• British Computer Society Disability Group — www1.bcs.org.uk
• Computer Centre for people with Disabilities — www.wmin.ac.uk/ccpd
• IT Can Help — www.itcanhelp.org.uk

Miscellaneous

• Internet Mental health — www.mentalhealth.com
• Doc talk — glossary of medical terms — www.ssgfx.com/CP2020/medtech/glossary
• ABC of drugs, contraindications and side effects — www.ssgfx.com/CP2020/medtech/glossary/drugs.htm
• Internet Mental health — www.mentalhealth.com
• Consumer Health Information Centre — www.chic.org.uk
• NHS website — www.nhs.uk

Other useful local organisations

• Suffolk County Council — www.suffolkcc.gov.uk
• Babergh District Council — www.babergh-south-suffolk.gov.uk/babergh/home
• Forest Heath District Council — www.forest-heath.gov.uk
• Ipswich Borough Council — www.ipswich.gov.uk
• Mid Suffolk District Council — www.midsuffolk.gov.uk
• Mid Suffolk Action in Partnership — www.midsuffolkaction.co.uk
• St Edmundsbury Borough Council — www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk
• Suffolk Coastal District Council — www.suffolkcoastal.gov.uk
• Waveney District Council — www.waveney.gov.uk
• Onesuffolk website — www.onesuffolk.co.uk

Useful information

• Currency converter — www.xe.com/ucc
• Translator — www.tranexp.com:2000/InterTran
• East Anglian Weather Forecast — http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/ee/ee_forecast_weather.html
• Online rail timetables — www.nationalrail.co.uk/planmyjourney
• Mapquest: online street maps of everywhere — www.mapquest.com
• Suffolk Libraries — www.suffolkcc.gov.uk/libraries
• Suffolk Infolink (local activities and clubs etc) — www.suffolk.gov.uk/infolink

Media links

• Bury Free Press — www.buryfreepress.co.uk
• BBC News — news.bbc.co.uk
• BBC Suffolk — www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk
• East Anglian Daily Times — www.eadt.co.uk
• Evening Star — www.eveningstar.co.uk
• Anglia TV — www.itvregions.com/anglia