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Arcos (Association For Rehabilitation Of Communication And Oral Skills)
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Tel: 01684 576795
Head Office: Hatherton Lodge
Avenue Road
Great Malvern
Worcestershire
WR14 3AG
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ARCOS is a national charity. We work with children and adults who have communication and eating (swallowing) difficulties, their families, carers and others involved.
ARCOS provides information, advice, practical help, specialist speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, training for pr...
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All carers, professionals, disabled people
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Vasculitis Support Group West Midlands (Vsgwm)
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Tel: 0121 243 5621
15 Chepstow Grove
Birmingham
West Midlands
B45 8EG
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Support group for sufferers of systemic vasculitis (e.g. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s), Polyarteritis nodosa, Microscopic polyarteritis, Eosinophillic granulomtosis with polyangiitis, Giant cell arteritis (Temporal arteritis), Takayasu's arteritis, Henoch schonlein purpura, Becets...
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The meetings mainly serve the West Midlands, but people from other areas may attend
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DIAL in Worcestershire
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Tel: 01562 60241
The Disability Information & Advice Line
Green Street Depot Green Street
Kidderminster
Worcestershire
DY10 1HA
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Dial in Worcestershire is a free, independent, confidential, information and advice service which operates in North Worcestershire and covers the districts of; Bromsgrove, Redditch and Wyre Forest. With outreach and home visits Dial actively works with partner organisations to ensure users’ needs...
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Anyone with a query or problem connected with any aspect of disability
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Home Start Wyre Forest Wyre Forest
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Tel: 01562 825896
MCF Complex
60 New Road
Kidderminster
Worcestershire
DY10 1AQ
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Home-Start offer befriending and support to families with children 0 - 18 years old who are experiencing difficulties.
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Any parent or expectant parent with at least one child under 18 years old who live in Wyre Forest District and have a support need.
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Headway Birmingham & Solihull
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Tel: 0121 457 7541
Leighton House
20 Chapel Rise
Birmingham Great Park
Rednal
West Midlands
B45 9SN
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Information and advice for carers and families, people with a brain injury and professionals via the enquiry line on 0121 457 7541 option 1.
Services for people with acquired brain injury (ABI Programmes)
· 3R's programe - which include a wide variety of activities and workshops aimed at h...
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Brain injury survivors, carers, family and friends.
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The Challenge Stroke Group
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Tel: 0121 457 9308
B45 9TY
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The aim of our Stroke Group is to help people who have had strokes or similar disabilities to cope. We provide support, assist rehabilitation and help to ensure all relevant benefits are being claimed. The club helps to give a bit of respite to carers and we also provide a meal for those who want...
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Persons who by reason of having suffered a stroke or whose problems of disability are similar to stroke sufferers
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Hansel & Gretel Support Group
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Tel: 07525 668608
DY10 1PF
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Hansel and Gretel Support Group are a registered charity providing mutual support and friendship to disabled and special needs children and their families in the Wyre Forest area of Worcestershire (Kidderminster, Bewdley, Stourport etc).
We provide the opportunity for families to meet together ...
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Disabled and special needs children and their families
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Accesscentral
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Tel: 0121 222 5362
Longbridge Technology Park
1 Devon Way
Longbridge Lane
Birmingham
West Midlands
B31 2TS
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AccessCentral provides assessments and advice to disabled students and other disabled people . We have Centres located in Birmingham and Southampton where we can provide assessments for the students eligible for the Disabled Students Allowances.
We also provide workplace needs assessments and as...
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University Students, people requirng an Expert Witness, employers, Colleges, Universities
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Kidderminster and Worcestershire Prostate Cancer Support Groups
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Tel: 01562 228535
13 Coningsby Road
Kidderminster
Worcestershire
DY11 5LU
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Mutual support for men suffering from prostate cancer is the most important aim of this group. For any man to be told he has prostate cancer can be frightening and very distressing, but to join a group of nearly four hundred healthy looking men, nearly all of whom have been diagnosed with prosta...
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Men suffering from prostate cancer their wives, partners or interested friends.Ladies who have lost husbands to prostate cancer are invited to join the Widows Support Group having been counselled by our Specialist Nurse and the leader of the Widows Group
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Citizen Advocacy South Birmingham Area (Casba)
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Tel: 0121 475 0777
St Laurence Pastoral Centre
173 Church Road
Northfield
Birmingham
West Midlands
B31 2LX
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Our organisation provides crisis advocacy for adults with learning disabilities living in the South Birmingham area. We also have a specialist advocacy project for parents with learning disabilities in child protection proceedings.
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