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Parkinson's UK Swindon and District Branch
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Tel: 07976 413 875
Grange Leisure Centre
Grange Drive
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN3 4JY
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Swindon Parkinson’s provides friendship, emotional support, advice and signposting to those who can provide the appropriate help and support. In 2019, the Branch was awarded the prestigious HM The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Services for services to the People of Swindon (the equivalent to an MB...
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All those affected by Parkinson's whether they are members of the Branch or of Parkinson’s UK, their families and their carers.
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Living Options Swindon
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Tel: 01793 542074
The Shaftesbury Centre
Percy Street
Rodbourne
Wiltshire
SN2 2AZ
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Living Options has been operational since October 1992. It is a managed unit of Scope. It acts as a user-led community based service developed by disabled people.
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Open to anyone with a form of physical disability - 18 - 65 years old
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It Can Help (Itch) National
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Tel: 0800 269 545
Members Groups
1st Floor, Block D, North Star House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN2 1FA
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IT Can Help was founded in 1994 as a programme of BCS (British Computer Society), The Chartered Institute for IT. IT Can Help offers free computer support to disabled people. Our volunteers make over 1000 visits each year to assist disabled people.
If you have a disability and need IT help, we w...
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Housebound Library Service Swindon
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Tel: 07769 281666
West Swindon Library
Link Centre
Whitehill Way
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN5 7DL
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Home Library is for residents of Swindon Borough who:
- Have a long term disability, which prevents them from getting into a library.
- Because of a disability, would find it difficult to carry books home.
- Are recovering from a stay in hospital or long illness at home.
- Have a carer with no s...
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Root And Branch
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Tel: 01793 780380
Westmill Farm
Watchfield
Oxfordshire
SN6 8TH
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Therapeutic gardening and rural crafts for people in Oxfordshire who experience mental health difficulties.
You can benefit from attending Root and Branch through being involved in interesting and stimulating activities, meeting new people and experiencing the therapeutic effects of gardening.
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Living with Secondary Breast Cancer - Swindon
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Tel: 0345 077 1893
SN5 7XG
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Our Living with Secondary Breast Cancer meet ups in Swindon usually take place monthly, and you can attend as few or as many as you like. All sessions are facilitated by a counsellor and once a quarter we invite a guest speaker, for example a Clinical Nurse Specialist or Benefits Advisor. Questio...
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Swindon Carers Centre
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Tel: 01793 531133
Sanford House
Sanford Street
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN1 1HE
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Swindon Carers Centre is a charitable organisation, which is part of the Carers Trust Network, established to provide help and support to the 21,000 unpaid carers in Swindon. We have teams specialising in young carers under 18, parent carers (looking after children ?under 18 with additional needs...
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We have a team of professionals and trained volunteers who provide a wide range of support and services to unpaid carers of all ages.
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Swindon Advocacy Movement
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Tel: 01793 542266
Area 5, Second Floor
Temple House
115-118 Commercial
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN1 5PL
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The Swindon Advocacy Movement, affectionately referred to as SAM is an independent charity who provides free advocacy for individuals with a learning disability in Swindon.
We support people through periods of change in their lives; those who cannot make themselves heard and enable people to g...
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Home And Away Short Break Scheme Swindon
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Tel: 01793 465706
Swindon Borough Council
Civic Offices
Euclid Street
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN1 2JH
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The Home and Away Scheme is designed to support the parents of children with disabilities. It provides respite care for the parents and carers of disabled children by giving them a regular, and much needed, short break away from the unique, complex demands and special parenting skills required to...
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The service is for parents of children with disabilities.
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Swindon Council Social Services Careline
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Tel: 0800 085 6666
Clarence House
Careline - Social Services
Euclid Street
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN1 2SG
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Adults, children, young people, older people and those who care for them
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