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Home Library Service - Buckinghamshire
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Tel: 01494 475573
Great Missenden Library
High Street
Great Missenden
Buckinghamshire
HP16 0AL
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Do you find it difficult to visit a library due to mobility problems or poor health? Are you a full-time, unpaid carer & cannot get to a library? If so a Home Library Service Volunteer could deliver this FREE service to you.
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Carers and public. Buckinghamshire residents who are housebound due to age, illness or disability and also available to full-time, unpaid carers.
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Heads2Gether
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Tel: 0800 023 4550
ENT Department
The West Wing LG1
The John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX3 9DU
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We offer support to anyone affected by head and neck or mouth cancer. We run coffee mornings and a packed schedule of social events, an opportunity to meet and talk to others who have already been treated for the disease.
We offer telephone and face to face support using trained former patients...
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People Affected by Head & Neck Cancer.
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Huntington'S Disease Association - Oxfordshire
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Tel: 0151 331 5444
OX3 9DU
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The HDA (Huntington’s Disease Association) is a national charity which provides support for families affected by Huntington’s Disease (HD).
We are part of the national organisation, but more informal as well as more local. We hold regular meetings, go on social outings together, and meet and sha...
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Carers, people who have Huntington's Disease, people at risk of developing Huntington's Disease.
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Bedfordshire Down'S Syndrome Support Group
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Tel: 01908 585662
11 St Vincents
Woburn Sands
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
MK17 8NR
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We arrange many social activities throughout the year providing the opportunity for the extended family and friends to meet up, and giving those who have Down’s syndrome the chance to develop friendships with each other. We can provide support, and have regular get-togethers with the opportunity ...
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We a parent run charity which supports families of children with Down's Syndrome. At present the large majority of our members have children but we would welcome membership from every age group.
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Oxfordshire Dyspraxia Support Group Dyspraxia Foundation
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Each year the Foundation answers approximately 10,000 enquiries and distributes more then 20,000 leaflets about the condition. The Foundation seeks every opportunity to increase understanding of dyspraxia, particularly among professionals in health and education.
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Carers, parents, gneral public, professionals
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Maggie's Oxford
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Tel: 01865 751882
Maggie's Centre
Churchill Road, Old Road
Headington
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX3 7LE
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Maggie's Centre is a support centre for people with cancer and their families.
Maggie's Centre is a place to turn to for help with any of the problems, small or large, associated with cancer.
Under one roof you can access help with information, benefits advice, psychological support both indivi...
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People affected by cancer
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My Life My Choice
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Tel: 01865 204214
Unit 3 Watlington House
Watlington Road
Cowley
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX4 6NF
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We are a self-advocacy organisation run by and for adults with learning disabilities in Oxfordshire. We run a variety of different projects such as our Stingray Nightclub, Gig Buddies, Travel Buddy, Quality Checkers, our training team, Power Up and many local self-advocacy groups across Oxfordsh...
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The Art Room
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Tel: 01865 779779
Oxford Spires Academy
Glanville Road
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX4 2AU
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The Art Room offers 'art as therapy' to children and young people between the ages of 5 and 16, using art to raise their self-esteem, self-confidence and independence.
Some of the students may have specific learning difficulties or have had an interrupted education. Some have recently arrived in...
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Children and young people aged 5 to 16 who are facing major challenges in their lives.
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Restore Ltd
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Tel: 01865 455 822
Manzil Way
Cowley Road
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX4 1YH
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Restore is an Oxfordshire mental health charity. Since 1977 Restore has helped people to stay out of hospital, regain confidence and wellbeing, and rediscover and develop skills. We exist to empower people to take control of their own recovery, move on and lead meaningful lives.
Other than sympt...
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People with severe and enduring mental ill-health.
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KEEN Oxford
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Tel: 07806 743 595
St Clement's Centre
Cross Street
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX4 1DA
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Our work has three strands to it. We run our own programme of regular, inclusive projects including sports clubs, trips and art workshops every week. Secondly, we support other organisations to be more inclusive, for example through our Sports Partner Programme, working in partnership with many l...
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Children and Adults with additional needs / disabilities
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