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Our Aim: Our aim is to improve the quality of life of disabled people in Calderdale by working in partnership with service providers as critical friends to raise awareness of issues of concern. In a fun, vibrant, yet consultative and professional manner, we aim to address issues in our community so that service providers can make improvements to maximise access to Read more…
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The Service provides support for people with disabilities inc. people with severe and complex needs To provide a service to the people of Calderdale who have a physical and associated disabilities through a range of services – both building and community based. We do this through a range of vocational, educational and recreational programmes which are based around individual aspirations. Read more…
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Lead the Way Who might need this: anyone over 18 with a learning disability living in Calderdale, and their parents/carers. Lead the Way provides information and advice about matters relating to learning disabilities. The service is independent, free and confidential. Some of the team delivering the service have a learning disability. How Lead the Way helps: Helping people on Read more…
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‘Advocacy’ is all about people controlling their own lives. We help people to make their own decisions and achieve their own goals. Our work includes supporting individuals or groups to: access information or services be more in control of decisions about their own lives look at choices and options know their rights speak up about issues that matter to them When people struggle to communicate Read more…
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Community Transport Calderdale provides transport for people in Calderdale and Kirklees who have trouble accessing other forms of transport for reasons of ill health, disability, lack of public transport or poverty. Our services aim to help people overcome isolation and social exclusion by giving them the chance to get out of their home for things such as hairdressing appointments, luncheon Read more…
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How we can help? There are many ways you can ask for help Telephone Advice Line Our locally based free Telephone Advice Line 0808 278 7879 is delivered by a team of advisers with many years of experience in dealing with clients’ problems. Many of our clients use the telephone to get full advice from the comfort of their own Read more…
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Disability Support Calderdale is a user led organisation that seeks to empower and enable disabled people to make informed choices by providing them with information and support. Our information and support service promotes choice and provides people with a voice. The service is run by and for disabled people. We are based at Suite 38, Windsor Works, Victoria Road, Hebden Read more…
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The SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) Information, Advice and Support Service (formerly Parent Partnership Service) provides legally based, impartial, confidential and accessible information, advice and support for parents of children and young people with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities about education, health and social care. The IAS (Information, Advice and Support) Service will be able to offer face to Read more…
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We are a charity working right across Calderdale to help meet the needs of carers. We define a carer as someone who is supporting a relative, friend or neighbour who cannot manage without help due to illness or disability. If you feel this is you we are here to help in a range of ways. Below you will find information Read more…
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Unique Ways is a parent-carer led organisation, offering support, guidance and a range of services to families with disabled children aged 0-25. We’re based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, covering the whole of the Calderdale area and beyond. Formerly known as Calderdale Parents and Carers, we offer support based on the social model of disability, which means we don’t restrict our Read more…