Access Consultancy and Audits - Built Environment - Communication - Disabled People's Organisations - Education - Employment - Government - Information Technology - Leisure, Tourism and Sport - Transport - General advice - Dwellings
National Register of Access Consultants
The National Register of Access Consultants is a resource for building owners and managers seeking advice on how to make improvements to the built environment in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 for the benefit of disabled employees and customers. It facilitates the selection of reputable access auditors and consultants who can demonstrate their credentials through their membership status.
Web Site: www.nrac.org.uk
Adaptive Environments
Based in USA.
Its mission is to promote, facilitate, and advocate for international adoption of policies and designs that enable every individual, regardless of disability or age, to participate fully in all aspects of society.
Web Site: www.adaptenv.org
Approved Document M
Access and use of buildings - regulations
Web Site: www.planningportal.gov.uk/england/professionals/en
Centre for Accessible Environments
The Centre for Accessible Environments (CAE) is
concerned with the practicalities of inclusive design in the built environment. The leading authority in the field, we provide information, design guidance, training and consultancy services.
Web Site: www.cae.org.uk
Habinteg Housing Association
Universal Housing Solutions for the Whole Community
Web Site: www.habinteg.org.uk
JMU Access Partnership
The aim of the JMU Access Partnership (JMU) is to bring about improvements in the built environment which would enable blind, deafblind and partially sighted people to move around safe, independently and without undue restriction.
Web Site: www.jmuaccess.org.uk
Merseyside Code of Practice for Access & Mobility
An advisory document reflecting best practice and current statutory requirements for the design of buildings, structures, highways and transportation.
Web Site: www.accesscode.info
Planning, building and the environment
Government Department responsible for planning policy and building regulations in England.
Web Site: www.communities.gov.uk/planningandbuilding
Polls Apart
Polls Apart is a national campaign to improve the accessibility of polling stations by highlighting the issues involved and gathering evidence of inaccessible democracy
Web Site: www.pollsapart.org.uk
Through The Roof
Christian Disability organisation working to change attitudes in churches and wider society towards disabled people and disability.
Web Site: www.throughtheroof.org
National Centre for Tactile Diagrams
Based in the UK, providing tactile diagrams, maps and pictures for blind and partially sighted people of all ages and all walks of life.
Web Site: www.nctd.org.uk
National Registers of Communication Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind People (NRCPD)
Administers professional registers for sign language interpreters, lipspeakers, speech to text reporters, LSPs - deafblind manual and notetakers
Web Site: www.nrcpd.org.uk
Signature (CACDP)
A recognised awarding body offering nationally accredited qualifications that cover the whole range of languages and communication methods used by deaf and deafblind people.
Web Site: www.signature.org.uk
TypeTalk
RNID Typetalk is the only national telephone relay service which enables deaf, deafblind, deafened, hard of hearing and speech-impaired people to communicate with hearing people anywhere in the world.
Web Site: www.rnid-typetalk.org.uk
Ask Mencap
Ask Mencap offers interactive and accessible information for people with a learning disability, parents, carers, professionals and anyone who has an interest in the learning disability field.
Web Site: www.askmencap.info
British Institute of Learning Disabilities
Committed to improving the quality of life of all people with a learning disability.
Web Site: www.bild.org.uk
Guide Dogs
Our mission is to provide guide dogs, mobility and other rehabilitation services that meet the needs of blind and partially sighted people.
Web Site: www.guidedogs.org.uk
Mencap
Mencap works with children and adults with a learning disability and their families and carers to improve their lives and opportunities
Web Site: www.mencap.org.uk
National Association of Disabled Supporters (NADS)
NADS was established in 1998 and represents all disabled football supporters and their carers and advocates. More than 30,000 disabled fans regularly attend football matches in England alone with many now choosing to travel to games abroad. Our key objectives are is to promote an inclusive agenda and ensure equal access for all fans by campaigning for change and improvements where needed throughout the game.
Email: info@nads.org.uk
Web Site: www.nads.org.uk
RNID
RNID's vision is of a world where deafness and hearing loss are not barriers to opportunity and fulfilment. RNID is the largest charity representing the 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK.
Web Site: www.rnid.org.uk
Royal National Institute of Blind People
RNIB offers practical support and advice to anyone with a sight problem
Web Site: www.rnib.org.uk
Scope
Scope is a disability organisation in England and Wales whose focus is people with cerebral palsy. Scope's aim is that disabled people achieve equality: a society in which they are as valued, and have the same human and civil rights, as everyone else.
Web Site: www.scope.org.uk
Sense
Sense is the UK's leading organisation for people who are deafblind or have associated disabilities
Web Site: www.sense.org.uk
Sign Community - British Deaf Association
The largest national charity run by Deaf people for Deaf people.
Web Site: www.signcommunity.org.uk/index.php
The National Deaf Children's Society
The National Deaf Children's Society has striven to remove barriers to deaf children in the hearing world, supporting their families, ending prejudice through education, and raising deaf children's expectations.
Web Site: www.ndcs.org.uk
The Accessible Property Register
Accessible housing benefits everyone: it is the aim of the Accessible Property Register to ensure that accessible property is identified and promoted, and that information is made widely available.
Web Site: www.accessible-property.org.uk
Inclusion UK
Inclusion UK is a consortium of four organisations supporting inclusion in education.
Web Site: inclusion.uwe.ac.uk
Research and information for consumers with disabilities
Independent research organisation that provides information for people with disabilities and older people.
Web Site: www.ricability.org.uk
SURFACE the Inclusive Design Research Centre
The SURFACE research team is part of the University of Salford's School of Construction and Property Management, a 6* rated research facility since 1996.
Web Site: www.research.scpm.salford.ac.uk/surface
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is one of the largest independent social policy research and development charities in the UK. It supports a wide programme of research and development projects in housing, social care and social policy.
Web Site: www.jrf.org.uk
The Research Group for Inclusive Environments at The University of Reading.
Research Group for Inclusive Environments is involved in unique research into the needs of physically disabled, sensory impaired and older people within the built environment.
Contact: Val Keane
Web Site: www.extra.rdg.ac.uk/ie/
Job Centre Plus
Employement advice for disabled people.
Web Site: www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk
Lgcareers website - Access Officer
Local government career description for Access Officers
Web Site: www.lgcareers.com/career-descriptions
Disability UK
Established since 1998, provides disabilities information.
Web Site: www.disabilityuk.com
Department for Education and Skills
The Department for Education and Skills was established with the purpose of creating opportunity, releasing potential and achieving excellence for all.
Web Site: www.dfes.gov.uk
Disability Rights Commission (DRC) Archive site
The original DRC site.
Web Site: 83.137.212.42/sitearchive/DRC/index.html
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Champions equality and human rights for all, working to eliminate discrimination, reduce inequality, protect human rights and to build good relations, ensuring that everyone has a fair chance to participate in society.
Web Site: www.equalityhumanrights.com
IDeA
IDeA Knowledge works for local government improvement by providing news and examples of good practice from councils across England and Wales, together with access to the IDeAs range of tools and services
Web Site: www.idea-knowledge.gov.uk
Info4local.gov.uk
Quick and easy access to information from more than 65 government departments, agencies and public bodies. Run by a group of six departments, with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the lead.
Web Site: www.info4local.gov.uk
Office for Disability Issues
The Office for Disability Issues is the focal point within government to coordinate disability policy across all departments and take forward the Life Chances Report to ensure robust implementation of its recommendations
Web Site: www.officefordisability.gov.uk
AbilityNet
AbilityNet is a national charity helping disabled adults and children use computers and the internet by adapting and adjusting their technology.
Web Site: www.abilitynet.org.uk/
net-guide.co.uk
This search engine gives an accessibility rating for the websites returned for any query entered.
Web Site: www.net-guide.co.uk
Walks with Wheelchairs
Free information on routes that are suitable for wheelchair users throughout the UK
Web Site: www.walkswithwheelchairs.com
Community Transport Association
The Community Transport Association, or CTA, is the national representative body of voluntary sector transport operators covering the whole of the UK.
Web Site: www.communitytransport.com
Department for Transport
The Department works to deliver a transport system which balances the needs of the economy, the environment and society. Includes Access for disabled people.
Web Site: www.dft.gov.uk
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