The phone book for your area lists numbers for local authority services, primary care trusts and NHS trusts, government departments and helplines.
Yellow Pages has sections of particular interest to disabled people and, at the front, lists helplines and local authority services. See also www.yell.com.
Benefits Enquiry Line for advice about all benefits and how to claim them.
Phone free: 0800 882200 (Mon-Fri 8.30-18.30, Sat 9.00-13.00);
Textphone: 0800 243355. For help filling in claim forms, phone free: 0800 441144.
Disability Benefits Helpline: 0845 7123456, for advice on Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance.
Citizens Advice Bureaux (CABs) provide advice on a wide range of money, housing, legal and other problems. See your phone book for local numbers.
DIAL (Disability Information Advice Line) is run mostly by disabled people. See phone book for your local DIAL or call DIAL-UK.
Tel/textphone: (01302) 310123.
Disability Rights Commission.
Helpline: 0845 7622633 (Mon-Fri 8.00-20.00);
Textphone: 0845 7622644.
Disability Wales/Anabledd Cymru. (029) 2088 7325 (use announcer for textphone).
Disabled Living Centres (DLCs) are local centres where you can see, try out and get information and advice on equipment. See 'Equipment and aids for daily living' under 'Help with everyday needs' for a list of centres or call the Disabled Living Centres Council.
Tel: (0161) 834 1044;
Textphone: (0161) 839 0885.
NHS Direct for information about local health services and particular disabilities, 24 hours a day. All calls are treated in confidence.
Phone 0845 4647. Calls are charged at local rates.
RADAR (The Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation) has a wide selection of helpful publications.
Tel: (020) 7250 3222;
Textphone: (020) 7250 4119.
