Independent Living Community Website
http://www.independentliving.co.uk/ Independent Living is a community site which provides news, views and product information designed to assist with living independently. It is a completely open resource for the use of disabled and elderly individuals, healthcare professionals and family carers.
Wheel Power
http://www.wheelpower.org.uk/ WheelPower is the national charity for wheelchair sport and helps these people and many others with disabilities to achieve their sporting dreams.
Aphasia Now
http://www.aphasianow.org/ Resources for people with Aphasia. Aphasia is the either partial or total loss of the ability to communicate verbally or using written words.
Headway Leicester
http://www.headwayleicester.org.uk/ As part of Headway, the Brain Injury Association, we offer a range of services to people with brain injuries or illnesses and to those close to them in Leicestershire and Rutland
Lamp Direct
http://www.lampdirect.org.uk/ provides mental health services to people in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Leicestershire Centre for Integrated Living
http://www.lcil.org.uk/ provides volunteering projects and train people on computers
Leicestershire Care OnLine
http://www.leicscareonline.org.uk/ provides internet-ready computers available for disabled and older people.
CLASP
http://www.claspthecarerscentre.org.uk/ CLASP The Carers Centre work with and supports carers in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
The Orange Badge Company
http://www.orangebadge.com/ Based in Los Cristianos, Tenerife and providing hire and sale of wheelchairs, hoists, walking sticks and much more.
Royal Association of Deaf People
http://www.royaldeaf.org.uk/ The Royal Association for Deaf people (RAD) promotes the welfare and interests of Deaf people (by which we mean deaf people whose first or preferred language is sign language).
Action Deafness
http://www.actiondeafness.org.uk/ Action Deafness formerly known as the Centre for Deaf People (CFDP) aims to improve quality of life by promoting independence and equality of opportunity for Deaf, Deafened, Hard of Hearing and Deafblind People.
www.vistablind.org.uk
http://www.vistablind.org.uk/ responsive, local services for visually impaired people in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
The Disability Information Network
http://www.ldicn.org.uk/ The site gives information on disability issues. Also allows you to change the colour and text size.
Royal Yachting Association
http://www.rya.org.uk/ Information on Access sailing, as shown within our ‘Sailability Project’ page
Youth Web
http://www.youth-web.org.uk Joint project run by Friday Verve and Soft Touch.
Disability Now
http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk Produces a newspaper for disabled people on a national level
Whitehill Publishing
http://www.whitehillpublishing.org.uk Whitehill Publishing have set up this website to sell their publications online. Works include Living With…
Adobe
http://www.adobe.com Download Adobe Acrobat Reader for free to open up all downloads.
WebbIE
http://www.webbie.org.uk A web browser for blind and visually impaired people. Free and ready to download.