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Liverpool Employment Support
We support disabled people who live in the City of Liverpool into employment, work-related training and further education.

Manchester Employment Support and Training
This team supports disabled people who live within the boundaries of the City of Manchester into employment and work-related training.

Trafford Centre for Independent Living
Independent Living to support Trafford residents with information, advocacy and brokerage services.

Training, Research and Consultancy
Our trainers and consultants are disabled people who combine expertise in their subject with lived experience.

Hate Crime: Working It Through Together
We are a new support service for disabled people in Greater Manchester who have experienced hate crime.

Knowsley Employment Support
We support learning disabled people who are furthest away from the world of work into training, work placements, voluntary opportunities and paid employment.

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Innovate, develop, promote and support housing related policies and practical initiatives which enable older and disabled people to live independently in their own homes for as long as they wish.

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Charity Search delivers a free service which helps older people in genuine financial need receive the support that may be available to them from a variety of charitable sources.

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The Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free information and advice, and by influencing policy makers.

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CPA Direct CIC is dedicated to the promotion of Independent living. We strive on working with our clients to help strengthen the relationship between Personal Assistants Employers and Personal Assistants by adopting an innovative approach to help improve the effectiveness and quality of services that enable disabled people and those with health conditions to have choices, control and independence of their lives.

CPA Direct Online. The fast and easy way to advertise your Personal Assistants vacancies. Through CPA Direct online you can register, advertise and search our database for jobseekers that have shown an interest or have had previous experience of offering Personal Assistance 24 hours a day 7 days a week without leaving your home and spending extra.

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D.C.H.A Services- an efficient, yet very personal company, who care passionately about the work we do.

We provided you with the comfort and safety by providing a qualified and trained household assistant for our Domestic Sitting and Home Help Service.

We also provide training to groups centred around Disability - Including Equality and Awareness.
All of our training and expert work is carried out by people who have a disability and therefore have personal experience within their own life.

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Disability North at the Dene Centre
Promoting inclusion, independence and choice for disabled people.
Disability North can offer information on the following subjects:
Equipment and adaptations - Visit the Independent Living Resource Centre (ILRC) page.
Benefits and services - Visit the Information & Advisory Service (IAS) page.
Training, Conference Room hire, event management and fundraising events - Visit the Events section.
Direct Payments Support Service in Newcastle - Visit the Direct Payment Section.
Issues regarding The Disability Discimination Act (DDA), Provision of Access Audits and Disability Awareness Training - Visit the Disability North Direct page.

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Dosh provides financial advocacy support and appointeeship to people with a learning disability.

Dosh helps people with a learning disability to be more independent and have more control over their own money. You may need someone to work closely with you to help manage your own benefits, help you with budgeting or check that your money is safe.

Dosh Financial Advocates are trained to help people make choices with their money. An advocate takes time to get to know you and works in partnership with your circle of support.

Dosh is set up as a not for profit company. This means that all money earned by the company is used to run the business and provide good quality financial support to people with a learning disability.

Find out more about dosh by visiting www.dosh.org or phoning 0300 303 1288.

www.DropBy.co.uk is a web site designed for the over 60s to keep in touch.

Its focus is on interaction - with family, friends and interest groups.

Our intention is to make the site really easy-to-use.

You can set up your own secure family, friends and interest networks. Keep in touch using messaging, online chat or our video link - with just a few clicks.

The emphasis is on 'keeping in touch' and 'having fun' so the site will enable Members to interact easily with family and friends. It is also somewhere you can enjoy playing games in the Games Room. We hope to introduce interactive games, where it is possible to play across the web with friends and other members, in the future.

Our vision is that there will be a strong social care aspect to the site in the future. We are working on this at the moment.

Mary Baker
Founder
DropBy Limited
Company Registration No.7184385
www.DropBy.co.uk
e: MaryB [at] DropBy [dot] co [dot] uk
t: 07789888391

We are a multi disciplined Product Design Engineering Company based in North London. The problem solving capabilities of our design team is unique; we overcome each problem with new technologies, skill and perseverance.
Whilst embarking on projects the processes we adopt include: Market Research, Conceptual Designs, Solid Works Analyses of Conceptual Designs, Prototyping, Ergonomics, Product Development, Product Testing and Product Certification.
Our resources include access to leading UK Product Design Universities, specialized Engineering companies, experts in Electronics, Machine and Material manufacturers.
Our previous design projects include: Airbus A380 program, Dasell Cabin Interior and Huhtamaki. Our current design projects include: Dry Toilet Bed, Dry Commode and Dry Toilet.

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FirstStop Advice is an independent, free service providing advice and information for older people, their families and carers about care and housing options in later life. FirstStop also offers useful information for carers looking for support and advice.

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Hertfordshire PASS aims to be ‘a user-driven charity using employment and self directed support to enable disabled people to live more independently’.

Its key projects are:
WorkABILITY—enabling young disabled people to access work, funded by the Big Lottery, and
Payroll for disabled people who employ their own carers—including telephone support by disabled people for disabled people.

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Hft is a national charity and creative thinking is our speciality.
People with learning disabilities and their families use our inventive and often ground breaking support and advice to live the lives they want.
Work with us and together we'll explore the choices you have for achieving your goals, no matter how big or small.
You and your family naturally want the best possible outcome for the things you're working towards- we can lend a hand in getting you the best deal.
People with learning disabilities throughout the North, Central, West and South East regions of the UK can get good advice and a wide range of friendly, helpful services from their local Hft support team. Hft value and care about the fact that you have choices in the way you live your life.

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'Homebuy' is the term used by the Government to describe its various different shared ownership and affordable housing schemes. The main homebuy schemes are as follows:
Newbuild Homebuy: traditionally called shared ownership, new build homebuy is essentially part buy / part rent on new build homes.
Homebuy Direct: a shared equity scheme where both builders and the Government join forces to provide funding for a potentially sizable deposit on a new home
Rent to homebuy: enabling potential homebuyers to rent at a discounted rate before they purchase
Social homebuy: enables social tenants to buy a share in their existing home on a shared ownership basis, and with the benefit of a discount

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