Other local disability and advice services
Disability advice services
- DIAL Lowestoft and Waveney
- Ipswich DAB
- Avenues East (covers Mid and West Suffolk)
Suffolk Disability Groups
- Disability Forum for Suffolk
- Suffolk Coastal Disability Forum
- Suffolk Coalition of Disabled People (Facebook page: Suffolk Coalition of Disabled People)
- Suffolk Disability and Health Action Group (see Disability Forum for Suffolk website for details)
Citizens Advice Bureaux (CABs) in Suffolk Coastal
Local government
Suffolk County Council
- Suffolk County Council (home page)
Customer First
Customer First is the initial point of contact for social services in Suffolk, covering adult social care and children and young people’s services.
- Email: customer.first@suffolk.gov.uk (their preferred method of contact for non-urgent enquiries)
- Tel: 0808 800 4005
- Website: Suffolk Customer First — this also gives more details about how to contact Customer First, their opening times and an online contact form, as well as full information about services
Address
Customer First
PO Box 771
Needham Market
IP6 8WB
Suffolk InfoLink
- Suffolk InfoLink provided by Suffolk County Council
District Council
Suffolk Coastal District Council
- Suffolk Coastal District Council (East Suffolk)
Town and parish councils and community websites
- Aldeburgh Town Council
- Aldringham Parish Council
- Blaxhall Parish Council
- Bromeswell Parish Council
- Butley, Capel St. Andrew and Wantisden Parish Council
- Darsham Parish Council
- East Dean and Friston Parish Council
- Felixstowe Town Council
- Great Bealings Parish Council
- Great Glemham Parish Council
- Grundisburgh & Culpho Parish Council
- Kirton and Falkenham Parish Council
- Little Glemham Parish Council
- Martlesham Parish Council
- Martlesham Community web portal
- Otley Parish Council
- Pettistree Parish Council
- Rendham Village website
- Rendlesham Parish Council
- Saxmundham Town Council
- Saxstead Parish Council
- Shottisham Parish Council
- Trimley St Martin Parish Council
- Westleton website
- Wickham Market Parish Council
- Woodbridge Community Council on Suffolk InfoLink
- Woodbridge Town Council
- Yoxford community website
Government (Gov.uk)
- ACAS (Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service)
- Accessibility on Gov.uk. How to make services accessible
- Department for Education
- Department of Health
- HMRC
- Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
- Disability Rights on Gov.uk
- NHS Choices: information about health conditions, treatments and NHS services
- NHS: Help with health costs
- NHS: Help with prescription costs
Work
- Looking for work if you’re disabled on Gov.uk. This is the summary page.
- Access to work grant on Gov.uk
- JobCentre Plus Contact details on Gov.uk
- Work Choice on Gov.uk
Other charities
Local charities
- 4YP (Suffolk Young People’s Health Project)
- Ace Advocacy
- Age Concern Suffolk
- Age UK Suffolk
- Alzheimer’s Society (East Suffolk)
- Autism Anglia
- Bangladeshi Support Centre
- Brainy Dogs (Headway Suffolk)
- East Suffolk Association for the Blind
- Headway Suffolk
- Hope Trust
- Iceni Strengthening Families
- Impact Advocacy Service
- Papworth Trust Suffolk Youth Clubs
- Pastel
- SNAP Support and Advice Project in Suffolk
- St Elizabeth Hospice
- Suffolk Age UK
- Suffolk Autism Social Club (Leading Lives)
- Suffolk Careline
- Suffolk Cruse
- Suffolk Disability Information Group
- Suffolk Family Carers
- Suffolk Hearing Advisory Service
- Suffolk Hearing Support Service
- Suffolk Help in Multiple Sclerosis
- Suffolk MIND
- Suffolk Wheels 2 Work (Community Action Suffolk)
- Total Voice Suffolk (Voiceability.org) advocacy
Suffolk Dementia Together
Dementia Together launched 1 April 2017 provides practical information and support for people who are curious, concerned or living with dementia, their carers and healthcare professionals in Suffolk, excluding Waveney. A joint project led by Sue Ryder on behalf of Suffolk County Council, NHS and other partners.
Website: Suffolk Dementia Together
Other useful links
- Business Disability Forum
- Disability Confident Campaign
- GP Complaints Ipswich and East Suffolk (Ipswich and East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group)
- Health Watch Suffolk Independent healthcare review website
- Ipswich Hospital PALS (Patient Advice and Liaison Service)
- Ipswich Hospital User Group
- iWantGreatCare Independent healthcare review website. Has the world’s first rate and review service for wheelchair services
- National Wheelchair Leadership Alliance
- NHS Complaints Advocacy Suffolk
- Disabled Go
- Whizz Kids (for children and young people, but also as a partner to the NHS in the provision of wheelchair services to adults).
Transport
See our Accessible transport and leisure
Disclaimer
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