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39 services
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Dorset Learning Disability Service
We offer supported living options for people with varying abilities to live wherever and however they choose. Our services support people with physical disabilities, acquired brain injuries, sensory impairments and…
Dorset Learning Disability Service - 23 Birch Way
Section: Leonard Cheshire Disability
Dorset County Museum
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Dorset Special Educational Needs Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS)
We are a free, impartial and confidential service that provides information, advice and support to: children and young people aged from 0 to 25 with special educational needs and/or disability (SEND) parents and carers…
Home Library Service - Dorset Council
The Home Library Service is offered to someone who is unable to leave the home, access the library or carry materials. For Carehome residents: Book collections (which reflects reading tastes) delivered to homes on a…
Home Library Service - Royal Voluntary Service
For housebound at home or in sheltered accommodation. Home Library Services bring books and in some cases, DVDs, CDs and audio tapes on a regular basis to people who are unable to get to a library. Volunteers can select…
Dorset Advocacy
Our Care Act advocates help people in Dorset with assessments and reviews of their care needs by Social Services. If a person lacks capacity to make decisions and are objecting to decisions made for them in the Court of…
Dorset Learning Disability Service - 2 Thornhill Close
Section: Leonard Cheshire Disability Care Specialism: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Dorset Learning Disability Service - 4 Romulus Close
Section: Leonard Cheshire Disability Care Specialism: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
Dorset Blind Association
Audiobook Library: Social Clubs: Services: Community Support Home visits to find out your individual needs. Social Clubs for Visually Impaired People 25 social clubs that we run across Dorset. Volunteers Regular visits…
ASCape - Events
Autism Support for children aged 7-18 and their parents and carers
Dorset Community Transport
Bridport plus bus weekly trip into town 9.30-2.30 Monday-Friday £6 standard charge.
Hope for the Community
Course examples: ANY LONG-TERM CONDITION POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME PREPARING FOR HIP AND KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY (MSK) CARERS WORKPLACE WELLBEING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION PARENTS OF…
AbilityNet
AbilityNet's friendly technology volunteers provide free IT (information technology) support to older people and disabled people of any age, anywhere in the UK. Every volunteer is disclosure-checked and can help with…
Beyond Autism
Autism Services Directory: 30 miles around DT6: Resource hub: A centralised resource where parents/carers and professionals can access a wide range of information, tools, and support related to understanding and…
Care Dorset
Care Dorset is an adult care service provider offering Residential services, Day Opportunities, Reablement services and Supported Living services.
Countryside Mobility South West
Mobility Scooter hire, particularly rough terrain to allow better access to countryside etc
Deafblind UK
Helpline: Monday – Thursday 9.00am – 5.00pm and Fridays 9.00am – 4.00pm Tech help: For carers: Carers FB Group:
Dorset Council (Blue Badge)
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Good Things Foundation
Like a foodbank but for mobile data, the National Databank provides free mobile SIM cards to help digitally excluded people get connected. 2.5 million households struggle to afford the internet in the UK, and 1 in 14…
Royal National Institute Of The Blind (RNIB)
A leading source of information on sight loss and the issues affecting blind and partially sighted people. Whether you’re losing your sight, blind, or partially sighted, our practical and emotional support can help you…
SEND4
Despite the fact that only 5% of individuals with special education needs, disabilities, and long-term health conditions are employed, a significant proportion of around (60%) aspire to work. SEND4 helps individuals…
Special Care Dentistry Support - DCH - Adults and Children
Special Care referral forms (Adults and Children): Community Dental Services are provided by Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (SFT). The team at Somerset provide Special Care and Paediatric Dentistry (SCPD) which is the…
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Tripudio Movement Systems
Not everyone can take part in activities like walking, cycling or aerobics classes. Gentle but effective movement class could be an alternative. No floor work, standing and/or sitting throughout. Improving your balance,…
Activity Alliance
Being Active Guide An everyday guide for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions about the benefits of being active and information on how to get started. Created by Activity Alliance and Disability…
Anxiety UK
Anxiety UK was formed in 1970, by Katharine and Harold Fisher as a result of Katharine’s experience of agoraphobia and her desire to develop support for others similarly affected. Since those early beginnings, we’ve…