Links - In Your Area - West Midlands
Assist Birmingham Centre (ABC)
If you have a disability, there is equipment that can make your day to day living easier, help you be more independent, and also provide information about what services are available to you. The Assist Birmingham Centre provides information, free assessment and demonstration facilities.
Further information:
Assist Birmingham Centre
St Mark's Street
Springhill
Ladywood
Birmingham
B1 2UH
For telephone enquiries:
Mon to Thursday:
8.45am - 5.15pm
Friday: 8.45am - 4.15pm
0121 464 4942
Birmingham Disability Resource Centre
BDRC is a charitable company providing a range of independent support services to all disabled people, their families and carers living in Birmingham and Solihull.
BDRC's mission statement is “To support disabled people to take control of their own lives and to actively seek out opportunities to achieve their full potential as individuals in mainstream society".
BDRC provides:
- Disability Information Service
- Counselling Service
- Employment and Training Service
- Job Club
- Volunteering Opportunities
- Support Groups and Activities
- Outreach Sites and Home Visits
For further details please contact:
Birmingham Disability Resource Centre
Bierton Road
Yardley
Birmingham
B25 8PQ
Telephone: 0121 789 7365
Minicom: 0121 789 9230
Email: bdrc@disability.co.uk
Web: www.disability.co.uk
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
The Repertory Theatre in Birmingham now provide both BSL sign language interpreted and audio described performances.
For more information about these and general information about access and services for disabled people click on their website: http://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/access
Birmingham Centre for Inclusive Living
Birmingham Centre for Inclusive Living is a third sector organisation and registered charity. It is run and managed by disabled people. It aims to work in partnership with disabled people across Birmingham to support and develop the aspirations of individual disabled people (partners) towards independent and inclusive living.
The Carers Network
The Carers Network is a recently created website aimed at providing carers in Birmingham with a 'one-stop' solution for finding the information they need.
To find out more visit www.thecarersnetwork.org.uk
Coventry Community Empowerment Network (CEN).
A network of around 200 community and user-led groups from across the city.
The network is community led and brings together groups and people who are interested in making a difference i9n their neighbourhood and community.
CEN provides a mechanism to enable community voices to be heard by the people and organisations who make the decisions that affect everyone's life so that we can all contribute to making Coventry a better place to live.
Coventry Wheelchair Service.
The voice of wheelchair users and carers/enablers working with the Coventry Wheelchair Service to improve:
- Access to wheelchair services
- Wheelchair design
- The range of wheelchaiors offered
- Monitoring the service
Centro
Centro is the corporate name of the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive. It is responsible for promoting and developing public transport across the West Midlands metropolitan area.It passes on the Grant which the West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority has awarded to WMSNT to help it run the Ring and Ride service.
The Centro web site provides information on bus and rail services and gives details about the range of Concessionary Passes and Fares available in the area for people with disabilities and those over 60.
Or click here for Concessionary fare information.
EQUIP - Electronic Quality Information for the Public
EQUIP - www.equip.nhs.uk - an NHS website which signposts members of the public to useful health and social care websites that have been quality-checked and has a directory of over 4200 support groups and services both national and local to the West Midlands and checked regularly.
My Care in Birmingham
The aim of My Care in Birmingham is to make it easier for you to get information and advice about adult social care services, and to choose the services that suit you best.
My Care in Birmingham also produce the Birmingham Care Home Directory. You can view a copy here.
Rehabilitation and Enablement Service
Provides practical help and advice so that you can live as independently as possible. (Previously known as the Occupational Therapy Service).
One phone call will put you in touch with the OPAS team. OPAS (Older People's Access Service) will deal with your enquiry or pass your information to the Assist Birmingham Centre (ABC) or the rehabilitation and enablement area teams (REA).
OPAS
Phone: 0121 303 1234
Fax: 0121 303 6245
Minicom: 0121 303 6230
Email: olderpeoplesaccessservice@bimringham.gov.uk
SHOPMOBILITY
If you are unable or have great difficulty getting around town unaided, Shopmobility could have the answer. Shopmobility provide a wheelchair hiring service with wheelchairs to suite your needs and enable you to do your shopping independently.
Equipment available for hire:
- Mobility powered scooters
- Attedant and self-propelled wheelchairs
- Powered wheelchairs
Equipment is available for people weighing up to 32 stone - larger pieces of equipment are popular and therefore advanced booking is recommended but not always necessary.
For more information about what's available in your area logon to the following sites:
Birmingham:
BullringThe Shopmobility Centre
Level 2 Centre Car Park
Bullring
Birmingham B5 4BU
Tel: 0121 616 2942
Textphone: 0121 616 2960
Fax: 0121 616 2938
Web: http://www.birminghamshopmobility.org/
Solihull:
Solihull Shopmobility
19 Drury Lane
Solihull B91 3BB
Tel: 0121 711 8701
Drury Lane
Tel: 0121 711 4231
Touchwood
Fax: 0121 705 0824
Email: shopmobility@solihull.gov.uk
Web: http://www.solihull.gov.uk/shopmobility
Coventry:
Barracks Car Park
Upper Precinct
Coventry CV1 1DD
Tel: 02476 832 020
Web: http://www.shopmobility.org.uk/News/Shopmobility-in-Coventry-and-Warwickshire.aspx
Merry Hill:
Merry Hill Shopmobility
Merry Hill
Brierly Hill
West Midlands
DY5 1QX
Tel: 01384 487 911
Fax: 01384 487910
Web: http://uk.westfield.com/merryhill/ourstores/details/shop-mobility-services-36766.html
Sandwell:
Ground Floor Multi Storey Car Park
Sandwell Shopping Centre
West Bromwich
B70 7NJ
Tel: 0121 553 1943
Fax: 0121 580 3585
Web: http://www.sandwell.gov.uk/info/200021/community_centres_and_facilities/875/mobility_services_including_shopmobility
Walsall:
Shopmobility Town Centre Walsall
Saddlers Shopping Centre
Level 1 of Car Park
Walsall
WS1 1YS
Tel: 01922 650 781
Equipment available for hire:
- Mobility powered scooters
- Attedant and self-propelled wheelchairs
- Powered wheelchairs
Equipment is available for people weighing up to 32 stone - larger pieces of equipment are popular and therefore advanced booking is recommended but not always necessary.
Email: shopmobility@walsall.gov.uk
Website:http://www.walsall.gov.uk/index/social_care_and_health/
_walsall_town_centre_shopmobility.htm
Wolverhampton:
12 Cleveland Street
Wolverhampton
WV1 3HH
Tel: 01902 556 021
Fax: 01902 556 045
Web: http://www.shopmobility.org.uk/News/Wolverhampton-Shopmobility-service-to-be-extended-for-city-show.aspx
Birmingham Talking Newspaper Association
Birmingham Talking Newspaper Association is a registered charity producing FREE weekly recordings of local news, infomation and magazine articles for the blind and visually impaired people in the Birmingham area. They would be delighted to welcome new listeners so to apply or to find out more, please telephone their Administrator, Ian MacLaren on 0121 382 1582 or email enquiries@birminghamtalkingnewspaper.org.uk
One Voice Wolverhampton
One Voice is an organisation run by and for the disabled people of Wolverhampton.The work of One Voice falls into 3 broad categories,
* services to disabled individuals including counselling, advocacy/representation, advice, information.
* services to groups of disabled people, Including training, talks, access work etc
* Consultation services to other organisations
Welcome to Solihull NHS Care Trust
Solihull NHS Care Trust is a community of over 1,500 health and social care professionals from a variety of disciplines that are there to help you.
The NHS Care Trust has been established as a way of providing the most joined-up health and social services possible. All the services previously provided by the Primary NHS Care Trust and Solihull Council's Adult Social Services will be delivered by the NHS Care Trust.
The NHS Care Trust is essentially a one stop shop for health and social care that allows people in Solihull to access healthcare, treatment and advice, support for carers, home, day and residential care and health promotion advice and guidance from one organisation.
The Pension ServiceThe Charity occasionally distributes information for other Charities and Agencies with the Newsletter. These are sometimes targetted to Users in certain parts of the West Midlands and so not everyone will get copies.
In a recent Newsletter, leaflets were distributed on behalf of The Pension Service, a Government Agency. They can be contacted direct on their web site at: