Ability Online is a volunteer based disability information resource.  For further information you can write to:

10 Glenalmond Road, Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside, CH44 0DB.

Phone: 0151 678 2288.

A full range of products from walking sticks and back supports to stairlifts as well as a wide range of popular and standard mobility equipment. Ableworld also has a "Specialist Division". This is where clients require "bespoke" or "made to measure" mobility equipment which requires a high level of technical knowledge and back up.

Ableworld. 39 Beam Street, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 5NF.

Phone: 01270 627185 Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm.

Action for Blind People is a national charity that provides practical support to blind and partially sighted people through:

Advice and information on employment (opens new window).

Advice and information on housing (opens new window).

Hotels for visually impaired people, their families and friends (opens new window).

National Helpline: 0800 915 4666.

Action for Blind People, 14-16 Verney Road, London, SE16  3DZ.

Phone: 0207 635 4800.  Email: info@afbp.org.

The Blue Badge Scheme provides parking concessions for people with severe walking difficulties, who travel either as drivers or as passengers.

For an application form contact: Disabled Persons Parking Scheme, Passenger Transport Unit, County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RJ. Phone: 0116 305 7584 or 0116 305 8777.

You can print out or fill in the application form online (opens new window).

Or, e-mail your postal address to:  passengertransport@leics.gov.uk, and an application form will be posted to you.

Support for people with lung disease.

Tel: 0845 850 5020 Mon-Fri 10am-6pm.

Address: British Lung Foundation, 73-75 Goswell Road, London EC1V 7ER.