Aims: The Back-Up Trust inspires people to transform their lives after spinal cord injury. The charity challenges perceptions of disability and run services which grow confidence and independence and offer a supportive network. Services provided: Hold wheelchair skills services at spinal centres and in communities across Scotland and the rest of the UK which are…
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RNIB Scotland
Aims: To provide a wide range of national services to blind and partially sighted people. Services provided: Welfare rights service Haggeye, the forum for blind and partially sighted young people RNIB Connect Radio Employment and student support network Education/Technology/Resource centre Information and advice Volunteering opportunities.
Spinal Injuries Scotland
Aims: Delivering a Peer Support service designed to meet the needs of our members. Services provided: • Provide daily visits to the Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injuries Unit. Our Peer Support team have sustained a Spinal Cord Injury and focus on understanding the particular concerns of the patient, accompanying them on their rehabilitation journey. •…
Challenger Children’s Fund
Aims: To give financial help to physically disabled children under the age of eighteen who reside in Scotland Summary: Funding is provided to meet a specific need not covered by statutory sources, e.g. clothing, apparatus, equipment, household appliances, furniture, adaptations to home or garden. Grants may be made for holidays. Grants cannot be made retrospectively. Applications:…
MND Scotland
Aims: To ensure that with people with Motor Neurone Disease secure the care and support they need. Services provided: Advocacy service Specialist equipment loan service Welfare and benefits service Online support groups Grants for people with MND and their care givers Chalet breaks near Oban and St Andrews 1-1 Counselling service. Bereavement support membership: Open…
Scottish Cot Death Trust
Aims: To support bereaved families, to raise awareness of cot death and associated risks and to fund research into sudden and unexpected death in infancy (SUDI): Provision of breathing monitors to all infants born into a family that has suffered cot death Raise awareness of cot death and ways of reducing the risks Support for…