Additional Support for disabled people
Disability Living Allowance is a benefit that is neither means tested or liable to tax and can be paid to people in work. You may be entitled to Working Tax Credit if you work over 16 hours and if you have children you may also be entitled Child Tax Credit.
If you need assistance in contacting any of the agencies listed below please contact us on 0161 661 6635
Useful contacts
Citizens Advice Bureau
Advice is available face-to-face and by telephone
Find your local office here:
http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index/getadvice.htm
or visit the main site here:
www.nacab.org.uk
Equal Opportunities Commission
Arndale House
Arndale Centre
Manchester
M4 3EQ
Email: info@eoc.org.uk
Fax: 0161 838 8312
Tel: 0845 601 5901
www.eoc.org.uk
Connexions
Advice on getting to where you want to be in life
Available up to age 25 for people with learning difficulties or disabilities (or both)
Free landline calls or free callback to your mobile
080 800 13 2 19
www.connexions.gov.uk
Communities in Salford
Salford Council for Voluntary Service
The Old Town Hall
Off Irwell Place
Eccles
M30 0EJ
Tel 0161 787 7795
Fax 0161 789 0818
office@salfordcvs.co.uk
www.salfordcvs.co.uk
Disability Rights Commission
Telephone: 08457 622 633
Textphone: 08457 622 644
(You can speak to an operator at any time between 8am and 8pm, Monday to Friday)
Fax: 08457 778 878
Post: DRC Helpline
FREEPOST MID02164
Stratford upon Avon
CV37 9BR
www.drc-gb.org
Mind (National Association for Mental Health)
Mind info Line
Open Monday to Friday 9.15am to 5.15pm
0845 766 0163
www.mind.org.uk
Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB)
Royal National Institute of Blind People
105 Judd Street
London
WC1H 9NE
Tel: 020 7388 1266
Fax: 020 7388 2034
www.rnib.org.uk
Royal National Institute of the Deaf (RNID)
19-23 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8SL
Telephone: 020 7296 8000
Textphone: 020 7296 8001
Fax: 020 7296 8199
www.rnid.org.uk
New Deal for Disabled People
New Deal is a Government Programme
Helpline tel: 0845 606 2626
textphone: 0845 606 0680
7am to 11pm, seven days a week
www.newdeal.gov.uk
Tax Credits Helpline
tel: 0845 300 3900
textphone: 0845 300 3909
www.taxcredits.inlandrevenue.gov.uk
Access to Work
Find your local area office from this website
www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/JCP/Customers/HelpForDisabledPeople/AccesstoWork
Jobcentre Plus - Jobseeker Direct
Telephone 0845 6060234
www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk
