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Useful Links & Contacts
Signposts
Located within Care Direct, Somerset, signposts can provide general information on health, disability and community care issues.
The team has access to DissBASE - the national disability information database. Information specific to Somerset is updated regularly. DissBASE can also be accessed in main libraries and other public information outlets - contact Signposts for details.
PO Box 618, Wellington House, Taunton, TA1 3WF
Tel: 0800 317220 (freephone)
P.H.A.B
A national charity with information on holidays arranged through PHAB and other club activities.
Tel: 020 8667 9443
Email: info@phabengland.org.uk
RADAR
Offers information and advice on all issues relating to disability and produces a wide range of specialist publications.
Tel: 020 72503222
12 City Forum, 250 City Road, London EC1V 8AF
Red Cross
Branches in most major towns throughout Somerset. The Medical Loans Service provides wheelchairs and other equipment.
Tel: 01823 273700
Address: Red Cross House, Livingstone Way, Taunton TA2 6BD
D.I.A.L (Weston super Mare)
Offers a free, impartial and confidential service of information and advice to disabled people and their relatives.
Tel: 01934 419426
Address: 28 Walliscote Road, Weston super Mare
Somerset Association for the Blind
Tel: 01823 333818
Address: Fundraising Department, Northfield House, 51 Staplegrove Road, Taunton, TA1 1DG
Holiday Care Service
Tel: 01293 774535
Address: 2nd Floor, Imperial Buildings, Victoria Rd, Horley, Surrey RH6 7PZ
Shop Mobility
Shop mobility schemes exist to provide wheelchairs and/or scooters for use in shopping centres in the following Somerset towns. Please telephone in advance for information an availability etc.
Taunton - 01823 327900
Yeovil - 01935 475914
Weston-super-Mare - 01934 644111
Street (Clarkes Village) - 01458 440155
Bridgwater - 01278 434254
Contact the National Federation of Shopmobility for a national list of Shopmobility schemes - Tel: 01905 617761
Somerset TIC's can also give advice and contacts for services in their individual area, such as wheelchair hire and loan, wheelchair battery and re-charging, taxi firms with wheelchair accessibility and Clubs such as Riding for the Disabled.
