Amputation Injury

Charities

Limbless Association
Limbpower

aids and equipment

Cyclone Mobility
Independence at Home
Regain
Wheelpower

You may also want to consider whether you need specialist insurance for any of your equipment. If so, you may want to contact Fish Insurance, which is a specialist disability insurer.

Care agencies

Onward can provide free advice in relation to your entitlement to local authority and/or state funded healthcare. The below agencies are specialist care agencies and you may want to contact them for assistance:

Active Care Group
Helping Hands

You may also want to consider whether you need specialist insurance as a result of your care and assistance needs. If so, you may want to contact Fish Insurance, which is a specialist disability insurer.

Employment and income

Onward can provide access to free advice in relation to returning to work, however, if you want to obtain your own advice the following organisations may be of assistance:

Access to Work Information
Diversity and Ability – Access to Work guide

Onward can provide access to free advice about what welfare benefits you may be entitled to, however, if you want to obtain your own advice the following organisations may be of assistance:

Amputation Foundation
Citizen’s Advice
Turn2Us

If you have financial concerns, Onward can provide access to free assistance with liaising with creditors. If you wish to obtain alternate advice, the following organisations may be of assistance:

Citizens Advice
Debt Advice Foundation
National Debt Line
Stepchange

Holidays

Changing Places

You may also want to consider whether you need specialist insurance for your holiday. If so, you may want to contact goodtogo Insurance, which is a specialist disability insurer.

Housing

Onward can provide access to free advice in relation to housing, however, if you want to obtain your own advice the following organisations may be of assistance:

Branch Properties
Housing Adaptations
Independence at Home
Temporary Adapted Living Solutions

Medical, rehabilitation & wellbeing

Amputation Foundation
Breathe and Recover
Disability Plus
STEPS rehabilitation

Prosthetics

Ability Matters
Dorset Orthopaedic
Limbless Association
STEPS Prosthetics

Rehabilitation

Dorset Orthopaedics
Pace
Ability Matters

Travel and Transport

Accessable
AccessibleGo
Blue Badge Scheme
Disabled Persons Railcard
Driving Mobility
Independence at Home
Lewis Reed
Motability Scheme
National Key Scheme (R.A.D.A.R)

You may also want to consider whether you need specialist insurance for your vehicle. If so, you may want to contact Fish Insurance, which is a specialist disability insurer.

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