Charities
Back Up
Brain and Spine Foundation
Cauda Equina UK
Peer Advice Services UK
Spinal Injuries Association
Spinal Research
Wheelpower
Aids and Equipment
Aspire
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 acess to free advice including in relation to your entitlement to local authority and/or state funded healthcare. The below agencies are specialist spinal cord injury care agencies and you may want to contact them for assistance:
Active Care Group
Aspire UK
CompleteCare Amegreen
Complexus Care
Eximius
Helping Hands
HFH Healthcare
Origin
Premium Care Solutions
Prestige Nursing & Care
Total Community Care
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 will 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
Onward will 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:
Aspire
Citizen’s Advice
Turn2Us
If you have financial concerns, Onward will 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
Aspire
Back Up
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 will 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:
Aspire
Branch Properties
Housing Adaptations
Independence at Home
Temporary Adapted Living Solutions
Medical, Rehabilitation & Wellbeing
Coloplast
Breathe and Recover
Hobbs Rehabilitation
Hollister
Neurokinex
Rooprai Spinal Trust
STEPS Rehabilitation
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)
Spinal Injuries Association
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.