Links
To learn more about The Institution of Civil Engineers, please click here.
To learn more about other work related charities visit the website of the Association of Charity Officers, www.aco.uk.net
Links to engineering related charities
The Engineering Technology Board
Links to other organisations
Advice Guide The online Citizens Advice Service, providing independant advice on rights
Age Concern England
Advice and extensive range of fact sheets on subjects relating to the elderly.
Aidis Trust
Provides specialised computer equipment to people with disabilities.
Alzheimers Disease Society
Advice and support to those dealing with dementia.
Better Caring Provides details of Care Homes around the UK, and advice for choosing a Home
Citizens Advice Bureau, National Association of (NACAB)
Provides details of local Citizens Advice Bureaux.
Consumer Credit Counselling Service
Registered charity. Free and confidential service, providing counselling to help achieve realistic solutions to debt problems, avoid bankruptcy and learn to handle money.
Counsel and Care for the Elderly
Provides an advice service on care at home, residential care and nursing homes, community care and financial help.
Department for Work and Pensions (formally the DSS)
Disabled Living Foundation
Information on equipment and technology to increase disabled people's independence.
Elderly Accommodation Counsel
The EAC is a charity, providing a free service to help older people make their own choices about where they live, and any care or support services they need.
Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities
Employment service for job seekers & employers. Good first point of contact, can offer advice to people who have become newly disabled.
Headway the Brain Injury Association
The welfare rights website for advice workers.
Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
Provides advice, assistance and information on benefits, equipment, employment and support.
Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID)
RNID is the largest charity representing the nine million deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK.
Scope
Charity working with people with cerebral palsy.
Skill (National Bureau for Students with Disabilities)
Skill promotes opportunities for young people and adults with any kind of disability in post -16 education, training and employment across the UK.
Thrive
National horticultural charity that exists to enable disadvantaged, disabled and older people to participate fully in the social and economic life of the community.
