Carers
Caring for carers
Support and advice on the help available to carers from Social Services, Health and voluntary organisations
Children and young people
Caring for a disabled child
Support, information and advice for parents caring for a disabled child
Disabled Children Social Work Team
The team provide social work support to disabled children and young people, aged 0-19 years old
Portage Team
Portage is a home-based intervention scheme for children under five with special needs
Schools and disability sports programme
Sports activities across the Borough for children with disabilties
Schools Disability Access Strategy
Covers policy-making, service users, employment and access to the curriculum
Special Educational Needs
Information on Statutory Assessments, transport, Parent Partnership Service
Employment
Disability policy
The Council's commitment to providing equal opportunities to disabled persons in recruitment, promotion and training
Housing
Disabled Facility Grants (DFG)
Grants to make adaptations to the houses of people with disabilities
Housing advice for disabled people
Advice on housing assessment issues affecting disabled people
Learning disabilities
Learning Disability Team
The team helps to plan and arrange care and support for adults with learning disabilities and their carers, and provide a range of specialist health services
Policies
Disability Equality Scheme
The Scheme has been developed with the involvement of 200 dilocal disability groups to ensure that disabled people are equal opportunity to participate and access Council services
Rubbish, waste and recycling
Assisted collection
Service provided to residents who, through illness or infirmity, are unable to put out their waste and do not have anyone else to assist them
Toilets
Access to disabled toilets
If you are disabled you are entitled to receive a radar key to allow you access to over 5000 public conveniences throughout the UK
Transport
Blue Badge Scheme
Concessionary parking for people with disabilities
Disabled parking bays
Marked out parking spaces in front of your house
Scootability
Scootability offers short-term loans of mobility scooters and power chairs to residents to use from their homes
Taxicard Scheme
The scheme can enable you to get cheaper taxi fares if you are unable to use public transport
