Post by Denise on Mar 16, 2011 12:47:54 GMT
Links to other national organisations are listed below. If you would like to link share with the LTC Community Website, please contact Tom Loader at
tom.loader@ltc-team.org.uk
Key Links:
The Neurological Alliance enables charities to work together to improve the quality of life of all those in the UK living with a neurological condition. www.neural.org.uk/
The Brain and Spine Foundation has developed the Information Access Toolkit designed to help commissioners and providers of health and social care services to meet the information needs of people with long-term neurological conditions. Brain and Spine Foundation. www.brainandspine.org.uk/information/information_access_toolkit/index.html
The Brain And Spinal Injury Centre (BASIC) established a brain injury vocational rehabilitation service in 2005 at their centre in Salford. It provides a fast track early intervention to prevent job loss as a result of an acquired brain injury, to assist with reintegration back into the workplace and to help clients find and retain alternative employment. www.basiccharity.org.uk/report.html
The MND Association is a charity working to help people with MND secure the care and support they need, while promoting research into causes, treatments and a cure. www.mndassociation.org
Headway is a charity set up to give help and support to people affected by brain injury. www.headway.org.uk
Scope, the disability organisation in England and Wales whose focus is people with cerebral palsy. The aim is that disabled people achieve equality: a society in which they are as valued and have the same human and civil rights as everyone else. www.scope.org.uk
Epilepsy Action is the largest member-led epilepsy organisation in Britain, acting as the voice for the UK's estimated 456,000 people with epilepsy, as well as their friends, families, carers, health professionals and the many other people on whose lives the condition has an impact. www.epilepsy.org.uk
The HDA is a UK registered charity which supports people affected by Huntington's disease (HD). It provide s information and advice to families, friends and health care professionals whose task it is to support Huntington's disease families. www.hda.org.uk
The MS Trust provides information and support to anyone affected by MS from a network of over 350 local branches across the UK. www.mssociety.org.uk
The Parkinson's Disease Society is the leading charity dedicated to supporting all people with Parkinson's, their families, friends and carers. www.parkinsons.org.uk
The Long-term Neurological Conditions Research Inititiative is a DH funded research programme which supports implementation of the NSF. The website gives uptodate information about the research programme and the individual projects, and publishes a newsletter. www.ltnc.org.uk
Leonard Cheshire Disability have joined up with the makers of Wallace and Gromitt to create a new way to raise awareness around people with disabilities. www.creaturediscomforts.org/
National Voices is a coalition of more than 200 national health and social care organisations, coming together to ensure a stronger voice for all those who come into contact with the NHS and care services, and the voluntary organisations that help them. www.nationalvoices.org.uk
tom.loader@ltc-team.org.uk
Key Links:
The Neurological Alliance enables charities to work together to improve the quality of life of all those in the UK living with a neurological condition. www.neural.org.uk/
The Brain and Spine Foundation has developed the Information Access Toolkit designed to help commissioners and providers of health and social care services to meet the information needs of people with long-term neurological conditions. Brain and Spine Foundation. www.brainandspine.org.uk/information/information_access_toolkit/index.html
The Brain And Spinal Injury Centre (BASIC) established a brain injury vocational rehabilitation service in 2005 at their centre in Salford. It provides a fast track early intervention to prevent job loss as a result of an acquired brain injury, to assist with reintegration back into the workplace and to help clients find and retain alternative employment. www.basiccharity.org.uk/report.html
The MND Association is a charity working to help people with MND secure the care and support they need, while promoting research into causes, treatments and a cure. www.mndassociation.org
Headway is a charity set up to give help and support to people affected by brain injury. www.headway.org.uk
Scope, the disability organisation in England and Wales whose focus is people with cerebral palsy. The aim is that disabled people achieve equality: a society in which they are as valued and have the same human and civil rights as everyone else. www.scope.org.uk
Epilepsy Action is the largest member-led epilepsy organisation in Britain, acting as the voice for the UK's estimated 456,000 people with epilepsy, as well as their friends, families, carers, health professionals and the many other people on whose lives the condition has an impact. www.epilepsy.org.uk
The HDA is a UK registered charity which supports people affected by Huntington's disease (HD). It provide s information and advice to families, friends and health care professionals whose task it is to support Huntington's disease families. www.hda.org.uk
The MS Trust provides information and support to anyone affected by MS from a network of over 350 local branches across the UK. www.mssociety.org.uk
The Parkinson's Disease Society is the leading charity dedicated to supporting all people with Parkinson's, their families, friends and carers. www.parkinsons.org.uk
The Long-term Neurological Conditions Research Inititiative is a DH funded research programme which supports implementation of the NSF. The website gives uptodate information about the research programme and the individual projects, and publishes a newsletter. www.ltnc.org.uk
Leonard Cheshire Disability have joined up with the makers of Wallace and Gromitt to create a new way to raise awareness around people with disabilities. www.creaturediscomforts.org/
National Voices is a coalition of more than 200 national health and social care organisations, coming together to ensure a stronger voice for all those who come into contact with the NHS and care services, and the voluntary organisations that help them. www.nationalvoices.org.uk