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2009 Benefit Rates from DWP  (full list)

2010 Benefit Rates from DWP  (full list)

 

A

Access Issues   

Accommodation & Housing   
Adaptations To Your Home   
Adapted Taxis   

ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)   

Advocacy Groups

Age Concerns in Worcestershire 
Aids & Equipment  
Alzheimer's Disease 
Amputees 
Angelman Syndrome

Arthritis  
Asthma 
Ataxia

Ataxia - Cerebella Ataxia - a Guide for Medical Professional

Ataxia - Friedreich's Ataxia - a Guide for Medical Professional

Attendance Allowance (A.A)
Autism


B

Bells Palsy

Benefit Advice

Benefit Enquiry Telephone Numbers

Benefits in Hospital - (what happens to benefits while in hospital)
Blindness & Visual Impairments

Blue Badge Scheme

Can I get a Blue Badge - booklet from the Department for Transport

The Blue Badge scheme: rights & responsibilities in England - booklet from the Department for Transport

Blue Badge Scheme Offices in Worcestershire

British Red Cross Home From Hospital Service

BSM Mobility - Driving Lessons


C

Cancer

Care and Repair Agencies in Worcestershire

Carers & Support Groups

Carers Allowance (C.A)

Carer's Allowance booklet from DWP
Carers - Your queries about employing carers (information supplied by Benefits & Work)

Cerebral Palsy (C.P)

Chemists - Bromsgrove

Chemists - Redditch

Chemists - Wyre Forest

Children

Citizen's Advice Bureaux's (C.A.B) in Worcestershire

C.J.D (Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease)
Coeliacs Disease

Community Transport

Continence Advice

Crohn's Disease

Cystic Fibrosis


D

Deafness

Debt Management

Dental Practices - Bromsgrove

Dental Practices - Redditch

Dental Practices - Wyre Forest

DIAL offices in the Midlands

Direct Payments

Disability Equipment Insurance

Disabled Driving Organisations

Disabled Friendly Cinemas in Worcestershire

Disabled Cinema Exhibitors Association Card

Disabled Persons Railcard

Disabled Toilet Designs

Disabled Toilet Keys
Disabled Toilets In Bromsgrove
Disabled Toilets In Wyre Forest
Disability Living Allowance
(D.L.A)

Doctor Surgeries - Bromsgrove

Doctor Surgeries - Redditch

Doctor Surgeries - Wyre Forest

Dogs - Dogs for the Disabled

Dogs - Guide Dogs for the Blind

Down Syndrome
Dyslexia
Dyspraxia


E

Eating Disorders
Education
Employment
Epilepsy

Employment Support Allowance (ESA) - (ESA replacement for Incapacity Benefit from 27th of October 2008)

 

F

Fibromyalgia
Finance

Finance - Benefits in Hospital - (what happens to benefits while in hospital)

Finance - HC11 - Help with Health Cost, booklet from the NHS

 

G

Government Enquiry Telephone Numbers

Guide To The DWP Doctors Visit


H

Haemophilia
Heart Disease
HIV / Aids
Holidays

Hospices in Worcestershire
Hospitals in Worcestershire

Hospital Benefits - (what happens to benefits while in hospital)

Huntingtons Disease
Hypermobility Syndrome
(E.D.S)


I

Incapacity Benefit (I.B) - see ESA from 27th October 2008

Incapacity Benefit (I.B) - 'Permitted Work' Working while claiming Incapacity Benefit

Independence

 

J

Job Centres in Worcestershire

 

K

Kidney Disease


L

Learning Disabilities
Legal Services
Leisure

Leisure - Attractions in Worcestershire

Leisure - Country Walks in Worcestershire
Leisure - Leisure Centres & Swimming Pools in Worcestershire

Lesbian, Gay Men, Bisexual & Trans-Gender Disabled Issues

Lifeline - Emergency Alarm Systems in North Worcestershire

Liver Disease

Living Will Form

Living Will Notes
Lupus


M

Mental Health Services
Midland DIAL offices
Motability

Mobility Scooters & Wheelchairs - what you need to know
Motor Insurance
Motor Neurone Disease

Motor Vehicle Tax (Tax Disc)
Multiple Sclerosis
(M.S)
Multi - Sensory Impairment
Muscular Dystrophy
Myalgic Encephalopathy 
(M.E)

Myasthenia Gravis (M.G) / Rag Doll Syndrome


N

Narcolepsy


O

Occupational Therapy Service

Occupational Therapy Mobile Assessment Unit
Older Persons Services
Opticians Who Do Home Visits in North Worcestershire
Opticians With Wheelchair Access in North Worcestershire


P

Parkinson's Disease

Physiotherapy Expert Patient Programme

Prader-Willi Syndrome


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R

Respite

Road Tax Exemption for people with Disabilities


S

Schizophrenia

School Clothing Vouchers

School & College Transport in Worcestershire
Sexual & Personal Relationships
Shop Mobility Schemes
Sickel Cell Anaemia
Skin Conditions
Specialist Asbestos Removal In Worcestershire
Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus

SSAFA Forces Help (The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen & Families Association)

Stairlifts

Stroke

 

T

Talking Newspapers
Tourette Syndrome
Tourist Information
Transport - General

Transport - Community Transport
Travel Insurance
Tuberous Sclerosis

 

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V

V.A.T Relief on Products and Services for Disabled People

V.A.T Exemption Form

Volunteering While on Benefits - booklet from D.W.P (Feb 2010)

 

W

Wheelchairs & Mobility Scooters

Wheelchairs & Mobility Scooters - what you need to know

Worcestershire Age Concerns

Worcestershire Blue Badge Offices

Worcestershire Citizen's Advice Bureaux's (C.A.B) offices

Worcestershire Care and Repair Agencies

Worcestershire Disabled Friendly Cinemas

Worcestershire Hospitals

Worcestershire Hubs / Customer Service Centres

Worcestershire Job Centres

Worcestershire Primary Care Trust

 

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Y

 

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