Links
Here you can find useful links to websites in the learning disability field.
Click on the area of interest below, or scroll down the page.
You can also use the direct enquiries search below to check the nationwide access register .
   
 
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Learning Disabilities organisations
Local Authorities
Benefits
General Information
Education and Training
Disability Information and Advice
Learning Disabilities (Conditions and Medical Advice)
Local Health Boards
Family/Carer Support
Useful information
Employment
Miscellaneous

Learning Disabilities Organisations

Learning Disability Wales (formerly SCOVO) www.learningdisabilitywales.org.uk
All Wales People First www.allwalespeople1st.co.uk
British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD) www.bild.org.uk
Conwy Connect www.conwy-connect.org.uk
Circles Network - inclusion and person centred planning www.circlesnetwork.org.uk
Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities www.learningdisabilities.org.uk
Keyring
www.keyring.org
National Association of Adult Placement Services www.naaps.co.uk
National Development Team (NDT) www.ndt.org.uk
Norah Fry Research Centre www.bris.ac.uk
MENCAP www.mencap.org.uk
MENCAP Online information site (2004) www.askmencap.info
One for Us www.oneforus.com
Seren www.serencyf.org
University of Glamorgan Unit for Development in Intellectual Disability www.glam.ac.uk/socsschool/research/UDID/
Welsh Centre for learning Disabilities www.cardiff.ac.uk
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Local Authorities websites and contacts

Anglesey - www.anglesey.gov.uk
Arwel Owen ARWELWOWEN@anglesey.gov.uk

Blaenau Gwent
-www.wales.nhs.uk
Heather Tyrrell heather.tyrrrell@blaenau-gwent.gov.uk

Bridgend -www.bridgend.gov.uk
Mark Wilkinson evansl1@bridgend.gov.uk

Caerphilly -www.caerphilly.gov.uk
Viv Day DAYV@CAERPHILLY.gov.uk

Cardiff -www.cardiff.gov.uk
Alan Clouth AClouth@cardiff.gov.uk

Carmarthen -www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk
Brickchand Ramruttun BRamruttun@carmarthenshire.gov.uk

Ceredigion -www.ceredigion.gov.uk
Kim Conroy Kimc@ceredigion.gov.uk

Conwy - www.conwy.gov.uk
Chris Griffiths chris.griffiths@conwy.gov.uk

Denbighshire - www.denbighshire.gov.uk
Jeni Andrews jeni.andrews@denbighshire.gov.uk

Flintshire
- www.flintshire.gov.uk
Maureen Mullaney Maureen_Mullaney@flintshire.gov.uk

Gwynedd - www.gwynedd.gov.uk
Sydna Owen SydnaOwen@gwynedd.gov.uk

Merthyr Tydfil -www.merthyr.gov.uk
Dave Bamford Dave.Bamforth@merthyr.gov.uk

Monmouth - www.monmouthshire.gov.uk
Bernard Boniface BernardBoniface@monmouthshire.gov.uk

Neath Port Talbot - www.neath-porttalbot.gov.uk
Mike Jones m.i.jones@neath-porttalbot.gov.uk

Newport - www.newport.gov.uk
Peter Chamberlain Peter.chamberlain@newport.gov.uk

Pembrokeshire - www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk
Ian Portman ianpo@pembrokeshire.gov.uk

Powys - www.powys.gov.uk
Susan O'Grady susano@powys.gov.uk

Rhondda Cynon Taff - www.rhondda-cynon-taff.gov.uk
Chris Webb Chris.Webb@rhondda-cynon-taff.gov.uk

Swansea - www.swansea.gov.uk
Chris Maggs Susan.Davies@swansea.gov.uk

Torfaen -www.torfaen.gov.uk
David Williams/Kathy Milosevik David.HartwellWilliams@torfaen.gov.uk

Vale of Glamorgan- www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk
Lisa Edwards LEdwards@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk

Wrexham- www.wrexham.gov.uk
Margaret Gregory Margaret.gregory@wrexham.gov.uk

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Local Health Boards

Benefits
Direct Government www.direct.gov.uk
New Deal www.newdeal.gov.uk
Rightsnet www.rightsnet.org.uk
Tailored Interactive Guidance on Employment Rights www.tiger.gov.uk


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General information
Community Care www.communitycare.co.uk/Home/default.asp
Department of Health - Learning Disabilities www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/LearningDisabilities/fs/en
Joseph Rowntree Foundation www.jrf.org.uk
National Assembly www.wales.gov.uk
Royal Society of Medicine www.rsm.ac.uk
Valuing People www.valuingpeople.gov.uk
WCVA www.wcva.org.uk
Welsh Assembly Government www.wales.gov.uk
WEFO (European funding) www.wefo.wales.gov.uk
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Education and Training
AFASIC Speech, language and communication www.afasic.org.uk
DfEE www.dfee.gov.uk
ELWa www.elwa.org.uk

SNAP www.snapcymru.org
Communicate for all www.communication4all.co.uk

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Disability Information and Advice
Direct Enquires, The Nationwide Access Register
www.directenquiries.com

Disability Alliance www.disabilityalliance.org
Disability Rights Commission www.drc-gb.org
Disability Now www.disabilitynow.org.uk
Focus on Disability www.focusondisability.co.uk
NCIL (National Centre for Independent Living) www.bcodp.org.uk/projects/index.shtml
Radar www.Radar.org.uk
SCOPE www.scope.org.uk
Swansea Lives www.swansea-lives.com
Vision 21 www.vision-twentyone.com
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Learning Disabilities (Conditions and Medical Advice)
Autism Cymru www.autismcymru.org
Epilepsy & Learning Disability (National Society for Epilepsy) www.erg.ion.ucl.ac.uk
National Autism Society www.autismconnect.org
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Family/Carer Support Groups

Cardiff and the Vale Parents Federation www.parentsfed.org
Carers Wales www.carerswales.org
Contact a Family www.cafamily.org.uk
Crossroads www.crossroads.org.uk
Dolen Môn www.dolenmon.com
Family Fund Trust (over 16s) www.after16.org.uk
Parents for Inclusion www.parentsforinclusion.org
Pembrokeshire Parent Carers High Support Needs Group www.highsupportneeds.org.uk
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Useful Information Sources for Service Providers, Research etc
Learning Disability Forum www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/forld.htm
Photosymbols www.photosymbols.com
Joseph Rowntree Foundation www.jrf.org.uk
Paradigm www.paradigm-uk.org
The Virtual Reality Applications Research Team www.virart.nottingham.ac.uk
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Employment
Association for supported employment www.afse.org.uk
Elite www.elitesupportedemployment.co.uk
Information on Therapeutic Work www.thework.org.uk
Knowledge centre on employment/training across Europe www.start-labor.org
Remploy www.remploy.co.uk
Shaw Trust www.shaw-trust.org.uk
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Miscellaneous
Inclusive Technology - the Special Needs People www.inclusive.co.uk
Patient UK - a directory of health, disease, and related websites from the UK www.patient.co.uk
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