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Useful Contacts

Worcestershire County Council
Adult and Community Services Contact Centre
PO Box 585
Worcester
WR4 4AD
Tel: 0845 607 2000
Minicom: 01905 768056
Fax: 01905 768052
Email: socialcare@worcestershire.gov.uk
Website: http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/socialcare.htm

Audiology and Hearing Aid Services
Worcestershire Royal Hospital
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
WR5 1DD
Direct Line/Fax: 01905 760178

Or contact your local audiology department at Bromsgrove, Redditch,
Kidderminster or Evesham Hospitals.

British Telecom
For free BT guide available in several formats
Tel: 0800 800150
Text: 0800 243123
Freetext: 18001 0800 800 150

For free directory enquiry service, call free on 195 and talk to a trained operator who will help with your application

British Rail- Trail for Disabled Passenger
National Rail Enquiries
Tel: 08457 484950
Textphone: 0845 60 50 600

Disabled Rail Card Application Helpline
Tel: 0845 605 0525
Textphone: 0845 601 0132

Calibre Books on Tape
Tel: 01296 432 339
Fax: 01296 392 599

Carers Unit
North Wing First Floor
Wildwood
County Hall Campus
Worcester
WR5 2QT
Tel: 01905 728824
Email: wcarer@hotmail.com

C&P hearing Equipment Ltd
27 Woodlands Road
Rubery
Birmingham
B45 9HA
Tel/Fax: 0121 608 1575
Text: 0121 628 4771
Email: sales@cphearingequipment.co.uk

Communication Plus
130 Kineton Green Road
Olton
Solihull
B92 7EF
Tel: 0121 707 8685
Textphone: 0121 707 4706
Fax: 0121 707 9812
SMS Only: 07887 622746
Email: faircomplus@aol.com
office@commplus.org.uk
interpreting@commplus.org.uk
training@commplus.org.uk
Website: www.complus.org.uk

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Deaf Direct
The Bradbury Centre
2 Sansome Walk
Worcester
WR1 1LH
Tel: 01905 746301 - voice
Minicom: 01905 746300
Fax: 01905 746303
Email: Worcester@deafdirect.org.uk
Disablement Employment Advisers - Contact your Local Job Centre
Citizens Advice Bureau - Contact your Local Office
Disability Information and Advice Line (Dial) - Contact your Local Office
County Deaf Clubs can be contacted through Deaf Direct.

Deafblind UK
National Centre for Deafblindness
John and Lucille van Geest Place
Cygnet Road, Hampton
Peterborough, PE7 8FD
UK
Tel: 01733 358 100 (Voice/Text)
Fax: 01733 358 356
Email: info@deafblind.org.uk
Website: www.deafblind.org.uk

Deaf PLUS
Mouzer House
Empire Court
Albert Street
Redditch
B97 4DA
Tel: 01527 568 264
Text: 01527 592 990
Fax: 01527 690 00
Email: Midlands@deafPLUS.org

Disabled Persons Railcard – Application Helpline
Disabled Persons Railcard Office,
PO Box 163,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
NE12 8WX
Helpline on: 0845 605 0525
Textphone: 0845 601 0132
Email: disability@atoc.org

Hearing Dogs for Deaf people
The Grange
Wycombe Road
Saunderton
Buckinghamshire
HP27 9NS
Tel: 01844 348 100
Fax: 01844 348 101
Email: info@hearing-dogs.co.uk

Hearing Products International Ltd
Unit 26 Haigh Park Haigh Avenue
Stockport Cheshire SK4 1QR
Tel/Text: 0161 480 8003
Fax: 0161 480 8006
Email: info@hear4you.com
Website: www.hear4you.com

Home Fire Safety Check
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Fire Brigade
Tel: 0800 032 1155
Email: cfs@hwfire.org.uk

Macular Disease Society
PO Box 1870
Andover
SP10 9AD
Tel: 01264 350551
Fax: 01264 350558
Email : info@maculardisease.org

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Partially Sighted Society
7/9 Bennetthorpe
Doncaster
South Yorkshire DN2 6AA
Tel: 0844 477 4966
Fax: 0844 477 4969
Email: doncaster@partsight.org.uk

Royal National Institute for Blind People
105 Judd Street
London WC1H 9NE
Tel: 020 7388 1266
Fax: 020 7388 2034
Helpline: 0845 766 9999
Fax: 020 7388 2525
Email: helpline@rnib.org.uk
Website: www.rnib.org.uk

Royal National Institute for Blind People
Customer Services
Tel: 0845 702 3153
Fax: 01733 375350
Email: cservices@rnib.org.uk

RNIB Talking Books
PO Box 73 Peterborough PE2 6WS
Tel: 0845 762 6843 or 01733 37 53 50
Fax: 01733 375001

Royal National Institute for Deaf people (RNID)
19-23 Featherstone Street
London
EC1Y 8SL
Tel: 020 7296 8000
Textphone: 020 7296 8001
Fax: 020 7296 8199
Helpline: 0808 808 0123 (freephone)
Email: helpline@rnid.org.uk
Website: www.rnid.org.uk

Samaritans
Tel: 0845 790 9090

Sense, The National Charity for People with Deafblindness and Associated Disabilities
101 Pentonville Road, London, N1 9LG
Tel: 0845 127 0060
Fax: 0845 127 0061
Text: 0845 127 0062
Email: info@sense.org.uk
Website: www.sense.org.uk

Talking Newspaper Association - UK
National Recording Centre
Heathfield
East Sussex TN21 8DB
Tel: 01435 866102
Fax: 01435 865422
Email: info@tnauk.org.uk

The British Diabetic Association is now:-Diabetes UK
Diabetes Central Office
Macleod House, 10 Parkway
London NW1 7AA
Tel: 0207 424 1000
Fax: 0207424 1001
Email: info@diabetes.org.uk

The British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society
PO Box 350
Buckingham MK18 1GZ
Tel: 01280 821334
Fax: 01280 815900
Helpline: 0845 123 2345
Email: info@brps.org.uk
Website: www.brps.org.uk

The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
Burghfield Common
Reading RG7 3YG
Tel: 0118 983 5555
Fax: 0118 983 5433
Email: guidegogs@guidedogs.org.uk
Websiteite: www.guidedogs.org.uk

The International Glaucoma Association
15A Highpoint Business Village
Henwood
Ashford
Kent
TN23 8DH
Sightline: 01233 64 81 70
Tel: 01233 64 81 64
Fax: 01233 648179
Email: info@iga.org.uk
Website: www.iga.org.uk

Worcestershire Association for the Blind
The Worcestershire Association for the Blind (Bradbury Centre)
2 Sansome Walk
Worcester WR1 1LH
Tel: 01905 723245
Fax: 01905 332909

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