Employment and Education

• Aspire National Training Centre

  Telephone: 020 8420 6714

• Association of Disabled Professionals

  Membership £12 a year, student/reduced fee £3.

  Address: 170 Benton Hill, Wakefield Road, Horbury, West Yorkshire, WF4 5HW

  Telephone: 01924 283 253

  Telephone: 01924 270 335 (Minicom)

  Fax: 01924 283 25

• CANDO - Careers Advisory Network on Disability Opportunities

  Address: Hanover House, 30-32 Charlotte Street, Manchester, N1 4DF

  Telephone: 0161 950 3300

• Countryside Workshops Charitable Trust

  Aims to create work opportunities for disabled people and sell the products they make.

  Address: 47 Fisherton Street, Salisbury, SP2 7SU

  Telephone: 01722 326 8860

  Fax: 01722 411 09

• Employers Forum on Disability

  Address: Nutmeg House, 60 Gainsford Street, London, SE1 2NY

  Telephone: 020 7403 3020

• Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities

  Address: 123 Minories, London, EC3N 1NT

  Telephone: 020 7481 2727

• Enham Trust

  Provides assessment, training, employment & housing for disabled people.

  Address: Enham Place, Enham Alamein, Andover, Hants., SP11 6JS

  Telephone: 01264 351 551

• Guild of Disabled Homeworkers

  Address: 16 Fountain Street, Gloucestershire, GL6 0BL

  Telephone: 01453 835 623

• National Centre for Volunteering

  Address: Carriage Row, 183 Eversholt Street, London, NW1 1BU

  Telephone: 020 7388 9888

• National Volunteering Helpline

  Telephone: 0345 221 133

• New Ways to Work

  Job sharing, etc.

  Address: 309 Upper Street, London, N1 2TY

  Telephone: 020 7226 4026

• Open College of the Arts

  Affiliated to Open University.

  Telephone: 0891 168 902

• Open University Student Enquiry Service

  Address: PO Box 200, Milton Keynes, MK7 6YZ

  Telephone: 01908 274 066

  Telephone: 01908 653 745 (Disabled students Office)

• Outset

  Promoting information technology training for disabled people.

  Address: Drake House, 18 Creekside, Deptford, London, SE8 3DZ

  Telephone: 020 8692 7141

• SHARE Community - Self-Help and Rehabilitation for Employmen

  Applicants must be funded by Local Authority or other body. Includes SHIB - Self-Help Information Bank which has details of 2,000 self-help and support groups covering most problems.

  Address: 64 Altenburg Gardens, London, SW11 1JL

  Telephone: 020 7924 2949

• SKILL - National Bureau for Students with Disabilities

  Address: 336 Brixton Road, London, SW9 7AA

  Telephone: 020 7978 9890

• Talent

  Job-finding service for disabled people, amongst others.

  Address: 54 Deptford High Street, London, SE8 4TT

  Telephone: 020 8694 6464

• University of the Third Age - U3A

  Social/ educational group for retired people. Local groups, charges between £10-£20 a year.

  Address: 26 Harrison St, London, WC1H 8JG

  Telephone: 020 7837 8838

• Worklink

  3-week assessment for disabled people (18-55) who want to explore their work skills and readiness for employment/training.

  Address: 336 Brixton Road, London SW9 7AA

  Telephone: 020 7274 2299