The Access to Work scheme is designed to help disabled people at work. Access to Work can help you if your health or disability affects the way you do your job. It gives you and your employer advice and support with extra costs which may arise because of your needs. Access to Work might pay towards the equipment you need at work, adapting premises to meet your needs, or a support worker.

Advocacy Partners Speaking Up provides advocacy services, self advocacy based projects and resources for people with learning difficulties, mental health issues and physical disabilities. Our mission is Voice - Action - Change. Voice - We enable people who experience learning difficulties, mental health issues or other disabilities to find their voice and shape their own lives.

We believe that age needs respect. It needs kindness. Sometimes it needs help. Because there is strength in numbers, Age Concern and Help the Aged have joined forces to become Age UK

Arts and Minds is the working title of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation for the Arts and Mental Health. It was set up to promote and support access to all forms of the arts for mental health service users, learning disabled people and offenders many of whom have mental health issues and some of whom have learning disabilities.

We enable people with and without physical disabilities and/or mental health needs to work together on creative projects. We create art works which both entertain and inform, helping others to understand the experiences, triumphs and needs of people with disabilities. We give people with disabilities opportunities to present their own cases, use their own voices in helping society at large to value them.

Cam Sight is a charity, working with blind and partially sighted people within Cambridgeshire. Its vision is a society where visually impaired people enjoy the same rights and opportunities as other people and where no-one feels isolated or excluded due to losing their sight. Cam Sight strives to make this vision a reality by supporting blind and partially sighted people in maintaining their independence and quality of life.

CAMTAD works to spread information about the problems of hearing impairment and to help people with acquired deafness. Please call or visit the website for more information.

District council website for the historic English market city of Cambridge. Our website provides listings and information on: Benefits and Council Tax, Business and licensing, Community and living, Council and democracy, Environment and recycling, Growth and urban expansion, Housing, Leisure and entertainment, News releases, Planning and building control, Transport and streets, and an A to Z of services.

Our Guide to Services for Older and Disabled People describes and explains the services we provide and how we can help you access them

Taxicard is a scheme that aims to help disabled people on low incomes to afford to use taxis for essential journeys. To qualify for a Taxicard there are several conditions that need to be met, contact the Council for further details or visit the website.

Cambridge Dial-a-Ride is a non-profit organisation which provides local transport services that are safe, affordable, and accessible to community groups and to individuals who have difficulty in accessing public transport.

Shopmobility gives everyone with a mobility problem access to shopping and other services in the city centre. There are two Shopmobility centres in Cambridge, one at the Grand Arcade car park, and the other at the Grafton East car park. Shopmobility offices are open Monday to Saturday, 10am-4pm. The Grafton office is also open 11am-5pm on Sundays. You do not need to be a Blue Badge holder to use this scheme. To book a service or appointment please call the Grand Arcade or Grafton office.

The Cambridgeshire Advocacy Project is a Mencap initiative for adults (18+) living in Cambridgeshire who have profound and multiple learning disabilities. They offer advocacy to those people who have communication styles that are difficult to understand.

We are a designated Cambridge University Teaching Trust and provide services to the 755,000 residents of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who suffer from mental health problems. CPFT is also a member of Cambridge University Health Partners (CUHP), one of only five Academic Health Science Centres in England - a new organisation that has been set up to drive forward the partnership between the NHS and the University of Cambridge.

Cambridgeshire County Council: Performing well for our communities. This website provides listings and information for the whole of Cambridgeshire on: Business, Children, young people and families, Community and living, Council and democracy, Education and learning, Environment, Housing, Jobs and careers, Leisure and culture, Policing and public safety, Social care and health, Transport and streets, and an A-Z of services.

Cambridgeshire Deaf Association (CDA) exists to support the welfare and interests of Deaf people living in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. CDA works mainly with the Deaf community, but when relevant and appropriate with other people (e.g. deaf, deafened, hard of hearing, sign language students, etc.) We believe Deaf people should receive the same access and opportunities as hearing people.

Through Essex Coalition of Disabled People, Cambridgeshire County Council have provided access to an independent support service for potential DP Users. Direct Payments are offered to anyone who is eligible for a Social Care service as an alternative to home care provided by Cambridgeshire County Council.

Cambridgeshire LINk is a new Government initiative made up of people, organisations and communities with an interest in health and social care. A LINk is established in England by every local authority responsible for social services. Cambridgeshire LINk will look at all aspects of NHS and social services, except most children's social care services (which are monitored in different ways).

We are a local charity. We support children, young people and adults with learning disabilities in lots of different ways. Our services include supported living, access to enjoyable community activities and training. We also support parents and carers, providing them with information, advice on relevant issues and backup when they need a rest. We rely on volunteers to help deliver our services and welcome those who want to make a positive difference.

A new organisation set up by and for people with support needs. This includes Older People, anyone living with a disability or impairment, people with mental health needs, anyone receiving a direct payment or individual budget as well as those who fund their own support and care and Informal and family carers including same sex partners. We are unique because we are the first organisation in Cambridgeshire to bring together people from a wide range of backgrounds and with a wide range of support needs to work together for change.

Cambridgeshire.net aims to provide residents and communities in Cambridgeshire with easy online access to local information and services. Being able to find out what is happening locally helps people to get involved and build networks around their interests. The website currently includes a database of over 4500 community organisations in the county and an A-Z of Local Public Services provided by local authorities and other partners.

If you live in Cambridgeshire, are aged over 60 or have a physical disability or learning difficulty you are eligible to use the Cambridgeshire Registered Trader scheme. The scheme will put you in touch with a wide choice of traders in Cambridgeshire who can cope with most jobs in and around the home. Using this list of registered and checked traders could prevent older and vulnerable residents being taken for a ride by cowboy companies.

Camread is a long-standing local charity that fund-raises to keep its services running free of charge. Camread works closely with Cam Sight and is housed in the same building at Green End road. We supply a visiting volunteer reading service to visually impaired people in Cambridge and surrounding villages. Camread also produces Cam-mag - a very popular information and local interest audio magazine, distributed across the county.

Advice that makes the difference: At Ely & District Citizens Advice Bureau we can give you free and independent advice and information on a wide range of subjects. Our advice is given professionally by fully trained voluntary and paid staff. Working Together: Together we can work to sort out any debt worries you may have, and claim all the benefits you might be entitled to.