Social Help
There are many allowances for people disabled with
arthritis of which you may not be aware. To help you find what you
could be entitled to, we list some of them below:
Social Security Benefits (9 Publications)
& How to claim Benefits
More about these can be obtained from
your local Social Security Office or The Stationery Office, 213 Kingsway,
London, WC2B 6PQ or telephone Freephone Social Security 0800 882200
Severe Disablement Allowance Council Tax
Band Reduction
More about these can be obtained from website:
Lissomgrovebenefits and Leaflet No GL 23 obtainable from The Post
Office.
Motability
is a national UK charity, which helps disabled people and their families
to become mobile. It was set up on the initiative of the Government
in 1977, to provide cars and powered wheelchairs to disabled people.
The first Motability car
was supplied in 1978 and since then more than 1.5 million cars and
powered wheelchairs have been provided. The Motability Scheme now
has almost 400,000 customers, making it the leading car scheme for
disabled people.
Please click on the logo above to find out more.
Here are some other useful
addresses:
The Arthritis Research Campaign
www.arc.org.uk
PO Box 177, Chesterfield, Derbys, S41 2HD.
Arthritis Care
www.arthritiscare.org.uk
18 Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HD.
Tel: 0207 916 1500
Young Arthritis Care - Tel: 020 7380 6500
British Footwear Manufacturers Federation
5 Portland Place, London, W1N 3AA.
Produce a booklet of suppliers of special footwear £2.50
Carers National Association
20/25College of Health, Glasshouse Yard, London, EC1A 4JS.
Tel 0171 490 8818
Carers Line Tel: 0345 573 369 (advice to carers) mon-fri 10-12 2-4
College of Health
St Margaret's House, 21 Old Ford Road, London, E2 9PL.
Tel: 0208 983 1225
Represents the interests of NHS patients.
Disabled Living Foundation (other local ones)
380-384 Harrow Road, London, W9 2HU.
Tel: 0207 289 6111
Offers advice and information on equipment for daily living.
Dial UK (Disablement Information & Advice Line)
Park Lodge, St Catherine's Hospital, Tickhill Road Doncaster, DN4
8QN.
Tel: 01302 310123
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Support Group
1 Chandlers Close, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 5QQ.
Marfan Assocation
Rochester House, 5 Aldershot Road, Fleet, Hants. GU13 9NG.
The Hypermobility Syndrome Association
PO box1122, Nailsea, Bristol, BS 48 2YZ.
www.hypermobility.org
Lupus UK
St James House, Eastern Road, Romford, Essex, RM1 3NH.
Tel: 017080 731251
Pain Relief Foundation
www.liv.ac.uk/pri/
Rice Lane, Liverpool, L9 1AE
The Pain Society
9 Bedford Square, London, W92HU.
The National Association for the Relief of Paget's
Disease
1Church Road Eccles, Manchester, M30 0DL.
Pain Concern
PO Box 252, Crawley, RH10 3BL.
Psoriatic Arthropathy Alliance
www.paalliance.org
PO Box 111. St Albans. Hertfordshire, AL2 3JQ .
The National Association for the Relief of Paget's
disease
1 Church Road, Eccles, Manchester, M30 ODL.
Raynaud's and Scleroderma Association
112 Crewe Road. Alsager, Cheshire, ST7 2JA.
Tel: 01270 872776
Royal Assoc action for Disability & Rehabilitation (Radar)
12 City Forum, 250 City Road, London, SW1P 4TH.
Tel: 020 72503222
The Scleroderma Society
61 Sandpit Lane, St Albans, AL1 4EY.
Tel: 01727 855054
