The Disability Resource Centre (DRC) is one of the leading disability organisations operating in Birmingham, Solihull and the wider West Midlands. The DRC's mission is: To support disabled people to take control of their own lives and to actively seek out opportunities to achieve their full potential as individuals in mainstream society. For more information please visit https://www.disability.co.uk/ 

FreeWheelin Dance Group are Birmingham’s first wheelchair dance class in association with the Wheelchair Dance Sports Association (WDSA). Helen Mason is a qualified wheelchair dance instructor and runs sessions at both Cerebral Palsy Midlands weekly on Thursdays and also runs sessions in the local community. 

The Changing Places Consortium launched its campaign in 2006 on behalf of the over 1/4 of a million people who cannot use standard accessible toilets. This includes people with profound and multiple learning disabilities, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, as well as older people. For more information please visit http://www.changing-places.org/. 

 

Whats really great about this website is you can enter your location and find out where the nearest accessible changing places toilet is to you.  

Family Fund is the UK's largest charity providing grants for families raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people. For more information please visit https://www.familyfund.org.uk/ 

Sociability Care is a Community Interest Company which supports individuals with disabilities and their families. Their main aim is to reduce feelings of social isolation, promote independence and develop skills.  

 

Sociability Care CIC was officially incorporated in June 2016 and supports individuals challenged by disability or prematurity by providing three core services including training and consultancy, a fortnightly support group for individuals with disabilities and their family members, and a volunteer led sibling support service for families of premature babies – Noah’s Star. 

 

In addition to this we provide disability and safeguarding training and guidance to organisations to make services more inclusive and remove discrimination. For more information please visit https://noahsstar.org/about-us/ 

Birmingham PHAB Camps is a voluntary organisation that provides holidays aimed at creating inclusion for disadvantaged young people, with and without disabilities, from the Birmingham area. We are staffed entirely by volunteers. 

 

Our children and young adults are given the opportunity to participate in new and challenging experiences and everyone can take part together, no matter what their ability. Many who join us for a week have no other opportunity for a holiday. For more information visit http://www.bhamphabcamps.org.uk/ 

Merlin's Magic Wand charity helps to provide magical experiences to ill disabled or disadvantaged children. For more information visit their website https://www.merlinsmagicwand.org/ 

Forward Carers is a carers support service, here to make a difference to the lives of people caring for an elderly frail, sick or disabled family member. Visit http://forwardcarers.org.uk/ for more information about this service.