Health and Social Care Links

5 A Day
Information about why eating 5 or more servings of colourful fruits and vegetables a day is part of an important plan for healthier living.

A-Z Deaf Blindness
This personal site offers help to blind or deaf people, and especially deafblind people, and those who provide specialised services for those who are deafblind. A-Z to Deafblindness is also here, to make people more aware about deafblindness.

Ability Net
AbilityNet offer impartial information and advice regarding assistive technology to individuals and employers, this includes assessments, supply of equipment, and training.

Action for Blind People
Action for Blind People enables blind and partially sighted people to transform their lives through work, housing, leisure and support. Offer a wide range of services to visually impaired people, their families, advocates, professionals and the general public. Contains benefit guides for blind people.

Adept Disability Equality
Offer training and consultancy services, aiming to increase disabled people's access to mainstream services and employment.

Adoption and Fostering Network
Adoption and fostering website packed with information, advice and help.

After Adoption
After Adoption is a charity that began in 1990.�Provides independent adoption support services in the UK.� All our services are delivered by experienced adoption workers and volunteers, many of whom have personal experience of adoption. Offer two free and confidential helplines: ACTIONline and TALKadoption (for young people under the age of 26).� Both provide independent information and support to anyone affected by adoption.�

Age Concern - Durham
Age Concern Durham County is the principal voluntary organisation working for older people, their families and carers throughout County Durham. Site provides help and advice.

Age Concern - Factsheets
Links to age concern factsheets covering issues affecting older people.

Allsearchengines
Search all Search Engines

AltaVista
AltaVista UK Search Engine

Arrhythmia Alliance
The Heart Rhythm Charity, promoting better understanding, diagnosis, treatment and quality of life for individuals with cardiac arrhythmias.

Ask Jeeves
Ask Jeeves any question and he will search for the answer.

Association of Directors of Social Services
The Association of Directors of Social Services represents all the directors of social services in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Astor-Bannerman (Medical) Ltd
Manufacturers of lifting and bathing equipment and height-adjustable furniture for people with special needs.

BAAF Adoption and Fostering
BAAF Adoption and Fostering is a charity promoting the highest standards of child-centred policies and services for children separated from their families of origin.

Barnardo's
Barnardos charity website providing lots of useful information on the work of the organisation, as well as news and events.

Barrington Stoke
Barrington Stoke is an award-winning publisher that specialises exclusively in books for reluctant, dyslexic, disenchanted and under-confident readers.

Bathing Made Easy
Free, comprehensive, impartial search and comparison charity website with details of bathing and showering products for older and disabled people.

BBC Health
Provides first aid information and a course finder database.

bestoftheweb.com
Newbie - Best Sites on the Net

Bettercaring
Bettercaring is dedicated to helping care professionals and consumers find care homes in the UK. Established to serve the specific needs of the care sector, offers a searchable database of all registered care homes in the UK with more than four beds. The database contains more than 20,000 care homes.

Big Print
UK's weekly large print newspaper offered by RNIB

Bison
Stairlifts and Bathlifts

Blue Badge Map
Overview of the Blue Badge parking map.

British Dyslexia Association
The BDA is the voice of dyslexic people. Includes information on accreditation, campaigning, membership, news and events and policy and research.

British Tinnitus Association
Official website of British Tinnitus Association.

Care and Health
News and features, jobs, case law and policy watch on all aspects of social care, social work and health.

Care Managers Council
The national representative body for the managers of nursing, care and residential homes in the UK.

Carers UK
Carers Uk is the voice of carers and the leading campaigning, policy and information organisation for carers.