Adults and community care

• Older People - North Cumbria Health website  (external link)
• Department for Transport - information about car badges for disabled people (blue badges)  (external link)
• Directgov - Disabled People section  (external link)
• Disabled Parents Network - information, advice and peer support to disabled parents, their families and supporters  (external link)

Health and healthy living

• NHS Cumbria website  (external link)
• Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust website  (external link)
• Benzodiazepine Co-operation Not Confrontation (BCNC) - Advice for people dependent on prescription benzodiazepines  (external link)
• Hypnotherapy Directory - Lists qualified/registered hypnotherapists  (external link)

Social Care Services

Care Quality Commission  - The Care Quality Commission is the independent regulator of health and social care in England.  Its aim is to make sure better care is provided for everyone, whether that’s in hospital, in care homes, in people’s own homes, or elsewhere.

• Care Quality Commission website  (external link)

DeafVision  - provide services for people of all ages with hearing impairments under contract with Cumbria County Council.

• DeafVision  (external link)

Equalities issues

Cumbria County Council works closely with three partner agencies on equalities issues.  These partners are:

• AWAZ - their vision is to help create strong and vibrant black and minority ethnic communities, fully engaged in the decisions, which affect their growth and development  (external link)
• Cumbria Disability Network - a forum for the county's disability organisations to meet together to share information and raise and pursue matters of concern to affect policy and practice, particularly in relation to local authorities and statutory services  (external link)
• Gay Cumbria - their mission is to give the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community in Cumbria a voice and also to provide help and support to those who are unable or choose not to socialise on the gay scene  (external link)

Advice on Disabled Access

• AIDIS - helpline giving straightforward, non-techie advice on computers and adaptations to people with disabilities  (external link)
• Direct Enquiries - website giving information about venues which are accessible to people with disabilities  (external link)

Benefits and Discounts

• Cinema Exhibitors Association Card - card offering free tickets to carers accompanying disabled people visiting the cinema  (external link)
• Seniors Discounts - website offering discounts and news for older people  (external link)

Advice on Careers

• Furness Social Care Learning Resource Service - provides internet linked computers, reference books, journals, CD-ROMs and DVDs for people studying social care and for training providers  (external link)

Other sources of help

• Community Legal Service - for sources of benefits and legal advice  (external link)
• Cumbria Energy Efficiency Advice Centre - energy efficiency advice to householders  (external link)
• Tunstall - Cumbria County Council's partner providing Telecare equipment  (external link)