Free and Impartial Information and Advice about Disability Products in Central England and Northern England
Assist UK leads a UK wide network of locally-situated Disabled Living Centres. Most centres include a permanent exhibition of products and equipment that provide people with opportunities to see and try products and equipment and get information and advice from professional staff about what might suit them best.
Website: https://www.assist-uk.org
Central England
Birmingham
Birmingham Centre for Independent Living
St Mark’s Street, Springhill, Birmingham, West Midlands B1 2HU
Telephone: 0121 200 2262 Fax: 0121 200 2250 Textphone: 0121 200 2258
Leicester
Organisation: Disabled Living Centre, Unity House,
22 Tollemache Road (South)
Spittlegate Level
Grantham
NG31 7UH
0345 054 7171
email: adminlincs@redcross.org.uk
Stamford
Organisation: Disabled Living Centre (Lincolnshire)
33 Ryhall Road , Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 1UF
Tel: 01780 480599 Fax: 01780 480603 Email: brcdlc@ukonline.co.uk
Wolverhampton
Organisation: Neville Garratt Centre for Independent Living
Wolverhampton Social Services, Bell Street, Wolverhampton WV1 3PR
Tel: 01902 533666 Fax: 01902 553643 Textphone: 01902 553677
Dunstable
Organisation: Disability Resource Centre
Poynters House, Poynters Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU5 4TP
Tel: 01582 470900 Fax: 01582 470959 Textphone: 01582 470968 Email: drcbeds@cwcom.net
Lowestoft
Organisation: Waveney Centre for Independent Living
161 Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk NE32 2EZ
Tel: 01502 405454 Fax: 01502 405454 Textphone: 01502 405452
Email:WCIL@socserv.suffolkcc.gov.uk
Papworth Everard
Organisation: Cambridgeshire Disability Resource Centre
Lower Pendrill Court, Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire CB3 8UY
Tel: 01480 830495 Fax: 01480 830495
Walsall
Organisation: Disabled Living Centre (Walsall MBC)
The Shrubbery, The Crescent, Walsall, West Midlands WS1 2DE
Telephone: 01922 821120 Fax: 01922 643603 Textphone: 01922 721120
Milton Keynes
Organisation: Milton Keynes Centre for Integrated Living
330 Saxon Gate West, Central Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK9 2ES
Tel: 01908 231344 Fax: 01908 231335 Email: maggie@mkcil.aol.com
Shrewbury
Independent Living Partnership
The Lantern
Meadow Farm Drive
Shrewsbury
SY1 4NG
Tel: 01743 210820
Fax: 01743 466578
Email:info@ilp-ltd.co.uk
Website: https://www.ilp-ltd.co.uk/
Northern England
Castleford
Organisation: Highfield House Disability Centre
Love Lane, Castleford, West Yorkshire WF10 5RT
Tel: 01977 724012
Fax: 01977 727095
Doncaster
Organisation: South Yorkshire Centre for Inclusive Living (SYCIL): Home services
Website: http://www.housingcare.org/service/provider-26527-south-yorkshire-centre-for-inclusive-living-sycil.aspx
Contact: http://www.housingcare.org/contact.aspx
Hartford
The Independent Living Centre
5 Hartford Business Centre,
Chester Road, Hartford,
CW8 2AB
Telephone: 01606 881980
Liverpool
Liverpool Disabled Living Centre
Lifehouse
Units 4-5 Dempster Building
Summers Road
Liverpool
L3 4BL
Telephone: 0151 296 7742
Middlesbrough
The Independent Living Centre
Holyrood Lane Off Lansdowne Road
Middlesbrough
TS4 2PG
Tel: 01642 250749
Minicom/text phone: 01642 244718
Website: https://www.middlesbroughmatters.co.uk/Services/209/Independent-Living-C
Halton & Chester
Organisation: Halton Independent Living Centre
Collier Street, Runcorn, Cheshire WA7 1HB
Tel: 01928 563340 Fax: 01928 582950
Macclesfield ILC
The Independent Living Centre,
The Redesmere Centre, Redesmere Road,
Hanforth, SK9 3RX tel: 01625 374028
Newcastle – upon – Tyne
Organisation: Disability North
The Dene Centre, Castle Farm Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE3 1PH
Tel: 0191 284 0480 Fax: 0191 213 0910 Textphone: 0191 285 7261
Email: reception@disabilitynorth.org.uk
Website: https://www.disabilitynorth.org.uk
Poole
Independent Living Centre
New Grosvenor Road.
Ellesmere Port,
CH65 2HBTelephone: 0151 337 6399
Stockport
Organisation: The Independent Living Centre
St Thomas’s Hospital, Shaw Heath, Stockport, Cheshire SK3 8BL
Te: 0161 426 5354
Dewsbury
Organisation: Social Services Information Point
Walsh Building, Town Hall Way, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire WF12 8EQ
Tel: 01924 325070 Fax: 01924 325077 Textphone: 01924 325072
Leeds
Organisation: William Merritt Disabled Living and Mobility Centre
St Mary’s Hospital, Green Hill Road, Armley, Leeds LS12 3QE
Telephone: 0113 305 5332 Fax: 0113 231 9291 Textphone: 0113 305 5288
Email: williammerrittdlc@cwcom.net
Manchester
Organisation: Disabled Living
Burrows House, 10 Priestley Road, Wardley Industrial Estate, Worsley, Manchester,M28 2LY
Tel: 0161 607 8200
Email: info@disabledliving.co.uk
Website: https://www.disabledliving.co.uk
Newton Aycliffe
Organisation: Pioneering Care Partnership
Cobblers Hall, off Burn Lane, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham DL5 4SF
Tel: 01325 321234 Fax: 01325 301129 Textphone: 01325 313133
Stockton Independent Living Centre (SILC)
Tithebarn House High Newham Court
Hardwick, TS19 8RH
United Kingdom
Telephone: 01642 524750
Website: https://www.stocktoninformationdirectory.org/kb5/stockton/directory/home.page
Warrington
Warrington Disability Partnership
Centre for Independent Living
Beaufort Street
Warrington
WA5 1BA
Telephone: 01925 240064
Fax: 01925 241852
Website: >www.disabilitypartnership.org.uk