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Links to other useful websites: 

Carers Information Links:
Carers Support (Salisbury District) The Princess Royal Trust for Carers Carers Support Centres provide carers with practical help, information, advice, assistance and support and circulate newsletters to carers on their mailing lists.
Carers UK Carers UK is a partnership website. It provides carers, those supporting them and others with national and local information.


Learning Disability Abuse Links
Action on Elder Abuse Action on Elder Abuse aims to prevent abuse of older people by raising awareness, encouraging education, promoting research and collecting and disseminating information.
Respond Respond seeks to challenge vulnerability and sexual abuse in the lives of people with learning disabilities.
Voice UK Advice and support for people with learning disabilities who have been abused.
The Ann Craft Trust ACT is a national association working with staff in the statutory, independent and voluntary sectors in the interests of people with learning disabilities who may be at risk from abuse.


Assistance Links:
The Independent Living Centre (ILC) ILC Occupational Therapists give , impartial advice, offering practical solutions to problems of daily living.
The ILC service is available to everyone - disabled and elderly people, carers and Health and Social Care staff.
Samaritans Samaritans is available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feeling of distress or despair.
Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) An alphabetical index of benefits and services available from the DWP.
Disability Alliance Disability Alliance (DA) is regarded as the leading authority on social security benefits for disabled people and the website includes regularly updated informtion about benefits, tax credits, community care as well as disability related campaigns and parliamentary news.
National Centre for Independent Living (NCiL) This website is a resource on independent living and Direct Payments for disabled people and others working in this field.
Motability Motability is a national UK charity which helps disabled people become mobil