Manchester
| Email: info@dpnsg.org.uk | Telephone & textphone: 0161 273 5033 | Fax: 0161 273 2637 |
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Supported by the Community Network for Manchester
Members without websites
- DAN Manchester -
Disabled People's Direct Action Network
Email: clair.lewis1@ntlworld.com | Email: beccaviola@hotmail.com
DAN is a network of disabled activists who use non-violent civil disobedience as a campaign tool for disabled people's rights. - Disabled Lesbian
Group
PO Box 153, Manchester M60 1HP
Telephone: 0161 273 7128 | Email: mail@manchesterlcp.org.uk
Social and campaigning group for all lesbian and bi-sexual women who identify as being disabled. - Greater
Manchester Coalition of Disabled People (GMCDP)
BEVC, Aked Close, Ardwick, Manchester, M12 4AN
Telephone (Admin / Management): 0161 273 0043 | GMCDP Information Service: 0161 273 5137 | Minicom with ansaphone (eve/weekend): 0161 273 4279 | Fax: 0161 273 4164 | Email: info@gmcdp.com
Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People is an organisation of disabled people working with and supporting disabled people's organisations across Greater Manchester and runs a number of its own projects including Disability Action Training, a Young Disabled People's Forum, young disabled people's arts and drama activities, organises conferences and participates in a wide range of consultations across Greater Manchester. It also produces a quarterly magazine and regular newsletters to its national membership. - GMCDP's Young
Disabled People's Forum
BEVC, Aked Close, Ardwick, Manchester, M12 4AN
Telephone: 0161 276 0042 (Audrey) | 0161 276 0041 (Maureen) | | 0161 273 8141 (Phil) | Minicom: 0161 273 4279 | Email: audrey@gmcdp.com; maureen@gmcdp.com
The Young Disabled People's Forum was established in 1995 and is based within the Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People; an organisation controlled 100% by disabled people. The overall aim of the forum is to assist young disabled people in taking more control over their lives. The Project works specifically with young disabled people aged 13-25 who live within Greater Manchester. - International
Society of Disabled People
c/o No. 70 Alexandra Road, Manchester M16 7DW
Telephone: 0161 636 7528
Group of disabled people, including disabled refugees and asylum seekers, around Manchester. - Manchester and
District Social Club of the Blind
1 Malvern Close, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1PH
Telephone/Fax: 0161 798 9137
The group provides social opportunities to visually impaired people, these include monthly meetings on the first Friday of each month, table games, theatre trips and days out. The group provides information on access to social and sporting opportunities and arrangements for the production of information in Braille. - Manchester
Prosthetic User Group
4 Cranford Road, Wilmslow, SK9 4OU
Telephone: 0771 343 4486 or 01625 528820 | Email: peterking1942@btinternet.com
Assists all amputees in the Manchester and Greater Manchester areas, operates a liaison between manufacturers, hospitals and organisations and provides some technical information and advice. Has a regular magazine 3 or 4 times a year and has also produced a DVD on health and other issues. - Mood Swings
Network (North-West)
Workspace, 23 New Mount Street, Manchester M4 4DE
Telephone: 0161 953 4105 | Email: mood.swings@virgin.net
Helps people who have mood swings, their families and friends and give information, advice and support, and also provide a young person's group and carers' support. - Shopmobility
Manchester
L18 New Arkwright Way, Arndale Centre, Manchester, M4 3AJ
Telephone: 0161 839 4060 | Fax: 0161 839 5110 | Email: info@shopmomanchester.co.uk
Shopmobility Manchester is a group of disabled people who provide a service for anyone over the age of 16 with mobility impairments. The group offers access to the use of scooters, power chairs, and manual wheelchairs to assist in using the local facilities within the city centre. - Wythenshawe
Shopmobility
Shopmobility Zone, the Forum Centre, Poundswick Lane, Wythenshawe, M22 5RX
Telephone: 0161 437 3600
Wythenshawe Shopmobility is a group of volunteers providing a service for anyone over the age of 16 with mobility impairments. The group offers access to the use of scooters, power chairs and manual wheelchairs to assist in using the local facilities. Connected with Manchester Community Transport so can provide integrated transport using Wythenshawe Localink, Wythenshawe Mobile and the community transport scheme.