There are many good websites available on the Internet, unfortunately there is not enough room here to list them all. We have tried to list the main sites, most of these will be able to link you to other relevant or local sites.

Benefits
Citizens Advice Bureau - www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Department for Work and Pensions - www.dwp.gov.uk
Direct Payments - www.doh.gov.uk/directp.htm
Independent Living Fund - www.ilf.org.uk
Pension Service - www.thepensionservice.gov.uk

Carers Sites
Carers UK Site - www.carersonline.org.uk
Gateshead Crossroads - www.gatesheadcrossroads.org.uk
Government carers site - www.carers.gov.uk
Princess Royal Trust for Carers - www.carers.org

Children
Contact a Family - www.cafamily.org.uk
Family Fund Trust - www.familyfundtrust.org.uk

Employment
Department for Trade and Industry - www.dti.gov.uk
Parents at Work - www.parentsatwork.org.uk

General
Gateshead Council - www.gateshead.gov.uk
Gateshead NHS Trust - www.gateshealth.nhs.uk
Gateshead Primary Care Trust - www.gatesheadpct.nhs.uk

Learning Disability
BILD - British Institute of Learning Disability - www.bild.org.uk
MENCAP - www.mencap.org.uk

Mental Health
Alzheimer's Society - www.alzheimers.org.uk
Mental Health Foundation - www.mentalhealth.org.uk
MIND - www.mind.org.uk
Rethink - formerly National Schizophrenia Fellowship - www.rethink.org

Older People
Age Concern - www.ace.org.uk
Help the Aged - www.helptheaged.org.uk

Physical Disability
Disability Living Foundation - www.dlf.org.uk
Leonard Cheshire - www.leonard-cheshire.org
RADAR - Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation - www.radar.org.uk

Sensory Impairment
RNIB - Royal National Institute for the Blind - www.rnib.org.uk
RNID - Royal National Institute for the Deaf - www.rnid.org.uk
SENSE - Deafblind - www.sense.org.uk

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