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 Contacts to help obtain personal computers:
Content: Charities : Via Government Bodies: : Second hand and loan equipment:
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Below are some suggestions for organisations, charities or government bodies who may be able to assist you in acquiring a computer suitable for connection to the Internet. There can, of course, be no guarantee that funds or equipment will be available from these sources. We suggest that you apply to all those who seem most relevant to your particular circumstances.
If you find any dead or broken links, please do let us know. Thank you.
AbilityNet:
Abilitynet is not a grant making body, but they do provide a factsheet on fundraising. Their primary activity is providing an assessment service and advice on adaptive equipment. Please call the AbilityNet Helpline - on 0800 269545 - which is staffed weekdays from 9 - 5pm.
To obtain a copy of their factsheet on fundraising, visit the AbilityNet web site at
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/content/factsheets/Factsheets-list.htm
AbilityNet, PO Box 94, Warwick, CV34 5WS.
E-mail: enquiries@abilitynet.co.uk
Action for Blind People:
Grants-in-Aid scheme gives grants of up to £400 for blind/visually impaired.
Apply to: The Grants Officer, 14-16 Verney Road, London SE16 3DZ.
Tel: 020 7732 8771
Aidis Trust:
Will fundraise for disabled people.
Contact: Aidis, 1 Albany Park, Cabot Lane, Poole, Dorset, BH17 7BX.
Tel: 01202 695244
Computers For The Disabled: (Registered Charity No.1069626)
2nd Hand PC's and parts supplied to the Disabled, the housebound, Disabled centres and home users by a non-profit organisation. They also repair and offer free PC advice on best buys and where to buy. Chairman Mr P.Harris.
41, New Waverley Road. Noak Bridge. Laindon. Essex. SS15 4BJ
Tel: 01268-284834
Fax: 01268-479028
e-mail: BigPaulH@blueyonder.co.uk
web: http://www.cftd.co.uk/
Electronic Aids for the Blind:
A fund raising charity catering for registered blind or partially sighted people on low incomes who need specialised or specially adapted electronic
equipment for personal or domestic communication purposes.
For an application form, contact:
Electronic Aids for the Blind, Suite 4B, 71-75 High Street, Chislehurst, Kent, BR7 5AG.
Tel: 020 8295 3636
Fax: 020 8295 3737
e-mail: admin@eabnet.org.uk
Web: http://www.eabnet.org.uk
Leonard Cheshire Workability Project:
For those aged between 18 and 50, who would like to seek some kind of employment (working from home) a free PC, with software package.
Contact: Andrew Anderson
Tel: 0207 802 8200
Fax: 0207 802 8250
http://www.leonard-cheshire.org/
Regain:
Have funds for tetraplegics who have suffered spinal injuries as the result of a sporting accident.
Contact: Roger Belson, Director of Regain, 78 Shirburn Road, Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX9 5BZ.
Tel: 01491 613961
RNIB:
Grants may be made to blind or partially sighted people facing financial hardship to buy equipment. Applications must be made by a third party, such as a Social Worker.
Write to: Moira Routledge, The Vocational & Social Services Dept, 224 Great Portland Street, London W1AA.
Tel: 020 7388 1266
SCOPE
May give grants to people with cerebral palsy, from their SCOPE Individual Grants Fund. Applications should be made via a SCOPE social worker.
Write to: SCOPE, 12 Park Crescent, London W1N 4EQ.
Tel: 020 7619 7100
SEQUAL - Special Equipment & Aids for Living:
An organisation that helps raise funds to purchase suitable computers for those with speech or movement difficulties.
Write to: The Sequal Trust, 3 Ploughmans Corner, Wharf Road, Ellesmere, Shropshire, SY12 0EJ.
Tel: 1691 624222
Social Services:
Local Authorities Social Services only occasionally give grants, but may be able to help by supporting your application. For example pilot projects are in the planning stage in some London boroughs. Contact the Disability Services team in your borough.
Employment:
For people hoping to get employment of some kind (for example working from home), you may with to make contact with the Disability Employment Advisor (DEA) and the Disability Services Team in your borough. You can contact them through Social Services or your local Job Centre.
This section lists organisations that can loan equipment or offer reduced price on second-hand and reconditioned equipment.
Recycle-IT!
Supply inexpensive second-hand equipment, usually from major corporate organisations. Donors include Coopers & Lybrand, IBM, British Steel, DfEE etc. An average configuration suitable for the Internet is currently around £200.
WAACIS have now negotiated preferred supplier status with ReCycle-IT. We have our own custom-designed form for clients wishing to order equipment from them. Recycle-IT can provide a range of Internet-ready machines for £250 - £300 - mainly ex large corporations or government departments.
Contact: George Ruddock, Marketing Director, c/o SKF (UK) Ltd, Sundon Park Road, Luton, Beds, LU3 3BL.
Tel: 01582 492436
Fax: 01582 597778
E-mail: recycle_it@cix.co.uk (note the underscore between "recycle" and "it")
Recommit:
Supply inexpensive second-hand equipment, generally ex MOD. Prices range from £160 for a Pentium 120 plus £30 for a fitted modem.
Contact: CHG Environmental Ltd, 15/17 The Clarendon Centre, Dairy Meadow Lane, Salisbury, SP1 2TJ.
Tel: 01722 339660
Fax: 01722 339611
E-mail: chg@recommit.co.uk
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