This page is intended to provide contact details for some of the organisations that can provide free advice and support to disabled people, on issues relating to benefits, poverty and mental health, and around activism and campaigning.
Please get in touch via [email protected] if there are any organisations you would like added to this page or if you would like to suggest any amendments.
Activism and campaigning
If you want to campaign against government cuts or otherwise fight for independent living for disabled people or other issues of disability rights, these are some of the organisations of disabled people you could contact:
Mental Health Resistance Network
WinVisible (campaigns and supports disabled women):
If you would like to discuss concerns online with other disabled people, allies, or relatives of those who have been affected, these are some of the forums that you might consider joining:
Justice for Jodey (run by the mother of Jodey Whiting)
Mental health
If you need urgent support with your mental health:
Mind has information if you need advice or support with your mental health
Papyrus provides free, confidential support and advice to young people struggling with thoughts of suicide
Rethink has a page with advice on who to contact
Samaritans can be contacted free, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, by calling 116 123 or emailing [email protected]
SOS Silence of Suicide provides email and telephone support for those who need ’emotional support, understanding, compassion and kindness’
Social security and poverty
If you need support or advice on a claim for social security/benefits, you can:
Contact your local Law Centre. Here is a list of Law Centres
Inclusion London’s Disability Justice Project has an excellent page on sourcing legal advice
For legal advice on benefits, visit Disability Law Service
Here is a PDF from Disability Law Service which includes details of Scotland’s Law Centres
Contact your local Citizens Advice office
Contact the non-profit benefits advice service Fightback4Justice for advice on PIP, DLA, ESA and universal credit (some services are free, some are chargeable)
Visit the website Turn2us for your nearest sources of information and advice, and for written information and advice, visit this Turn2us page
Visit Scope’s free helpline
For information on benefits, visit the Advicenow website
In Scotland, visit Disability Information Scotland
RNIB is working with HMRC to support blind and partially sighted people with tax and benefit issues. The service is free and confidential
If you have applied for disability-related benefits and are not happy with how your claim has been dealt with, some of the options include:
Contacting your local MP to ask them for their support. You can find your local MP here
Contact your local Citizens Advice office
Or in Scotland, visit the Citizens Advice Scotland website
Visit the website Turn2us for your nearest sources of information and advice, and for written information and advice, visit this Turn2us page
Contact the non-profit benefits advice service Fightback4Justice for advice on PIP, DLA, ESA and universal credit (some services are free, some are chargeable)
If you are a disabled person and have problems related to poverty or debt, you can contact these organisations:
Rethink Mental Illness’s Mental Health and Money Advice service
Visit the website Turn2us for your nearest sources of information and advice, and for written information and advice, visit this Turn2us page
DABD, a charity in Barking and Dagenham, offers advice and support with benefits and financial independence to disabled people in those and neighbouring boroughs