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SID - Social Information On Disability
Useful Services & Links
Your hospital, district nurse, GP or Social Services may be able to arrange for equipment you may need.
- Surrey Contact Centre – can provide a contact for your nearest social services office
- Social Information on Disability - for information on living with a disability and contacts for local equipment shops
- Red Cross Surrey – hire or offer short term loan of small items of equipment
- Deaf Services – offer advice on equipment available to help with hearing impairment
- SAVI – Surrey Association for Visual Impairment - provide advice on equipment for people with a visual impairment
- QEF Mobility Centre – assessments for driving, passenger access to cars and scooters
- Buy With Confidence – businesses approved by local Trading Standards Services
- AskEnid - the Surrey disability website & directory
- The Children’s Information Service provides a general information and advice service to parents in Surrey.
- Freecycle Surrey provides links to Freecycle groups which match people who have things they want to get rid of with people who can use them.
Safety
In the interest of security, please ensure that you have plenty of information about anyone coming to your home. A good idea is to get a potential caller's home telephone number (not a mobile phone number), which is traceable, before allowing strangers to call at your home. Take every precaution possible.