Header
Masterlead
Spacer
Click here to go to home page
Click here for venue and time of meetings
Click here to view Forward MID members
Click here for Forward MID Bi-Monthly Newsletters
Click here for Midlothian's disabled Parking Bays
Click here for information on disabilities
Click here for information on Joint Physical Disability Planning Group
Click here for information of courses in local area
Click here for relevant publications for disabilities
You are here
Click here to contact Forward MID
Click to download Adobe reader (Free)
Spacer
spacer
What is on locally
Click here for information about the Breathe Easy Group
Click here for information about Connect Midlothian
Click here for events in surrounding area
Spacer
Midlothian Colleges
Click here for information about Jewel & Esk College
Click here for information about Newbattle Abbey College
      Forward MID !
Have found some very useful links for persons who have disabilities,
they are from
official disabled web sites and voluntary disabled web site,
I have included a short note to indicate what you might find.
I have laid them out alphabetically.
(ABC)(D)(EFGH)(IJKL)(MNOP)(QRST)(UVWXYZ)
Med-Ecosse  
www.med-ecosse.co.uk  
Med-Ecosse was established in 1994 by Colin Struthers,   
who has spent  over 20 years in medical supply and is 
now one of the primary suppliers of  reputable and 
reliable brands of items for the elderly and disabled.
Midlothian Employment Action Network  
www.mean.org.uk  
The Midlothian Employment Action Network is a network
 of employment intermediaries, working with people in 
Midlothian who face obstacles whenseeking and retaining work. 
Midlothian Council  
www.midlothian.gov.uk  
Find out what Midlothian Council supply for disabled persons 
in Midlothian.   Type "disability" into search.
Midlothian healthy living Partnership Project (HELPP)  
www.helpp.org.uk  
Helping people in Midlothian identify and tackle health needs
 in their local  community. 
Midlothian News &  Views Talking Newspaper  
www.astn.org.uk  
For  visually impaired people in Midlothian Tel 0131 663 6851 
Midlothian Voluntary Action  
www.mvacvs.org.uk  
MVA supports voluntary organisations in Midlothian.
Mobility and access committee for Scotland  
www.macs-mobility.org  
We believe in a Scotland where anyone with a mobility problem 
due   to some   physical, mental or sensory impairment can go when 
and where everyone else can   and have the information and
opportunities to do so.
Momentum  
www.momentumscotland.org  
work  with disabled and excluded people,   
Nothing in Midlothian some Edinburgh.
Motability  
www.motability.co.uk  
Motability is a national charity, set up on the initiative of the Government   
in 1977, to assist disabled people with their mobility needs.
National Disability Arts Forum  
www.ndaf.org/main.php  
National Disability Arts Forum aims to create equality of opportunity for  
disabled people in all aspects of the arts.
National Association for Bikers with a Disability
www.nabd.org.uk  
The NABD was set up in April 1991 by six bikers from Stockpor and 
Manchester who would not accept the idea that disabled people   
could not ride motorcycles, scooters, or trikes, membership now tops 5000 
One Parent Families Scotland 
www.opfs.org.uk  
connecting  lone parent families affected by disability in East, West   
and Midlothian Helpline: 0808 801 0323
Open Space  
www.openspace.eca.ac.uk  
Open Space research centre focuses on inclusive access to outdoor   
environments for everyone, including disabled people. Tel 0131 2216177
Outside The Box  
www.otbds.org  
Outside the Box Development Support provides training, advice and 
on-going  assistance to people from communities in Scotland who 
want to make changes.
PA Pool  
www.papool.co.uk  
Looking for a new personal assistant, or looking for holiday cover. 
Looking for   a job as a personal assistant in your local area, 
then try the link above £18   membership per year alternative to nursing agency. 
Pentland Mobility  
www.pentlandmobility.co.uk  
On the A702 Biggar Road at Nine Mile Burn, Penicuik EH26 9LT. 
Tel 01968  679888 Mobility equipment for elderly and disabled 
people they believe in  quality and value. 
(ABC)(D)(EFGH)(IJKL)(MNOP)(QRST)(UVWXYZ)
Back to top