Access to Advice
Inclusion
Surrey Coalition
Surrey Coalition are a not-for-profit organisation with members living across Surrey and North East Hampshire. They promote the rights of disabled people to have equality of opportunity and to live independently. https://surreycoalition.org.uk/
Advocacy
SDPP - Surrey Disabled Peoples Partnership
Funded by Surrey County Council to provide Advocacy Services to all disabled people and older persons in Surrey. https://advocacyinsurrey.org.uk/
Carers
Surrey County Council – Information for Carers
Guidance for carers, on health, legal or money matters and carer breaks and useful links:
https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/social-care-and-health/care-and-support-for-adults/looking-after-someone
Action for Carers Surrey
Enabling carers to have a voice and realise a life outside caring : https://www.actionforcarers.org.uk/
Provides impartial, confidential and free support to empower parents, children and young people
:https://sendadvicesurrey.org.uk/
Family Voice Surrey
Speaking up for families of children and young people with additional needs in Surrey.
Website: www.familyvoicesurrey.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FamilyVoiceSurrey/
Citizens Advice Surrey
Oxted: www.citizensadvice.org.uk/local/oxted-district
Caterham and Warlingham: www.caterhamcab.org.uk
Reigate and Banstead: https://www.carbs.org.uk/
Mole Valley: www.citizensadvicemolevalley.org.uk
Royal Mencap
Royal Mencap provide information, advice and support.
Health
Easy Health
Provides online health advice on Easy Read: www.easyhealth.org.uk
NHS
Information in easy read for people with a learning disability or on the autism spectrum:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/learning-disabilities/about/resources/er/
Corona Virus
At the moment Surrey County Council is not planning on issuing its own Surrey guidance as everything is changing so quickly that it would be difficult to ensure everything is kept up to date. However Surrey County Council have been sending the Surrey Care Association the links to national guidance to share with you, they are as follows:
Guidance for social and community care settings:
Guidance on self-isolation:
Guidance for employers and businesses on providing advice to staff:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-employers-and-businesses-about-covid-19
Guidance on infection prevention and control:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-infection-prevention-and-control
Guidance covering decontamination and cleaning of environments in the community:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-decontamination-in-non-healthcare-settings
Benefits
Disability Rights UK
Disability Rights UK is itself led by people with diverse experiences of disability and health conditions, from different communities. They work with allies committed to equal participation for all.
https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/
Benefits and Work
Free information on getting the benefits you are entitled to: www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/index.php
Action for Carers
Action for Carers can help with benefits advice, advocacy, give practical guidance on moving and handling, and provide a wealth of information and free resources. They can also signpost you, and the person you care for, on to relevant specialised sources of support.
https://www.actionforcarers.org.uk/how-we-help/money-matters/
Law and Rights
Mental Capacity Act / Liberty Protection Safeguards
In July 2018, the government published a Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill, which passed into law in May 2019. It replaces the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) with a scheme known as the Liberty Protection Safeguards (although the term is not used in the Bill itself). Visit the links below to learn more:
https://www.local.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/easy-read-guide-pdf-16-pa-2cc.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mental-capacity-act-making-decisions
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-capacity-amendment-bill-easy-read
https://www.mencap.org.uk/advice-and-support/mental-capacity-act
Care Act 2014
This factsheet describes how the Care Act and supporting guidance place a series of new duties and responsibilities on local authorities about care and support for adults:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/care-act-2014-part-1-factsheets/care-act-factsheets
