CARERS DIRECTORY
For general advice about travel in the British Isles, the appropriate
tourist boards have books and leaflets available:
* English Tourist Board
Thames Tower
Blacks
Road
Hammersmith
LONDON
W66 9EL
( 020
8536 3000
*
Irish Tourist Board
Nations
House
103
Wigmore Street
LONDON
W1U 1QS
( 0800
0397000
* Northern Irish tourist board
59 North Street
BELFAST BT1 1NB
(
028 90 231 1221
*
Wales Tourist Board
Brunel
House
2 Fitzalan Road
CARDIFF CF2 1UY
( 029
20 499909
*
Scottish Tourist Board
23
Ravelston Terrace
EDINBURGH
EH4 3EU
( (0131)
332 2433
*
Specialized holiday firms
Kiloran trust
157 Blythe Road
LONDON W14 0HL
(
020 76027404
The
Kiloran Trust provides respite for carers at their London house.
*
Netley Waterside House
Abbey Hill
Netley Abbey
Southampton
HAMPSHIRE SO31 5FA
(
(02380) 453686
Netley Waterside House is a holiday centre for the physically disabled
that also provides respite care.
* Accessible Travel and Leisure
Avionics House
Naas Lane
Quedgeley
GLOUCESTER GL2 2SN
(
(01452) 729739/ minicom (01452) 725802
Email:
info@accessibletravel.co.uk
Accessible Travel and Leisure is the UK’s leading tour operator for
travellers
with disabilities.
*
Enable Holidays
26 The Green
Kings Norton
BIRMINGHAM B38 8SD
(
(0871) 222 4939
Enable Holidays is the first tour operator to just offer package holidays
for disabled people and their families.
* Calvert Trust
Little Crossthwaite
Keswick
CUMBRIA CA12 4QD
(
(017687) 72255
The Calvert Trust offers outdoor holidays for those with disabilities.
* Reach Out Projects
Holywell Lodge
41 Holywell Hill
St Albans
HERTFORDSHIRE AL1 1HE
(
(01727) 818168
Reach out projects organize boating holidays for teenagers with special
needs.
For other holiday ideas the Age Concern Publications
fact
sheet has a wide variety of holiday ideas.
The Disablement Information and Support Centre on the Disabilities page
keeps a file and relevant guides on holiday opportunities for people with all
types of disabilities.