The Disability Resource Centre is an award-winning charity
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We are here so that disabled people and their families have somewhere to turn if they need help in any situation.
Working with local communities to support anyone with a disability or health condition in Milton Keynes, Luton and across Bedfordshire.
New for Luton
Funded by
Community Central is a 12 month project supporting Luton residents with:
- Benefits and money management advice
- Disability advice and support for people with health conditions
- Help with food banks
- Carers support
- Support for your wellbeing and mental health
- Help, advice and free support with employment, volunteering and training
Come and speak with our friendly team who are available at community centres in Luton to help you every week
Tuesdays - Disability advice, health & wellbeing support
9:30am to 1:30pm
Luton Central Library (ground floor), St George’s Square, Luton, LU1 2NG
Wednesdays - Benefits advice and money management support
1pm to 5pm
Lewsey Community Centre, Landrace Rd, Luton, LU4 0SW
Thursdays - Disability advice, benefits advice and carers support
9:30am to 1:30pm
Trinity Community Centre, 3 Trinity Road, Luton, LU3 1TR
See full details of our funders, our partners and all the help and support that’s available across Luton with our new Community Central programme…
News
Join the virtual East of England carers event: ‘Listening and Responding to the Needs of Unpaid Carers’
Themed around the importance of ‘listening & responding to the needs of unpaid carers’, you will meet like-minded people & help shape the work of the network across the year.
We will be fully operational as soon as possible
We are working with the support of the Dunstable Town Mayor and local community to find alternative space to operate our face-to-face services in the Dunstable area.
Empowering change: Our Disability Confident Leader status has been renewed
As a Disability Confident Leader, we support local businesses by working with them to ensure they can accommodate people with physical and mental needs and best recognise how to support their employees.
Join our free care skills training
We’re once again offering free care skills training until March 2024. Work towards the Skills for Care Care Certificate standards and complete the training face to face, or online in your own time…
We are supporting you in the cost of living crisis
Help with benefits
We can always help with benefits advice for people with disabilities. For more specific advice just make an appointment with the benefits advisors who can help with benefits’ checks and form filling.
We are here to help you in the cost of living crisis
If you are worried about paying bills or having enough money for food and essentials then we have compiled the many different ways you can get some help.
Disability benefits you can apply for as a disabled person
If you’re disabled, you may be eligible for government benefits that can help with your cost of living. Our support team is here to help you to apply for disability benefits. We have specialist benefits advisors who can assist with a range of queries and help you to fill in benefits’ forms.
Our wellbeing and mental health programme is kindly funded by East London NHS Foundation Trust.
How to use mindfulness to help your mental health
Whether you suffer from mental health problems yourself or know someone who does, it can be useful to know some ways you can use mindfulness to help your mental health.
Wheelchair accessible Bedfordshire: Free entry parks, houses and museums
A change of scenery is good for us so we compiled the many excellent places to visit across Bedfordshire that are free to enter and wheelchair accessible.
Improving your mental health for those living with arthritis
Arthritis adds an extra layer of complexity to an individual’s life and can take a toll on one’s mental health. In this article, we will share some ways that you can improve your mental health if you live with arthritis.
See our new guide to dementia
Read about dementia and its different forms, diagnostic tests for detecting it early on, available treatments and prevention methods against it. We have included some links to local support groups and organisations for carers in the Milton Keynes, Luton and Bedfordshire area…
AdviceCentral is your open door to free advice in Central Bedfordshire
People living in Central Bedfordshire now have a single source of information on a vast range of topics, including:
BENEFITS – DEBT– EDUCATION – HEALTH – HOUSING – IMMIGRATION – EMPLOYMENT – LEGAL & more.
Carers Central for unpaid carers in Luton
Helping unpaid carers in with emotional and practical support
Call the helpline on 0300 303 0201. Open Monday to Friday in office hours and on Tuesdays we are open for telephone calls until 7pm.