Disability advice
We are taking telephone, online and face to face appointments. Please email us and we’ll be in touch to arrange a suitable time.
Our disability advice service is confidential, independent and free.
This service provides up-to-date information and advice to people of any age and with any disability, older people, their families, carers, friends and associated professionals throughout Bedfordshire and Luton.
Please fill in this form to ask us a question or to book a one-to-one telephone appointment.
We are open
We are now open at our centre here in Dunstable, by appointment only.
We are here with a listening ear too, offering emotional support to disabled people, older people, people with long term health conditions, carers and families.families.
Contact us…
WhatsApp: 07871 744157
Phone: 01582 470 900
Facebook Messenger: @TheDisabilityResourceCentre
Email: info@drcbeds.org.uk
Text us: 07871 744157
Chat with us now: Click the pink ‘Chat with us’ button below, 10am to 4pm Monday to Friday.
The advice service is open to everyone, there is no formal referral process and it is free.
Please do ask us a lot of questions. We are all trained and ready to answer.
We can help you with benefits, equipment, carers, employment, mental health, support groups, training and much more.
Related pages:
The Best of Me – Our new confidence boosting and health improving online programme
The Best of Me programme is a series of free online lessons for Bedfordshire residents to help improve your health, confidence & wellbeing. We design our online programmes to include regular virtual meetups, with fellow course participants and your tutor. 1-2-1 contact with your tutor is encouraged via phone, email and online video chat.
Our newsletters…
Read all our latest newsletters and emails full of events, news and all the ways we help disabled people and carers every week of the year…
AdviceCentral – Your open door to advice in Central Bedfordshire
We provide a free telephone and website service helping residents of Central Bedfordshire to access advice services both locally and across the UK. Funded by Central Bedfordshire Council. Provided by The Disability Resource Centre.
Carers Central – Help for carers in Luton
Practical support for carers in Luton. Welcome to the brand new Carers Central service where we are completely dedicated to helping unpaid carers living, or working, in Luton.
We can help you fill-in your blue badge form
We are here to help you fill-in your blue badge parking form. Our team of experts help hundreds of people across Bedfordshire to complete their benefit claim forms including blue badge forms. Book an appointment today.
Money Matters
Improve your financial wellbeing with our free advice for people in Central Bedfordshire and Luton.
Help with benefits
We can always help with general 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.
Help in Northamptonshire
The Disability Resource Centre no longer provides advice services for people in Northamptonshire.
Please phone 01582 470900 if you are interested in our employment training courses.
Support groups
We have helped set-up a number of support groups that may be useful to you. There’s a support group for carers, support for those with fibromyalgia and support for your physical and emotional well being.
Jargon buster
Try the award winning, plain English, jargon buster. It’s easy to use and gives simple explanations to many words and phrases.
See us on Facebook and Twitter
We are always posting lots of useful videos, stories, links, jobs, tips, campaigns, advice and photos to our Facebook and Twitter pages. Come and join our many fans and followers.