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.

Our hard-working team offers a telephone/text/chat helpline open Monday to Friday from 9am to 4pm.

We are open

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.

Live webinars to learn more about our free Support into Employment programme

Over the next few months, we will be hosting live online webinars to promote our free Support into Employment programme. Each webinar will provide you with an introduction to The Disability Resource Centre and what you can expect should you join the programme.

Wheelchair hire

Our wheelchair hire service has now reopened with strict COVID-19 safety guidelines. So we can help when you have a temporary need for a manual wheelchair.

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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…

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