Say hello to our Full Member Disabled People’s Organisations!
All Wales People First
All Wales People First is the united voice of self-advocacy groups and people with learning disabilities in Wales.
All Wales People First is an organisation for and led by people with a learning disability. It is unique in Wales in that it is the only national member-led organisation that represents the voice of people with a learning disability.
Mynediad Arfon Access
Mynediad Arfon Access is a group of disabled people who meet once a month on-line in order to work towards creating accessible built environments and Public Sector Services to promote a better understanding of local issues, barriers and opportunities in North Wales, championing the needs and views of local disabled people and by contributing to accessible and meaningful consultations with an aim to shaping the world for future generations where physical, cognitive, neurodivergent and sensory differences are not barriers to participation, opportunity, health and wellbeing. We also offer advice and signposting, as well as solidarity and peer support.
Aubergine Café & Events
Cafe and arts platform centring autistic and neurodivergent adults in Wales. Provides employment, training and volunteer opportunities to ND adults and hosts arts activities and other events platforming ND creatives.
Blesma, the Limbless Veterans
The First World War led to the birth of nearly 18,000 charities, of which around 10 still exist today. Blesma is one. Blesma is dedicated to assisting serving and ex-Service men and women who have suffered life-changing limb loss or the loss of use of a limb, an eye or loss of sight. We work tirelessly for our Members when the conflicts that have affected their lives are no longer a focal point in the nation’s media. Since 1932, we have been the only national Service charity that supports limbless veterans for the duration of their lives.
Refer Veterans to Blesma using our website www.blesma.org or using the Blesma Wales and West Referral Form – supplied on request.
DEWIS Centre for Independent Living
Aims to support disabled people to live an independent lifestyle through training and support in using Direct Payments and through the charity’s advocacy services.
Disability Arts Cymru
Our vision is for a creative and equal Cymru where disabled and Deaf people are crucial to the arts of our nation. Working to the social model of disability, we produce art that shares the lived experience of disability, we develop disabled and Deaf creative talent, and we deliver disability access and inclusion training.
Disability in Wales & Africa
DWA identifies its roles as providing Campaigning, Training, Information and Support services within and, increasingly, beyond the Wales Africa sector.
Although DWA focuses on disabled people in Wales and Africa as its forum for promoting global solidarity and sharing, it is open to other similar initiatives which operate beyond.
Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales
FTWW is a patient-led, pan-Wales organisation and registered charity focused on addressing health inequities experienced by women and people registered female at birth. We provide support, information, and civil advocacy, and offer members opportunities to have their voices heard in relevant research, policy, and practice. Our vision is a Wales where everybody’s right to good health and wellbeing is respected and fulfilled, with everyone able to access the healthcare they need, when they need it, and without barriers.
Newport Access Group
Newport Access Group can help individuals and/or groups/or organisations requiring to provide accessibility to those with additional requirements.
See Around Britain
See Around Britain is a small disabled/pensioner-run charity which has a ground-breaking photo-Gazetteer travel website covering the UK, Ireland, and Europe, which is fully inclusive, and is an essential information tool to assist older and disabled citizens to live independently.
Swans DSA
The mission of Swansea City AFC DSA is to help create an accessible and inclusive environment for all fans, enabling those with disabilities to have the same match day experience as non- disabled people.
We seek to empower disabled fans to have a voice to influence change within the football club.
Additionally, our DSA aims to provide opportunities for our disabled fans to come together to promote a sense of belonging and common purpose.
Acting as the link between disabled supporters and the club certainly benefits everyone.
The Autistic Women’s Empowerment Project
It is our mission to empower autistic women and girls by giving them the information they need to make informed choices in their lives and to overcome the obstacles that society can place in their way
More importantly, we also aim to embrace and highlight the gifts and talents of the Autistic female and to empower all women no matter what their place on the spectrum.
The FDF Centre for Independent Living
TheFDF provides advice, information, advocacy and befriending to all disabled people across the 6 counties of North Wales supporting them to live independently.
TheFDF Centre for Independent Living offers practical solutions for removing the barriers to equality and social inclusion that disable us, including in health & social care, housing, education, employment, transport and access to the environment, benefits, cost of living, campaigning and empowering.
Torfaen Access Forum
To raise awareness of the wide range of challenges faced by people in Torfaen living with a disability; to bring together disability charities, local groups and public services; to support people with disabilities and to provide an information sharing service.
West of England Centre for Inclusive Living
We are an organisation of Disabled people working together to enable choice. We challenge the barriers to independent living through the delivery of high-quality support and advice.
Young Voices for Choices
Young Voices for Choices is a youth forum for young people with additional learning needs/disabilities. They get together to highlight and discuss issues that affect their lives. The group provides opportunities for organisations, companies and professionals to consult with the youth forum members and find out their thoughts and opinions. The young people come together to create and organise events and activities to raise awareness of issues the young people with additional needs and disabilities experience. The group also provides great opportunities to socialise and meet other young people but most importantly, opportunities to have fun!
