Holiday Charities
Action for blind people
Action for Blind People offer quality specialist hotels, first class cuisine and a wide range of leisure activities and entertainment. The choice is yours from Country Houses to Coastal Hotels. In addition to the facilities you would expect from a quality hotel, we provide all the extras that may be required by our visually impaired guests.
www.actionforblindpeople.org.uk/holidays
Tel: 0800 915 4666 Email: Use contact form on website
The Calvert Trust
For over 30 years, The Calvert Trust has been enabling people with disabilities, together with their families and friends, to achieve their potential through outdoor adventure activities in the countryside. Today its three centres welcome over 11,000 visitors each year, helping them challenge disability through outdoor adventure and providing more opportunities to find out that "it's what you can do that counts!"
http://www.calvert-trust.org.uk/
Exmoor Tel: 01598 763221 Kielder Tel: 01434 250015 Lake District Tel: 01768 772255 Email: Use contact forms on website
Glamorgan Holiday Hotel, Porthcawl, South Wales
The Glamorgan Holiday Hotel is a non profit making charitable trust which provides holiday style breaks and respite care for a wide range of older, disabled people, physically disabled people, people with learning difficulties and other groups with special needs. The Hotel is situated on the sea front in Porthcawl overlooking the harbour, and is a short distance from the shopping centre. Accommodation comprises of twenty five single and fourteen twin bedded rooms, the majority having their own toilet facilities. Each room is fitted with radio and colour TV with intercom system and alarm facilities. The television lounge, recreation room and main lounge are all fitted with an Induction Loop system. The restaurant, lounge, sitting areas are all furnished to a very high standard, and offer panoramic views of the coast. We also have some self catering facilities. Various activities and live entertainment are offered most evenings.
www.glamorganholidayhotel.com
Tel: 01656 785375 Email: glamhotel@aol.com or use contact form on website
Livability Holidays
We provide a wide range of accessible holiday accommodation at affordable prices and offer people with disabilities, their friends and families a real choice.
www.livability.org.uk/landing.asp?id=9
The Promenade Tel: 01643 702572 Email: mantph@livability.org.uk or use contact form on website The West Shore Tel: 01492 876833 Email: manwsh@livabilty.org.uk or use contact form on website
Self catering accommodations Tel: 08456 584478
Email: selfcatering@livability.org.uk or use contact form on website
Harriet Davis Trust, Tenby and Narberth, Wales
The Harriet Davis Trust (registered charity), provides holiday home facilities for the profoundly disabled children, plus other facilities.
The Trust provides three self-catering holiday houses in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, UK which are fully adapted and equipped for families with disabled children. The houses, with convenient parking, are near to the town and beaches and available all year. An additional holiday home was opened today in Narberth, Pembrokeshire.
www.harriet-davis-trust.brecon.co.uk
Tel: 01834 845197 Email: helen@harriet-davis-trust.freeserve.co.uk
Holidays For All
Holidays For All is a group of the UK’s leading disability charities and specialist tour companies, that continuously work together to promote equality and accessibility within the disabled holiday market.
www.holidaysforall.org.uk
Tel: 08451 249973
Holidays With Help
We focus on holidays for people with disabilities and their carers and have 30 years experience in specialist respite care breaks. We can provide trained and experienced helpers and a choice of activities.
www.holidayswithhelp.org.uk
Tel: 0208 390 9752 Email: holidays.with.help@lineone.net
Jubilee Sailing Trust
These magnificent ships are the only two vessels in the world that have been purpose-designed and built to enable a crew of mixed physical abilities to sail side by side on equal terms.
www.jst.org.uk
Tel: 023 8044 9108 Email: info@jst.org.uk
Leonard Cheshire
Leonard Cheshire Disability runs holiday cottages offering evening and overnight stays for people with complex disabilities. Some of our residential homes are in seaside locations with good access to shops and leisure facilities or deep in the countryside with superb scenery and views. Leonard Cheshire Disability's fully accessible Park House Hotel offers a specialist holiday service for disabled people, carers and all the family with a care package available from our in- house Nurse Care Team.
www.lcdisability.org
Tel: 020 3242 0200 Email: info@LCDisability.org
The Lin Berwick Trust
The Lin Berwick Trust have two holiday cottages for disabled people and their families and friends, one in East Harling, Norfolk and the other in Dirleton in Scotland.
www.thelinberwicktrust.org.uk
Tel: 01787 372 343 Email: info@thelinberwicktrust.org.uk
Merton House
A specialist hotel catering for the disabled and elderly frail guests. A registered charity supported by Birmingham Rotary club and others.
www.mertonhouse.org
Tel: 01989 563 252 Email: reservations@mertonhouse.org
Vitalise
Vitalise is a national charity offering a wide range of accessible breaks for disabled adults, children and carers. The essence of all our breaks is freedom and choice.
Our five fully accessible UK Centres provide 24-hour nursing care on-call and personal support in a relaxed holiday environment with activities, excursions and evening entertainment.
We also offer:
- Accessible holiday lodges in the stunning Cornish countryside
- Activity and adventure breaks for children and adults with physical, sensory and learning disabilities.
- Breaks at accessible hotels in Europe for independent disabled travellers and carers.
For more information on any of our services visit our website www.vitalise.org.uk.
Tel: 0845 345 1972 Email: info@vitalise.org.uk
(Last Updated: 03-10-2008)