# DISABILITY DIRECT

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1079831
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [03891119](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03891119)
- **Registered:** March 13, 2000
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1079831


## Contact

- **Address:** Disability Direct, The Richard Shaw Centre, 20 Royal Scot Road, Pride Park, DERBY
- **Postcode:** DE24 8AJ
- **Phone:** 01332 299449
- **Email:** accounts@disabilitydirect.com
- **Website:** www.disabilitydirect.com



## Activities

**Objects:** SHALL BE TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR DISABLED PEOPLE IN DERBY AND IN THE SURROUNDING REGIONS, BY THE PROVISION OF, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION: A DROP IN CENTRE TO FACILITATE INDEPENDENT LIVING OPPORTUNITIES AND INFORMATION AND ADVICE WHICH DIRECTLY RELIEVES THE NEED OF THE BENEFICIARIES WHETHER THEY HAVE A LEARNING DIFFICULTY OR PHYSICAL OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT AND IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SERVICES WHICH EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FACILITATES DISABLED PEOPLE&#x27;S ABILITY TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY.

**Activities:** Disability Direct is a support service for disabled people. We are also an umbrella agency for smaller groups of disabled people. We are an organisation of disabled people and currently employ 14 paid staff and 35 volunteers.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** DERBY AND IN THE SURROUNDING REGIONS
- Barnet
- Derbyshire
- Kent
- Nottinghamshire
- Rutland
- Surrey
- Wigan





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Robin Wood** | Chair |  |
| Amin Saquib |  | July 1, 2024 |
| Dominic Rees-Jones |  | May 1, 2021 |
| Dr Adarsh Batra |  | Jan. 16, 2025 |
| Melanie Elliot |  | Oct. 1, 2025 |
| Peter Cade |  | Feb. 1, 2023 |




