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Leonard Cheshire
30 MillbankLondon
SW1P 4QD
Tel: 020 7802 8200
Fax: 020 7802 8250
Web: www.leonard-cheshire.org
Best time to telephone: normal office hours
Leonard Cheshire is the leading charity provider of care and support to disabled people - both in the UK and throughout the world. In the UK they provide over 140 services, creating independence and freedom of choice for 15,000 disabled people. Services include residential and nursing care, respite care, care at home, day care, independent living, rehabilitation and specialist services for people with acquired brain injury.
Checked: July 2006
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