Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities

Chapter House
18-20 Crucifix Lane
London
SE1 3JW

Tel (Information Service - Voice): 0800 328 5050
Tel (Information Service - Text): 0800 068 2422
Tel (Office - Voice & Text): 020 7450 0620
Fax: 020 7450 0650
Web: www.skill.org.uk
Best time to telephone: Information service: Tuesdays 11.30am - 1.30pm and Thursdays 1.30pm - 3.30pm.

Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities helps young people and adults with any kind of disability to realise their potential. They work in further and higher education, work based learning and entry to employment throughout the United Kingdom.

Skill provides individual support to disabled people, their families/enablers or people working with disabled people by: offering an information service by phone, minicom, email or letter; publishing books, booklets; a website forum.

Skill promotes good practice in further and higher education, training and employment by: organising regular events/meetings for staff development and mutual support; offering a membership scheme with regular mailings to update members; producing publications, including a regular journal and good practice guides; providing consultancy support.

Skill influences national policy about further and higher education, training and employment by: liaising with government and government agencies and running working parties on key issues eg mental health; undertaking specific projects and research.

Skill's information service offers information and advice on disability issues in post 16 education, including: applying to college; financial assistance while studying; examination arrangements; disclosing disability; looking for work; and much more. Disabled people, their relatives or enablers and people working with them are welcome to use this service.