East Anglian DriveAbility - your key to independent mobility

East Anglian DriveAbility
The East Anglian assessment centre
for people with disabilities

Phone Number: 01842 753029

SUFFOLK CONTACTS

Transport

Community Transport Guide Suffolk
www.a2binfo.net

Suffolk County Council Transport Unit
(Dial a Ride, Public Bus Service, Community Car Scheme, Wheels within Wheels)
Tel: 01473 58300 switchboard

       08456066067 public enquiries
Web: www.suffolkcc.gov.uk/transport/community-trans.html

Information

Ipswich Disabled Advice Bureau
19 Tower Street , Ipswich , IP1 3BE
Tel: 01473 217313
Email: Dab.Ipswich@btopenworld.com

DIAL Lowestoft & Waveney (Disablement Information & Advice Line)
161 Rotterdam Road , Lowestoft , NR32 2EZ
Tel:01502 511333

The West Suffolk Disability Resource Centre
Papworth House, 4 Bunting Road , Moreton Hall Estate, Bury St Edmunds ,IP32 7BX

Optua

Optua House, Hill View Business Park, Old Ipswich Road,Claydon, Ipswich, Suffolk IP6 0AJ       01473 836777  www.optua.org.uk

Suffolk Family Carers
Unit 9, Hill View Business Park , Old Ipswich Road , Claydon, Ipswich , Suffolk , IP6 0AJ 
Tel: 01473 835400
Web: www.suffolk-carers.co.uk

Services

British Red Cross
Red Cross House, Lamdin Road , Bury St Edmunds , IP32 6NU
Tel: 01284 727252

West Suffolk Wheelchair Service
West Suffolk DRC, Papworth House, 4 Bunting Road , Moreton Hall Estate, Bury St Edmunds , IP32 7BX
Tel: 01284 748844

East Suffolk Wheelchair Service
Chantry Clinic, Hawthorne Drive , Ipswich , IP2 0QY
Tel: 01473 692727

The Wren Centre
Ipswich and East Suffolk Centre for Independent Living
7 Wren Avenue , Ipswich , IP2 0TJ
Tel: 01473 686804

The Waveney Centre for Independent Living
161 Rotterdam Road , Lowestoft , NR32 2EZ
Tel/minicom 01502 405454

Disability Groups

For a comprehensive list of disability groups available in Suffolk contact:
Suffolk Disability Information Group, www.dialnet.f2s.com/sdig

Shopmobility

Bury St Edmunds
St Edmundsbury Borough Council, 6 Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds , IP33 1UB
Tel: 01284 757175
Open: Mon - Sat 9 am - 6 pm

Ipswich 

Buttermarket Shopping Centre, St. Stephens Lane , Ipswich , Suffolk , IP1 1DT
Tel: 01473 222 225
Open: Mon-Sat 9:30am-4:30pm

Lowestoft 

Lowestoft Station, Denmark Road , Lowestoft , NR23 2EG
Tel: 01502 588 857
Open: Mon-Sat 9:00am-4:00pm

Advocacy and Advice

Age Concern Advice & Advocacy Service, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Tel: 01284748889

 

OPTUA Advice and Advocacy Line

01449 672781