Enfield Disability Action (EDA) is a pan-impairment organisation run by and for disabled people of all ages. EDA works to, and promotes, a social model of disability.
As an umbrella organisation for local disability groups, EDA shares training, policy development and best-practice guidance to facilitate the development of this section of the local third sector.
EDA works strategically with Voluntary and Statutory partners, provides input to local planning and consultative mechanisms, conducts research, enables project development, sources funding, provides a core organisational infrastructure, facilitates quality-assured practices and hosts the following services:
- Advocacy & Community Forum Project – for groups and individuals
- CancerLIFE – also offers Cancer Awareness and Healthy Living sessions
- Challenging Abuse and Tackling Hate Crime
- Deaf Project – working with Deaf people who use British Sign Language, and with deafened and hard of hearing people who do not use sign language, including those who have caring responsibilities
- Udirect- formerly known as Direct Payments Support Service
- Disability Information & Advice Project
- Enfield Advice Plus Partnership Project
- Independent Living Project - including Enfield Wheelchair Users Forum & Self Directed Assessment
Last updated: February 2021
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