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Welcome to Equipmentdirect.org.uk

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Equipment and Information for Independent Living

We are a free service providing information to improve independent living for older people and those with an impairment. Features include:

  • Our on-line assessment to find equipment that could help you, and how to get it

  • Useful information – to include benefits, health, jobs, education and more

  • Links to other web sites that may be of interest

  • Latest disability news

  • Ask a Question on any subject

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Find a piece of equipment

There are two number of ways we can help you find equipment

If you know what you are looking for, you can search our Equipment catalogue.

If you are not sure what is available or what can help you, try our self-assessment section

Search our Equipment catalogue

Self-assessment section

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How to get the most from our site

Anyone can use our site to search for equipment, obtain useful information, or ask a question. However, if you would like to access the 'interactive' features of our site, you can register with us by simply providing

us with 'login' information (just a username, password and email address).

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