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Vale Royal Disability Services is a user-led voluntary organisation.  We are an independent Disability Service Provider with volunteers comprising the majority of our personnel.  Our principal aim is to improve the quality of life of disabled people, primarily within the Vale Royal area of Cheshire, and provide free, confidential and impartial information to disabled people, their family, friends, carers and professionals working in the field of disability

The VRDS Head office is located at:   

VRDS Head Office,  4 Hartford Business Centre, Chester Rd,  Hartford, Northwich  Cheshire CW8 2AB
Telephone : 01606 888400 Fax: 01606 888244
e-mail: office@vrds.org.uk    

VRDS manages a number of different services in Vale Royal Borough:

The VRDS Information Point is located in the Integrated Care Centre at the Victoria Infirmary in Northwich.  This supplements our head office telephone information service with face-to-face information.

VRDS Community Learning provides learning opportunities for everyone, irrespective of ability.  The VRDS Learning Centre offers a range of courses that covers all areas from life skills to work-related training.  There is also a significant investment in adaptive technology, so that no-one feels excluded.