Calderdale Dart

Registered Charity No. 1163478

Calderdale D. A. R. T. was established in September 1984 and offers an advice /information service for people with disabilities and Carers living in Calderdale. Based at Rimani House in Halifax, we are funded to provide advice to people with specific health issues, which is a shift from our previous service which was open to people with ANY disability.
The help we can give ranges from:
Providing advice and information on a range of issues including welfare benefits.
Helping you to complete application forms for benefits such as Disability Living Allowance; Personal Independence Payment; Attendance Allowance; Universal Credit; Housing Benefit; Council Tax Benefit; etc. . .
Calculating whether or not you are entitled to a range of benefits
Giving you information to help you to challenge any decisions you are unhappy with, e. g. PIP; ESA; DLA ; etc. . .
We can also give you advice /information on other issues such as where to find the local Shopmobility service or information about the Blue Badge Scheme or how to access the Councils Gateway to Care Service for adults; local groups and services and health advice eg stop smoking

We are active in fundraising and have organised a number of events including street collections; raffles /tombola’s etc.
We are trying to increase our fundraising efforts and we welcome volunteers who would like to help.

We deliver our service through an appointments system and there is usually a waiting list for appointments. The waiting list is currently 2-4 weeks.