Links and Contacts are being developed.

Funders

	Colchester Institute	www.colchester.ac.uk	01206 712000	College of Further Education, and our home.
	Building Bridges: Big Lottery Fund	www.biglotteryfund.org.uk		The Big Lottery has granted us £98,000 over three years for work with people with sensory disabilities in the region.
	European Social Fund	www.esf.gov.uk		European Social Fund supplied the funding for our ExDra Contracts.
	ExDRA	www.exdra.co.uk		Essex Development and Rehabilitation Agency, who provided ESF funding until June 2007
	Colchester Borough Council	www.colchester.gov.uk/		The Borough Council has provided us with funds, and we are pleased to have the Mayoral Office as a patron.
	The Essex Community Foundation	www.essexcommunityfoundation.org.uk		The Essex Community Foundation has provided us with several grants to do specific work, most recently in the West Clacton area.
	The Nationwide Foundation	www.nationwidefoundation.org.uk		The Nationwide Foundation has provided us with funds to help visit clients at home.

Partners

	WorkSkills Essex	www.workskillsessex.org/	01245 608308	WorkSkills Essex were our partner for most of the ESF contracts.
	AbilityNet	www.abilitynet.org.uk//		We are proud to be partners with this National Charity, and share its view of "Adapting Technology - Changing Lives"
	Signpost	http://www.sign-post.info		Signpost is an independent organisation helping people of all ages and from all walks of life to get back into work or to move on. OTT works closely with them, and have been partners in an ESF contract.
	DESTiny	www.destinytrust.org.uk/		DESTiny provides support and funding to people with disabilities who are starting or developing their own business. Their mentoring service enables clients to explore business ideas, feasibility and viability. OTT and DESTiny have been partners for some time.

Other Links

	Colchester Access Group	01206 212469	www.colchesteraccess.ik.com	Disabled and non-disabled volunteers whowork to improve the quality of life for people in the Colchester area.
We work hard to make sure that this site is as accessible as possible.
	W3C Accessibility rating	Explanation of Level Triple-A Conformance		It would be rather strange if the web site for an organization such as ours was not accessible to all. The World Wide Web Consortium has the most complete guidlines for web accessibility.
	W3C XHTML	validator.w3.org/		The World Wide Web Consortium recommends pure XHTML for all websites, and we are pleased to comply. It makes accessable websites much easier to design. The web site to the left will check your website.
	W3C Cascading Style Sheets	jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator		The World Wide Web Consortium recommends using CSS to separate content from form in web sites. This is very helpful to disabled people, as they can provice their own CSS files. It makes web development a lot easier as well. The web site to the left will check your CSS.