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Colchester Gateway Club
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Tel: 07999 278472
Kingsland
86 London Road
Colchester
Essex
CO3 9DW
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Colchester Gateway Club is a registered charity and social club for adults with learning disabilities.
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All adults with a learning disability and their carers
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Parkinson's UK Braintree Branch
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Braintree and Bocking Community Association
19-21 Bocking End
Braintree
Essex
CM7 9AE
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Offer information, friendship and support to local people with Parkinson's, their families and carers.
Also organise regular events and social activities - join and meet other people affected by Parkinson's in your area.
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People with Parkinson's, their families and carers.
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Tel: 01376 349549
Braintree Town Hall
Market Place
Braintree
Essex
CM7 3YG
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Aims of this group are to support each other, raise awareness to the general public about mental health and try to stop the stigma associated with mental illness. The group also fundraise for group events.
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All those that care for and support someone with a mental illness.
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Headway Essex
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Tel: 01206 845945
The Headway Centre
Woodland Walk
Colchester
Essex
CO4 6DH
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Headway provides social and cognitive rehabilitation for adults with brain injury and support and respite for their families.
They individually tailor programmes that are designed to maximise quality of life, independence and self-esteem.
Free carer advice and support services are available.
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Brain injury survivors, carers, family and friends.
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Colchester and Tiptree Toy Library
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Tel: 01206 511200
Prettygate Library
Prettygate Road
Colchester
Essex
CO3 4EQ
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Colchester Toy Library aims is to lend toys to all children, in particular those with special needs. We supports special needs families, not only by loaning them toys and equipment but also by providing a play session for the children and talking and listening to their parents.
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Children, in particular those with special needs, families, groups and childminders and foster parents
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Crossroads Braintree & Chelmsford
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Tel: 01376 529985
8 Park Farm
Witham Road
Black Notley
Essex
CM77 8LQ
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Crossroads Care and The Princess Royal Trust for Carers have merged to form the leading carers charity Carers Trust. Both organisations became leaders in their respective fields, sharing a vision that carers should be supported and recognised as valuable citizens and treated with respect and dign...
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Colchester Myeloma Support Group
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Tel: 07842 301 152
CO4 5JR
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A well attended patient-led group which welcomes patients and family members; offers information and mutual support; occasional guest speakers.
The group meet 5 times per year.
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Autism Anglia
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Tel: 01206 577678
59 North Hill
Colchester
Essex
CO1 1QF
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Autism Anglia is an independent charity which provides care and support to autistic children, adults and their families in East Anglia.
Services in Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, managed from offices in Colchester and Dereham, offer personalised approaches that provide each individual with the nece...
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Anyone seeking information about autism.
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Essex County Council
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Tel: 0345 603 7630
Adult Social Care Connects
Essex House, 200 The Crescent
Colchester Business Park
Colchester
Essex
CO4 9YQ
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Support and services for carer's and those they care for.
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Coram Children's Legal Centre Essex
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Tel: Family or Child Law - 0300 330 5480
Education Law - 0300 330 5485
Wellington House
4th Floor, 90-92 Butt Road
Colchester
Essex
CO3 3DA
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Coram Children's Legal Centre, part of the Coram group of charities, specialises in law and policy affecting children and young people. CCLC provides free legal information, advice and representation to children, young people, their families, carers and professionals, as well as international con...
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Children, young people, parents, professionals and general public.
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