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Action For Family Carers
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Tel: 03007 708 090
Brickhouse Farm
Poulton Close
Maldon
Essex
CM9 6NG
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Action for Family Carers is a registered charity based in Maldon, which has been providing support and information to unpaid Carers in Essex for 30 years. The charity is a Carers Trust Network Partner and Centre of Excellence and holds the NCVO's Trusted Charity Mark at Level 2, the highest level...
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Any Family Carer - someone who, without payment, provides help and support to a partner, child, relative, friend or neighbour, who could not manage without their help. This could be due to age, physical or mental illness, addiction or disability.
Young Carers are children as young as five year...
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Fragile X Society Essex
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Tel: 01371 875100
The Chestnuts
4 Stortford Road
Great Dunmow
Essex
CM6 1DA
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The Fragile X Society was formed in 1990 by families whose children had just been diagnosed with Fragile X Syndrome.
The Society's Aims are to:
- provide support and information to fragile X families from those who share and understand their concerns and needs
- educate and inform the public an...
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Those who care for or have relatives affected by Fragile X Syndrome and professionals who work with them
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Halstead Day Centre
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Tel: 01787 476253
40 Bridge Street
Halstead
Essex
CO9 1HT
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We offer an environment for elderly, alert housebound people, where they can socialise and remain stimulated by our daily activities. We cater for people in and around Halstead, especially for members from rural areas that may feel excluded from mainstream activities and community involvement.
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Essex Sight
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Tel: 01206 548196
CO9 1LE
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Thanks to funding from Colchester Catalyst Charity, we are now offering a Mobile Sight Centre Service to help people who may be rurally isolated within the Colne Valley and the wider CO postcode area. If you live in these areas and are unable to access one of our existing sight centres or require...
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Visually impaired people and their families.
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Helen Rollason Billericay Group
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Tel: 01277 626323
CM12 0YB
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Self help group for anyone who has been touched by cancer - patients, carers, family and friends. We meet on the first Tuesday of each month between 12 - 2pm in a friendly atmosphere; tea, informed chats, empathetic company, practical and emotional support.
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Anyone who has been affected by cancer.
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Parkinson's UK Colchester Branch
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Tel: 01206 621063 or 0344 225 3613
Stanway Village Hall
Villa Road
Colchester
Essex
CO3 0RH
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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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Asap - (Asperger Syndrome Adults And Parents) Essex
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Tel: 01206 240931
1 Plummers Road
Fordham
Colchester
Essex
CO6 3NP
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We maintain a telephone helpline service, we run regular social skills training programmes, an adult support group, youth clubs, social events and we campaign for better services and understanding for people with Asperger’s syndrome and their families around the county.
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Adults with Asperger Syndrome and their families
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Thaxted Centre For The Disabled
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Tel: 01371 830752
Thaxted Centre for the Disabled
Dunmow Road
Thaxted
Essex
CM6 2LU
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Are you disabled and bored with being at home all day? Would you like to go out and meet other people in the same boat as yourself on one or two days a week?Two days a week a group of people come to Thaxted from the surrounding towns and villages, to be together and enjoy various activities such ...
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Anyone who is physically disabled but not needing medical care can be a member thereby giving their carer some respite.
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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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Hamelin Trust
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Tel: 01277 653889
Hamelin Trust
19 Radford Crescent
Billericay
Essex
CM12 0DU
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Hamelin Trust is a leading Essex based charity for supporting people with learning disabilities and their families. We do this by providing short break services, a resource centre and outreach services within the community and individual's homes. We also provide training and employment opportunit...
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People with learning disabilities and their families.
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