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Your Voice Counts
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Tel: 0191 4786472
Unit 12 Interchange Centre
West Street
Gateshead
Tyne and Wear
NE8 1BH
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We are an independent charity for people with learning disabilities.
In Gateshead we provide:
- Case Advocacy
- Black and Ethnic Minority and Faith Community Advocacy
- Self Advocacy
- Citizen Advocacy
- Advice, Information and Low Level Brokerage
- Supported Living Peer Mentoring
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Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity
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Tel: 0191 3001601
Suite 2M
North Sands Business Centre
Liberty Way
Sunderland
Tyne and Wear
SR6 0QA
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Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity supports seriously ill children and their families in the family home and local community. Families who have a child or young person up to the age of 18 with a life threatening or terminal condition (for example cancer, some neurological conditions, babies in neon...
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We support the whole family including parents, carers, the unwell child, brothers, sisters and grandparents. Any family can receive support from the moment of their child or young person’s diagnosis.
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Sunderland City Council - services for adults
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Tel: 0191 520 4845
Sunderland City Council
Leechmere Centre
Leechmere Industrial Estate
Sunderland
Tyne and Wear
SR2 9TS
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Provide social care services for adults
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Adults and those that care for them
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Sunderland Breast Care Support Group
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Tel: 0191 567 8203
SR2 9NA
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The group meets in the refectory of Sunderland Royal Hospital to encourage members who have breast care problems to share their experiences with others in the same or similar circumstances. Very informal talks by professionals and others.
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People who have breast care problems and others in the same or similar circumstances.
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Deaflink North East
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Tel: 0191 281 2314
4 Glendale Terrace
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE6 1PB
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Deaflink offers a range of services for D/deaf (with a capital 'D' referring to British Sign Language users), Hard-of-Hearing and Deafblind people, including forums and Support groups each month.
Deaflink can help organisations to be more inclusive and deaf aware through staff training.
Deafl...
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Deaf, Deafblind, Hard-of-Hearing and Deafened people and their families.
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Cancer Connections South Tyneside
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Tel: 0191 456 5081
Cancer Connections
258 Harton Lane
West Harton
South Shields
Tyne and Wear
NE34 0LR
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You are welcome at Cancer Connections - a private and safe place with a special atmosphere where people feel able to face their concerns, knowing that help and support are at hand.
Cancer Connections is unique in the Northeast. Cancer Connections is not a hospice. We are a volunteer charity whos...
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Anyone affected by cancer - patient, carer, or family member
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Carers Centre Newcastle
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Tel: 0191 275 5060
135-139 Shields Road
Byker
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE6 1DN
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Carers Centre Newcastle is a independently registered charity working citywide to provide dedicated support and information. We provide services on a universal offer approach: inclusion; identification; outreach; and tailored information and advice and are a hub for carers in Newcastle.
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Our services are available for any carer aged 18 and over who lives in Newcastle or who cares for someone living in Newcastle. Support is also available for former carers who have received our services whilst being a carer.
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ICAS (Independent Complaints Advocacy Service) North East
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Tel: 0191 4788350
NE1 2ET
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The role of ICAS is to support people who want to make a complaint about their NHS-funded treatment or care. It's a free, confidential and independent service designed to help people understand their rights and make informed choices.
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Slc Laryngectomee Club
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Tel: 0191 536 9655
SR6 7PU
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The SLC Laryngectomee Group offers support to assist in the welfare and rehabilitation of people who have had a laryngectomy, and their carers. They provide information on management of the condition both through literature and through befriending.
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Streetwise
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Tel: 0191 230 5533
35 - 37 The Groat Market
Bigg Market
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE1 1UQ
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We are a young people's project based in the city centre of Newcastle upon Tyne. We work with young people from all over the north-east - you don't have to live in Newcastle to come in!
Streetwise has an information and advice drop-in staffed by project workers, and contraception and sexual heal...
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Young people aged 11 - 25 years.
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