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Eating Distress North East (EDNE)
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Tel: 0191 221 0233
The Old Post Office
5 Pink Lane
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE1 5DE
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EDNE aims to provide support to all those living in Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and County Durham whose lives are affected by eating distress or eating disorders. We do this by providing a range of services including one-to-one counselling, group support, information and training.
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Anyone whose life is affected by eating distress.
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Tavistock Aphasia Centre (North East)
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Tel: 0191 222 8550
North East Aphasia Centre
Newcastle University
Queen Victoria Road
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE1 7RU
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The Tavistock Aphasia Centre is situated within Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle University. The Aphasia Centre provides intensive speech and language therapy for people with aphasia.
We provide training opportunities for Speech & Language Therapy students on the programme at Newcastle...
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Professionals and people with aphasia themselves.
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The Evening Chronicle Sunshine Fund
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Tel: 0191 201 6289
The Chronicle Sunshine Fund, NCJ Media
2nd Floor, Eldon Court, Eldon Square
Percy Street
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE1 7JB
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Parents, Carers, Health Profesionals
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Specialist Regional Care Advisor North East & Cumbria
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Tel: 0191 241 8761
Genetics Department Muscle Team
International Centre for Life
Central parkway
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE1 3BZ
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We lead the fight against muscle disease.
We provide free practical and emotional support.
We fund world-class research to find effective treatments and cures.
We campaign to raise awareness and bring about change.
We award grants towards the cost of specialist equipment, such as powered wheelcha...
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Anyone with a Neuromuscular condition, their carers and family.
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St Cuthberts Care Alan Shearer Short Break Centre
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Tel: 0191 267 8128
West Denton Hall
West Denton
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE15 7LT
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The Alan Shearer Short Break Centre is a tailored holiday-style short break service for children and adults with physical and learning disabilities, autism and Asperger's syndrome. Our guests can visit for as long as they wish, choosing to enjoy a weekend, mid-week break or a longer holiday with ...
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Anyone over 8 with a disability.
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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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Connected Voice Advocacy
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Tel: 0191 232 7013
Connected Voice
Higham House
Higham Place
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE1 8AF
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Connected Voice Advocacy provides a free, independent, high quality and ethical advocacy service that:
• helps people to be aware of their rights and available choices
• supports them to make informed decisions about their lives and then to have them acted upon wherever possible
• facilitates the...
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Newcastle Law Centre
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Tel: 0191 230 4777
MEA House
Ellison Place
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE1 8XS
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Newcastle Law Centre provides free legal advice and representation to people that are on low incomes, income support or facing discrimination.
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Relate Northumberland And Tyneside
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Tel: 0191 232 9109
3rd Floor, Mea House
Ellison Place
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE1 8XS
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Relate Northumberland and Tyneside offer relationship counselling for couples and individuals. We also provide family counselling, psychosexual therapy and counselling for children and young people. We also offer courses, details of which can be found on our website: www.relate-nt.org.uk.
We c...
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Relate service is open to the general public
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Headway Central Northumberland
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Tel: 0191 283 4623 / 07552101559
c/o North East Regional Co-ordinator
Blaydon Primary Care Centre
Shibdon Road
Blaydon
Tyne and Wear
NE21 5NW
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It is estimated that approximately 30,000 adults in the North East are living with long term effects of a traumatic brain injury. Headway’s groups in the North East are there to support these people and many more in the area affected by conditions such as stroke, meningitis encephalitis and tumour.
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Brain injury survivors, carers, family and friends.
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