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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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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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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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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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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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Ataxia Uk Ipswich And Colchester Local Support Group
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Tel: 0207 582 1444
CO5 7NL
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Ataxia UK funds research into finding treatments and a cure for ataxia, and they support people through a range of services. Support is also available for their families and carers.
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Individuals affected by ataxia, their friends, family or carers.
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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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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 Sight
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Tel: 01206 548196
Essex Sight Centre
40 Osborne Street
Colchester
Essex
CO2 7DB
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We have a permanent Sight Centre in Colchester and 5 pop up Sight Centres that operate in towns throughout the County including a mobile service supporting the rural areas in the north of Essex. Opening times vary from daily to weekly and monthly depending upon demand.
Each centre has a range o...
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Visually impaired people and their families.
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