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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 Carers' Centre
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Tel: 0191 549 3768
Thompson Park
Thompson Road
Sunderland
Tyne and Wear
SR5 1SF
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Sunderland Carers’ Centre offers a confidential information, advice and support service to carers throughout the City of Sunderland (including Houghton-le-Spring, Hetton-le-Hole, Easington Lane and Washington).
Sunderland Carers’ Centre is an independent voluntary organisation, registered as a c...
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Diabetes Uk Sunderland
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Tel: 0191 549 8410
SR5 1NB
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The Sunderland Diabetes Support Group have been operating for several years supporting the people of Sunderland and the outlying areas. We have designed the meetings so that they are not all doom and gloom. You will find that during our yearly programme we listen to the advice of invited speciali...
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Anyone affected by diabetes
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Crossroads Care Easington District
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Tel: 0191 518 0753
Pride House
28 Crawford Avenue
Peterlee
County Durham
SR8 5EG
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Crossroads Care Easington District is a specialist voluntary organisation committed to providing practical support to carers in their own home by taking over their care responsibilities, helping them make a life outside of caring. We are a member of the Crossroads Care Association, working within...
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Durham Deafened Support
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Tel: 0191 518 3358
14 Upper Yoden Way
Castledene Shopping Centre
Peterlee
County Durham
SR8 1BB
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Durham Deafened Support was established in 1998 to promote the relief, integration, rehabilitation, welfare and education of people who have become isolated because of hearing loss, enabling them to cope with their disability through advocacy, support, education, information and other ways of hel...
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General public and other service providers
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Clarke Lister Brain Haemorrhage Foundation
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Tel: 0191 586 9239
Clarke Lister Brain Haemorrhage Fund,
10 Lumley Drive
Oakerside Park
Peterlee
County Durham
SR8 1NL
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The charity exists to support those affected directly and indirectly by Brain Haemorrhage, to actively promote activities which prevent Brain Haemorrhage, promote research into the causes, treatment and effects of Brain Haemorrhage and disseminate for the purpose of education and public benefit a...
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Those affected directly and indirectly by Brain Haemorrhage
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Sunderland Parent Carer Forum
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Tel: 0739 3129 858
NE38 7QW
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We are parents and carers working together to create change, so all our children and young people can learn, make friends, have a voice and be part of everyday community and school life.
We support families with children and young people who have disabilities, special education needs and/or addi...
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Parent/carers and service providers. We are an inclusive group, where everyone is welcome.
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Niemann-Pick Disease Group (Uk)
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Tel: 0191 415 0693
Suite 2, Vermont House
Concord
Washington
Tyne and Wear
NE37 2SQ
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When a child or individual is diagnosed with Niemann-Pick disease it adversely affects the whole family. Hopes and dreams for the future are destroyed, leaving families feeling distressed, frightened and isolated. The path to this diagnosis is often a difficult one, due to the rarity of the condi...
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Tel: 0191 386 2146
136 Devonshire Rd
Durham
County Durham
DH1 2BL
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'Durham Otters' Swim club has been running for over 25 years in the Durham city area to provide a safe and friendly environment for those who find public swimming sessions unsuitable, but who would like to swim or relax in a pool.
The charity, run entirely by volunteers, gives disabled adults an...
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British Porphyria Association
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Tel: 0300 30 200 30
136 Devonshire Road
Durham City
Durham
County Durham
DH1 2BL
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The British Porphyria Association aims to reach out to as many people as possible; patients, doctors, hospitals and research establishments in order to improve the understanding of this condition.
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