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Bridport - ASD and Social Anxiety Group
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Tel: Karen - 07974 826891
Bridport Children's Centre:
St Marys C of E Primary School
Skilling Hill Road
Bridport
Dorset
DT6 5LA
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Group for young people aged 11-18 and parents of children of all ages with similar needs
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ESCAPE Support Group
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Tel: 01823 442160
Unit H, Creech Mill
Mill Lane
Creech St Michael
Taunton
Somerset
TA3 5PX
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Escape Support Group aims to provide support to families in Somerset raising children who have disabilities or additional needs, through providing a wide range of fun activities, days out and occasional short break holidays. Our events boost morale, increase confidence, improve social skills as w...
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All that we ask is that a child aged up to 17 from within your direct family unit has a special need.
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Brainwave South West
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Tel: 01278 429089
Brainwave Centre
Huntworth Gate
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA6 6LQ
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Brainwave works with families to deliver individual home-based therapy and exercise programmes that help children with disabilities and developmental delay to achieve their potential.
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Any family with a neurologically impaired child.
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Motor Neurone Disease Association South and West Somerset
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Tel: 01935 426434
West Monkton Village Hall
Monkton Heathfield
Taunton
Somerset
TA2 8NE
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The South and West Somerset Branch hold regular meetings on the fourth Thursday of each month, except August and December. Open Meetings and Careers Meetings are held for people with Motor Neurone disease, their careers, families, and friends.
Branches strive to provide the best possible support...
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Memory Café Ashburton
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Tel: 07767 328686
EX13 7AA
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A place where anyone worried about losing their memory, (and the carers of those people), can call in for a chat and the chance to discuss their concerns.
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Anyone concerned by memory loss as well as those diagnosed with dementia, and their carers.
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Somerset Young Carers Project Somerset
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Tel: 01278 437368
Bridgwater Children’s social care
Blake
Northgate
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA6 3HF
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Somerset Young Carers Project (SYCP) provides advice, information and advocacy for young carers in Somerset. Young carers are able to meet other young people in the same situation through the project, which also runs meeting groups and leisure activities, offering a break from home life. SYCP spe...
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Tel: 07851 539288
TA6 3RR
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Finley's Footprints provide services after a bereavement, or during a crisis. Although we specialise in services to families affected by pregnancy loss, baby and child loss our Hope Coaching is beneficial to other people.
Hope Coaching can help at:
- General bereavement
- Times of crisis
- Times...
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The services are available to carers and the general public
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Youth Cancer Trust
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Tel: 01305 584064
The Factory Advanced Healthcare Centre
Peverell Avenue
East Poundbury
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 3WE
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Youth Cancer Trust provides online support and free therapeutic wellbeing holidays for young people (aged 14 to 30) living with and beyond cancer, from anywhere in the UK and the Irish Republic, or who are patients of any UK hospital.
The online group offers support, fun activities such as cooke...
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Young people with cancer or in remission (aged 14 to 30)
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Dorset Advocacy
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Tel: 0300 343 7000
13-15 Jubilee Court
Paceycombe Way
Poundbury
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 3AE
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Dorset Advocacy works in the Dorset and BCP Council area with disabled people, carers, people with learning disabilities or difficulties, and those who lack mental capacity. We help you to speak up so that you get the social and health care services that you need. We can also provide support if...
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People with learning difficulties, disabled and older people.
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Tel: 01305 751160
St John Ambulance
St John House
Bridport Road
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 2NH
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St John Ambulance Dorset provides a Carers Support Programme to help people in a caring role.
The Carers Support Programme is a free 4 session course (held over one morning for four weeks) and is available to any adult who looks after another, in caring capacity. The course material is accredite...
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