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Thaxted Centre For The Disabled
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Tel: 01371 830752
Thaxted Centre for the Disabled
Dunmow Road
Thaxted
Essex
CM6 2LU
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Are you disabled and bored with being at home all day? Would you like to go out and meet other people in the same boat as yourself on one or two days a week?Two days a week a group of people come to Thaxted from the surrounding towns and villages, to be together and enjoy various activities such ...
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Anyone who is physically disabled but not needing medical care can be a member thereby giving their carer some respite.
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Parkinson's UK Uttlesford Support Group
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Tel: 0344 225 3613
CB11 3HD
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Offer information, friendship and support to local people with Parkinson's, their families and carers.
Also organise regular events and social activities - join and meet other people affected by Parkinson's in your area.
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People with Parkinson's, their families and carers.
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Fledglings
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Tel: 0845 458 1124
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Wenden Court
Station Approach
Wendens Ambo
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB11 4LB
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Fledglings is a national charity which aims to assist parents and carers of disabled children, or those with additional needs of any kind, by identifying, sourcing and supplying practical, affordable products to address every day issues.
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Carers, Parents, Professionals, General Public
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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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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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Hourglass (Safer Ageing)
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Tel: 0808 808 8141
Office 8
Unit 5, Stour Valley Business Centre
Brundon Lane
Sudbury
Suffolk
CO10 7GB
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Hourglass was established in 1993 by a group of practitioners from health and social care, and by academics and representatives of the voluntary sector who were concerned about the lack of information and assistance for those who were abused or were at risk of abusing. And today, we address abuse...
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To operate a helpline giving confidential information and emotional support to victims and anyone concerned about elder abuse
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Depden Care Farm
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Tel: 01284 851 013
Broad Green Farm
Rookie Farm
depden
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP29 4BU
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Depden Care Farm is run by the Millennium Farm Trust (MFT)
A registered charity, established in 1996. The initiative for the Millennium Farm Trust came from an enthusiastic group of people with learning difficulties and disabilities. Since our farming operation started in the year 2000, many peop...
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Adults with learning disabilities
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Upbeat Heart Support Group
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Tel: 01284 747238
CO10 1LW
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'Upbeat Heart Support Group' is a registered independent charity set up by ex-cardiac patients with the aim of providing exercise, social and health educational activities for those who have had heart attacks or other heart related problems, and their partner or carer.
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Cardiac Patients and Carers
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Parkinson's UK Braintree Branch
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Braintree and Bocking Community Association
19-21 Bocking End
Braintree
Essex
CM7 9AE
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Offer information, friendship and support to local people with Parkinson's, their families and carers.
Also organise regular events and social activities - join and meet other people affected by Parkinson's in your area.
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People with Parkinson's, their families and carers.
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Fragile X Society Essex
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Tel: 01371 875100
The Chestnuts
4 Stortford Road
Great Dunmow
Essex
CM6 1DA
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The Fragile X Society was formed in 1990 by families whose children had just been diagnosed with Fragile X Syndrome.
The Society's Aims are to:
- provide support and information to fragile X families from those who share and understand their concerns and needs
- educate and inform the public an...
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Those who care for or have relatives affected by Fragile X Syndrome and professionals who work with them
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