County Durham's Families Information Service

Rehab Jigsaw has a friendly team of experienced private and independent Occupational Therapists working throughout the UK with adults and children who have been affected by injury, illness or ageing. Our highly skilled private and independent Occupational Therapists are able to undertake assessments of a person’s…

03333 440 783

We work across the UK to support people of all ages who find communication difficult because they have little or no clear speech. Our work is with the augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) needs of people with complex communication needs. AAC includes systems such as eye pointing,…

0113 343 1533

We are a UK charity providing information and support to families and individuals affected by any rare chromosome or autosomal dominant single gene disorder and to professionals who work with them. We offer contact with families where someone has the same rare chromosome, gene disorder…

01883 723 356

At any given time up to 40% of adults and 50% of children (this rises to 80% with a SEND diagnosis) have difficulties with their sleep. Yet in a recent survey, almost 60% of adults felt there was a lack of support for sleep issues.…

03303 530 541

We provide information and support to parents and carers of individuals with severe learning disabilities whose behaviour challenges. We have information sheets, DVDs, a newsletter and a website. Information sheets can be ordered from our office or downloaded from our website. Support is provided through email…

General Enquiries: 01634 838 739
Family Support Line 0300 666 0126

Living with autism isn’t easy but finding out all about it should be. Some estimate that one in every hundred people have autism. There’s lots of support and advice out there to help you make sense of the world of autism. Charities, support groups, and specialist service providers, are…

We support children with heart disorders and their families, whatever the condition, wherever it is treated and have 2,500 families in membership throughout the UK. We offer: Advice and support to families Activity breaks for children with heart conditions Activity breaks for siblings of children…

07777 698 581

Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP), is an award-winning, highly respected user-led charity. PCP mission is ‘Health, Wellbeing and Learning for All’ and we aim to ‘support the development of individual and community capacity by creating opportunities to improve the health, wellbeing and life chances of disadvantaged…

01325 321 234

Based in the North East based, we provide dyslexia diagnosis, specialist dyslexia support and behaviour and educational consultancy services. We work with parents, individuals, companies, state and private education throughout the North East and beyond.

0191 603 1005

We are Contact, the charity for families with disabled children. We support families with the best possible guidance and information. We bring families together to support each other. And we help families to campaign, volunteer and fundraise to improve life for themselves and others.

Helpline: 0808 808 3555

County Durham's Families Information Service

Rehab Jigsaw

Communication Matters

Unique - Understanding Chromosome and Gene Disorders

National Sleep Helpline

Challenging Behaviour Foundation

Autismlinks

Heartline Families

Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP)

Toucan Education

Contact - For families with disabled children

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