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Our Living Better Lives directory of services below lists local, regional and national organisations that can offer information and advice, support, care and social activities for adults.
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Support for people with hearing loss and tinnitus.
Support and advice on alcohol addiction.
Blesma, The Limbless Veterans helps all serving and ex-Service men and women who have lost limbs, or lost the use of limbs or eyes, to rebuild their lives by providing rehabilitation activities and welfare support.
- Contact number: 020 8590 1124
Bright Futures are a registered charity working with young women aged 11-25 to give them a brighter future by raising their self-esteem and confidence.
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Address:
Community Hub
459 John Williamson Street
South Shields
NE33 5HP
Tyne and Wear
United Kingdom
- Contact number: 0191 455 1196 / 07484904676
Support and advice for deaf people.
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Address:
2nd Floor MEA House
Ellison Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8XS
Tyne and Wear
United Kingdom
- Contact number: 07921 291303 (text only)
The British Red Cross helps anyone, anywhere in the UK and around the world, get the support they need if crisis strikes.
Registered provider of adult respite care holidays.
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Address:
Kielder Water & Forest Park
Northumberland
NE48 1BS
United Kingdom
- Contact number: 01434 250232
Deafblind UK is a national charity that currently provides contracted care and support services each month to people who are deafblind.
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Address:
19 Rainbow Court
Paston Ridings
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE4 7UP
United Kingdom
- Contact number: 0800 132320 Text: 07903572885 Text relay: 18001 then 0800 132320
deafPLUS is a registered charity working to encourage integration and equality between deaf and hearing people in all areas of life.
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Address:
First Floor, Trinity Centre
Key Close
Whitechapel
London
E1 4HG
United Kingdom
- Contact number: 020 7790 8478
Advice and services including equipment and adaptation services for older people and those with a disability.
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Address:
The Dene Centre
Castle Farm Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 1PH
Tyne and Wear
United Kingdom
- Contact number: 0191 284 0480
Disability Rights is run by and for people with lived experience of disability or health conditions.
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Address:
Ground Floor
CAN Mezzanine
49-51 East Rd
London
N1 6AH
United Kingdom
- Contact number: 020 7250 8181
Private care agency that offers clients individual private care packages tailored around their needs.
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Address:
Gear House
Saltmeadows Road
Gateshead
NE8 3AH
Tyne and Wear
United Kingdom
- Contact number: 0191 490 0783
FRANK is the national drugs information and advice service, available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
This is a gardening scheme run by the North East Council on Addictions.
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Address:
Simonside Green Hope Allotments
Brockley Avenue
South Shields
NE34 0TY
Tyne and Wear
United Kingdom
- Contact number: 0191 456 9999
Care provider supporting disabled people in their own home, residential homes and more.
The leading UK charity for people with limb loss.
Matrix staff are trained to deal with issues affecting young people and offer a confidential service in a friendly surrounding.
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Address:
14 Marketplace
South Shields
NE33 1JF
- Contact number: 0191 497 5637
The organisation offers vocational rehabilitation services for people aged over 16 years with acquired brain injury or neurological conditions.
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Address:
Forth Banks House
Skinnerburn Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3RH
- Contact number: 0191 232 0234
Motability scheme allowing people to exchange either their higher rate mobility component of disability living allowance or their war pensioners' mobility supplement to obtain a new car, powered wheelchair or scooter.
- Contact number: 0300 456 4566 / Textphone: 0300 037 0100
Advice, information and social activities for people who have multiple sclerosis.
Supports therapy and social activities for people with the condition in South Tyneside.
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Address:
Millennium Phab Club
113 Grange Road
Jarrow
NE32 3QW
- Contact number: 0191 489 4336 or 01670 505 829
Advice and guidance for elderly and vulnerable adults about care services.
- Contact number: 0800 731 8470
Suppliers of hearing products including door bells and smoke alarms for your home.
Supporting people with visual impairments and hearing loss in Gateshead, South Tyneside and surrounding areas to enjoy the quality of life others take for granted.
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Address:
Floor 2, Gateshead Civic Centre
Regent Street
Gateshead
NE8 1HH
- Contact number: 0191 478 5959
Drug and alcohol recovery service
Supports adults with a learning disability to live in their own homes, with support focused on the individual needs of each person.
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Address:
Suite 103
Navigation House
Tyne Dock
South Shields
NE34 0AB
- Contact number: 0191 323 3786
A group of volunteers who work with the council and police to keep people safe on the streets of the town centre at night at weekends.
The Stroke Association provide support for people who have experienced a stroke, their family or carers.
Brain injury rehabilitation.
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Address:
Walkergate Park Centre For Neurorehabilitation and Neuropsychiatry
Benfield Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE6 4QD
- Contact number: 0191 287 5000