Organisations which may be able to help you:

Newcastle Children's Information Service Phone 0191 261 7657/8

This service has been set up to provide access to advice and information on child care and early years education services to assist parents/carers with the task of finding the service to suit their needs.

Listed below are Local Organisations that may be able to help you:

Barnardos Phone 0191 281 5024 Fax 0191 2819840 Orchard House, Fenwick Terrace Jesmond Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 2JO Email: sandra.egleton@barnardos.org.uk	Barnardos - Byker Family Centre Phone 0191 265 4566 Fax 0191 265 4726 19 Raby Cross, Byker Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 2FF Opening times Mon- Fri 8.45am - 3.45pm
Barnardos - Kirkwood Neighbourhood Centre Phone 0191 285 8118 Fax 0191 2469002 Kirkwood Drive, North Kenton Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 3AX Email: steve.foster@barnardos.org.uk Opening times 8.30am - 5pm	Children North East Phone 0191 256 2444 Fax 0191 256 2446 89 Denhill Park Newcastle upon Tyne NE15 6QE Email: enquiries@children-ne.org Website: www.children-ne.org
Children North East - Babysitting Initiative Phone 0191 226 1685 Ashfield Nursery and Parent Centre 97-98 Elswick Road Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6JR	Contact a Family (North East) Phone 0191 213 6300 Fax 0191 213 6300 The Dene Centre Castle Farm Road, Gosforth Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 1PH Email: northeast@cafamily.org.uk Website: www.cafamily.org.uk
Coping with Cancer Phone 0191 268 0011 St Joseph's Business Centre West Lane, Killingworth Newcastle upon Tyne NE12 0BH Opening times 9.30am-3.30pm	Disability North - Independent Living Service Phone 0191 284 0480 Fax 0191 213 0910 Textphone 0191 285 7261 The Dene Centre Castles Farm Road, Gosforth Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 1PH Email:reception@disabilitynorth.org.uk Website:www.disabilitynorth.org.uk Opening times 10am-4pm
Down's Syndrome North East Phone 08707 65 21 21 56 Greenhaugh West Moor Newcastle upon Tyne NE12 7WA Email: Contact@DownsSyndromeNorthEast.org.uk Website:www.DownsSyndromeNorthEast.org.uk	Dyslexia Institute Phone 0191 281 8381 Fax O191 281 3059 33 Eskdale Terrace, Jesmond Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4DN Email:newcastle@dyslexia\inst.org.uk Opening times 9am-5pm
Face the Future (North East) Phone 0191 221 2180 Fax 0191 221 2180 c/o Skills for People Key House, Tankerville Place Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 3AT Email: face-the-future@dial.pipex.com Website: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/face-the-future/ Opening times 9am-5pm	Mencap North East Phone 0191 487 0444 Fax 0191 497 7000 20-21 Marquis Court Tenth Avenue, TVTE Gateshead NE11 ORU Email: gateshead@mencap.org.uk Opening times 9am-5.30pm
The National Autistic Society (Newcastle Branch) Tel 0191 2263614 (general) or 0191 2263615 (befriending) Room 116, The Park Centre Cruddas Park Shopping Centre Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7RW	NCH - Cowgate Childrens Centre Phone 0191 286 5507 Fax 0191 286 0557 5 Meadowdale Crescent, Cowgate Newcastle upon Tyne NE5 3HL Email: neccc@mail.nchafc.org.uk Opening times Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
NCH - Newbiggin Hall Family Project Phone 0191 271 0705 Fax O191 271 6606 Brian Roycroft Centre Newbiggin Hall Shopping Centre Newbiggin Hall Estate Newcastle upon Tyne NE5 4BR Opening times: Mon, Wed - 8.30am - 5.30pm Tues, Thurs, Fri - 8.30am - 5pm	NCH - St Anthony's Children's House Phone 0191 224 0217 St Anthony's Children's House 47 - 49 Caldbeck Avenue, Walker Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 3SD Opening times Mon - Fri 9.30am - 5pm
Newcastle Carers Project Phone 0191 232 7445 0191 260 3030 (Helpline) Fax 0191 260 3030 Textphone 0191 232 7445 Newcastle CSV Mea House, Ellison Place Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8XS Opening times: Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm Email: carers@newcastleupon-tynecvs.org.uk	Newcastle Deaf Centre Phone 0191 232 4104 Fax 0191 233 2122 Textphone 0191 261 8885 Videophone 0191 233 1074 The Deaf Centre 2 Summerhill Grove Summerhill Square Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6EE Opening times Mon, Wed, Thurs 9.30am -4.30pm Sundays for pastoral services
Newcastle Special Needs Network Phone 0191 2840480 Fax O191 2130910 Textphone 0191 285 7261 The Dene Centre Castle Farm Road Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 1PH Opening times Mon - Wed 9am - 3.30pm	North Eastern Epilepsy Discussion and Support Phone 0191 282 4578 Fax 0191 227 5078 c/o Heads North Peacock Hall Queen Victoria Road Dept of Neuro Physiology, RVI, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP Opening times 9am - 5pm
Northumbria Sight Service Phone 0191 273 9009 Fax 0191 256 5017 Lynnwood Business Centre Lynnwood Terrace Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6UL Email:Northumbria@sightservice.fsnet.co.uk Opening times 9.30am - 4.30pm	Oasis Phone 0191 2654566 Byker Sands Family Centre 19 Raby Cross, Byker Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 2FF Opening times - Informal Group Fri 9.30am - 11.30am Thurs 4pm - 6pm by appointment
Peter Pan Society - Gosforth and District Peter Pan House 4 West Avenue, Gosforth Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 4ES Opening times Senior club Tues 6pm - 9pm Younger members Thurs 6pm -8pm	REMAP Phone 01661 824 488 154 Runnymede Road, Ponteland Newcastle upon Tyne NE20 9HR
Sargent Cancer Care Team Phone 0191 232 5131 ext 24331 Fax 0191 230 2866 Royal Victoria Infirmary Queen Victoria Road Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP Opening times Mon - Fri 9am - 4pm	Scope (North-East) Unit 1, Evans Business Centre Belmont Industrial Estate Durham DH1 1SE Phone: 0191 3862127 Fax: 0191 384 7235 Textphone: 01924 299 721 Email: north.east@scope.org.uk Opening times: Mon - Fri 9am -9pm Sat - Sun 2pm - 6pm
SENSE Phone 0191 281 4009 Mobile 07880 796 780 Textphone via typetalk Northern Counties School Great North Road Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 3BB Opening times Mon - Fri 9am-5pm	St Cuthberts Care Phone 0191 228 0111 (answering service available) Fax 0191 228 0177 St Cuthberts House, West Road Newcastle upon Tyne NEl5 7PY Email: enquiries@stcuthbertscare.org.uk Website: www.stcuthbertscare.org.uk Opening times Mon - Fri 9am-5pm
Young Arthritis Care: The local branch of Young Arthritis Care (YAC) is no longer in operation. Support for young people with arthritis is now offered by the The Source, a branch of the National Arthritis Care service. Tel: 0808 808 2000 - weekdays 10am - 2pm Email: thesource@arthritiscare.org.uk Website: Arthritis Care - Young Peoples Section

Listed below are National Organisations that may be able to help you:

Action for Sick Children Argyle House, 29-31 Euston Road London NW1 2SD Phone: 020 7833 2041 Website:www.actionforsickchildren.org.uk	Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Asbah House, 42 Park Road Peterborough PE1 2UQ Phone: 01733 555988 Website: www.asbah.org
Advisory Centre for Education Unit lB, Aberdeen Studios 22 Highbury Grove London N5 2 EA Phone: 020 7354 8321 (The advice line is open from 2pm to 5pm.) Website: www.ace-ed.org.uk	AFASIC - Overcoming Speech Impariments 2nd Floor, 50-52 Great Sutton Street London EC1V 0DJ Phone: 020 7490 9410 Helpline: 08453 555577 Website: www.afasic.org.uk
Alliance for Inclusive Education Unit 2, Ground Floor, 70 South Lambeth Road, London SW8 1RL Phone: 020 7735 5277 E-mail: Allfie@btinternet.com.uk	Association for Brain Damaged Children Clifton House, 3 St Paul's Road Foleshill, Coventry CV6 5DE Phone: 02476 665450
Ataxia (Friedreich's Ataxia Group) 10 Winchester House Kennington Park, Cranmer Road London SW9 6EJ Phone: 020 7820 3900	Barnardo's Tanners Lane, Barkingside Ilford, Essex 1G6 1QG Phone: 020 8550 8822 Website: www.barnardos.co.uk
British Deaf Association 1-3 Worship Street London EC2A 2AB Phone: 020 75883520 Website:www.britishdeafassociation.org.uk	British Diabetic Association UK 10 Oueen Anne Gate London W1M 0BD Phone: 020 7323 1531
British Dyslexia Society 98 London Road, Reading Berkshire RG1 5AU Phone: 0118 966 2677 (Monday to Friday, 10am to 12.45pm and 2pm to 5pm) Website: www.epilepsy.org.uk	British Epilepsy Association New Ansty House, Gate Way Drive Yeadon, Leeds LS19 7XY Phone: 01132 108800 Helpline: 0808 8005050 Website: www.epilepsy.org.uk
Brittle Bone Society 30 Guthrie Street Dundee DD1 5BS Phone: 01328 204446	Camden Parent Advocacy Service 98 St Pancras Way London N1 9NF Phone: 020 7482 2593
Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education 1 Redland Close, Elm Lane Redland, Bristol BS6 6UE Phone: 0117 923 8450	Children's Legal Centre University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park Colchester C04 3SQ Phone: 01206 872466 Website: www2.ESSEX.AC.UK/CLC
Contact a Family 209-211 City Road London EC1V 1JN Phone: 020 7608 8700 Website: www.cafamily.org.uk	Council for Disabled Children C/o National Children's Bureau 8 Wakley Street, London EC1V 7QE Phone: 020 7843 6000 Website: www.ncb.org.uk
Cystic Fibrosis Trust London Road, Bromley Kent BR1 1BY Phone: 020 84647211	DIAL UK (Disability Information Line) St Catherine's Tickhill Road, Doncaster DN4 8QN Phone: 01302 310123 Website: www.members.aol.com/dialuk
Disability Alliance 1st Floor East, Universal House 88-94 Wentworth Street London E1 7SA Phone: 020 7247 8763	Disability Equality in Education Unit 4Q, Leroy House, 436 Essex Road London N1 3QP Phone: 020 7359 2855
Disability Living Foundation 380-384 Harrow Road London W9 2HU Phone: 020 7289 6111	Disability Sport England Unit 4G, 987-988 High Road Tottenham, London N17 0DA Phone: 020 8801 4466
Down's Syndrome Association 155 Mitcham Road London SW17 9PG Phone: 020 8682 4001 Website: www.downs-syndrome.org.uk	Dyspraxia Foundation 8 West Alley, Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1EG Helpline: 01462 454986 Website: www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk
Dyslexia Institute 133 Gresham Road, Staines TW18 2AJ Phone:01784 463851	Family Fund Trust PO Box 50, York YO1 9ZX Phone: 01904 621115
Greater London Association for Disabled People (GLAD) 363 Brixton Road London SW9 7AA Phone: 020 7346 5800	Haemophilia Society Chesterfield House, 385 Euston Rd. London NW1 3AU Phone: 020 7380 0600
Headway National Head Injuries Association 4 King Edward Court King Edward Street Nottingham NG1 1EW Phone: 01159 240800	Huntington's Disease Association 108 Battersea High Street London SW11 3HP Phone: 020 7223 7000
I CAN (lnvalid Children Aid Nationwide) 4 Dyers Buildings, Holborn London EC1N 2QP Phone:08700 104066	In Touch 10 Norman Road, Sale Greater Manchester M33 3DF Phone:0161 9052440 Website: www.inclusive.co.uk/support/intouch.shtml
IPSEA Tribunal Support Service (for parents appealing to the SEN Tribunal) 4 Ancient House Mews Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 1DH Advice Line: 0800 184016 or 01394 0382814 Tribunal Appeals Only: 01394 384711 Website: www.ipsea.org.uk	KIDS 6 Aztec Row, Berners Road London N1 0 OPW Phone: 020 7359 3635 Website: www.kids-online.org.uk
Kidsactive Pryor's Bank, Bishop's Park London SW6 3LA Phone: 020 7736 4443	Leukaemia Care Society 2 Shrubbery Avenue Worcester WR1 1QH Phone:01905 330003 Care Line:0800 1696680 E-mail: enquiries@leukaemiacare.org.uk Website: www.leukaemiacare.org.uk
Look Look National Office Queen Alexander College 49 Court Oak Road, Harborne Birmingham B17 9TG Phone: 01214 285038	MENCAP 117-123 Golden Lane London EC1Y 0RT Phone: 020 7454 0454 Website: www.mencap.org.uk
MIND (National Association for Mental Health) 15-19 Broadway Stratford E15 4BQ Phone: 020 8519 2122 Website: www.mind.org.uk	Motability Warwick House Roydon Road Harlow Essex CM19 5PX Phone: 0845 456 4566 Website: www.motability.co.uk
Muscular Dystrophy Group of GB 7-11 Prescott Place London SW4 6BS Phone: 020 7720 8055 Website: www.muscular-dystrophy.org.uk	National Association for the Education of Sick Children 18 Victoria Park Square Bethnal Green London E2 0PF Phone: 020 8980 8523 E-mail: naesc@ednsick.demon.co.uk Website: www.sickchildren.org.uk
National Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux 115-123 Pentonville Road London N1 9LZ Phone: 020 7833 2181 Website: www.nacab.org.uk	National Association of Toy Libraries 68 Churchway, London NW1 1LT Phone: 020 7387 9592
National Association of Parent Partnership Services Chris Goodwin-King Parent Partnership Children, Schools and Families Hertfordshire, County Hall Hertford SG13 8DF Phone: 01992 555 922 Fax: 01992 588 550 E-mail: chris.goodwin-king@hertscc.gov.uk Website: www.hertsdirect.org	National Association of Special Educational Need 4/5 Amber Business Village Amker Close Tamworth B77 4RP Phone: 01827 311500 E-mail: welcome@nasen.org.uk Website: www.nasen.org.uk
National Asthma Campaign Providence House Providence Place, London N1 0NT Phone: 020 7226 2260 Help Line: 08457 010203 Website: www.asthma.org.uk	National Autistic Society 393 City Road, London EC1V 1NG Phone: 020 7833 2299 Website: www.nas.org.uk
National Blind Children's Society NBCS House, Market Street Highbridge Somerset TA9 3BW Phone: 01278 764764 Website: www.nbcs.org.uk	National Deaf Children's Society 15 Dufferin Street London EC1Y 8UR Phone: 020 7490 8656 Email: ndcs@ndcs.org.uk Website: www.ndcs.org.uk
National Eczema Society Hill House, Highgate Hill London N19 5NA Phone: 08702 413 604 Website: www.eczema.org.uk	National Federation of the Blind of the UK 215 Kirkgate, Wakefield West Yorkshire WF1 1JG Phone: 01924 291313 E-mail: nfbuk@globalnet.co.uk Website: www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~nfbuk
National Library for the Blind Far Cromwell Road Bredbury, Stockport SK6 2SG Phone: 0161 355 2000 Email: enquiries@nlbuk.org Website: www.nlbuk.org	National Library for the Handicapped Child (National Research Centre for Children with Reading Difficulties) Wellington House, Wellington Road Wokingham, Berkshire RG40 2AG Phone: 0118 989 1101
National Parent Partnership Network 8 Wakley Street London EC1V 7QE Phone 020 7843 6058	National Society for Epilepsy Chesham Lane, Chalfont St Peter Gerrards Cross Buckinghamshire SL9 0RJ Phone: 01494 6013000 Help Line: 01494 601 4000 Website: www.epilepsynse.org.uk
Network 81 1-7 Woodfield Terrace, Chapel Hill, Stanstead, Essex CH24 8AJ Phone: 01279 647415 (Monday to Friday, 10am to 2pm) Website: www.network81.co.uk	Parents for Inclusion Unit 2, 70 South Lambeth Road London SW8 1RL Help Line: 020 7582 5008 E-mail: info@parentsforinclusion.org Website: www.parentsforinclusion.org
Physically Disabled and Able Bodied (PHAB LTD) Summit House, Wandlee Road Croydon CR0 1DF Phone: 020 8667 9443 E-mail: info@phabengland.org.uk Website: www.phabengland.org.uk	Pre-school Learning Alliance 69 Kings Cross Road London WC1X 9LL Phone: 020 7833 0991 Website: www.pre-school.org.uk
Rathbone Churchgate House, 55 Oxford Street Manchester M1 6EU Phone: 0161 236 5358 E-mail: info@rathbonetraining.co.uk Website: rathbonetraining.co.uk	Royal National Institute for the Blind 105 Judd Street London WC1H 9NE Phone: 020 7388 1266 Helpline: 0845 76 9999 Typetalk: 0800 51 51 52
SCOPE 6 Market Place London N7 9PW Phone: 020 7619 7100 Helpline: 0800 626 216 (9am to 9pm weekdays, 2pm to 6pm weekends) Website: www.scope.org.uk	SENSE 11-13 Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park London N4 3SR Phone: 020 7272 7774 Website: www.sense.org.uk
Sickle Cell Society 54 Station Road London NW10 4AU Phone:0208961 7795 Website: www.sicklecellsociety.org.uk	SKILL 4th Floor, Chapter House 18-20 Crucifix Lane London SE1 3JW Phone: 020 7450 0620 Info Line: 0800 328 5050 (Monday to Friday, 1.30pm to 4,30pm) Website: www.skill.org.uk
Special Education Consortium C/o Council for Disabled Children 8 Wakely Street London EC1V 7QE Phone: 020 7843 6318	Spinal Injuries Association 76 St James Lane London N10 3DF Phone: 020 8444 2121 Website: www.spinal.co.uk
The Stroke Association Midas House Winterstoke Road Bristol BS3 2LF Phone: 0117 953 1200 Helpline: 0845 3033 100 Website: www.stroke.org.uk	Tuberous Sclerosis Association of GB PO Box 9644 Bromsgrove B61 0FP Phone: 01527 871898 Website: www.tuberous-sclerosis.org
Young Minds 102-108 Clerkenwell Road London EC1M 5SA Phone: 020 7336 8445 Helpline: 0800 0182138 Website: www.youngminds.org.uk

The information in this leaflet was correct at the date of publication, May 2002.

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