County Durham's Families Information Service

We offer advice, contact and support to sufferers of Perthes Disease and their families. We also offer support on a number of other conditions including Osgood Schlatter Disease, Severs Disease, Kohlers Disease and Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia. We offer: a telephone helpline contact with local families of…

01483 306 637
Admin: 01483 447 122

Our website aims to help people in pain move forward in their lives with better pain self-management, with or without drugs, and to live a fulfilling and meaningful life, despite having pain. We can give you lots of information, advice and support on self-management of chronic pain.…

We provide information and support to parents and carers of individuals with severe learning disabilities and challenging behaviour. 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 838739
Family Support Line 0300 666 0126

The Fostering Network is a UK fostering charity. We are the essential network for fostering, bringing together everyone who is involved in the lives of fostered children. We support foster carers to transform children’s lives and we work with fostering services and the wider sector…

0207 620 6400

We are a friendly pro-active group of blind/partially sighted people, that meet on a regular basis to discuss common problems and supply useful information to support each other. We promote the general well being of visually impaired people, raise awareness with organisations and service providers on best…

01388 763 501

Family Fund is the UK’s largest charity providing grants for families on low incomes raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people. Last year, we provided 88,407 grants and services worth over £33 million to families across the UK.* We believe that all families…

01904 550 055

Independent Living Alternatives (ILA) promote the rights of disabled people to live independently by: offering information and advice on issues relating to personal assistance providing a comprehensive range of personal assistance services ILA telephone information line: 0208 906 9265 with a 24 hour answerphone service…

0208 369 6032

We are a charity that supports physically and sensory disabled people to access vocational and academic courses in the UK by offering grants. Grants can be used for equipment and essential study needs. We only give grants where funding cannot be met in other ways. Everyone…

01403 732 899

We are an ME charity covering the Northern Region. We are based in Chester-le-Street and open to callers to offer advocacy and support. We currently run two projects: Services for young people Advocacy and support for adults severely affected with ME We offer home visits as…

0191 389 2222
0191 388 4228

We provide: A range of drop-ins across the Sedgefield area, contact the manager below for the details of drop-ins, venues and times. You can access the drop-ins on more than one occasion. If you have complex needs the worker will then refer you to either floating support…

0191 332 4935
0800 0731 837

County Durham's Families Information Service

Perthes Association

PainSupport

Challenging Behaviour Foundation

The Fostering Network

Blind Life in Durham (B.L.I.N.D)

Family Fund

Independent Living Alternatives

Snowdon Trust

ME (Myalgic Encephalopathy) North East

Sedgefield Homestay (Floating Support)

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