County Durham's Families Information Service

We offer sling hire, advice and support across the region from our base in Durham City. Sessions are run by trained and insured babywearing consultants. It is £15 for 4 weeks hire. Appointments must be prebooked in advance. Sessions held on the 1st, 3rd and…

0191 378 9768
07989 242 664

Our Learning Disabilities Floating Support service provides tenancy support for people living in their own home who have an identified Learning Disability or difficulty. Up to 35 spaces available across County Durham Support for people aged 18 and over. Short term support for up to two years. Areas…

0191 332 4935

Making Changes Together was set up in County Durham so parents and professionals can work together to improve services for children and young people with additional needs. We gather information from parents at the forum conferences, through focus groups, emails, telephone calls, local support groups and more.…

0191 587 3541

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

Our community centre is run by a team of volunteers, three staff and various outside organisations. The main centre runs the following activities: Monday Weight and Wellbeing - NHS referral required. Tuesday Lunches are available with all food sourced locally and prepared in our building,…

0191 370 1674

Shared Lives is a scheme that provides adults and young people, who are not able to live on their own a safe, secure home with the love and stability that family life can offer. Durham Shared Lives provides long term, short term, respite and emergency…

07786 027139

Ocean Recovery Centre is a residential addiction recovery clinic that offers help to people throughout the UK. We offer drug and alcohol rehabilitation programmes to help individuals recover from their addiction. During your stay at our centre you will go through a full detox to…

01253 847 553
0800 880 7596

St Teresa’s Hospice is a registered charity, providing palliative and end-of-life care and support in South Durham & North Yorkshire. We care for people with life-limiting illnesses, their families and their carers. Our aim is to provide the best possible care to those who need…

01325 254 321

We support children, young people and their families who have a challenging caring responsibility. We help and support the whole family by: Listening to you about what you and your family need. Sharing information, advice and support with you and your family. Providing young carers…

0191 383 2520

We offer counselling, support and information to bereaved people, and aims to enable anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss, regardless of age, race, religion, disability, gender or sexual preference. Cruse's specially trained volunteers offer support to children and young…

01642 210 284

County Durham's Families Information Service

North East Sling Library

Learning Disabilities Floating Support, Home Group – Care and Support

Making Changes Together

National Sleep Helpline

Grange Villa Community Enterprise

Durham Shared Lives Scheme

Ocean Recovery Centre

St Teresa's Hospice

The Bridge Young Carers Service

Cruse Bereavement Support - Darlington and Durham Area

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