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Education and Services for People with Autism Limited is a Registered Charity with over 24 years’ experience of supporting people on the autism spectrum.
ESPA’s services include:
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Liberdade provide performing arts and health and well-being courses for adults with learning disabilities and autism. We currently have 2 new courses starting in September 2022.
We are Liberdade. Our organisation started in 2003 as an apprenticeship scheme with the aim of enabling a group of people with learning disabilities to set up and run their own physical theatre company.
As a company we made some decisions about what we wanted our organisation to achieve. They were:
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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.
Sleep problems can leave people feeling isolated and lonely.
Our free helpline is run by trained sleep advisors, many of whom are specialists in working with SEND. We can talk to young people directly, or parents (we can also talk to adults, including older people, about their sleep issues).
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This campaign from Public Health England focuses on helping families make healthy food swaps by using the Food Scanner app.
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Love Life Sexual Health Drop in with Learning Disability Sexual Health Nurse.
We promote safe sex and interactions but also support for screening.
Come see us for:
- Condoms
- Contraception
- Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Testing
- Pregnancy testing
- Cervical smears
- Relationship advice
- Any sexual health worries
No need to book a place. Just drop in.
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Love Life Sexual Health Drop in with Learning Disability Sexual Health Nurse.
We promote safe sex and interactions but also support for screening.
Come see us for:
- Condoms
- Contraception
- Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Testing
- Pregnancy testing
- Cervical smears
- Relationship advice
- Any sexual health worries
No need to book a place. Just drop in by the Community Cafe.
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A group of women in the North East (18+) with any kind of disability to make new friends, do new things and feel safe whilst doing it.
Trips out, coffee morning, pamper sessions and MORE.
On the second Wednesday each month.
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Help and Connect is a service offered by Skills for People.
If you live in Newcastle upon Tyne and are aged 16 or over, our Help and Connect team can help you to get your support right and to make the most of what’s going on in your area.
What does Help and Connect offer?
Our team will help you make the most of the information we have. You can find out about:
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