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Disability North is a registered charity (no. 514733) promoting inclusion, independence and choice for disabled people and their families by providing information, advice and support on any aspect of disability. Services are also provided for students or professionals working in the statutory, voluntary and the public sector.
For parents/carers of children and young people with additional needs
Get advice, support and information about what is available in Newcastle.
Newcastle Parent Carer Forum (PCF) are a group of volunteer parents and carers who work in partnership with Newcastle Local Authority, Health, Education and Social Care providers to make sure that the services they deliver meet the needs of children, young people and their families.
We aim to act as “the voice” of Newcastle’s parents and carers of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
Newcastle City Loan Equipment Service (NCLES) provides equipment to support adults and children with their daily living and nursing needs in their own homes.
We are the main provider of this service in Newcastle
What does the service do?
We install, maintain, repair, decontaminate and recycle a wide range of equipment.
We also provide a technical advice service and carry out risk-assessments with medical and care professionals, both in-store and in people’s homes.
The type of equipment we supply includes:
I CAN is the children’s communication charity. We are experts in helping children develop the speech, language and communication skills they need to thrive in a 21st century world.
Our vision is a world where all children have the communication skills they need to fulfil their potential.
Our mission is that no child should be left out or left behind because of a difficulty speaking or understanding.
We are Speech and Language UK, and we want every child to face the future with confidence.
For at least 1.7 million children in the UK, learning to talk and understand words feels like an impossible hurdle. So we give children and young people the skills they need so they aren't left behind, waiting to be understood.
Our vision
Every child who is facing challenges with talking and understanding words can look to the future with confidence.
Serving hot breakfasts, lunchtime favourites and top-quality coffee. Cafe Hope Cowgate is a place for families and people from the local community to enjoy affordable meals in a friendly space. Based at our Cowgate Centre site, its profits help keep our life-changing services accessible to babies, children, young people and their families.
Do you have a learning disability and/ or are Autistic? Would you like to join an LGBTQ+ group? Come and meet us.
The group helps to improve the opportunities for Autistic individuals and people with Learning Disabilties in the LGBTQ+ community.
You can talk to learning disability staff about any worries or ideas you may have.
Click here to download a copy of their flyer.
New Autistic and ADHD Adult (18+) service, wholly led and facilitated by neurodiverse experts-by-experience. The service is open to anyone living in Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and Northumberland who is either diagnosed or self-identifying as neurodiverse and wanting to improve their mental health and wellbeing.
The North East Autism Society run a Family Networking Group, a closed group on Facebook which aims to empower, educate and connect parents, families and carers by:
- Increasing knowledge
- Sharing useful information
- Connecting people
You can find out more and join the group here on the website:
www.ne-as.org.uk/family-networking
Does your child have a special educational need or a disability?
Would you like to talk to other parents or get advice from professionals?
Drop in to our SEND Parent Support Group for friendly advice or just a chat and a cuppa.
Whether your child has a formal diagnosis or not, we are here to help.
A fun session for children with additional needs. Soft play is available for Stay and Play. Supported by professionals.
Safe Families are a charity that are currently supporting families who are open to CSC but it has been agreed they can offer the following support to up to 20 families within the Early Help arena. Support is delivered via a network of volunteers and could include;
EarlyBird is a course for parents who have a child under 5 with a diagnosis of autism. It is a 10-week course consisting of 8 face to face group sessions and 2 home visits.
The programme aims to support parents post diagnosis and establish good practice in supporting their child at an early age.
Session at Nunsmoor 7th February 10am- 12pm
Exploring all things sensory
Free introductory session for parents with Occupational Therapy
Session at Fawdon 28th February
Exploring all things sensory
Session at Bykersands 10am to 12pm
Exploring all things sensory
Free introductory session for parents with Occupational Therapy
Session at Galafield 14th Feb 10am- 12pm
Exploring all things sensory
Free introductory session for parents with Occupational Therapy
EarlyBird Plus is for parents whose child is between the ages of four and nine who has received a diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder.
Does your child have a special educational need or disability? Would you like to talk to other people or get advice from professionals? Drop-in to this informal SEND support group (Adults only)19/04/24,17/05/24,14/06/24,12/07/24.
Does your child have a special educational need or disability? Would you like to talk to other people or get advice from professionals? Drop-in to this informal SEND support group 13/05/24,10/06/24,08/07/24
This research project is specifically looking at sexual harassment on public transport in the North-East of England.
Thomas Bewick School is a special school within Prosper Learning Trust in Newcastle upon Tyne. It is for children and young people between three and nineteen years with autistic spectrum conditions. All pupils have a Statement of Special Educational Needs/ Education Health and Care Plan or are in the assessment process. They have a range of learning difficulties; some will require a high level of adult support to access the curriculum, whilst others achieve close to age-related expectations in some areas.
Hadrian is a school for primary aged children with a wide range of additional needs including complex, profound and multiple learning disabilities, severe and moderate learning difficulties, speech and language needs, physical, perceptual and sensory needs. We help all our children overcome their personal difficulties through highly trained and expert specialist teaching, through our amazing therapeutic curriculum and resources and our partnership work with parents/carers and health professionals.
Fortune College, part of The Fortune Centre Of Riding Therapy, is a specialist college for young people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities aged 16-25. The college’s Further Education Through Horsemanship (FETH) Course offers an educational residential/day programme, working with horses, that prepares young people with learning disabilities to live as independently as possible and participate in their local community.
Treloar School and College offers physically disabled children and young people a specialist environment where education and learning take place alongside therapy and care. Treloar’s offers day and residential placements, aged 2 to 25 years. Each student is supported by a multi-disciplinary team of professionals on-site.