Pioneering Care Partnership

A charity which manages the Pioneering Care Centre in Newton Aycliffe. You can also find out about it within our website by clicking here

The Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation

A national organisation of and for disabled people, supporting over 500 local and national disability organisations, campaigning for improvements in disabled people's lives and providing information to support independence and equality for disabled people. Their excellent Links page can be found at http://www.radar.org.uk/Links/links.htm

SSAFA

The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association - Forces Help, the national charity, which helps serving and ex-Service men, women and their families in need, suffering or distress, regardless of age or condition

Directions - Durham County Council's Social Information Service

Directions provides direct access to information on health, family and disability matters for the people of County Durham.

This information covers a great range of subjects under the broad heading of social, health, family and disability. The information may be national, regional, countywide or local, and is reviewed & updated at least annually to ensure accuracy. Enquiries by the public of County Durham can be made via a freephone line, and the information will be provided either by telephone, email or by post in one of a range of formats:- print - large print - audio cassette - Braille, etc.

Disability North

Disability North is an independent voluntary organisation working throughout the North of England, based at the Dene Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne.

It offers free and confidential services to disabled people of any age including children and older people, their families, carers and workers. They provide information and practical advice on:

• Your rights
• Employment
  
• Benefits
  
• Housing
  
• Education
  
• Holidays & Leisure