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Friends Action North East is a grassroots community charity supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people to make and keep positive friendships.
We are looking for an experienced, compassionate, self-motivated...
If you are blind or partially sighted and would like help to get out and about, then the My Guide service is for you.
With My Guide Partnerships, we carefully choose a trained volunteer or a friend or family member to support you to work towards your...
Better Days are a Newcastle based group who's goal is to make it easier for people with learning disabilities to go out and about in Newcastle.
They have released a series of films about staying safe, and safe places.
To watch all 4 videos, got to...
A documentary series about love and disability...
The Un-dateables will follow disabled people, and those with a variety of conditions through the highs and lows of finding love.
If you are single and looking for love, please get in touch.
Telephone:...
You can find safe places on our Community Map http://www.friendsaction.co.uk/community-map
Look for the safe places logo like the one above.
What are Safe Places?
Safe Places are places where you can go to get help if you are:
· Lost...
A message to an expectant mother from young adults who have grown up with Down syndrome is promising to challenge the fears and perceptions surrounding the condition.
An email received by the National Association of People with Down Syndrome from a...
Additional safeguards are needed to ensure that disabled people are not deprived of their liberty, the UK's highest court has ruled.
In a test case on the conditions under which three individuals are living, the supreme court said that their medical...
Work For All is The Twisting Ducks new apprenticeships and traineeships project.
Funded by EDIF and NIACE, and working in partnership with Newcastle City Learning, Work For All will be an interactive film-based toolkit that promotes employment and work...
An opportunity to give your views about accessibility improvements at Metro's Central Station
Nexus is planning the refurbishment of Metro’s Central Station as part of the ongoing Metro: all change modernisation programme, with design work now underway...
The International Research Conference on Autism will be held on the 15th & 16th April 2014 at the University of Durham.
Prices start from only £75 day delegate rate (Wed 16th).
For full details and booking check the website at: http://...
A workshop by Dave Hingsburger and NETSwork on Friday 11 April 10- 4 (registration from 9.30). Lunch is included.
For more information visit http://netswork.org.uk/news/165-flyer-for-dave-hingsburger-events or contact Angela at vonne@vonne.org.uk
£50...