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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...
A group of people with learning disabilties, supported by Brent Mencap, explain what they have done to have a voice against the cuts to their benefits and services in 2012.
Their DVD shows what they have done over the past 3 years of campaigning and is a...
Read about the latest carer news in the Spring - Summer 2013 edition of the Carers Newsletter.
In this issue you can read about Newcastle events for National Carers Week (10th - 16th June), tips for older carers, health advice and much more.
To read the...
Jack is a life size, three dimensional cloth figure: and a man in his own right!
Jack has a head where you can place questions or thoughts, anatomically features such as men's reproductive organs, his own wardrobe and a series of workshops exploring...
What's important to you about Newcastle?
An initiative called Know Your Lives, led by the new Wellbeing for Life Board needs is asking people, either as individuals or in groups, to go out and take photos, produce drawings or send quotes that answer...
The Pool of Sound is a specialist music project which started in Newcastle in 2006. The project provides one to one music sessions for a wide spectrum of people with learning and physical disabilities and also works with groups. The over all aim of the...
The Big Night is nearly here!
March 28th promises to be a fantastic night, with organisations and individuals across the region coming together to sing and raise money for the charity 'The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company'. Tickets are on sale now. There...
This DVD was made by The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company commissioned by Friends Action North East. This film explores the importance of friendship and the impact friends can have on our lives.