Volume 2 Issue 8

A support project for families with young children under the age of 8. Family Link acknowledges that many families do not have the confidence, skills and assertiveness to make best use of services available to them in the community.

Volunteers, whose role is to offer encouragement to the family, without the authority of professional control, support families to enable them to benefit from existing services. It is not an alternative to professional services. The family link schemes are projects of Children NorthEast who also work with children and families in other ways.

For further information ring the Durham office on 0191 3844247 or email enquiries@children-ne.org

'WECAN' Parents Group

Mission statement:

• Supportive network for parents to enable help for children in the local community.
• Gaining skills and knowledge to help those children. Access services to gain advice. Develop the group to foster self-help ethos.
• Change attitudes, break down barriers to develop school/community links. Provide a safe and structured environment to build friendships and avoid isolation.
• Provide training opportunities to encourage lifelong learning and job opportunities.

Contact 01325 379047 for more information or check out the website on icangreenfield.tripod.com

Making Contact

Contact a Family have a new service for all disabled people and their families. Contact a Family is dedicated to linking people and families affected by disorders and disabilities on a 1:1 basis. As a compliment to the linking service the CAF helpline already operates, this new web service allows users to quickly find others affected by similar conditions or in the same area. It’s free to register and post your details and nicknames are used so your privacy is protected. Check it out soon!

Dad’s Zone

So that fathers with disabled children can get the information they need, Contact a Family has recently launched 'Dad’s Zone' , a new information service exclusively for Dads. It can be found on the CAF website which also provides information in the Father’s fact sheet which is available on CD and tape. As well as info on support groups, Dad’s Zone has material on father’s rights, employment rights, benefits and money matters, relationships and family life. Visit us on Contact a Family or telephone 0191 2136300

For your Noticeboard

Carers Groups

Audrey Wells
Derwentside Carers
The Village Hall
Delves Lane
Consett
DH8 7BH
Tel: 01207 502688

Teesdale Carers Centre
35 Victoria Road
Barnard Castle
TL12 8HR
Tel: 01388 630202

Pauline Lanaghan
Wear Valley Carers Initiative
Community Centre
30 Edgar Grove
Bishop Auckland
DL14 7QL

Jenni Wood
Durham & Chester le Street
Carers Project
Bullion Hall, Bullion Lane
Southern Approach
Chester le Street
County Durham
Tel: 0191 3871991

Sue Orton
Sedgefield Carers Centre
The Pioneer Care Court
Carers Way
Newton Aycliffe
DL5 4SJ
Tel: 01325 313123

Sam Stimson
Easington District Carers Support
4th Floor, Lee House
Yoden Way, Peterlee
County Durham
SR8 1BB
Tel: 0191 5869134

Lynn Lumley
Dyspraxia (Stanley)
11, The Bungalows
Tanfield Lea
Stanley
DH9 9NE
Tel: 01207 290550

Helen Geldard
Autism (CDASG)
Po box 35
Spennymoor
County Durham
DL16 7WY
Tel: 01388 819880

Derwentside Parent Support Group
The Grove Community House
49-51 Priestman Avenue
Consett
County Durham

ADHD/Behaviour/ASD/dyslexia/dyspraxia
Tel: 01207 582062

WECAN Group (ICAN Base)
Greenfield School
Newton Aycliffe
DL5 7LE
ADHD/behaviour/ASD/dyslexia/dyspraxia
Tel: 01325 300598