All services below are independent and free for people living in Gateshead
Autism
Gateshead Autism Group
Tel: 0191 478 2619
Email: [email protected]
Dementia
Alzheimer’s Society
Tel: 0191 427 5443
Email: [email protected]
Disability
Gateshead Access Panel
Tel: 0191 443 0058
Email: [email protected]
Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA)
Your Voice Counts
The Old Bank, Swinburne Street, Gateshead, NE8 1AX
Tel: 0191 478 6472
Fax: 0191 477 8559
Email: [email protected]
Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)
Advocacy Centre North
Tel: 0191 235 7013
Email: [email protected]
www.cvsnewcastle.org.uk/newcastleadvocacycentre
Learning disabilities
Gateshead People
Tel: 0191 478 6472
Email: [email protected]
www.yvc.org.uk/GatesheadPeople.html
Your Voice Counts
The Old Bank, Swinburne Street, Gateshead, NE8 1AX
Tel: 0191 478 6472
Fax: 0191 477 8559
Email: [email protected]
Mental health (18-65)
Pathways Advocacy
Tel: 0191 477 7380
Email: [email protected]
North East NHS Complaints Advocacy Service
Carers Federation
Tel: 0808 802 3000
Email: [email protected]
http://www.carersfederation.co.uk/
Older people (50+). Also mental health advocacy (65+) and cancer advocacy (50+)
Age UK Gateshead
Tel: 0191 477 3559
Fax: 0191 478 5307
Email: [email protected]
Sensory loss
North Regional Association for Sensory Support (NRASS)
Tel: 0191 492 2035
Email: [email protected]
Visual impairments
Sight Service
Tel: 0191 478 5959
Email: [email protected]