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1 Monthly newsletter produced by Patient Information Centre Information Exchange Alphabetical List of Contents April 2013 to March 2014 (s ) Campaigns, Events, Information Sessions, Projects Accessible information (from NHS England) 240 Alcohol Awareness Week Alzheimer s Society monthly tea dance (Blyth) Cancer Awareness Training 239 Christmas Day lunch for older people (Byker) 240 Closing the Gap: priorities for essential change in mental 243 health Community Christmas 240 Dementia Champions (Northumberland) 237 Disability North Workshops 233 DNEX Exhibition 237 European Academy of Childhood Disability - workshop 238 Gateshead LINk Health and Social Care Survey Report 232 Healthwatch Gateshead ( How was your Journey? - project) 241 Inclusive Sport North Tyneside launch event 232 Involve@The Deep Monday disco nights Keep Calm and be ready for winter 240 Keep Warm Keep Well campaign 240 Learning Disability Week 236 Mencap Know your rights event Mental Health and Time to Change Day 237 Mental Health Awareness week 233 National Carers Week National Heart Month 242 National Transplant Week 235 Newcastle College Access All Areas event 232 New labelling system for foods 236 Northumberland. Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust Veterans Awareness Training 237 1

2 Campaigns, Events, Information Sessions, Projects (continued) 2 No Smoking Day Pathways for All and YMCA Summer Playscheme 235 Stoptober stop smoking service and campaign 238 The Great Daffodil Appeal 243 Time to Change 233 World Mental Health Day 238 Organisations, Services, Advice and Support Groups Afasic Helpline 232 Alan Shearer Centre 243 Alzheimer's Society North Tyneside 233, 236 Autism North East 233 Bereavement Counselling Service from Age UK Newcastle 238 Carers Centre Newcastle 233, 236 Changing Lives furniture store (formerly the Cyrennians) 240 Cinammon Trust 239 Citizens Advice Bureau Drop in Sessions (Newcastle) 237 Coffee mornings for carers of people with memory problems (North 240 Tyneside) Counselling Directory 240 Disclosure and Barring (DBS) Service 236 Employment Advice from Newcastle Law Centre 240 Family ASD Group (for Blyth, Cramlington and Seaton Valley area) 239 Free Legal Surgeries for disability related issues 242 Friends Action North East (FANE) 238 Funky Club Gateshead 236 Gambler Anonymous 232 Healthwatch Gateshead Healthwatch Newcastle 233 Healthwatch North Tyneside 235 Immigration and Asylum Service from Newcastle Law Centre 239 Information Now 235 Insights Self Inhury Support Group 235 Inspire Clubbing 239 Mental Health Care

3 Organisations, Services, Advice and Support Groups (continued) Motability car lease scheme for disabled people 242 North East Adult ADHD Support Group 241 North Tyneside Citizens Advice Bureau Outreach Advice Sessions 243 North Tyneside Memory Support Service 237 Northumberland Autism Spectrum Disorder Parent Support Group 241 OCD Action Advocacy Centre 233 Ponteland Dementia Café 236 Prostrate Cancer Support Group Newcastle 237 Prostrate Cancer Support Group South Shields 238 St Anthony s Good Companions Club 236 Streetwise Newcastle 239 Support Group for carers of someone who has had a stroke (North 243 Tyneside) Telephone Support Service for older aged adults in Newcastle 238 Publications Alzheimer s Society Audio factsheets - available to download from: Keep Warm Keep Well leaflet available to download from: Living Easy Directory 2013 (Disability and Mental Health Support Northumberland area) - available to download from: Loneliness Resource Pack - available to download from: NHS Constitution for England (available to download 235 North Tyneside Carers Guide (available to download) 241 Self Help Guides from Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust Siblings. A guide about the brothers and sisters of children who have a disablility (available to download) 238, 241 3

4 Publications (continued) The Dementia Guide (available to download) 239 The NHS and caring for a disabled child (available to download) 242 Understanding your child s behaviour. A guide for parents who are worried about their child s behaviour (available to download) When your child has additional needs. A guide to finding information and support for families (available to download) Websites

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