Blue Badge
The Blue Car Badge scheme helps people with disabilities access essential community facilities.
Carers Assessments
If you care for someone, you can have an assessment to see what might help make your life easier. This is called a carer’s assessment.
Carers Passport
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust recognises that carers play an important role in the continuing care of many of their patients during their hospital stay and in planning their discharge. Their Carer Passport Scheme helps to identify you as a carer.
Choice Wellbeing Service
Choice Wellbeing Service CIC provide support for parent carers, and are there to help you navigate that journey and that of your child after diagnosis. They offer a holistic support system, providing practical advice, signposting to relevant services, and a safe space to simply be heard.
Companion Card
A Companion Card lets you take someone with you free of charge when you travel on buses in Tyne and Wear, County Durham, Northumberland and Darlington. It’s available to residents of Tyne and Wear who receive certain allowances and need a companion to make all, or some, journeys.
Down Syndrome North East
Down’s Syndrome North East is the leading organisation for the help and support of all people with Down’s Syndrome and their families and friends.
Epilepsy Passport
The Epilepsy Passport is a downloadable paper record which gives essential up-to-date information about a child or young person’s epilepsy. This includes their emergency care plan, medication history and key professional contacts.
GP Carers Register
Tell your GP that you have caring responsibilities as soon as possible,
they can then record this on your medical records.
If they know you are a carer and likely to be under pressure at times, they will be able to offer more tailored advice and, if necessary, provide more support when they diagnose and treat you in the future.
Grace House
Grace House is a Sunderland based charity working across the North East. At Grace House they aim to offer a range of specialist services to support not just children and young people who have complex disabilities, but the whole family.
Heel and Toe
Heel & Toe supports children and young people with profound physical and neurological disabilities from the North East region to live active, fulfilling, independent lives by the provision of free and subsidised therapy.
Little Blue Pages
Little Blue Pages is designed to help navigate the world of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, it is a comprehensive directory of advice and resources.
NHS Social Care and Support Guide
The NHS have created a Social Care and Support Guide, if you or someone you know needs help with day-to-day living because of illness or disability, the guide explains your options and where you can get support.
Sunderland Action For Health
Sunderland Action for Health provide useful information for people with learning disabilities, their carers and health professionals.
Sunderland Carers Centre
At Sunderland Carers Centre they provide support for people who look after others. They offer information, advice and guidance to carers in and around Sunderland – and it’s all confidential, non-judgemental and impartial.
Telecare
Sunderland Telecare system provides a wide range of Telecare equipment that is linked to Sunderland City Council’s highly trained call handlers who will assist you if you are in difficulty and deploy a mobile response worker to your home if required.
The Ripple Pond
The Ripple Pond are there to support you if you are supporting someone who has been physically or psychologically injured in the British Armed Forces.
The Special Lioness
The Special Lioness, based in Washington, Tyne and Wear, is a small yet ambitious charity supporting families of children with additional needs, disabilities, and life-limiting conditions.
Young Carers Card
The young carer’s card is for young carers who are having problems at school because they are looking after someone at home.