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  • SpLinter’s Visit to Border Links

    SpLinter’s Visit to Border Links

    Recently, a group of members from the SpLinter Group travelled up to Berwick to visit the new community hub for Border Links at the Ramparts enterprise park. It was a great opportunity for SpLinter to meet with Melanie Deans who is the director of Border Links, and we used it to discuss with her the…

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  • Northumberland SEND Employers Forum

    Northumberland SEND Employers Forum

    On the 29th of November members of the Northumberland SEND Employers Forum came together to discuss the best ways to support neurodiverse individuals within the employment sector along with helping them with their transition into adulthood. Below please find all of the organisations who presented at the Northumberland SEND Employers Forum: Preparation for Adulthood at…

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  • Blyth Resource and Initiative Centre’s Support Services and Courses

    Blyth Resource and Initiative Centre’s Support Services and Courses

    Blyth Resource and Initiative Centre (BRIC) offers a wide range of free courses and support services for individuals. In addition this centre also provides employability support drop ins, Digital Skills Training, Adult Literacy Training, Functional Skills Maths & English. Below please find BRIC’s support services and courses which include Weekly Drop-ins, Adult Literacy, Digital Skills,…

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  • The Hate Crime Survey

    The Hate Crime Survey

    Adapt NE has partnered with The Office for National Statistics (ONS) both of these organisations would like to further investigate the topic of hate crime and advocacy in relation to people with learning disabilities and/or autism. They would like people with learning disabilities and autistic people to respond to their survey about Hate Crime. The…

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  • 5 Experts by Experience Needed

    5 Experts by Experience Needed

    Inclusion North wants to collaborate with five experts by experience to assist them with creating a video about reasonable adjustments and the NHS Reasonable Adjustment Flag. Inclusion North would like to find experts who are adults living in the North-East and Cumbria. They are also looking for people with learning disabilities and autistic people as well as…

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  • Elizabethan Hall joins Safe Places and Point A!

    Elizabethan Hall joins Safe Places and Point A!

    A big thank you to the staff and volunteers of Elizabethan Hall Newbiggin who joined us in October to learn about becoming a Safe Place venue and a Point A champion. Their great welcome met that the team was really happy to award Safe Places status straight away! The training event was part of our…

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  • How To Make Your Christmas Autism-Friendly

    How To Make Your Christmas Autism-Friendly

    This Christmas The Toby Henderson Trust has created a guide that supports autistic individuals by providing them with useful techniques to help overcome their sensory hurdles during the festive period. This guide also offers useful tips to help make sure that the festive period is autism-friendly and ensures that the holiday works for everyone Please…

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  • WATBus Community Transport

    WATBus Community Transport

    Out and About Scheme There is a new service being offered to individuals who are living in Southeast Northumberland called the Out and About Scheme. This service supports people who have mobility or health problems and find it challenging to access public transport. The Out and About Scheme is a project that supplies individuals with…

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  • Free Online Training for Volunteers

    Free Online Training for Volunteers

    Blyth CVA (an organisation which serves the voluntary and community sector within Blyth, Cramlington and Seaton Valley) have been given the unique opportunity to provide free training to people whovolunteer in Blyth, Cramlington and Seaton Valley. The free training is delivered through an organisation called High Speed Training, which enables volunteers to access any of…

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  • Free NHS Health Checks

    Free NHS Health Checks

    As part of the Public Health Department at Northumberland County Council (NCC) they will be offering free health checks offered by health trainers from the NCC at Blyth Sports Centre on Thursday, 7th of November. Each free NHS health check will include a range of measurements including BMI, blood pressure, cholesterol check and diabetes risk…

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