Living with autism Families undergoing diagnosis Where to get help - Hartlepool 1 Hart, 1 Mind, 1 Future Service offers: Hartlepool’s Parent Led Forum for families of children with additional needs.Telephone: 07896054361Email: [email protected]Website: http://www.onefuture.org.uk Alliance Service offers: Services delivered on behalf of the NHS in Teesside providing talking therapies to help overcome difficulties.Telephone: 01642 352747Email: [email protected]Website: http://www.alliancepsychology.com Approach Training Safely Service offers: Free courses for those who claim benefits from Autism Awareness, Behaviours that challenge, to Safeguarding and dignity.Telephone: 01429 892069Email: [email protected]Website: https://www.approachtrainingsafely.co.uk Autism friendly cinema screenings Cineworld, Showcase, ODEON, VueWebsite: https://www.dimensions-uk.org/families/autism-friendly-environments/autism-friendly-screenings/ Autism Matters Service offer: offering a range of support and services for adults on the autism spectrumContact: 07500 871568Email: [email protected]Website: http://www.autism-matters.co.uk/ Borocuda Swim School Service offers: Swim school offering group lessons, adult lessons and 1-1 lessons.Telephone: 01642 263955Email: [email protected] Website: https://en-gb.facebook.com/borocudaswimming/ Café One77 Service offers: One77 is a social enterprise based in Hartlepool that exists to provide opportunities that engage and inspire young people, offering a range of social, practical teaching and learning activities for young people aged between 13-24.Telephone: 01429 862177Website: http://familiesfirstne.co.uk/one77.html Contact a family Service offers: Provides support, advice and information for families with disabled children, no matter what their condition or disability.Telephone: 0191 213 6300Email: [email protected]Website: https://contact.org.uk/northeast Family fund Service offers: Providing grants for families raising disables or seriously ill children and young people.Telephone: 01904 550055Email: [email protected]Website: https://www.familyfund.org.uk Funability Service offers: disability club for participants ages 6 to 16 years offering multi skills activities such as activity, cricket, bowls, badminton and tennis.Telephone: 01429 284052Email: [email protected]Website: https://hartlepool.fsd.org.uk/kb5/hartlepool/fsd/event.page?id=T19CMgZF0NU Future Steps Occupational Therapy for Children and Adults Service offers: providing specialist occupational therapy services to children and adults.Telephone: 01325 254688Email: [email protected]Website: www.futurestepsconsultancy.co.uk Hartlepool Advocacy Hub Service offers: Independent of Social Services and Health Services, they can help you put your views across and give information on the options that are available to you.Telephone: 07522 866080Email: [email protected] Hartlepool Carers Service offers: Hartlepool carers can offer support and information on issues connected with your caring role.Telephone: 01429 283095Email: [email protected]Website: www.hartlepoolcarers.org.uk Hartlepool Families First Service offers: A charity supporting children and young adults with additional needs. Also supporting older adults with social and mental wellbeing as well as improving health across the region.Telephone: 01429 867016Website: www.hartlepoolfamiliesfirst.org.uk Hartlepool Information, Advice and Support Service (Hartlepool IASS) Service offers: Hartlepool IASS will work with families of pupils up to the age of 25 years who are new to the EHC needs assessment process, Statement transfers, post 16 transfers, complex requests and for families requiring ongoing support. Specialist individual support to parents, carers, children and young people.Telephone: 01429 284876Email: [email protected]Website: https://www.hartlepool.gov.uk/info/20015/social_care_and_health/354/hartlepool_information_advice_and_support_service Hartlepool Now Service offers: Hartlepool Now makes is easy to find out about local services. Download the app on app store or google play.Website: www.Hartlepoolnow.co.uk Hartlepool Short Break Grant Service offers: Short break parent and carer guidance document and free text messaging service.Website: https://hartlepool.fsd.org.uk/kb5/hartlepool/fsd/organisation.page?id=eYrimASXz7s Hartlepool Special Needs Support Group Service offers: Aims to alleviate the needs and advance the education of children/young adults with various profound physical-learning disabilities with varying complex needs, including life limiting conditions, and to support their families-carers.Telephone: 01429 863766Email: [email protected]Website: www.hsnsg.org.uk Hartlepool Young Carers Service offers: To help reduce caring responsibilities in young carers, help improve young carers emotional wellbeing and help improve life chances for young carers. 1-1 support including school support as well as advocacy and representation at meetings. Respite and residential activities for young carers.Telephone: 01429 284284Website: https://www.hartlepoolcarers.org.uk/young-carers (also a closed Facebook Group – Hartlepool Carers) Mister Twisters Service offers: Special needs private sessionsTelephone: 01429 275777Website: www.mister-twisters.co.uk RicoChet (Mobile Device Loan Service) Service offers: A free service that enables people to access information, advice and guidance by providing a free loan service of mobile devices with pre-loaded bookmarks in information sites.Telephone: 07775 081351Email: [email protected]Website: www.incontrol-able.co.uk Safe space project Service offers: Safe Space Project will provide low level emotional and well-being support to children ages 5-16 years old age.Telephone: 01429 283095Email: [email protected] or [email protected]Website: https://www.hartlepoolcarers.org.uk SNIP (Special needs inclusion project) Service offers: An OfSted registered after-school club and holiday play scheme for children with profound and often multiple disabilities.Telephone: 01429 867016Website: http://familiesfirstne.co.uk/snips-special-needs-inclusion-project.html Step Forward Tees Valley in Hartlepool Service offers: Step forward Tees Valley helps local people overcome barriers so they can move forward and, in time, look to enter work or training.Telephone: 01429 363108Email: [email protected]Website: www.sfteesvalley.co.uk Street Project Service offers: The STREET project (Supporting, Training, Raising Expectations, and Empowering Teenagers) is a befriending service held at the One77 facility on York Road on a Monday and Thursday night. It is a safe social environment for individuals often with special needs and requirements to interact and socialise. The service is aimed at young people aged 13-19 years.Telephone: 01429 867016Website: http://familiesfirstne.co.uk/street.html