Tyne and Wear

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY

Branches in the North East
Newcastle and Gateshead 0191 267 0194
North Tyneside 0191 280 0553
South Tyneside 0191 427 9176
Sunderland and District 0191 540 9232

PARKINSON'S UK

Branches and Support Groups in the North East, Area Telephone Contacts:

Newcastle (including North Tyneside / Gateshead ) 0191 265 1678
Sunderland 0191 414 4883

Tyne and Wear Active Persons 07854 761 490

MENCAP NORTH EAST PARENTS SERVICE

Tel: 0191 487 0444

SAMARITANS

Tel: 08457 90 90 90
Textphone: 08457 90 91 92

24 hour, 7 days a week service

STROKE CLUBS - Gateshead

Denewell Ave. Stroke Club
Denewell ave. Church
Dryden Road
Low Fell
Gateshead
NE8 5HD 
Miss Joyce Shieber
Tel: 0191 422 2375
Meetings held 
Wednesday
12.30 - 15.45

Carr Hill & Deckham Stroke Club
Elgin Centre
Elgin Road
Carr Hill
Gateshead
NE9 5PA 
Jean Brown
Tel: 0191 433 5667 
Meetings held
Alternate Mondays
11.00 -13.00

Speakability
John Haswell House
8/9 Gladstone Terr.
Gateshead
Meetings held 
Last Monday of Month
13.00 - 16.00

Speakeasy Stroke Club
Marigold Court
Old Ford
Gateshead
NE10 0DZ 
Mrs Elizabeth Kirkby
Tel: 01434 608677 
Meetings held
Wednesday
13.30 - 15.30
Referral via Speech Therapist

STROKE CLUBS - Newcastle & North Tyneside

WRVS Speech After Stroke Club
St Clements Court
Redhouse Farm Estate
Bellsay Gardens
Unable to take wheelchairs 
Mrs M Ford
Tel: 0191 217 1675
Meetings held 
Tuesday
Wednesday
Friday
10.30 - 14.30
Referral via Speech Therapist
Eastend  Health

Out & About Stroke Group
28 Hawthorn House
Heaton Road
Byker
NE6 1SD 
Jamie Sadler
Tel: 0191 276 0595 
Meetings held
Monday
11.00 - 17.00

Whitley Bay Stroke Support Group
Briar Dene Pub
The Lynx
Whitley Bay 
Mrs Jean Thurston
Tel: 0191 252 6112 
Meetings held
Tuesday Every Fortnight
14.00 - 16.00

Stroke North
Howden Community Centre
Denbigh Avenue
Howden
NE28 0PP 
June Milsom
0191 237 7453  
or
Pam Groom
0191 296 4167 
Meetings held
Second & Fourth Thursday
of  Month
12.30 - 15.00

STROKE GROUPS- South Tyneside

South Tyneside Speech After Stroke Club
St Mary's Sheltered Accommodation
Eldon Street
South Shields
Tel: 0191 454 6173 
Meetings held
Thursday
10.30 - 14.00

Speech After Stroke Club
Chuter Ede Community Association
Galsworthy Road
South Shields
NE34 9UG
Tele: 0191 4566482 Joan Rowe
Secretary (South Tyneside Clubs)
Tel: 0191 456 6482
Meetings hedl
Thursday
13.00 - 15.30
(Closes for Summer)

South Tyneside Stroke Club
St. Aloysius Hall
Hebburn
Tyne & Wear 
Mrs Audrey White (Secretary)
Tel: 0191 489 1932 
Meetings held
Last Monday
of Month
19.00 - 21.00

Brush Strokes
Father James Walsh Centre
Hedgely Road
Hebburn
Tyne & Wear
NE31 1HE
Julie Graham
or
Sandra Tyreel
Tel: 0191 424 8889 
Meetings held Wednesday
10.00 - 13.00

STROKE GROUPS - Sunderland

Age Concern Stroke Club
The Bradbury Centre
Grange Terrace
Stockton Road
Sunderland
SR2 7DF
Contact:
Richard Fairweather
Tel: 0191 514 1131 
Lily Taylor
Tel: 0191 548 0859 
Meetings held
Wednesday
10.00 - 14.00

WRVS
Sunderland Stroke Group
Burn Park Church Hall
Burn Park Road
Sunderland
SR2 7LS 
Mrs P Duffy
Tel 07985 922709
Meetings held 
Thursday
12.45 - 16.00

Headway Gateshead and South Tyneside
Blaydon Primary Care Centre
Shibdon Road
Blaydon
Gateshead
NE21 5NW

T: 0191 283 4623
M: 07725232527
Website: www.headwaygatesheadstyne.org