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Friends Action North East is a grassroots community charity supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people to make and keep positive friendships.
We are looking for an experienced, compassionate, self-motivated...
Disabled passengers still have air travel concerns despite good special assistance
(Date:18 June 2015 - CAA research:)
• New research reveals passengers with a disability or reduced mobility (PRM) are significantly less likely to fly than others, with...
‘Them Wifies are pleased to announce that at the Special General Meeting held on 10th June 2015 approving the dissolution of the charity, members agreed that the allocation of any remaining assets, once outstanding liabilities are paid, will be...
Friends Action North East (FANE), is a small North East based charity that supports people with learning disabilities and Autistic Spectrum disorder to combat the affects of social isolation by building and maintaining friendships.
Over the last 5 years...
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You've helped our online community to grow - thank you! Now, we want more people connected by disability to find out about it, so there’s even more support for you and the rest of the community.
We’ve made this great new film that we hope you’ll...
Singing as you like it!
The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company annual fundraising event 2015 went off with another bang!
Welcome guys, join this free course and take care of your health!!
"All the Ladies"--- for women
A course for women looking at health and relationships. This course is welcome to every starter. The course includes a visit with Josephine to the New...
Big News from Friends Action North East….
Friends Action North East is delighted to announce that we have been successfully awarded a further 5 years funding from the 'Big Lottery Reaching Communities Fund.' The funding will enable us to continue to...
What do you think of when you see the word 'disability'?
Wheelchairs? White sticks? The Paralympics? Most of us have never really thought about it. Want the legal definition?
"Someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and...
A significant number of disabled people report they have similar feelings. A recent survey by the deaf-blind charity Sense found that 23% of disabled respondents feel lonely on a typical day.
Like Treherne, wheelchair user Hayley Reed from Rossendale in...
There is some misunderstanding about PIP (Personal Independent Payment), and the official document published by the Government aims to break down this myth. It is all about ways to protect people’s disability rights and explain clearly everything you...