| ORGANISATION | Byker Bridge Housing Association Ltd |
| CONTACT | Marie Graham |
| ADDRESS | 17-19 Wilfred Street, Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE6 1JQ |
| TELEPHONE | 0191-265-8621 |
| DESCRIPTION | Byker Bridge aims to provide permanent or long term supportive accommodation in shared housing to single homeless, isolated and vunerable men/women over 18years, with opportunities for occupation and life skills training in safe/sheltered environments. |
| SERVICES | Resources include a direct access hostel, therapeutic workshop, a day centre and the Joseph Cowen Medical Centre, in addition to shared houses and flats. |
| AREA COVERED | Local/Regional - Tyneside, Northumberland |
| ORGANISATION | Consumer Empowerment Forum |
| CONTACT | Malcolm Watson |
| ADDRESS | 0, 53 Ernwill Avenue, Castletown, Tyne and Wear, SR5 3EB |
| TELEPHONE | 0191-549-6066 |
| DESCRIPTION | We exist to work, jointly with statutory bodies, to improve services for people with mental health problems.We seek to help service users become empowered, help with advocacy for service users, sit on joint planning groups, joint training boards etc. |
| SERVICES | We provide empowerment and advocacy courses and have an annual open day.We have held a series of lectures to Housing Service personnel, to raise the awareness of housing officials of the problems encountered by people with mental health problems, and regularly give lectures to CPN students as part of their training. |
| AREA COVERED | Regional |
| ORGANISATION | Mental Health in South Tyneside |
| CONTACT | Stuart Kohn |
| ADDRESS | The Church Hall, Derby Terrace, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE33 4PN |
| TELEPHONE | 0191-455-4152 |
| DESCRIPTION | MHIST is a voluntary group which exists to support those coping with mental ill health, those recovering and those who care. |
| SERVICES | Our Dro-in opens five days a week 10am -4pm. We also open weekends- 12-4pm and Mon & Sat evenings for ''club'' bingo sessions. Cooked lunches are available every day apart from Sunday.Timetabled activities and constructive pursuitrs are available on a rolling programme, ranging from alternative medicines to adventure weekends. There is a separate mens group and womens group meetings once a week, and a caring for carers group on alternative Tuesday nights.and other like minded organisations. These will run alongside but separately from the "Drop-in". |
| AREA COVERED | Local - South Tyneside |
| ORGANISATION | Newcastle Mental Health User Forum |
| CONTACT | Bev Mills |
| ADDRESS | Launchpad, Suite 8, 2nd Floor, Half Moon Chambers, 10, The Bigg Market, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 1UN |
| TELEPHONE | 0191-233-0382 |
| DESCRIPTION | This is a monthly forum with the following aims: to help give a voice to people with mental health problems, to provide support for people with mental health problems and to campaign for better mental health services. |
| SERVICES | The forum does not provide services but is a user forum only. |
| AREA COVERED | Local |
| ORGANISATION | North Tyneside Art Studio |
| CONTACT | Jocelyn Cassia |
| ADDRESS | Linskill Centre, Linskill Terrace, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE304NT |
| TELEPHONE | 0191-296-1156 |
| DESCRIPTION | Art studio for people with mental health and/or addiction problems. Resident artist works alongside studio users. |
| SERVICES | Studio space, materials, individual help and advice; group activities (life drawing, landscape painting, glass fusion, stained glass); commisions undertaken, exhibitions arranged, help with compilation of portfolios to access further education. |
| AREA COVERED | Regional - North Tyneside, Newcastle, Northumberland. The service is entirely free to residents of North Tyneside |
| ORGANISATION | Northern Initiative on Women and Eating |
| CONTACT | Annemarie Norman |
| ADDRESS | 2nd Floor, 1 Pink Lane, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 5DW |
| TELEPHONE | 0191-221-0233 |
| DESCRIPTION | Aims to improve the provision of services to women whose lives are made difficult by problems around food, eating or body size (eg anorexia, bulimia, complulsive or binge eating). We provide groups and access to counselling,where women can gain an understanding of their behaviour. We provide telephone information and support to men, children and young people, as well as to carers. |
| SERVICES | Telephone listening and information service; single consultations to discuss sources of help and support; therapeutic groupwork for women over 18 years; training to professionals and community groups. |
| AREA COVERED | Regional - Berwick to Cleveland, excluding Cumbria |
| ORGANISATION | South Tynside Consumer Group (Mental Health) |
| CONTACT | Robert O'Connor |
| ADDRESS | Trinity House Social Centre, 134 Laygate Lane, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE33 4JG |
| TELEPHONE | 0191-456-4239 |
| DESCRIPTION | A voluntary group, set up about five years ago at the Denis Johnston Centre in South Shields, to promote the interests of the mentally ill.It is open to anyone with similar problems and exists to increase understanding of mental illness and how to cope with it. It is supported by Social Services and funded with money from the Mental Illness Specific Grant. |
| SERVICES | Weekly meetings at above address on Friday mornings, 10am - noon (bus fares refunded);sometimes, attendance at training sessions or seminars run for social workers; occasional days out and night out at Christmas. |
| AREA COVERED | Local - South Tyneside |
