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Headway Tamworth and Lichfield
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Tel: 07974 945028
St Editha's Church Hall
College Lane
Tamworth
Staffordshire
B79 7BX
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Headway provides social and cognitive rehabilitation for adults with brain injury and support and respite for their families.
They individually tailor programmes that are designed to maximise quality of life, independence and self-esteem.
Free carer advice and support services are available.
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Brain injury survivors, carers, family and friends.
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Young at Heart
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Tel: 07874 801951
18 Chudleigh Road
Erdington
Birmingham
West Midlands
B23 6HB
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Young at Heart is a registered charity offering help and support to families of babies and children diagnosed with heart defects.
There is a support group for families of all children receiving treatment or who are likely to become a patient at the Heart Unit, Birmingham Children's Hospital.
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The Galactosaemia Support Group
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Tel: 0121 378 5143
31 Cotysmore Road
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B75 6BJ
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The Galactosaemia Support Group brings families with galactosaemic children and adult galactosaemics into contact with each other and offers support where most needed. Through the group the families are able to share experiences, help each other with problems and exchange information and ideas.
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Families with galactosaemic children and adult galactosaemics
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Sutton Coldfield Centre (Dyslexia Action)
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Tel: 01784 222 304
1st Floor, Provincial House
69 South Parade
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B72 1QU
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Tuition, assessments and support for children and adults. Also provide group screening, workplace assessments, and inset training.
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Anyone from the general public to employers.
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Tel: 0121 321 2377
198 Boldmere Road
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B73 5UE
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Advocacy in all its forms seeks to ensure that people, particularly those who are most vulnerable in society, are able to:
•Have their voice heard on issues that are important to them.
•Defend and safeguard their rights.
•Have their views and wishes genuinely considered when decisions are being ...
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Birmingham – Statutory Advocacy - Care Act Advocacy, IMCA (Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy),
Physically Disabled Project, Volunteer Advocacy Project (Vulnerable Adults 18+)
Walsall – Care Act Advocacy, Volunteer Advocacy Project
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Tel: 0121 685 8510
99 Bradford Street
Digbeth
Birmingham
West Midlands
B12 0NS
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Our Carers Support Service is tailored for Chinese Carers. If you’re regularly looking after somebody who needs care because of frailty, disability or long-term illness without being paid, then we are here to support you; even you just look after somebody a few hours at weekends, you are still a ...
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Acacia Family Support
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Tel: 0121 301 5990 - Office phone lines operate between 9.30am-3pm
5a Coleshill Street
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B72 1SD
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Acacia provides a range of listening and befriending support services and groupwork for mums and dads in Birmingham who are experiencing perinatal depression and/or anxiety.
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Those experiencing mild to moderate pre or postnatal depression and/or anxiety. Acacia is not a crisis service. See website for full details.
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Kinmos Volunteer Group Ltd
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Tel: 07728 327959 / 07828 266544
The Moseley Exchange
149-153 Alcester Rd
Birmingham
West Midlands
B13 8JW
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Kinmos is a community-based charity for people with lived experience of mental health. We provide activities primarily in Kings Heath and Moseley but do reach further across Birmingham. All activities provided are free of charge.
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Anyone with lived experience of mental health (18+)
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Tel: 0121 464 6717
Kings Heath Community Centre
8 Heathfield Road
Kings Heath
Birmingham
West Midlands
B14 7DB
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Kings Heath Community Centre has evolved over the years to become an active and integral part of the local community.
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deafPLUS Birmingham
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Tel: 0121 389 4888
508/509 Greenhouse Custard Factory
Gibb Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B9 4AA
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deafPLUS is a charity working to encourage intergration and equality between deaf and hearing people in all areas of life.
Carers support is provided in the Birmingham area for those who need extra support while caring for their friends or loved ones that have hearing loss or vice versa. Home v...
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Deaf people. Hard of Hearing people (HOH) Deafened people. Deaf and HOH people who are Deaf and Blind. Deaf and HOH people who are from ethnic minority groups i.e. Black, Asian, non-British European etc. and their carers.
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