Who to contact in the North East regional team
Our North East regional team
provides a range of support and information services for people
with Parkinson's, professionals, carers, and individuals or groups
who may want to volunteer or support our work.
Our North East team provides a range of services for people affected by Parkinson's, professionals and anyone who wants to support us.
We'd love to hear from you.
A description of these services is provided below to help you
find the best person to help with your enquiry.
Information and support
Our information and support workers
(ISWs) provide one-to-one information and support to people with
Parkinson's, their families and carers. This may include benefits
advice, emotional support and links to local and other
services.
If you have any questions about information and support workers
in your area, please contact:
Our information and support manager is responsible for the
provision of information and support to people with Parkinson's,
their families and those involved in providing care locally. She
manages our information and support workers, builds and develops
networks with other organisations that can help and organises
information events across the region.
Branch and volunteer support
We have around 15 local groups in the North East, providing
a local network of support for people affected by Parkinson's.
Groups meet regularly and hold regular events including social
activities, fundraising events, exercise classes and more. Our
branch and volunteer support officer can put you in touch with
groups in your area.
View a list of local groups in the North East, with links to
meeting times and locations
Our branch and volunteer support officer provides support to
local groups, and can help set up new groups and build links with
other groups and national office. She also looks after local
group volunteers. To find out more, contact:
Education and training
Our education and training officer delivers seminars and courses for health and social care
professionals who work with people with Parkinson's in the
North East.To find out more, contact:
Fundraising
Our regional fundraiser offers advice and support to anyone in
the North East interested in raising money for us. He
works with local groups, members, local companies, trusts and
individual supporters to help them with their fundraising
activities. To find out more, contact:
Working to
improve local services
We are working to encourage real changes and improvements in how
the NHS and social care services work with people living with
Parkinson's.
Our influence and service development officer works with local
health and social care organisations to help them build services
that better meet the needs of people with Parkinson's. To find out
more, contact:
Regional Manager
Our regional manager oversees the activities of the regional
team, volunteers, local groups and manages the development of
our services and support across the North East region. To find out
more, contact:
About
Parkinson's in the North East
Within the North East region there are:
- Approximately 5,000 people with Parkinson's, which is 1 in 500
of the population
- Around
15 local groups managed by volunteers
- Over 800 Parkinson's UK members
- 16 specialist Parkinson's nurses
and 2 Parkinson's research nurses
- 3 regional neurology services based in Middlesbrough, Newcastle
and Sunderland, and elderly care consultants with a special
interest in Parkinson's in most areas
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