ADDept Yorkshire Learning & Ability Support Group

 

 

B

A

C

K

G

R

O

U

N

D

_

C

O

L

O

R

 

 

 

Home Books Diagnosis/Criterea Education Employment Events Feedback Information Just 4 Kids Media Page Parents & Carers Research Support/Benefits Table of Contents Treatments Latest News Meet The Team

WELCOME  

Welcome

 

ADDept are a registered charity: 1072 007 effectively recognised and accepted by Government Departments.

Our team have all lived With Hidden Impairments and parented children who like us 'Learn & Behave Differently' and who are 100% dedicated to our members & our charities aims which are:

 

To run a 24 hour Advice and Support Phone Service

Act together Raising Awareness of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and other Hidden Impairments.

Campaign for Specialist Services and Support for adults and children.

Provide FREE Training for Local and National  Government Services.

Help Parents/Professionals set up Support Groups in their area

Advocate for those with Hidden Disabilities

 

To remain completely independent advocates,  ADDept is 100% voluntary, operates on a shoestring budget,  does  not accept funding from such as pharmaceutical or food supplement companies, local councils, PCT’s or any sources that could be viewed as conflict of interest.

 

For our kind of people Education is not so much about the filling of a bucket;

But the lighting of a fire 

 

We do not hold any medical qualifications

We do hold a lifetime of experiences.


 

ADDept staff have a wide knowledge and understanding of the difficulties people living with Hidden Impairments face on a daily basis and have a high success rate in helping others come to terms with their differences so enabling them to live up to their full potential.

 

We work alongside numerous organisations namely:

 

A.B.C. Leeds

Dyslexia Action

Autism Plus

Connexions

Contact A Family

Department For Children Schools and Families

Hi2U

Home Office

Job Centre Plus

Mind

National Autistic Society

National Institution Of Clinical Excellence

N.H.S. Direct

North Yorkshire County Council

North Yorkshire Forum

North Yorkshire Police

Ofsted

Prison Health - Department of Health

Unity Injustice

NHS North Yorkshire and York

Scarborough Ryedale Carers Resource

West Yorkshire ADHD Support Group

Whitby Children's Centre

Whitby Community College

Whitby DAG

Yorkshire Coast Homes

 

To name but a few.

 

 


 BACK 2 TOP 

 

 

Meetings

We hold regular meetings in the York and Whitby areas, where we collect information and discuss issues of common concern.

 

We meet in Whitby at Eskdale school with various Voluntary Sector Organisations quarterly to discuss the developments which have been put in place to support people with Hidden Impairments in the Yorkshire area i.e.

 

Transition and Awareness Training

Screening Tools for use in Schools and the Workplace

Self Help Groups

 

 

Parents

Living with a Hidden Disability can cause severe emotional harm, more than 15% of the population are affected.  A recent study revealed that 75% of UK prison inmates have Hidden Disabilities. 

 

Sadly the majority aren't treated as Hidden Disabilities are still very misunderstood.

 

Here on the ADDept site we hope to encourage our members to post their experiences and read how others cope with similar life experiences.

 

 

Support Groups

ADDept work together with numerous organizations who we are in regular contact with, to ensure that our records are kept up to date.

 

 

 

 

At ADDept We Believe

 

Those Who Care Succeed

 

 

 


 BACK 2 TOP 

 

 

Hit Counter

 

Name:

Position:               Address:

Tel:

Fax   /   Mobile

 

Bob Breen 

 

Chair/Founder   

30, The Paddock,

York    Y026 6AW

 

01904 782556

 

01904 788 539

Kate Mowbray

 

Yorkshire Coordinator      

kate.mowbray@btinternet.com

 

01765 658 878

 

07719 439 522