Here are some websites you may find useful:
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- AA – Alcoholics Anonymous
- Action Fraud
- Action For Children – Advice and activities to support children and parents with their mental health and emotional wellbeing.
- Active Shildon
- Addiction and Substance Support for Veteran’s
- A Guide to Tree Preservation Orders
- Age Concern – Durham
- Ambitious Abut Autism -Youth Network
- Antibullying Help – Young Minds
- Ark Wildlife
- Armed Forces Covenant County Durham
- Armed Forces Covenant Guidance and Support
- Armed Forces Outreach Service (AFOS)
- Armed Forces and Veterans Healthcare
- Ashby & Atkinson Dental Practice Shildon
- Auckland Youth & Community Centre, Bishop Auckland
- Autistica
- Autistic Society (NATIONAL)
- The Auckland Project, Bishop Auckland
B
- Bishop Auckland College
- Bishop Auckland and Shildon Area Action Partnership (BASH AAP)
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
- BBC Wear News
- Being a Councillor
- Benefits Calculator County Durham
- Bereavement Advice Centre
- BLESMA-Limbless Veteran’s Support
- Blind Veteran’s
- NHS – Head injury and concussion
- The Bridge Young Carers Service -Family Action
- British Deaf Association
- Bullying UK
- BUPA Dental Care Shildon
- Business Link
C
- Care After Combat
- Carers Support Services
- Care Connect-Durham County Council
- Care for Veteran’s
- CATSRUS – Cat Rescue, Shildon
- Centre for Child and Family Health
- Changing Step North East CIC – A transitional service for ex-military
- Child Autism Realising Potential
- Childline
- Children and young people’s mental health services (CYPMHS) information for parents and carers
- Citizens Advice Home Page
- Civic Hall, Shildon
- Club Durham -Supporting Clubs Together
- Combat Stress -Veteran’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Support Services
- Committee on Standards in Public Life
- Commission for Racial Equality
- Communities and Local Government
- Compass – Fostering Durham
- COOP Funeralcare, Shildon
- Durham County Carers Support
- County Durham Association of Local Councils (CDALC)
- County Durham Families Information Service
- County Durham Planning Applications Weekly List
- CRUISE -Bereavement Support
D
- Daisy Chain Project- A haven for families affected by Autism
- Darlington College -we strive to serve the community’s educational needs
- Direct Gov
- Disability Rights Commission
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Department of Transport
- Disability North
- Domestic Abuse -Help and Support
- Drug and Alcohol Support Services
- Drug and Alcohol Addiction Support NHS
- Durham County Council
- Durham Community Action
- Durham And District Roller Skating Club
- Durham Wildlife Trust
- DurhamWorks -To improve your future
E
- Earth Day
- The Eden Project – Water Saving Tips
- The Energy Saving Trust -Quick Steps to save energy
- English Heritage
- Environment Agency
- Every Mind Matters – Mental Health Support
F
- Fair Trade Foundation
- FCA – Foster A child Today
- Forces in the Community
- Forces Online
- Forgotten Veteran’s
- Fostering Durham
- Foundations
- Frank –Honest information about drugs
- Future Learn – Provide a range of online courses
G
- Gay Advice Darlington and Durham
- Gibson’s Funeral Services, Shildon
- Go North East
- Government Veteran’s Mental Health Support Advice
H/I
- Harbour -Working for safer communities
- Headway -Life After Brain Injury
- Hearing Loss -NHS Direct
- Hearing Loss- Age UK
- Hedgehog Emergency Care Northumbria
- Hedgehog Preservation Society
- Hedgehog Street
- Hedgehogs- All About Hedgehogs
- Help for Hero’s
- Help for Parents in County Durham
- Highways Agency
- If You Care Foundation -Supporting families affected by suicide
- Internet Matters child online safety advice by age
J/K/L
- Jubilee Fields Medical Group
- Keeping Children Under 5 Years old safe online
- Keeping Children safe online NSPCC
- Kooth – Free, safe and anonymous support for Young People
M
- Manhealth -provide free peer support groups
- Mesothelioma (NHS)
- Methodist Church, Shildon
- Mencap Homepage
- MIND – Mental Health Support
- MIND- Young People’s Mental Health Support
N
- National Bullying Support Helpline
- N A S S A L -Local animal welfare organisations near Shildon
- National Crime Agency
- National Crime Security Centre
- National Express
- New College Durham
- NHS- Bereavement
- NHS Direct
- NHS -Menopause
- NHS-Periods
- NHS -Mental Health Helpline for Urgent Help
- North East Autism Society
- Northumbrian Water
- Northern Powergrid
- Ofwat – We regulate the water sector in England and Wales – Water Conservation Tips
- OK Rehabilitation Services
- Energy Ofgem – Ofgem – the energy regulator for Great Britain – Energy Advice for households
- Office for National Statistics
- One Point Centres
- Open University -We’ve pioneered distance learning for over 50 years
- Outpost Charity
- Oxford English Dictionary Online
P/Q
- Papyrus -Prevention of Young Suicide
- Phoenix Thai Boxing Club
- Place to Be – Support Your Childs Mental Health
- Planning Applications in County Durham (Weekly Lists)
- Planning Aid
- Planning Portal
- Poppy Appeal
- Premier Waste Management
- Protect the Brain- to study the short and long-term impact of brain injury in general, and specifically in concussions
R
- Ramblers Association
- Royal Association of Deaf People
- Royal British Legion
- RNID-Royal National Institute for Deaf People
- Royal Airforce Benevolent Fund
- Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)
- Royal Navy & Marines Charity
- RHS- Royal Horticultural Society-Inspiring everyone to grow
- RSACC -safe support for women
- RSPB-Royal Society for the protection of Birds
- RSPCA
S
- Salvation Army, Shildon
- Shildon Community Bus
- Sight Loss Advice Service – RNIB
- Scores on the Doors
- Shelter
- Shildon Amateur Boxing Club (ABA)
- Shildon AFC Football Club
- Shildon Alive
- Shildon Indoor Bowling Club
- Shildon Railway Cricket Club
- Shildon Railway Institute
- Shildon Running & Athletics Club
- Soldiers Charity
- Spectrum Roller Skating Club
- Sport England
- Stampitout – Mental Health Anti-Stigma & Discrimination Campaign.
- St. John’s Church, Shildon
- SSAFA -The Armed Forces Charity
- Stay Aid -Stray Dogs Best Friend
- Standards for England
- Supportive Transport Services
- Sustrans
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- Tees, Esk and Wear Valley (TEWV) crisis line
- Time to Change – Lets end mental health discrimination
- The Gala Theatre
- The Law Society
- The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
- The Share Foundation -Inspiring Young People
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