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► Volunteering with people who experience a Physical, Mental or Learning Disability

See below for volunteering opportunities in this field:

Community Integrated Care (CIC)

Cornerstone - Welcome Project

Dementia Care Partnership

Friends Action NE

Gateway Wheelers

Henshaws Society for Blind People

Mental Health Matters

National Autistic Society Befriending Project

NHS Mental Health Trust

Newcastle East End Community Co-op (KeyRing)

Newcastle Society for the Blind

Percy Hedley Wooden Spoon Sports Academy

Sight Service

St Cuthberts Care

The Stroke Association

Whizz Kidz