Locations - Difference North East, though-out the North East

People meeting at Hartlepool Disabled Advocacy

Difference North East - Hartlepool

Are you a disabled person living in Hartlepool? You're not alone. With an estimated 21,145 disabled residents in Hartlepool, our community is strong, but we face daily challenges that shouldn't exist.

Our work in Hartlepool

People meeting - Northumberland Disabled Advocacy

Difference North East - Northumberland

Northumberland is the largest county in England by area, with one of the smallest population densities. For disabled people, geography compounds every barrier: distance to healthcare, sparse public transport, older building stock in historic towns, and limited local services.

Our work in Northumberland

People meeting Stockton-on-Tees Disabled Advocacy

Difference North East - Stockton-on-Tees

Are you a disabled person living in Stockton-on-Tees? You're not alone. Difference North East is a Deaf and Disabled People's Organisation (DDPO) that puts disabled people in charge of our own movement. We're run by disabled people, for disabled people, and we're active right here in Stockton fighting for the rights we all deserve.

Our work in Stockton-on-Tees

People meeting Darlington Disabled Advocacy

Difference North East - Darlington

Darlington Disability Rights A market town at the heart of the Tees Valley, where disabled people are fighting cobbles, bureaucracy and empty political chairs and building something better. 🤝 Darlington disabled people are calling for a peer-led, by-us-for-us community space in the Tees Valley.

Our work in Darlington

Disability Rights Newcastle upon Tyne. A stylised graphic of the skyline of Newcastle

Difference North East - Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Newcastle is home to some of the most significant Difference North East activity: the Claiming the Normal photography exhibition at Central Library, zine workshops for young people at City Library, disability equality training at Alphabetti Theatre, a Disability Green Paper workshop co-hosted with Citizens Advice Newcastle, and a Changing Places toilet at Star and Shadow Cinema that took four years and £15,000 of community trading income to install. It is also a city where two of three MPs voted for the welfare cuts that will harm tens of thousands of disabled constituents.

Our work in Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Locations – Difference North East, though-out the North East

Difference North East - Hartlepool

Difference North East - Northumberland

Difference North East - Stockton-on-Tees

Difference North East - Darlington

Difference North East - Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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