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  • May 2025

  • Thu 22
    Amble community access discussion Graphic. A tea Cup on a purple background
    Featured May 22, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

    Amble Chat: What Would Make Life Here Easier?

    Drywater Arts Centre The Workshop, Wellwood Street, Amble

    For Amble folk who find some days harder than they need to be! Maybe you’ve noticed: the bus timetable doesn’t quite work for hospital days. There’s never a bench when […]

  • Fri 23
    Stylised image with a purple background and purple overlay. A teapot pours liquid into a teacup that is already stacked inside another teacup, causing it to overflow. To the left is a sugar pot with a spoon, and to the right is a decorated cake topped with macarons and fruit. At the top left, there are two logos: the "Difference NE" logo with the text “Do you want to fight for disability rights? Join!” and a second logo reading “D.A.D” with teal letters bursting through a red brick wall.
    May 23, 2025 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

    Share ideas to improve shops, venues & services in Darlington

    Dolphin Centre Horse Market, Darlington, United Kingdom

    From PIP assessments to high street shops, life is not designed with everyone in mind, many Darlington services aren’t either and are frustrating to use. If you’ve ever left a […]

  • June 2025

  • Thu 26
    why we left the government's disability network and need a disability-led advocacy network. A collage of photos showing disabled people in Difference North east meetings, discussions, and protests. One protester holds a sign reading “THESE CUTS WILL KILL.”
    June 26, 2025 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

    Our Voice, Our Agenda: We’ve stepped away from the government’s disability network in the North East!

    Online via Zoom

    We left the government’s disability group. They did not listen to us.
    Now, we are making our own group run by disabled people.
    ✅ By us: Only d/Deaf, Disabled, and Neurodivergent people
    ✅ For us: We set the rules
    ✅ Power to us: The government must come to our table
    Join us! Help build this new group.
    📅 When: June 26, 2025 • 12:30 PM
    📍 Where: Zoom (link below)
    ⏳ Hurry! Founding member spots close June 20.
    Sign up now!
    BSL & captions provided. Email hello@differencenortheast.org.uk for access needs.

  • July 2025

  • Tue 15
    July 15, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

    Canceled Online Chat: Everyday Challenges: Simple Solutions? Online Accessibility Discussion.

    Online via Zoom

    Struggling with things others seem to manage easily? Join our online accessibility discussion. You’re not alone. Many people face daily barriers—whether it’s healthcare systems that don’t understand, public transport that’s […]

  • October 2025

  • Thu 9
    October 9, 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

    Navigating Redcar’s Challenges: A Cuppa & A Chat.

    Footprints Community Café, Redcar 14a High St,, Redcar, United Kingdom

    Navigating Redcar's Challenges: A Cuppa & A Chat Thursday 9th October, 1:30pm - 2:30pm Footprints Community Café, Redcar How's life where you are? @ Footprints Café Where do you face […]

  • November 2025

  • Thu 27
    Imagining Accessible Futures - Members' Workshop Amble: A group of ten Difference North East members stand together in a bright room, smiling at the camera. Some people use mobility aids, and everyone appears relaxed and connected. The image has a purple colour overlay, reflecting the colour of the disability movement
    Featured November 27, 2025 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

    Imagining Accessible Futures – Members’ Workshop Amble

    Drywater Arts Centre The Workshop, Wellwood Street, Amble

    Imagining Accessible Futures, Members Amble: What could the world look like if everyone’s access needs were met? If our homes, streets, and workplaces truly worked for all of us—what would we be doing, creating, and celebrating together?

    Join us for a relaxed, creative session where we’ll explore the future we want to build. You don’t need any artistic experience, just your imagination and your ideas. Through simple, low-pressure creative activities, we’ll look ahead to the next year of Difference North East’s work and gather your thoughts on what matters most to our community

  • December 2025

  • Mon 1
    How accessible is your online presence for disabled people: A laptop with a glowing turquoise or cyan screen enclosed within a decorative vintage birdcage with dark purple or black metal bars, suspended against a yellow background with a halftone dot pattern.
    December 1, 2025 @ 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

    Free Lunch & Learn: How accessible is your online presence for disabled people?

    Online via Zoom

    How accessible is your online presence for disabled people? | Lunch & Learn with Difference North East /* Include your existing block here */ How accessible is your online presence […]

  • Thu 4
    Community Cuppa Redcar: A digital artwork in vivid purple tones showing a patterned teapot with white flower-like designs, alongside a stack of green biscuits. On the left, a vertical dark green banner reads “Difference NE” in large white text. Below, in smaller yellow and white text: “Do you want to fight for disability rights? Join.
    December 4, 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

    Canceled Community Cuppa at Redcar’s Footprints Café

    Footprints Community Café, Redcar 14a High St,, Redcar, United Kingdom

    Community Cuppa at Redcar's Footprints Café Thursday 4th December, 1:30pm - 2:30pm Footprints Community Café, Redcar How's life where you are? @ Footprints Café Where do you face barriers in […]

  • Thu 18
    Our Voice, our Agenda. Stylised graphic showing the Angel of the North in purple with the words “Our Voice, Our Agenda” across its wings, set against a textured purple background. Colourful outlines of the Tyne Bridge and the Tees Transporter Bridge appear below, symbolising the North East of England.
    Featured December 18, 2025 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

    Our Voice, Our Agenda: December 18, 2025

    Online via Zoom

    About the Event: Our Voice, Our Agenda, December 2025 Join us for Our Voice, Our Agenda (OVOA), Thursday, December 18, 2025, 12:30 PM, for an independent forum created by and […]

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