Difference staff, trustees and members are having a conversation on a street in Durham.

Our Membership

We want to represent disabled people across the North East, so its important we involve people with lots of different lived experiences.

More voices equals louder voices and disabled people are stronger together.

Join us as a member today.

“Joining a self advocacy or disability rights group can change an individual’s attitude to themselves and their situation, enabling them to take more control and become more effective.” Tom Shakespeare  (@TommyShakes)

Other Ways to Take Action

Difference North East Staff and members are on a street in Whitley Bay talking to council representatives

Become an Ally

As a non disabled person or as an organisation, including individuals within organisations, you can join us as an Ally. You will receive a newsletter and access to discounts and free events. We need allies to effectively spread and embed our work and achieve equality and inclusion objectives.

A group of people sit around a table. The table has papers and post its on that cover themes and plans for the disability devolution document.

Resources

Our resources on the website are free to use and we encourage people to read and distribute them. If there are resources that you need but are not here, please get in contact.

Three colleagues are at work, they are smiling and talking.

Educate Your Team

We recommend everybody receive training in our Disability Equality, Awareness & Etiquette training as a minimum introduction to inclusion and access. We have other education areas like digital accessibility or inclusive recruitment and we can design others to suit your needs.