- Alcohol Concern
Alcohol Concern is the national agency on alcohol misuse. They work to reduce the incidence and costs of alcohol related harm and to increase the range and quality of services avalible to people with alcohol related problems.
- Churches Acting Together
Churches Acting Together (CAT) is a local charity offering guidance and practical assistance to people who are homeless or threatened with homelessness.
- Citizens Advice Bureau
The CAB gives advice on a numerous issues
- Community Foundation
The Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland aims to create a culture of giving that will change people's lives.
The Community Foundation is a grant giving organisation that awards grants to local groups and projects that are in real need of funding and that will make a real difference to the community and the people they serve.
- Message Home Helpline
A confidential freefone national helpline, open 24 hours a day, for anyone who has left home, or who is missing from home, or who has been forced to leave home or care. Call 0800 700 740, or email us via the website. We can pass a message home and offer confidential help and advice.
- NACRO
NACRO is an independent voluntary agency working to prevent crime and rehabilitating offenders.
- National Probation Service - Northumbria
Northumbria covers the counties of Northumberland and Tyne and Wear in the North East of England, and we supervise an average of around 7000 offenders at any given time. Many of Norcare's clients have been reffered to us by the Probation Service.
- NECA
NECA aim to promote the prevention, recognition and treatment of problems related to the use of alcohol, drugs, related substances and gambling".
- NEPACS
NEPACS is a voluntary, independent, community-based charity that supports offenders, ex-offenders and their families.
The NEPACS team of dedicated volunteers work to provide visitors' centres and childrens' play areas at prisons throughout the Northeast. They also organise special childrens' visits, young people's projects and caravan holidays for families of offenders, as well as staffing tea bars in visitors' rooms.
- Nomad Housing
Nomad Housing Group, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, was established in 1974. They are now one of the leading providers of affordable housing in the north of England, operating across eighteen different local authorities. They manage over 3,000 properties for single people, families, and the elderly.
- Prison Service
Find out about the work that goes on in Prisons in England and Wales.
- Runaway Helpline
A confidential freefone national helpline, open 24 hours a day, offering help and advice to anyone aged 17 or under who has run away or been forced to leave home or care. Call 0808 800 7070 or email via the website
- Supporting People
The Supporting People programme offers vulnerable people the opportunity to improve their quality of life by providing a stable environment which enables greater independence. The majority of Norcare's funding comes from Supporting People.
- talktofrank
Drugs are illegal, talking about them isn't.
- Three Rivers Housing
Established in 1971, Thrree Rivers Housing have built a reputation for developing good quality homes for people to rent at affordable rates in the North-East of England. They currently have over 2,700 properties in both rural and town areas to suit people with different needs.
- Turning Point
Turning Point is a social care organisation working with individuals and their communities across England and Wales in the areas of drug and alcohol misuse, mental ill health and learning disabilities.
- Tyneside Cyrenians
Tyneside Cyrenians is a service which aims to provide homeless people with opportunities to improve their lives.
- VONNE
The Voluntary Organisations' Network North East (VONNE), is the Voluntary and Community sector regional network organisation for the North East of England.