Telephone: 0844 335 0512
Office: 0191 386 8606
Enquiries: 0191 386 8112
E-Mail: info@heelandtoe.org.uk
Heel & Toe Children’s Charity provides free Conductive Education therapy to children with Cerebral Palsy and other physical disabilities . Conductive Education is a system of learning. Any child can benefit and parents/carers are encouraged to take an active role in their own development.
Our highly experienced Paediatric Physiotherapy service can provide assessments, block treatments or regular 1.1 physiotherapy sessions. Parental referrals are welcomed at Heel & Toe, any child with a disability or medical condition can access the service. We will be happy to discuss the needs of each individual child prior to booking an assessment by means of a telephone conversation. Specific aims and outcomes will be discussed during assessment and goals set. Examples of conditions seen are, Cerebral Palsy, Neurological disorders, Developmental Delay, Muscular Dystrophies, Genetic abnormalities, Musculoskeletal Injuries.
Children and parents learn new ways to overcome problems with their movement, enabling them to be more active and live more independent lives. Children are proud of their own achievements, which increases confidence and self-esteem.
We can provide a specialist Occupational Therapy service for children which includes an assessment and/or treatment. All assessments are carried out by highly skilled, fully qualified Occupational Therapists. Examples of conditions we can help with include physical disabilities such as Development Coordination Disorder (DCD)/Dyspraxia,Cerebral Palsy, Autism, ADHD and Development Delay.
We have a qualified SEN Tutor who is a qualified as a Higher Level Teaching Assistant and Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo). The role of the SEN Tutor OT is to work closely with parents and children with the aim of providing high quality teaching for children with Special Educational Needs (SEN). Our SEN Tutor helps to identify effective ways of overcoming barriers to learning, and sustaining effective teaching through the comprehensive assessment of children’s needs.
Our SEN Tutor works closely with our Occupational Therapists, and can help identify if your child requires further specialist assessment of their skills to help them reach their full potential.
Please browse our website to understand how you can make use of our free services, help or how you could support our charity.
Our Car Draw is now closed and we can announce the winner is : Mr. Julian P Hampshire – Durham Congratulations to you! Our team will be in touch with you to arrange your prize. Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets. Please be assured all monies raised go directly to the charity – [...]
We welcome back our trekkers with a huge congratulations as they conquered many fears and issues such as altitude sickness, 4am starts, 8 hours of continuous hiking at heights of over 3,000 meters and all to raise funds for us. The team – Mandy, Jane, Tina, Laura, Mick and Steve completed the trek after [...]
Our fourth Annual Charity Golf Day was held on Friday 17th May at Slaley Hall and raised an amazing £4,000. This was our biggest golf day yet with 26 teams signing up to take part. First place team was PWS, 2nd place were John Eden’s team and 3rd was Bradley Hall. The sun was [...]
Muckle LLP Raise Over £8,000 for Heel & Toe Newcastle Law Firm Muckle LLP handed Heel & Toe a cheque for a staggering £8,397.54 recently after appointing us as their chosen charity for 2012-2013. Senior Partner and Head of the Charity Committee for Muckle LLP, Hugh Welch visited our Centre with Karen Young from the [...]
We are delighted to announce British Formula Ford Racer – Ashley Crossey has been appointed as an Ambassador. Bristol born Ashley has had a keen interest in racing since the age of 4 years old this led on to his first race at the age of 11 years old. Ashley, who has a sister with [...]
One of the North East’s leading suppliers of automotive parts, Gestamp Tallent Ltd. Newton Aycliffe Plant has nominated us as one of their Charities of the Year 2013. Staff at the Aycliffe Plant will be raising funds throughout the year with events such as a sponsored walk and selling charity merchandise from their plant. [...]
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