Who We Help

• People using, or thinking of using, communication aids - children and adults with a wide range of abilities
• Their Parents, Partners, Spouses, Friends and Carers
• NHS, Education, Social Services and Voluntary Sector staff, researchers, students ... anyone who is interested in communication aids

Communicate is part of the NHS

Most of the people who use Communicate services live in:

• Co. Durham
• Gateshead
• Morecambe Bay
• Newcastle upon Tyne
• North Cumbria
• North Tyneside
• North Yorkshire
• South Tyneside
• Sunderland
• Teesside

We visit people further away if asked to and also do some non-NHS work, eg. for charities and the Department of Employment

Communicate "Link Therapists"
Some local NHS Speech & Language Therapists also specialise in "AAC" or communication aids. If you live in one of the areas above, your local specialist will probably be on our list of "Link Therapists". If you do not know how to contact your local specialist, we will try to put you in touch.

Similar Specialist Centres
There are centres and services like Communicate covering other parts of the UK. A good place to look for information is the Communication Matters website, where you will find contact details for other AAC Centres.

BECTa Communication Aids Project (CAP) Contacts
Communicate is approved for CAP Assessments. The Communication Matters website also has links to all BECTa CAP Contacts.

Northumberland Residents

• Northumbria Care Trust has NHS funding to provide communication aid services.
• If you live in Northumberland and you need a communication aid service equivalent to any described on this web site, please contact your local Speech & Language Therapist.
• If an equivalent service is not available, you may ask to be referred to Communicate.