About Alan Shearer Centre
The Alan Shearer Centre is a free, highly specialist, disability, respite and social provision for children and adults with disabilities.
Alan Shearer Centre Description
Welcome to the Alan Shearer Centre Facebook page. The site is designed for users of our Centre as an interactive space where you can share information, ask questions, post pictures, provide feedback and keep up with our news.
The Alan Shearer Centre comprises two distinct facilities within the same building:
• The Alan Shearer Activity Centre
• The Alan Shearer Short Break Centre
The Centre has its own dedicated fundraising arm:
• The Alan Shearer Foundation
Launched in May 2012, the funds raised through the Foundation go directly to support these two facilities to provide additional benefits for existing users.
The Alan Shearer Activity Centre
The specialist Activity Centre, funded entirely by the Foundation, is completely free of charge to use and is open weekly, Monday to Saturday. It offers access to an array of sensory, fun, and social facilities and activities for disabled people of all ages. We have a hydrotherapy suite, sensory rooms, an interactive sensory cave, a giant ball pool, art and craft rooms and an on-site café. All sensory areas, including the hydrotherapy suite are equipped with tracking hoists for those with mobility difficulties.
The Activity Centre also has beautifully landscaped gardens, offering a mix of large lawn areas and quiet woodland walks with wheelchair accessible paths.
The Alan Shearer Short Break Centre
The Short Break Centre is a registered facility and provides professional respite breaks for people with complex disabilities and challenging behaviour, including people on the autistic spectrum and with Asperger’s Syndrome. The Centre provides parents and carers with a well-earned rest and peace of mind.
The Alan Shearer Centre has full access to the Activity Centre and is the only short break centre in the north east with access to such a wide range of specialist facilities within several acres of grounds. Existing users also benefit from additional free respite breaks, funded by the Foundation.
Ring Jackie Dunn to arrange a visit or to find out more information about the Alan Shearer Centre.
If you would like to find our how to donate to the Alan Shearer Foundation, visit our website or follow us on Twitter.
Reviews
We'll be designing and making our own paper aeroplanes on Saturday 20th July to race on the activity centre grounds. If you would like to come along to this event, give our reception a call.
We have lots of free events for all our members this summer holiday. If you would like to come along to any of these free events, give our reception a call.
This summer holiday, we have lots of free activites for all our members to come along to. If you would like to come along to any of these events, give our reception a call to book your space.
Dinosaur day is back this weekend and we can't wait to see your creations. If you would like to come along to this event, give our reception a call on 0191 2678118 to book yourself a place.
This weekend at the activity centre, we will be making windchimes for the sensory garden. If you fancy coming along and making one for your own garden, give our reception a call.
We will be creating our own flags this weekend for our free event. If you fancy coming along and waving the flag you made, give our reception a call.
This Saturday, we will be making leaf animals to decorate the den in our woodland walk. If you would like to come along to this event, give our reception a call.
Reminiscience are back to run another brillaint virtual reality workshop at the actvity centre this Tuesday. If you would like to come along, give our reception a call.
With Fathers day approaching, come along to the centre to decorate some biscuits and make a card from someone special. If you would like to book onto this event, give our reception a call.
This Saturday, we will be making under the sea themed collages in support of World Oceans day. If you would like to come along to this event and learn more; while creating some lovely collages, give our reception a call.
Don't forget we are kickstarting off the half term week with our banner making event. If you want to come along, give our reception a call to book your place.
A quick reminder that we have our mythical creature creations at the activity centre on Friday 31st May. If you would like to come along, give our reception a call.
Don't forget we have our create your own comic book event on Wednesday 29th May. Give our reception a call to book your place.
This half term we have so many activities planned for all our members. On Monday we have our banner making event, followed by create a comic book on Wednesday. On the Friday, we will be making our own mythical creatures, and then finishing the week off by making crowns to celebrate the Queen's birthday. If you fancy coming along to any of these events, give our reception a call to book your place.
We are all going science crazy at the centre Saturday 25th May with our science day arts and crafts. If you would like to come along, give our reception a call to book your place.