The following organisations provide Advice And Guidance in All areas of Redcar and Cleveland.
Tees Valley Rural Community Council - East Cleveland
The Rural Community Council works with, and for Rural Communities, to build capacity and support the development of the community and voluntary sector in the Tees Valley, especially East Cleveland.
Opening Times:
Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00 - Appointments Only
Resident Services:
As within other services
Other Services:
Advice and Information on funding for individuals and groups; constitutions and legal structures; charitable status; developing new projects; and training and events.
Contact details
Loftus Old Coop Building , HIgh Street , Loftus. TS13 4HW
Telephone: 01287 642019
University of Teesside (Centre for lifelong learning)
The University of Teesside is a modern university dedicated to delivering quality programmes of study that are academically stimulating and provide a solid base for exciting and rewarding careers.
There are currently over 20,000 students studying at Teesside, in the community and online, on a range of courses, from certificates, diplomas, foundation degrees, first degrees to postgraduate qualifications.
Opening Times:
Monday - Thursday 8:30am - 17:00pm, Friday 08:30am - 16:30pm
Other Access Points:
Course Information Centre
Tel: (01642) 384277
e-mail: courseinfo@tees.ac.uk
Department of Student Services
Tel: (01642) 342277
Fax: (01642) 342289
e-mail; studenthelp@tees.ac.uk
Students' Union Advice Centre
University of Teesside Students' Union
Southfield Road
Middlesbrough. TS1 3BA
Tel: (01642) 342247
Contact details
Middlesbrough Tees Valley TS1 3BA
Telephone: 01642 218121
Website: www.tees.ac.uk
Progress to Work Tees Valley (DISC)
Progress 2 Work (P2W) works with clients 16-65 years old who are on any working age benefit and who have a history of drug use and who are stable, undergone programme and are job ready.
We offer 1 to 1 intensive outreach support and will work with the client on issues of confidence building, housing, health and relationships and all other issues surrounding the issues of drug use. We accept referrals from any agency and also self-referrals.
We aim to move the client into education, training and employment and will work with them for up to an average of six months.
Opening Times:
Monday to Thursday 08:45 to 16:45 and Friday 08:45 to 16:15
Other Services:
Structured activity programmes are available and include Gym, Thi Chi, Auricular Acupuncture, 5-a-side Football, Badminton and Basket Ball.
Other Access Points:
Although Stockton is our main office we have individual staff covering all areas of Tees Valley. Each worker is dedicated to a specific area and can be contacted through the main office in the first instance.
Contact details
Suite 2, Marlborough House 30 Yarm Road Stockton on Tees TS18 3NG
Telephone: 01642 615846
Email: liane .robinson@disc-vol.org.uk
Website: www.disc-vol.org.uk
The Wise Group
To work with unemployed residents from Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) and Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (NRF) funded wards in East Cleveland through a programme of assessment and guidance and employability training.
We also offer Intermediate Labour Market (ILM) placements - real, paid work experience benefiting both the individual and the community alike, as well as job search, advice and guidance, back to work grants and on-going support.
Opening Times:
Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:00
Other Services:
Employer grants are often available to support companies offering permanent employment to our clients.
Other Access Points:
The Wise Group - Middlesbrough,
North Road,
Middlesbrough,
TS2 1DE
Tel: (01642) 355560
Fax: (01642) 730600
Contact details
1 Milbank Terrace Redcar TS10 1EE
Telephone: 01642 487570
Email: redcar@thewisegroup.co.uk
Website: www.thewisegroup.co.uk
Coatham House
Main Office opening times 9:00am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday
Coatham House supports young people aged 16-25 years old with housing needs, to prepare them for independent living. Coatham House does not just offer a homeless young person place to stay but also offers practical and emotional support,to ensure they develop the skills required to maintain their own tenancy once they move on from Coatham House.
Contact details
Coatham House, 5a High Street, Redcar, Cleveland, TS10 3BY
Telephone: 01642486844 / 01642 486823
Email: coathamhouse@hotmail.co.uk
Action for Blind People
Action for Blind People is an expert national organisation, ensuring blind and partially sighted people get practical support in all aspects of their lives.
Action North East Middlesbrough we support visually impaired people by giving information and advise, find employment, access training, housing,source assistive technology and arrange visual awareness training for potential and existing employers. We are happy to advise other organisations on any matter regarding visual impairments.
We also offer free, confidential and impartial information on services for blind and partially sighted people of any age, also welfare rights and benefits advice. Our Actionnaires Clubs offer opportunities for children and young people to engage in sporting and leisure activities. Support with assistive technology and encourage diversity.
Opening Times:
09:00 to 17:00 Monday to Friday
Resident Services:
Access into employment for visually impaired people, jobsearch, CV writing etc. Information & support, Welfare Rights, independant living & leisure activities.
Other Services:
We have 4 hotels which cater especially for visually impaired people located in Windermere (Manor Hotel), Weston-super-Mare (Lauriston Hotel), Bognor Regis (Russell Hotel), Teignmouth (Cliffden Hotel)
Other Access Points:
We have offices in Birmingham, Carlisle and Dumfries, Lancashire, Manchester, Merseyside, North East, Southern Counties, East Anglia, Wessex and the South East. There is a national free helpline number: 0800 915 4666.
Contact details
Garland House 144-146 Borough Road Middlesbrough TS1 2EP
Telephone: 01642 233439
Email: middlesbrough@actionforblindpeople.org.uk
Website: www.actionforblindpeople.org.uk
Connexions
Connexions is a new support service providing advice,guidance/support and personal development services for all 13-19 year olds.
Connexions is an innovative and exciting development in the world of young peoples services. It's about helping young people navigate their way through decisions about studying, jobs and careers.
It's also about helping young people get the support they need if they have personal issues. It could be supporting them if they have problems with drugs, health, money or possibly any difficulties with their home life. Connexions is for all young people, helping them make informed decisions about their futures.
Through Connexions all the services that help young people are brought together and young people are given access to a Personal Advisor, someone they can trust. The Personal Adviser (PA) gets to know the young person and can offer appropriate information, advice and support. PA's keep in close contact with the young people they are supporting. They can help smooth a young persons path through what can be a difficult time enabling them to make the most of their individual talents and abilities.
Opening Times:
Monday - Friday 10am-5pm
Other Access Points:
Connexions Direct Tel: 080 800 13 2 19
Contact details
11 Ridley StreetRedcarClevelandTS10 1RF
Telephone: 01642 490870
Email: connexions@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
Website: www.connexions-direct.com
Jobcentre Plus
To help people into work and employers to fill their vacancies. Also to provide people of working age with the help and support to which they are entitled. To provide security for those who cannot work.
Opening Times:
See appropriate office
Other Services:
Eston Job Centre
Hadrian House
81 High Street
Eston
TS6 9EH
Telephone: (01642) 394444, Fax: (01642) 394455
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 08:45 to 16:45; Wednesday 10:00 to 16:45; Friday 08:45 to 16:30.
Guisborough Job Centre
Nathan House
Northgate
Guisborough
TS14 6JS
Telephone: (01287) 705000, Fax: (01287) 705099.
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 08:45 to 16:45; Wednesday 10:00 to 16:45 and Friday 08:45 to 16:30.
Loftus Job centre
52-53 West Road
Loftus
Saltburn by the Sea
TS13 4RF
Telephone: (01287) 705153, Fax: (01287) 705172.
Monday,Tuesday and Thursday 08:45 to 16:45, Wednesday 10:00 to 16:45 and Friday 08:45 to 16:30.
Other Access Points:
Jobseeker Direct Tel: 0845 6060 234
Worktrain website: www.worktrain.gov.uk
Contact details
Portland House West Dyke Road Redcar TS10 1DH
Telephone: 01642 394444
Website: www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk
Working Links - Ready to Return
Voluntary programme to assist people wishing to return to employment in receipt of jobseekers allowance or an inactive benefit.
Clients will have their own consultant who will work with them on a one to one basis to develop a jobsearch plan.
Opening Times:
Appointments arranged on individual basis
Resident Services:
Helping you back to work.
Other Services:
Arranging job focused training (short courses only). Opening bank accounts. Financial support available on an individual package.
Contact details
3rd Floor Sun Alliance House 16-26 Albert Road Middlesbrough TS1 1PR
Telephone: 01642 242483
Website: www.workinglinks.co.uk
Mental Health Matters
The Grange Community Link Servixce provides a service to people with Mental Health needs. We provide drop in sessions along with a range of activities within the local community.
Individuals who access our facilities are offered a service that has a personal centred approach.
We also offer an employment scheme, Brighter Futures, which is a realistic programme taht allows adults with Mental Health needs to design their oown path towards employment.
Within our service we have a greenlight project, this project enables service users to raise their concerns, commenst about the service they receive both personally and professionally.
Opening Times:
10:30am-4:00pm Mon to Fri. 11am tll 4.00pm Sunday
Other Access Points:
Brighter Futures
The Linc Centre
24a The Bungalows
Grangetwon
Middlesbrough
Contact details
The Linc Centre, 24a The Bungalows Grangetown Middlesbrough Cleveland TS6 7SQ
Telephone: 01642 462491
Email: thegrangecommunitylink@yahoo.co.uk
Pertemps Employment Alliance
Government funded scheme aimed at getting unemployed people back to work with local residents & delivering a free recruitment package to employers.
Opening Times:
Monday-Friday 09:00 - 17:30
Other Services:
Full comprehensive recruitment package that is free to local employers.
Contact details
7 - 9 Queen Street Redcar TS10 1DY
Telephone: 01642 495460
Email: michael.shepherd@ppdg.co.uk
Website: www.ppdg.co.uk
FROG - The Gateway Learning Programme
The project provides a range of accredited and non-accredited community learning opportunities for adults in Grangetown and surrounding areas. It aims to increase skill levels and formal qualifications within the community. Mentoring, advice and guidance, formal and informal, information technology training is also provided.
Opening Times:
Monday - Friday 09:00 am-5:00pm
Contact details
The Linc Centre 24a The Bungalows Grangetown Middlesbrough TS6 7SQ
Telephone: 01642 467598
Email: gillianmitchison@froguk.org
Website: www.frogforum.co.uk
Shaw Trust Employment
Shaw Trust is a national charity delivering the new deal for disabled people initiative throughout the Tees Valley area. Shaw Trust Employment is the job broking division of Shaw Trust helping people claiming incapacity & sickness related benefits return to work by offering a menu of services.
Opening Times:
Mon-Thurs 9am-5pm. Fri 9am-4pm.
Resident Services:
£200.00 Jobstart grant. Vocational assessment. Careers guidance. Training opportunities & funding. Better off in work calculation.
Other Services:
Our advisors can meet people either at our Middlesbrough address or at a local venue on an outreach basis.
Other Access Points:
Freephone 0800 085 1001
Contact details
89 Albert Road Middlesbrough TS1 2PA
Telephone: 01642 266400
Website: www.shaw-trust.org.uk
Whale Hill Community Association
Opening hours 9.00am to 4.00pm Mon - Fri
To engage with local residents and offer job search advice and guidance. Provide FREE cv writing, job application, fax and photocopying service. Access to internet job search. Signposting to partner organizations for specialized training and support. Confidential and personalized advice and guidance support.
Contact details
Whale Hill Community Centre, Goathland Road, Eston, TS6 8AW
Telephone: 01642 468890
Email: whca@hotmail.com
Website: www.whalehillcentre.co.uk
Redcar and Cleveland Welfare Rights Unit
To ensure that all of the people of Redcar and Cleveland have equal access to the Benefit system in order that they may receive those benefits to which they are entitled in law.
Opening Times:
Telephone Advice Line operates Monday to Friday 10:00am to 12:00noon. An answer
Resident Services:
To provide free independent, confidential advice and information about all Social Security Benefits and Tax Credits for all residents of Redcar and Cleveland borough.
Other Access Points:
Advice surgeries are held in Loftus library every Wednesday from 9:30am to 12:00 noon and by appointment in Saltburn library on Wednesdays from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. Telephone 01287 623584 for an appointment.
Contact details
Redcar and Cleveland House Kirkleatham Street Redcar TS10 1XX
Telephone: 01642 771166
Email: welfare_rights@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
Website: www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
Career Plan Tees
Career Plan Tees is a commercial careers advice and guidance company. We can offer advice on career choice, education and training, curriculum vitae, interview techniques or any aspect of careers to individuals or groups.
Opening Times:
Via Appointment. Generally Monday-Friday 8.30am-5.30pm
Resident Services:
Any aspect of careers advice, information or guidance.
Other Services:
We can offer psychometric testing for guidance.
Contact details
Unit 11. Redcar Station Business Centre Station Road Redcar TS10 1RD
Telephone: 01642 495711
Email: enquiries@cptees.co.uk
Website: www.cptees.co.uk
Action for Blind People
Project access/opening days and times:
Monday - Friday 9.00-5.00
Overview/Project Aims;
To support indivuals with a wide range of visual impairments to become job ready, obtain and retain work. Action for Blind People have a Supporting People contract in Redcar and Cleveland and can provide a wide range of information and support services, including housing and benefits advice.
Contact details
Garland House, 144-146 Borough, Middlesbrough TS1 2EP
Telephone: 01642 233439
Email: Middlesbrough@actionforblindpeople.org.uk
Website: www.actionforblindpeople.org.uk
South Bank Tomorrow
To promote general charitable purposes for the benefit of the community of South Bank. To develop the capacity and skills of members of the community who are socially and economically disadvantaged. To advance the education of its young people to provide opportunities to participate fully in the life of the community in ways which eleviate social and economic disadvantage and in achieving the above purposes, bringing together representatives of community, voluntary organisations statutory authorities and private sector within the area of benefit and promote equal opportunities for benefit of the community.
Opening Times:
8.45 -4.30 Mon to Fri
Other Services:
Marrion Suite 3.30 - 9 pm based at the rear of St Peters School, Normaby Road, South Bank
Contact details
Golden Boy Green, Normanby Road South Bank Middlesbrough Cleveland TS6 6SD
Telephone: 01642 467050
Email: linda@sbtomorrow.org.uk
Website: www.sbtomorrow.org.uk
Princes Trust
Team is a 12 week personal development programme, which engages young people between the age of 16 & 25. Our target groups are educational under achievers, offenders and ex offenders, unemployed and those in or leaving care.
During the 12 week programme, participants learn the importance of teamwork, spend a week at a residential activity centre, undertake a project based in the local community, complete a work placement, participate in a Team challenge, usually involving caring for disadvantaged groups and stage a Team presentation, during which they recount their experiences.
The young people will work on nationally recognised qualifications, improve their motivation and confidence, develop communication skills and raise the awareness of their local community and how they can contribute to it.
Opening Times:
Mon - Fri 9am till 5.00 pm
Other Access Points:
Redcar Fire Station, Trunk Rd, Redcar, TS10 5BW
Middlesbrough , Brekon Hill Community Centre
Contact details
Queens CourtNewport RoadMiddlesbroughClevelandTS1 5EH
Telephone: 01642 201005
Email: amanda.jeffels@princes-trust.org.uk
Website: www.princes-trust.org.uk
Redcar and Cleveland College
Redcar and Cleveland College is a Further Education College
Contact details
Corporation Rd, Redcar, Cleveland. TS10 1EZ
Telephone: 01642 473132
Email: cjordan@cleveland.ac.uk
Website: www.cleveland.ac.uk
National Probation Service Teesside
Employment Training and Education, Advice Guidance and Signposting support.
BAsic skills provided on site at Millbank Hall
Opening Times:
8.00am till 4.30pm Mon - Fri . 8.00am till 3.0pm Weekends
Other Services:
Support whilst current to probation Service
Other Access Points:
Linda Williams based at Mowlam House, 1 Oxford Street, South Bank. TS6 6DF
Contact details
Milbank Hall, 1 Millbank Street, South Bank Middlesbrough Cleveland TS6 6DD
Telephone: 01642 515315
Email: pat.wilson@teesside.probation.gsi.gov.uk
Coast & Country Housing
Coast and Country Housing was set up in 2001 to take over the ownership and management of the housing stock and ancillary housing assets from Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council under a Large Scale Voluntary Transfer Initiative (LSVT). Creation of the company followed a successful ballot of 11,600 tenants of the Council who voted overwhelmingly "yes" to a change of landlord, the promise of substantial investment in their homes and the enhancement of housing services.
A total of 11,623 housing units plus a number of related comercial premises, offices and garages were transferred to the Company on 15th July 2002.
Following a number of property sales, primarily Right-To-Buys and a small scale demolition programmes, the Company's total housing stock stood at 10,494 as at 31st March 2007.
The company is committed to achieving the promises made to tenants at the time of the ballot, and monitors achievement against them. The company is a ' not for profit ' local Housing Company Limited by guarantee. It is a Registered Social Landlord (RSL) and is regulated by the Housing Corporation
Other Services:
Landlord Services, Support Services, Regeneration and Development Services
Contact details
14 Ennis Square, Dormanstown Redcar Cleveland TS10 5JR
Telephone: 01642 771436
Email: tracy_o'neill@cchousing.org.uk
Website: www.cch-online.org.uk
Community Skills - Adult Learning Service
Opening Times:
Mon to Fri 9.00 am till 5.00 pm
Community Skills runs courses across a wide range of subjects including:
Accredited courses, including NVQs, 7303 Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector,Introduction to Drug Awareness, Skills for Managing Children's Behaviour(for staff), Site Safety Passport, Manual Handling, Food Hygiene.
Non-accredited courses on topics requested by you :
Training for local apprentices
M&M(Move and Motivate) programme to offer one-to-one advice on learning and voluntary work to ensure you get on the correct qualifications for the type of work you would like to go into
Distance learning courses, for you to study by working through a resource pack in your own time. For people who find it difficult to attend regular classes. Topics include Equality & Diversity, Conflict Management, Managing Diversity and Health & Safety amongst others.
Do you have a course request? Please telephone or email us about any subject. We are part of Redcar & Cleveland Adult Learning Service and will work with them to set up new courses.
Contact details
Adult Learning Centre, Coatham LocalLearning Centre, Coatham Rd.RedcarClevelandTS10 1RA
Telephone: 01642 756454
Email: nicky_mulqueen@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
Local Enterprise Growth Initiative
LEGI supports new business Start Up, Business Growth and Social Enterprises. Whatever your business needs please contact us and we will endeavor to help.
LEGI is available to residents in 16 wards of Redcar and Cleveland. Teesville,South Bank,Ormesby,Normanby,Grangetown, Eston, Skelton,St Germains, Loftus, Lockwood, Brotton, Saltburn, Newcommen, Kirkleatham, Dormanstown and Coatham.
Opening Times:
8.30 am till 5.00pm Mon to Fri
Contact details
Unit 31, Redcar Station Business Centre Station Road Redcar Cleveland TS10 1RD
Telephone: 01642 495755
Email: frances_wheldon@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
Website: www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/legi
TNG
Overall aim to secure full time sustainable employment, via work placements and training.
Programme lasts for 13-26 weeks with a minimum of 30 hours per week.
New Deal Options 18 -24, 25+, 50+, New Deal Lone Parents, New Deal for Partners
Opening Times:
Monday to Friday 9.00 till 5.00
Contact details
16 Queen Street Redcar Cleveland TS10 1AF
Telephone: 01642 480090
Email: garry.campbell@tng.com
Website: www.avanta.uk.com
