Parent Support Group

Any blue tokens you receive when shopping, don’t forget to put them into our slot! We are hoping to arrange some exciting training events for the whole group! Participating stores are:- *Newton Aycliffe *Darlington (beside Cornmill Centre) *Bishop Auckland If you have no participating store send/drop them into Tree Tops Children’s Occupational Therapy in Newton…

What a fantastic evening! There have been some children getting over fears, some learning to ride bikes and many more. Well done to all the children – they are a credit to their families. The group hired the venue for a two hour slot and it was full of budding youngsters whizzing up, down, and…

Thank you to all our parents/carers who came along to our sensory training morning. Firstly the group would like to thank County Durham Community Foundation for providing the grant to enable us to gain much more needed insight into our children’s difficulties. An email with some pictures from the day will be sent to the…

An amazing email arrived this week. Have a read!! Organisation Name: Sensory Processing Disorder Parent Support Group North East England; Project Title – Sensory Integration Parent Training Hello! Congratulations! We are delighted to let you know that your application to the Tesco Bags of Help Grant Scheme has been successful and your project will be…

Everyone had a fab time and hope the children enjoyed meeting new friends. There were a few spidermen and spiderwomen on the climbing wall with lots of bouncing on the trampolines. Many of the children conquered fears of heights but did not give in. We take our hat off to them. Brilliant work everyone. Great…

Wednesday 9th August 2017, 1.45pm ROF59, Durham Way South, Aycliffe Industrial Park, Newton Aycliffe Today the group are off to ROF59 for a spot of trampolining and wall climbing. This is always a success and the children along with their siblings love this activity. Monday 14th August 2017, 9.00am – 12.30pm Parent Sensory Diet Training…

Thank you to everyone who came along to our family pond dipping and nature walk, hosted by Aimee from Durham Wildlife Trust on Tuesday 30th May at Aycliffe Nature Park. Some were new members and others cam from quite a distance, thank you. It’s lovely to see such commitment. Everyone was having a great time…

Fantastic news!  The PSG have secured £500 to conduct sensory parent training for our parents and to help their families. Watch out in the next couple of weeks for dates but only parents from our group are legible.  

Emma and Dawn from the group were invited to MFC today to have a look round their new sensory room. Fantastic facility! Yvonne and Abi were the hosts and gave Dawn and Emma a tour of the ground (family area) and the sensory room. Attached are some pictures to give you a feel for the…