Darlington

Darlington Centre
69 Woodland Road
Darlington DL3 7BQ


Tel:     01325 283580
Fax:    01325 483798
Email: darlington@dyslexiaaction.org.uk

• Stockton

Principal: Marilyn Butterworth
Administrators: Marie-Claire Eriksson and Beverley Wade

The Darlington Centre was founded in 1986. It currently has approximately 100 students.

View a map of the Centre location.

The Centre office is open from 9 am - 5pm Monday to Friday.

• Psychological assessments by a chartered psychologist for children and adults
• Psychological assessments on behalf of training agencies, sixth form colleges, universities and colleges of further education
• Educational assessments (by a specially trained teacher/assessor) for children and adults
• Group screening for schools, colleges and other organisations
• Individual screening for children and adults
• Specialist multisensory tuition in literacy and numeracy for children
• Specialist multisensory tuition in literacy for adults
• Study skills for students and spelling courses for students of all ages
• Skills for life courses
• Information and advice on Learning and Work
• Tuition for adults living in Co. Durham who work less than 16 hours per week
• Free surgeries to discuss dyslexia-related problems
• Free assessment and tuition for adults funded by the European Social Fund and the Learning and Skills Council (see details below).

Opportunities for Adults

Free Tuition

With the help of the European Social Fund and the Learning and Skills Council the  Centre can now offer free tuition for eligible adults. If you live in County Durham, if you work for no more than 16 hours a week and do not have an NVQ Level 2 qualification, and would like to be considered for specialist help, please contact the Centre.

Centre Principal Marilyn Butterworth comments: ' We have been contacted in the past by adults who need help with literacy, and who would really like to take a National Test. It has been disappointing and frustrating that we have not had funds available to do this - until now. We can now offer initial assessment and tuition by specialist teachers free of charge to adults who would like to improve their reading and writing skills'.

A former student contacted Dyslexia Action to state the following:

' What you have done for me so overwhelms me that still, five years on, I need to phone you up and tell you. I was in a wilderness, lost at sea, until I met Jenny (Dyslexia Action National Adult Coordinator). From that time, my life was changed'.

Important Information for Employers and Employees

Are you an adult who suspects that you may be dyslexic? Or are you an employer who has an employee or volunteer whom you suspect may be dyslexic or have other literacy-related difficulties, and would very much like to overcome them?  Are you based in the Tees Valley area or County Durham? If so, please read on.

Dyslexia Action has immediate funding for voluntary sector employees and longer-term funding for employees in all sectors, to cover assessment and tuition towards a basic skills qualification or support through an NVQ. Click here for a leaflet giving further details.

Employers, if you are concerned about whether this could mean loss of wages, please note that wage compensation can now be allocated to organisations employing fewer than 50 employees, to cover tuition hours. Click here for an Employer's ticklist.

If you require further information, please don't hesitate to call us on 01325 283580.