New Hope North East – New Hope North East

Welcome to New Hope North East

A registered charity supporting disabled children/young people and their families from diverse communities - including from disadvantaged, and asylum/refugee backgrounds

Mission Statement

Our mission is to advocate for an inclusive world where every child is loved, valued, safeguarded, and treated with dignity, regardless of disability. We are committed to ensuring that all children have the opportunity to thrive in safe, nurturing environments free from segregation, marginalisation, deprivation, and social exclusion — enabling them to enjoy life, develop their gifts, and fulfil their God given potential.

Who We Are

New Hope North East is a Registered Charity supporting children/young people with disabilities and their families from a diverse range of backgrounds in breaking down barriers that prevent them from accessing social, educational, economic, health, and wellbeing provisions available, and have their voices heard, and their needs met. We take a holistic approach embedded in the "Social Model" of disability, which sees disability as caused by the way society is organized rather than by the person's impairment or difference. We are dedicated to promoting the advancement of Inclusion, Equality, Care, and Safeguarding of disabled children/young people and their families, including families from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

When a parent discovers that their child has a developmental difference such as ASD, they are often faced with denial, fears, and concerns that can be overwhelming. Sadly, parents may not be dealing with the losses, hurdles, and additional financial battles, but also the judgmental attitudes from society. Like many living with invisible disabilities, society often assumes the disability is a behavioral or personality issue. For families from the BME community, the situation is worse because it is regarded as a taboo or some sort of punishment for sins committed by either parent hence being one of the reasons for shadowing the child from the public. On the other hand, discrimination plays a role when it comes to the provision of services.

The first recommendation to parents of a child with a disability is to try to find another parent of a child with a disability, preferably one who has chosen to be a parent helper and seek his or her assistance. This is what inspired Elizabeth Sunduzwayo, founder of New Hope North East in order to help other parents in the same situation as hers because it is incredibly a huge challenge to raise up a child with a disability. In many cases, it is a 24/7 job that leaves parents/carers with no time to educate themselves, work, or socialize with friends even within their own community. Many parents become isolated, depressed, and impoverished due to various barriers emanating from different angles. New Hope North East, is passionate to facilitate a platform where disabled children/young people and their parents/carers can have their voices heard and their needs met.

Find out how you can take part in supporting disabled children/young people and their families.

Call Elizabeth on: 0798 566 1602

Email info@newhopenortheast.co.ukOR elizabeth.newhopenortheast@gmail.com

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Mental Health Awareness

As an organization working with vulnerable people, with some exhibiting mental health, we are making progress in promoting mental health awareness support to parents/carers and siblings. We will be working with other emergency services to make sure that parents/carers of disabled children/young people facing a mental health crisis get support when they need it. Our response to mental health issues among the families we support is for our volunteers and some of our parents to get trained so that those who need help are offered the right support and are signposted to the most appropriate service. Our aim is to improve the health and well being of children/young people with disabilities, through the improvement of the physical and mental health of parents/carers.

To achieve our aims and objectives, we take a holistic approach by supporting the entire family in accordance with their individual needs.

Aims and Objectives

To provide an open door for BME parents/cares and mainstream families to come together and share their stories, experiences, and skills in supporting each other.
To provide an equal opportunity for BME families to voice their concerns and have their needs met.
To engage families in social, educational, health, and economic activities which help remove them from isolation and fully enjoy life as active members of society.
To work closely with Local Authorities and other bodies in delivering services aimed at safeguarding vulnerable people and their families from exclusion and protection from all kinds of exclusion and abuse.
To engage in awareness campaigns of disabilities including Autism through the delivery of workshops at assemblies in Primary and Secondary Schools and elsewhere which helps dismantle negative attitudes of discrimination, prejudice, stereotyping, bullying, and any other forms of abuse.
To introduce aspects of the ‘Social Model’ of disability in all community settings which helps in improving the knowledge and understanding of disabled people, and collectively identify solutions to the barriers disabled people and their families experience every day.
To facilitate direct support and care to disabled children/young people in an inclusive environment.