Portage is a home-visiting educational service for pre-school children with additional support needs and their families.

Find Your Nearest Portage

The National Portage Association operates at national and regional level throughout the UK supporting individual members and registered services.

Workshops and study days allow members of a region to share knowledge and stay abreast of developments within Portage. Each region has an elected representative who is a member of the National Executive Committee.

  1. Barnsley Portage Service
Barnsley Portage Team
Old Infant Block, Bruce Ave
Worsborough Common
Barnsley
South Yorkshire 
S70 4E

Tel:      01226 296500
  1. Blackburn & Darwen
Floor 5,
The Exchange,
Ainsworth Street,
Blackburn
BB1 6AD
 
Contact:   Sandra Botterill
Email:       educationalpsychology@blackburn.gov.uk
Tel          01254 666 881
Fax         01254 666 884
  1. Blackpool Portage Unit
Chn & Young People's Dept 
Targeted Services
Progress House
Clifton Road
Blackpool
FY4 4US

Tel:     01253 476594
  1. Bolton
Pre - School Service.
Halliwell Health Centre
Aylesford Walk
Bolton
Lancashire  BL1 
 
Tel:       01204 463470
  1. Bradford Portage Service
Education Bradford
Furture House
Bolling Road
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD4 7EB
 
Contact: Patricia Livesley, Head of Service
Email:     LSS@bradford.gov.uk
Tel:         01274 385983     
  1. Bury Portage Service
Seedfield Site
Parkinson Street
Bury
BL9 6NY

Tel:     0161 2536131
  1. Carlisle Sure Start Childrens Centres Portage
Burnett Road
Carlisle
Cumbria 
CA1 3BX
 
Tel:     01228 625937 
  1. City of York Portage Service
Hobmoor Children's Centre
Green Lane
Acomb
York
North Yorkshire
YO24 4
 
Tel:     01904 555085
  1. Doncaster Portage Service
Richmond Hill
Melton Road
Sprotbrough
Doncaster
South Yorkshire  DN5 7SB
 
Tel:     01302 862103
  1. Early Years SEN Service (Lancashire)
Early Years SEN Service
Lodge House
Cow Lane
Burnley
BB11 1NW
 
Tel:    0128 242 6952
  1. Early Years Support Team (Portage)-Leeds
The Blenhiem Centre
Crowther Place
Leeds
LS6 2ST

Tel:     01133 951154
  1. Halton Borough Portage Service
c/o Halwood Park School
Halwood Park Avenue
Runcorn
WA7 2FL
 
Contact:  Tracy Garner
Tel         01928 714431
  1. Kirklees Portage Service
Kirklees Psychological Service
The Child & Family Consultation Ctr
Temple Rd
Dewsbury
WF1 3QD
Tel:     01924 324 850
  1. Knowsley Early Years Portage
Training and Conference Centre
219 Knowsley Lane
Huyton
L36 8HW

Tel:     0151 443 5631
  1. LD CAMHS

Mill Street Centre
Mill Street
Crewe
Cheshire 
CW2 7AQ

Tel:     01270 848030
  1. Leeds Mencap
Leeds Mencap
Londesboro Terrace
East End Park
Leeds
West Yorkshire 
LS9 9NE
 
Tel:     0113 235 1331
  1. North East Lincolnshire Portage Service
Directorate of Children and Young People
Springfield Dev Centre
Springwood Crescent
Grimsby
Lincolnshire 
DN33 3HG

Tel:      01472 323178
  1. North Lincolnshire Portage Service
Ashby Turn Children's Centre
Ashby High Street
Scunthorpe
Lincolnshire 
DN16 2RY
 
Tel:     01724 842276
  1. Pre School Support & Portage Service
Pre-School Support and Portage Service
Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre
Hopwood Lane
Halifax
HX1 5ER
Contact:  Charlotte Armitage
Tel:        01422 399552
  1. Pre School Support and Portage Service (Halifax)
Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre
Suite 2, 4th Floor
Hopwood Lane
Halifax
West Yorkshire 
HX1 5ER
 
Tel:     01422 399552
  1. Rochdale Portage Service
Crossfield Mill
Crawford Street
Rochdale
Lancashire 
OL16 5RX
 
Tel:      0845 2265511
  1. Rotherham Portage Service
Estate Road
Monkwood
Rawmarsh
Rotherham
S62 7JD
 
Contact:  Rachel Amos, Portage Manager

Tel  01709 821761
  1. Salford Portage Service
Larkhill Children's Centre
Sedgefield Close
Salford
M5 4JL
 
Contact: Lynn Moody, Team Manager

Tel         0161 921 1382
  1. Sefton Portage Service
Ainsdale Hope Centre
Netherton Moss Site
Sandringham Rd
Ainsdale, Southport
Merseyside 
PR8 2PJ
 
Tel:     01704 882038
  1. Sheffield Portage Service
Prince Edward Primary School
747 City Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire 
S12 2AA
 
Tel:     0114 2398 336
  1. St Helens Portage Service
Children's Disability Service
The Bridge Centre
Lansbury Avenue
St. Helens
Merseyside
WA9 1TB
 
Contact:   Jean Rossiter, Senior Portage Worker
Tel:           01744 673900
Fax:          01744 673922
  1. Stockport Portage Service
The Overdale Centre
Powicke Drive
Romily
Stockport
SK6 3EF

Tel:     0161 406 6506/6546
  1. Stockton on Tees Portage Service
Early Support Team
High Flyer's Children's Centre
Tedder Avenue
Thornaby
Stockton-on Tees
Cleveland 
TS17 9JP
 
Tel:       01642 527815
  1. Sure Start East Cleveland Portage Plus
Loftus Youth & Community Centre
Duncan Place
Loftus
Saltburn
Cleveland 
TS13 4PR
 
Tel:     01287 203025
  1. Wakefield Portage Service
Educational Psychology Service
Block C, Normanton Town Hall
Normanton
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF6 2DZ
 
Tel:    01924 307403
  1. West Lindsey & District Portage Team
Aegir Community School
Corringham Road
Gainsborough
Lincolnshire 
DN21 1QA
 
Tel:      01427 612139
  1. Wigan Portage Service
Gateway House
5 Worsley Terrace
Standishgate
Wigan
WN1 1XW

Tel:      01942 828350
  1. Wirral Portage

Special Education Support Service
Bebington Town Hall
Civic Way
Bebington
Wirral
CH63 7PT

Contact : Penny Bishop, Portage Manager, Joan Nicolls, Portex Manager
Email: mailto:pennybishop@wirral.gov.uk
Tel: 0151 643 7070
Fax: 0151 643 7071

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