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. Darlington Portage Service
Room 201 Town Hall
Darlington
County Durham 
DL1 5QT
 
Tel:      01325 388840
  1. Durham Portage Service
Education Development Centre
Enterprise Way
Spennymoor
County Durham 
DH16 6YP
 
Tel:       01388 424950
Fax:      01388 813512
  1. Early Years Portage Service (East Riding of Yorkshire)
County Hall
Beverley
North Humberside 
HU17 9BA

Tel:     01482 392189
  1. Gateshead & Tyne & Wear Portage Service
Dryden Professional Development Centre
Evistones Road
Gateshead
Tyne and Wear 
NE9 5UR

Tel:     0191 4338 542 
  1. Hull KIDS
182 Chanterlands Avenue
Hull
North Humberside 
HU5 4DJ
 
Tel:    01482 467540
  1. Kingston Upon Hull Portage Service
The Children's Centre
70 Walker Street, Anlaby Rd
Hull
North Humberside
HU3 2HE
 
Tel:        01482 221261/886569
  1. North Tyneside Portage Service
Beacon Hill School
Rise Sun Cottages
Wallsend
Tyne and Wear
NE28 9JW
 
Tel:     0191 643 3023
  1. North Yorkshire Portage Service
Access and Inclusion
Thurston Road
Northallerton
North Yorkshire 
DL7 2NA
 
Contact: Glynis Brookes, Head of Service
Email:    glynis.brookes@northyorks.gov.uk
Tel:         01609 536249
  1. Northumberland Portage Service
Main Admin Block
Hepscott Park
Stannington
Morpeth
NE61 6NF

Tel:     0167 534 300
  1. South Tyneside Portage Service
Chuter Ede Education Centre
Galsworthy Rd
South Shields
Tyne and Wear 
NE34 9UG
 
Tel:      0191 4268143
  1. Sunderland Portage Support Service
Sunningdale School
Shaftoe Road
Sunderland
Tyne and Wear 
SR3 4HA
 
Tel:     0191 553 5716

Where is my nearest Portage?

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If you'd like to help the NPA with its work, why not make a donation? We are dedicated to ensuring the provision and quality of Portage Services but we can't do this without your help. The Department for Schools Children and Families (DCSF) funding we receive, expires in 2011, so please help us. Donating couldn't be simpler. Just click on the link below to be taken to our secure site.

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Newsletter

Once a quarter the NPA produces its quarterly newsletter called the Portage Post. We are always looking for articles by both parents and professionals.Click here to find out more

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