# SPEAKING UP TOGETHER  BEYOND BOUNDARIES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1214978
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Sept. 16, 2025
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1214978


## Contact

- **Address:** C/o Your Voice counts, John Haswell House, 8-9 Gladstone Terrace, GATESHEAD, Tyne And Wear
- **Postcode:** NE8 4DY
- **Phone:** 07787791456
- **Email:** terricliberysut@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.yvc.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY'S OBJECT IS TO RELIEVE THE NEED OR DISABILITY OF PERSONS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND/OR AUTISM LIVING IN GATESHEAD, SOUTH TYNESIDE AND THE NEIGHBOURING AREAS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) PROVIDING EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND/OR AUTISTIC PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIALS;(B) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND/OR AUTISTIC PEOPLE, BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION;(C) PROVIDING WORKSHOPS, FORUMS, ADVOCACY AND GENERAL SUPPORT; AND(D) PROMOTING SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING SUCH PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.

**Activities:** Speaking Up Together (SUT) is a user led organisation which promotes self advocacy with people who are learning disabled and/or neurodiverse.  We provide education and information to support people, raise awareness of issues, provide workshops, forums, advocacy and general support. Also provideing social and recreational facilities within the community.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Gateshead
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- South Tyneside




## Trustees

- Allanna Middleton — appointed Feb. 9, 2021
- Ann Louise Groundwater — appointed Feb. 9, 2021
- Christine Jewers — appointed Oct. 11, 2022
- Derek Peters — appointed Feb. 9, 2021
- Elizabeth Ann Leightell — appointed Feb. 9, 2021
- Gary Devlin — appointed Feb. 9, 2021
- JESSICA ANN FIELDING — appointed July 10, 2024
- Jacqueline Collins — appointed Feb. 9, 2021
- Jonathan Graham Canessa — appointed July 10, 2024
- Peter Gardiner — appointed Feb. 9, 2021
- Theresa Mary Clibery — appointed Feb. 9, 2021