Stammering Support Centre

Welcome to the Stammering Support Centre, provided by Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust Speech and Language Therapy service.

The Centre opened in April 2011 and is supported by Yorkshire and Humber Primary Care Trusts offering highly specialist speech and language therapy assessment and support for children, young people and adults who stammer. 

It provides support and resources for speech and language therapists across the Yorkshire and Humber region.  

Action for Stammering Children (ASC) provide their support by funding some packages of assessment for children and training for therapists working with children. They also support the Michael Palin Centre, London in the work their centre does with Children. Visit their website at www.stammeringcentre.org

The centre has been established with support from various organisations which include the British Stammering Association and the Department for Education.

We appreciate the support from the various organisations in providing this key service to clients in the region. As part of developing this centre we have welcomed the time and input from children, young people and adults along with their families to create a truly client centred service for those who stammer.

About the Centre

The Stammering Support Centre is one of a few centres in the country to offer specialist services for all ages, children and adults who stammer

The centre is located in the Reginald Building in the heart of a Leeds community.

This new facility provides Leeds City Council and NHS services including a library, job shop, GP practice and community healthcare with Children’s Speech and Language Therapy services.

The specialist services for stammering are located on the first floor of the building with welcoming waiting areas and comfortable clinical rooms.

The centre has been named following a public consultation process jointly organised by Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust and the British Stammering Association.

Centre Offer

The Stammering Support Centre will offer the following:

• Care Packages
• Training Packages
• Clinical Supervision 

Care Packages and Group Sessions - Costs

The Stammering Support Centre has been funded by the Yorkshire and Humber PCTs with support from Association of Research into Stammering in Childhood (ARSC). 

On our flyers there will be a cost publicised.  If you are a patient within Yorkshire and Humber your PCT may have money to fund your place on the course. To check this please contact our Administration team on 0113 305 5309 / 305 5308 / 305 5307

If you are a patient outside Yorkshire and Humber, your PCT may pay for your care or group session. You will need to speak to your local Speech and Language Therapy service or your GP for details. 

Alternatively you may wish to fund the course or care package yourself. To discuss this in more detail please do not hesitate to contact the Administration team on the details above who will ask for a member of the stammering team to contact you directly to discuss your requirements. 

Newsletter

The Stammering Support Centre will on a monthly basis publish a newsletter to update all individuals involved in the service with what has been happening at the centre.  You can view them by clicking on the month you wish to view below:

GTWO April 2013

GTWO March 2013

GTWO February 2013

GTWO January 2013

GTWO December 2012

GTWO November 2012

GTWO October 2012

GTWO September 2012

GTWO BSA Special Edition GTWO August 2012

GTWO August 2012

If you do not currently receive the newsletter monthly in your email inbox and wish to do so, email the stammering support centre here and request to be added to our distribution list.

If you wish to be removed from the Newsletter mailing list please click here

External Events

From time to time events maybe published on our webpages that are not part of the Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust offer of service. LCH are not responsible for the event, responsibilities of the organisation involved, or patient transport, accommodation or fees.  If you wish to attend these events, it is your own responsibility and liability.