Local Dyslexia Association Helplines.

Local Dyslexia Associations are independently registered charities. They have helplines, befrienders and computer co-ordinators. They hold meetings with speakers and workshops, run courses, and have literature for sale and for borrowing. LDAs know of local facilities for assessment and tuition.

This page lists one telephone number for each Local Dyslexia Association, although some have several helplines. An answerphone may refer you to a rota duty number. The phone and e-mail may belong to different people.

Most of the helpliners are volunteers, using family phones, with limited time, so please respect the times given.

LDAs are listed in order of Local Authority.

Go to: A-D, E-L, M-R, S-Z, Isle of Man, Scotland and Ireland.

A-D.

Bedfordshire:
South Bedfordshire DA.
Tel: 01582 752 444.
Web www.southbedsda.org.uk
Available: Evenings / answerphone. Also Luton
Area: Bedfordshire

Bexley:
DA of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich & Lewisham.
Tel: 07000 50 50 55.
Available: Variable, sometimes answerphone.
Email: info@dyslexiawise.co.uk
Web: www.dyslexiawise.co.uk
Area: Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lewisham.

Birmingham
DA Birmingham
Tel:0121 643 3737
Available: Tues-Thur. 11:30-1:00 term time. Answerphone. Up to age 19.
E-mail: idlb.manning@btinternet.com
Web: www.da-bham.org
Area: Birmingham & Solihull.

Birmingham Adult DG
Tel: 0798 605 4301
Available: 10am to 5pm and answerphone.
E-mail: badgwf@postmaster.co.uk
Web: www.badg.org
Area: West Midlands and surrounding area

Bolton:
Bolton & DDA.
Tel: 015394 432 85.
E-mail: valwhite@moorcrag.com
Area: Bolton and District

Bournemouth & Dorset DA
See DA
Tel: 01202 241 992
Available: 24 hour ansafone
Area: Dorset, Bournemouth, Poole.

Bracknell:
See DA of Windsor & Maidenhead, Slough, Bracknell.
Tel: 01753 861642

Available: Evenings Only.

Bradford:
See Leeds & Bradford DA
Tel: 01274 771153
Available: 10am to 10pm.
E.mail: labda@blueyonder.co.uk
Web: www.labda.org.uk
Area: Leeds, Bradford, N. Yorkshire

Bromley:
See DA of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich & Lewisham (previously North Kent DA).
Tel: 07000 50 50 55.
Available: Variable, sometimes answerphone.
Email: info@dyslexiawise.co.uk
Web: www.dyslexiawise.co.uk
Area: Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lewisham.


Buckinghamshire.
South Buckinghamshire DA.
Tel: 01494 534 872.
Available: 8am to 8pm.
Web:.
Area: Buckinghamshire.

Calderdale:
Calderdale & Kirklees DA.
Email: juliabirks@yahoo.co.uk

Cheshire:
Cheshire DA.
Tel: 01270 668 600.
E.mail: cda@s-cheshire.ac.uk.
Web: www.cheshire-dyslexia.info
Area: Cheshire

Cornwall:
Cornwall DA.
Tel: 01872 274 827.
Available: Daily.
Web: www.cornwalldyslexia.org.uk
Area: Cornwall

Croydon:
Croydon DA.
Tel: 08702 252 125.
Available: Before 9pm.
E-mail: croydondyslexia@orange.net
Web: www.croydononline.org/dyslexia.
Area: Croydon borough

Cumbria:
North Cumbria DA.
Tel: 01697 352 696.
E-mail: jennie@northcumbriadyslexia.org
Web: www.northcumbriadyslexia.org
Area: North Cumbria.

Cumbria:
South Cumbria DA.
Tel: 01539 728 186.
Available: Evenings.
E-mail: scuda.kendal@talk21.com
Web: www.scudauk.co.uk
Area: South Cumbria

Cumbria:
West Cumbria DA.
Tel: 01946 839 300.
Available: 9am to 5pm
Email: bethdell@btinternet.com
Web: www.wcda.org.uk
Area: West Cumbria

Derby City:
See Nottinghamshire DA.
Tel: 0115 924 6888
Available: Mon to Fri. 10am to 4pm.
E-mail: helpline@nottsdyslexia.com
Web: www.nottsdyslexia.com
Area: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland.

Derbyshire
See Nottinghamshire DA.
Tel: 0115 924 6888
Available: Mon to Fri. 10am to 4pm.
E-mail: helpline@nottsdyslexia.com
Web: www.nottsdyslexia.com
Area: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland.

Devon:
Devon DA.
Tel: 01404 822 978.
E-mail: pajdrury@yahoo.co.uk

Dorset:
Dorset DA.
Tel: 01202 241 992.
Available: 24 hour answerphone
Area: Dorset, Bournemouth, Poole.

Dudley:
Dudley DA.
Tel: 01384 291 001.
Web: www.dudleydyslexia.co.uk.
Area: DY. Also B63, B69. WV.

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E-L.

Ealing:
Ealing DA.
Tel: 0208 998 0552.
Available: After 6pm.
Email: snmasud@aol.com
Web: www.ealingdyslexia.org.uk
Area: Ealing.

Enfield:
Enfield & District DA.
Tel: 0208 886 7838.
Available: Mondays 7pm to 8pm.
Area: EN1 to 6, N9, 11, 13, 14, 18, 21

Gloucestershire:
Gloucestershire DA.
Tel: 01242 695968
Available: Answerphone.
Email: root@GLdyslexia.org.uk
Web: www.gldyslexia.org.uk
Area: GL postcodes.

Greenwich:
See DA of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich & Lewisham
Tel: 07000 50 50 55.
Available: Variable, sometimes answerphone.
Email: info@dyslexiawise.co.uk
Web: www.dyslexiawise.co.uk
Area: Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lewisham.


Hampshire:
Hampshire DA.
Tel: 023 8033 3345.
Available: Answerphone. We will call back.
Email: help@hantsda.org.uk
Web: www.hantsda.org.uk Area: Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth.

Harrow:
Harrow SPELD.
Tel: 020 8868 4523.
Available: Anytime. Answerphone.
Area: HA0-HA9.

Hereford:
Hereford & Worcester DA
Tel: 01905 840 979.
Available: Afternoons 2pm to 8pm
Web: www.hwda.org.uk
Area: Hereford and Worcestershire

Hertfordshire:
Hertfordshire DA.
Tel: 01727 867 399.
Available: Mon to Fri. 12.30 to 3pm. 8 to 9.30pm
Email: michael.paterson@tiscali.co.uk
Web: www.nhdyslexia.co.uk
Area: Hertfordshire.

Isle of Wight:
Isle of Wight DA See Hampshire DA.
E-mail: Graham.j.harvey@btinternet.com

Jersey
Jersey DA
Tel: 01534 861 615
E-mail: ruth.smith@jerseymail.co.uk">ruth.smith@jerseymail.co.uk
Area: Jersey.

Kent:
South Kent DA.
Tel: 01233 850 273.
Available: Daytime.
Area: South Kent.
Web: www.southkentdyslexia.org.uk

Kent West DA.
Tel: 01892 522 776.
Available: Home call service
Web: www.kwda-dyslexia.org.uk
Area: West Kent

Kingston upon Thames:
Kingston DA.
Tel: 07961 375 561.
E-mail: info@kingstondyslexiassociation.org.uk
Web: www.kingstondyslexiaassociation.org.uk
Area: Kingston (KT1 to KT24).

Kirklees:
See Calderdale & Kirklees DA.
E-mail: juliabirks@yahoo.co.uk

Knowsley
See St Helens & DDA.
Tel: 0151 426 9988
Available: 7am to 9pm.
E-mail: jeff@box42.com
Area: St Helens, Knowsley, Warrington.

Lancashire:
Preston & District DA.
Tel: 01772 61 96 40.
Available: 10am-8.30pm.
Web: www.discoverdyslexia.com.
Area: Preston, S.Ribble, Chorley, Fylde.

NE Lancashire DA.
Tel: 01254 230 756.
Available: Tues 10am to 5.30pm.
Email: nelda@hotmail.com.
Area: Ribble Valley, Blackburn/Darewen, Hynburn

Leeds:
Leeds & Bradford DA.
Tel: 01274 771 153.
Available: 10am to 10pm
Email: labda@blueyonder.co.uk.
Web: www.labda.org.uk.
Area: Leeds Bradford, N.Yorkshire.

Leicester :
See Leicestershire DA.
Tel: 0116 239 5001.
Available: Anytime.
Email: dyslexic.spider@tesco.net
Web: www.lda-dyslexia.org.uk.
Area: Leicester & Leicestershire

Leicestershire
Leicestershire DA
Tel: 0116 239 5001.
Available: Anytime.
Email: dyslexic.spider@tesco.net.
Web: www.lda-dyslexia.org.uk.
Area: Leicester & Leicestershire

Lewisham
See DA of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich & Lewisham
Tel: 07000 50 50 55.
Available: Variable, sometimes answerphone.
Email: info@dyslexiawise.co.uk
Web: www.dyslexiawise.co.uk
Area: Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lewisham.

Lincolnshire:
See Nottinghamshire DA.
Tel: 0115 924 6888
Available: Mon to Fri. 10am to 4pm.
E-mail: helpline@nottsdyslexia.com
Web: www.nottsdyslexia.com
Area: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland.

Lincolnshire, N
See Nottinghamshire DA.
Tel: 0115 924 6888
Available: Mon to Fri. 10am to 4pm.
E-mail: helpline@nottsdyslexia.com
Web: www.nottsdyslexia.com
Area: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland

Lincolnshire, NE
See Nottinghamshire DA.
Tel: 0115 924 6888
Available: Mon to Fri. 10am to 4pm.
E-mail: helpline@nottsdyslexia.com
Web: www.nottsdyslexia.com
Area: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland.

Liverpool:
Liverpool DA.
Tel: 08702 252 829.
Available: Mon-Fri 6.30pm-7.30pm.
Area: L1-8,11-19,24,25,27,parts of L9,10.

For London boroughs, see alphabetical entries.

Luton.
See South Bedfordshire DA.
Tel: 01582 752444
Available: Evenings, some days, answerphone
Web: www.southbedsda.org.uk

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M-R.

Medway:
Medway DA.
Tel: 01634 848 232.
Available: Mon to Fri. Office Hours.
E-mail: enquiries@medwaydys.org
Web: www.medwaydys.org
Area: Medway and all ME postcodes.

Merton:
Merton & SW London DA.
Tel: 0208 542 0880 after 6pm.
Available: Daily preferably after 6pm
Web: www.mertondyslexia.com.
Area: Merton & Wandsworth

Norfolk:
Norfolk & Norwich DA.
Tel: 01379 668 430.
E-mail: BRAWhiting@aol.com
Web: www.norfolkdyslexia.org.uk
Area: Norfolk.

Northamptonshire:
Northamptonshire DA.
Tel: 01604 820 158.
Web: www.northantsdyslexia.co.uk.
Area: Northamptonshire

Nottinghamshire:
Nottinghamshire DA.
Tel: 0115 924 6888
Available: Mon to Fri. 10am to 4pm.
E-mail: helpline@nottsdyslexia.com
Web: www.nottsdyslexia.com
Area: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland.

Nottingham
See Nottinghamshire DA.
Nottinghamshire DA.
Tel: 0115 924 6888
Available: Mon to Fri. 10am to 4pm.
E-mail: helpline@nottsdyslexia.com
Web: www.nottsdyslexia.com
Area: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland.

Oxfordshire:
Oxfordshire DA.
Tel: 01235 528 405
Available before 8pm.
Web: www.oxdys.org.uk

Peterborough:
Peterborough & District DA.
Tel: 01733 211 022
Available: Evenings.
Area: PE postcodes.

Poole:
See Dorset DA.
Tel: 01202 241992
Available: 24 Hour answerphone.
Area: Dorset, Bournmouth, Poole.

Portsmouth:
See Hampshire DA.
Tel: 023 8033 3345
Available: Answerphone. We will call back.
E-mail: help@hantsda.org.uk
Web: www.hantsda.org.uk
Area: Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth.

Reading:
Reading DA.
Tel: 07748 576143.
Available: 5.30 to 7.30pm. Mondays term time only.
Email: rda_help@hotmail.co.uk
Web: www.reading-city.net/rda
Area: Reading area.

Richmond upon Thames:
Richmond DA.
Tel: 020 8940 4626.
Available: Evenings.
Web: www.guidetorichmond.co.uk/rda.html.
Area: Richmond & Twickenham.

Rutland:
See Nottinghamshire DA.
Tel: 0115 924 6888
Available: Mond to Fri. 10am to 4pm
E-mail: helpline@nottsdyslexia.com
Web: www.nottsdyslexia.com
Area: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland.

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S-Z.

Salford:
Salford DA.
Tel: 0161 789 3152
E-mail: SalfordDA@aol.com
Area: Salford

Sefton:
Southport & District DA.
Tel: 01704 541 511.
Area: Southport & West Lancs.

Shropshire:
Shropshire DA.
Tel: 01743 231 205
Web: www.thesda.org.uk
Area: Shropshire.

Slough:
See DA of Windsor & Maidenhead, Slough, Bracknell.
Tel: 01753 861 642
Available: Evenings only.

Solihull
See DA Birmingham.
DA Birmingham
Tel:0121 643 3737
Available: Tues-Thur. 11:30-1:00 term time. Answerphone. Up to age 19.
E-mail: idlb.manning@btinternet.com
Web: www.da-bham.org
Area: Birmingham & Solihull.

Solihull
See Birmingham Adult DG
Tel: 0798 605 4301
Available: 10am to 5pm and answerphone.
E-mail: badgwf@postmaster.co.uk
Web: www.badg.org
Area: West Midlands and surrounding area

Somerset:
Somerset DA.
Tel: 01823 672 271.
E-mail: hardwick@argonet.co.uk.
Web:www.somersetdyslexia.co.uk
Available: Somerset

Southampton:
See Hampshire DA.
Tel: 023 8033 3345.
Available: Answerphone. We will call back.
E-mail: help@hantsda.org.uk
Web: www.hantsda.org.uk
Area: Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth.

St Helens:
St Helens DA.
Tel: 0870 990 7336.
E-mail: jeff@box42.com
Area: St Helens, Knowsley, Warrington.

Staffordshire:
DA Staffordshire (formerly North Staffordshire DA).
Tel: 01782 627 166.
Available: Mon 10-5, Tues 10-3, Weds 10-3, Thurs 1-6.
E-mail: das@dyslexiastaffs.org
Web: www.dyslexiastaffs.org.

Stockport:
Stockport DA.
Tel: 07930 167 449
Available: Most days & evenings
Area: Stockport, Tameside, S Manchester.

Stoke-on-Trent
See DA Staffordshire.
DA Staffordshire (formerly North Staffordshire DA).
Tel: 01782 627 166.
Available: Mon 10-5, Tues 10-3, Weds 10-3, Thurs 1-6.
E-mail: das@dyslexiastaffs.org
Web: www.dyslexiastaffs.org.

Suffolk:
Suffolk DA.
Tel: 01394 270 814.
E-mail: lpt53@aol.com
Area: Suffolk

Surrey:
North Surrey DA.
Tel: 01784 431 170.
Available: Daytime
Area: North Surrey.

Surrey:
South East Surrey DA.
Tel: 01737 556 173.
E-mail : sesdadyslexia@hotmail.com
Web:www.sesda-dyslexia.co.uk
Area: South East Surrey

Surrey:
West Surrey DA.
Tel: 01252 338 005.
Web: www.wsdda.org.uk.
Area: West Surrey

Sutton:
Sutton DA.
Tel: 0870 888 0048.
Available: 5 days a week.
E-mail: helpline@suttondyslexia.org.uk
Web: www.suttondyslexia.org.uk
Area: SM1-7

Tameside
See Stockport DA.
Stockport DA.
Tel: 07930 167 449
Available: Most days & evenings
Area: Stockport, Tameside, S Manchester.

Waltham Forest:
Waltham Forest DA.
Tel: 020 8521 1287. (or 020 8520 7370 if unavailable).
E-mail: admin@wfda.org.uk
Web: www.wfda.org.uk
Area: Postcodes E4, 10, 11, 17.

Wandsworth:
See Merton & SW London DA and .

Tel: 0208 542 0880 after 6pm.
Available: Daily preferably after 6pm
Web: www.mertondyslexia.com.
Area: Merton & Wandsworth

Warrington
See St Helens DA
Tel: 0870 990 7336.
E-mail: jeff@box42.com
Area: St Helens, Knowsley, Warrington.

Warwickshire:
North Warwickshire DA.
Tel: 024 7631 6813.
Available: also 07814 827 660
E-mail: lesleyhill-dyslexia@beeb.net
Area: Bedworth, Nuneaton, Hinckley.

Warwickshire:
Rugby & District DA.
Tel: 024 7627 9799.
Available: Weekdays 4 to 8pm, Weekends 10am to 6pm.
E-mail: W.Horne@ntlworld.com

Warwickshire:
South Warwickshire DA.
Tel: 01789 773 758.
Area: CV31, 34 - 37, B49, WR11.

Wiltshire:
Wiltshire DA.
Tel: 01225 781 789.
Available: Daytime until 9.30pm
E-mail: nigelapugh@googlemail.com

Area: Wiltshire + Bath

Windsor and Maidenhead:
DA Windsor & Maidenhead, Slough, Bracknell.
Tel: 01628 477 784.
Available: Evenings only.

Worcestershire
See Hereford & Worcester DA
Hereford & Worcester DA
Tel: 01905 840 979.
Available: Afternoons 2pm to 8pm
Web: www.hwda.org.uk
Area: Hereford and Worcestershire

Yorkshire North
See Leeds & Bradford DA
Tel: 01274 771 153.
Available: 10am to 10pm
E-mail: labda@blueyonder.co.uk.
Web: www.labda.org.uk.
Area: Leeds Bradford, N.Yorkshire.

Swansea
West Wales DA
Tel: 07702 665 799
Available: Evenings 6 to 9pm.
E-mail: wwda.wales3@which.net
Web: www.wwda.co.uk
Area: West Wales. SA postcodes.

Channel Islands
Jersey DA
Tel: 01534 861 615
E-mail: ruth.smith@jerseymail.co.uk
Area: Jersey.

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Isle of Man, Jersey, Scotland and Ireland.

Northern Ireland
BDA N Ireland Helpline
Tel: 028 9076 9211

Northern Ireland DA
Tel: 028 9065 9212
E-mail: help@nida.org.uk
Web: www.nida.org.uk
Area: Northern Ireland, East.

Manx DA
E-mail: mike100@manx.net

Dyslexia Scotland.
Tel: 0844 800 8484
Available: Mon to Fri. 10am to 4pm.
E-mail: info@dyslexiascotland.org.uk
Web: www.dyslexiascotland.org.uk

DA Ireland.
Helpline: 00 353 (0) 1679
Email: info@dyslexia.ie
Web: www.dyslexia.ie


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