Local Dyslexia Associations
Due to the current COVID-19 situation, Local Dyslexia Associations are likely to be operating differently to normal, please consider this when contacting them.
Please find our information on how the British Dyslexia Association is operating during the coronavirus outbreak here.
Your Local Dyslexia Association can be a great source of dyslexia-related information and support, and are run by dedicated volunteers. To find the one closest to where you live, please enter your postcode or county.
Bedfordshire
South Bedfordshire DA
Area covered
Bedfordshire, Central Bedfordshire, Bedford, Luton.
Helpline
Activities supported
- Helpline
- Screening or assessments
- Workshops or tuition for adults
- Workshops or tuition for children
Berkshire
Adult Dyslexia Centre (Thames Valley)
Area covered
Windsor, Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Slough, Reading.
Helpline
Activities supported
- Courses
- Helpline
- IT support
- Meetings with speakers
- Screening or assessments
- Tuition
- Workshops or tuition for adults
DA of Windsor & Maidenhead, Slough And Bracknell
Area covered
Windsor, Maidenhead, Slough, Bracknell.
Activities supported
- Workshops or tuition for children
Wokingham & Reading DA
Cambridgeshire
Peterborough & Cambridgeshire District Dyslexia Association
Area covered
Peterborough, Cambridge.
Helpline
Via Website
Activities supported
- Workshops or tuition for children
Cheshire
Cheshire and North Wales DA
Area covered
Cheshire and North Wales
Helpline
Activities supported
- Befriending
- Drop-ins
- Helpline
- Screening or assessments
- Self-help adult support group
- Tuition
- Workshops or tuition for adults
- Workshops or tuition for children
Cornwall
Dyslexia Cornwall
Area covered
Cornwall. All TR codes, PL10 - PL18, PL22 TO PL35, EX22 and EX23.
Helpline
Activities supported
- Conferences
- Helpline
- Screening or assessments
- Tuition
- Workshops or tuition for adults
Cumbria
South Cumbria DA
West Cumbria DA
Area covered
West Cumbria, Allerdale and Copeland
Helpline
07704 326 452.
Manned by volunteers: missed calls will be returned.
Activities supported
- Befriending
- Drop-ins
- Helpline
- Meetings with speakers
- Screening or assessments
- Workshops or tuition for children
Dorset
Dorset DA
Area covered
Dorset, Poole, Bournemouth.
Helpline
Activities supported
- Drop-ins
- Helpline
- Meetings with speakers
Essex
Dyslexia Assist
Area covered
North East Essex
Activities supported
- Drop-ins
- Helpline
- Meetings with speakers
Gloucester
Gloucestershire DA
Area covered
GL1 - GL20 and GL50 - GL56
Helpline
Activities supported
- Helpline
- Tuition
- Workshops or tuition for children
Greater London
Croydon DA
Area covered
All CR postal areas, SE19 & SE25
Helpline
Activities supported
- Drop-ins
- Helpline
- Meetings with speakers
- Screening or assessments
- Workshops or tuition for children
DA London
Area covered
Central London Local Authorities
Helpline
Adult Helpline - 0208 870 1407
Daytime and evening but leave a message if no reply. We can only accommodate adults.
Email enquiries on the Adult Dyslexia Support Group website - www.londonadultdyslexia.org.uk
Activities supported
- Conferences
- Helpline
- Meetings with speakers
- Self-help adult support group
DA of Bexley Bromley Greenwich & Lewisham
Area covered
BR1 - BR8, DA5 - DA8, DA14 - DA18, SE2 - SE4, SE6 - SE10, SE12 - SE14, SE18, SE21, SE26, SE28.
Helpline
Alternate helpline
Adult helpline - 07762 265 827
Monday - Friday 4pm - 7.30pm - Term Time
Monday - Friday 11am - 5pm - School Holidays
Activities supported
- Befriending
- Conferences
- Helpline
- Meetings with speakers
- Screening or assessments
- Self-help adult support group
- Workshops or tuition for children
Ealing DA
Area covered
Ealing
Helpline
0208 5793 622
Sue - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday until 8pm
Zorica - Thursday & Friday until 8pm
Helpline is run by volunteers and is not 24 hours. Please leave a message and your number if there is no answer.
Alternate helpline
07909 618 330
Samina - Saturday & Sunday - 02089 980 552
Activities supported
- Courses
- Drop-ins
- Helpline
- Screening or assessments
- Tuition
Richmond DA
Sutton DA
Area covered
SM1 - SM7 (Plus other neighbouring boroughs where there is no longer a dyslexia association)
Helpline
Activities supported
- Drop-ins
- Helpline
- Meetings with speakers
Waltham Forest DA
Area covered
E4, E10, E11, E17, IG8. Barking & Dagenham IG & RM. Barnet N2, N3, N10, N11, N12, N14, N20. Enfield EN, N9, N11, N13, N14, N18, N21, N22. Hackney E5, E8, E9,E15, E16, N16. Haringey N4, N6, N8, N10, N15, N17) Havering (RM), Newham (E6, E7, E12, E13, E15, E16), Redbridge (IG, E12, E18) South Hertfordshire (EN) South West Essex (CM4, CM5, CM11 - CM19).
Helpline
Alternate helpline
07787 514 494 or 07713 165 017
Volunteers so varies.
Activities supported
- Courses
- Helpline
- Meetings with speakers
- Screening or assessments
- Self-help adult support group
- Workshops or tuition for adults
- Workshops or tuition for children
Greater Manchester
Salford DA with East Manchester
Area covered
Greater Manchester
Helpline
Alternate helpline
0161 793 7335
Anytime
Activities supported
- Helpline
- Screening or assessments
Hampshire
Hampshire DA
Area covered
Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth, Isle of Wight.
Activities supported
- Conferences
- Helpline
- Meetings with speakers
- Screening or assessments
- Tuition
- Workshops or tuition for adults
- Workshops or tuition for children
Herefordshire
Hereford & Worcester DA
Area covered
Herefordshire, Worcestershire, South Birmingham, Dudley. Postcodes including - WR, HR, B, DY
Helpline
Alternate helpline
07546 566 898 - 07768 895 269 - 01568 797 464
hwda.bromsgrove@gmail.com hwda.worcester@gmail.com hwda.hereford@gmail.com
Staffed by volunteers, not full time.
Activities supported
- Courses
- Drop-ins
- Helpline
- IT support
- Meetings with speakers
- Self-help adult support group
- Tuition
- Workshops or tuition for children
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire DA
Area covered
Hertfordshire
Helpline
Activities supported
- Helpline
- Meetings with speakers
Kent
Dyslexia House Association
Area covered
Mid-Kent, Medway, Swale
Activities supported
- Befriending
- Helpline
- Meetings with speakers
- Screening or assessments
- Self-help adult support group
- Workshops or tuition for adults
- Workshops or tuition for children
Kent West DA
Helpline
Activities supported
- Helpline
- Meetings with speakers
Lancashire
North East Lancashire DA
Area covered
BB post codes
Activities supported
- Befriending
- Conferences
- Courses
- Drop-ins
- Helpline
- Meetings with speakers
- Screening or assessments
Leicestershire
Leicestershire Dyslexia Association
Area covered
Leicestershire. All LE Postcodes
Helpline
Alternate helpline
Activities supported
- Helpline
- IT support
- Meetings with speakers
- Screening or assessments
- Tuition
- Workshops or tuition for children
Merseyside
St Helens & District DA
Area covered
St Helens WA, Warrington WA, Wigan WN, Halton WA, West Lancs L39, Sefton & Knowsley & Liverpool (all L postcodes and some WA & WN postcodes).
Helpline
Activities supported
- Befriending
- Drop-ins
- Screening or assessments
Wirral DA
Helpline
0151 653 4040
24/7 Helpline - calls picked up on a Friday during term time only
Activities supported
- Courses
- Drop-ins
- Helpline
- Meetings with speakers
- Screening or assessments
- Workshops or tuition for children
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire & Buckinghamshire Dyslexia Association
Area covered
Northamptonshire,(NN), Milton Keynes, (MK)
Helpline
Activities supported
- Befriending
- Conferences
- Courses
- Helpline
- Meetings with speakers
- Screening or assessments
- Tuition
Nottinghamshire
The Dyslexia Association
Area covered
Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Nottingham.
Helpline
Activities supported
- Befriending
- Conferences
- Courses
- Drop-ins
- Helpline
- IT support
- Meetings with speakers
- Screening or assessments
- Tuition
- Workshops or tuition for adults
- Workshops or tuition for children
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire Dyslexia Association
Area covered
Oxfordshire
Helpline
Activities supported
- Helpline
- Screening or assessments
- Tuition
Powys
Powys Dyslexia Support Group
Area covered
HR3, HR5, LD1 - LD8, NP7, SA9, SA10, SA11, SY5, SY15 - SY22.
Helpline
07749 307 812 - Powys Dyslexia Support Group.
Weekday evenings 6.30pm - 9pm
Activities supported
- Helpline
- Screening or assessments
Shropshire
Shropshire DA
Area covered
Shropshire including Telford & Wrekin, Powys, Clwyd.
Helpline
Activities supported
- Conferences
- Helpline
- Meetings with speakers
- Screening or assessments
- Self-help adult support group
- Tuition
- Workshops or tuition for children
Somerset
Somerset DA
Area covered
Somerset
Helpline
Activities supported
- Conferences
- Courses
- Drop-ins
- Helpline
- Meetings with speakers
- Screening or assessments
- Self-help adult support group
Staffordshire
DA of Staffordshire
Suffolk
Suffolk DA
Area covered
Suffolk
Activities supported
- Meetings with speakers
- Self-help adult support group
- Tuition
- Workshops or tuition for adults
Surrey
North Surrey DA
South East Surrey DA
Area covered
Reigate, Banstead, Caterham, Dorking, Horley, Mole Valley, Tandridge. RH1 - RH9, CR3 & CR6, KT18 - KT23. SM7
Helpline
Activities supported
- Courses
- Drop-ins
- Helpline
- Meetings with speakers
Swansea
West Wales DA
Area covered
SA Postcodes - City and County of Swansea
Helpline
Alternate helpline
Activities supported
- Drop-ins
- Meetings with speakers
- Screening or assessments
- Workshops or tuition for adults
- Workshops or tuition for children
Tyne And Wear
Dyslexia North East
Area covered
Newcastle, Northumberland, Durham, Sunderland, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Teeside.
Helpline
Alternate helpline
0786 826 3696
Friday 9.30am - 5pm only
Activities supported
- Conferences
- Helpline
- Meetings with speakers
- Screening or assessments
- Tuition
- Workshops or tuition for adults
- Workshops or tuition for children
Warwickshire
North Warwickshire & Coventry Dyslexia Association
Area covered
North Warwickshire & Coventry All CV Post Codes & B46, B77 - B79.
Helpline
Activities supported
- Befriending
- Helpline
- Screening or assessments
South Warwickshire Dyslexia Association
Area covered
Solihul, Rugby, Warwick, Kenilworth, Kineton, Stratford-upon-Avon, Leamington Spa, Wellesbourne
Helpline
01789 509236
Activities supported
- Workshops or tuition for children
West Midlands
Birmingham Adult Dyslexic Group
Helpline
Activities supported
- Befriending
- Helpline
- IT support
- Self-help adult support group
Ideas Walsall Dyslexia Association
Wiltshire
Wiltshire DA
Area covered
Wiltshire, including Swindon, including SP, SN, BA postcodes.
Helpline
01249 655 489
9am-6pm Monday-Saturday. Usually answer machine available.
Usually reply within 24 hours.
May be longer if I am away from home.
Activities supported
- Conferences
- Helpline
- Meetings with speakers
Yorkshire, East Riding
Dyslexia Network Plus
Helpline
Alternate helpline
01325 718 139
Activities supported
- Helpline
- IT support
- Meetings with speakers
- Screening or assessments
York And District Dyslexia Association.
Area covered
YO1, YO7, YO8, YO10 - YO91, WF1 - WF90, HU1 - HU20. York, Wakefield, Hull.
Helpline
Alternate helpline
0775 720 9617 - Adult only.
Activities supported
- Befriending
- Conferences
- Courses
- Drop-ins
- Helpline
- IT support
- Meetings with speakers
- Screening or assessments
- Self-help adult support group
- Tuition
- Workshops or tuition for adults
- Workshops or tuition for children
Yorkshire Rose Dyslexia
Area covered
Leeds, Bradford.
Helpline
Activities supported
- Befriending
- Conferences
- Courses
- Helpline
- IT support
- Meetings with speakers
- Workshops or tuition for children