*Based in Camden*

Age UK Camden provides a range of services for older people in Camden. 

1. Support Brokerage Service
Age UK Camden’s Support brokerage service offers older people in Camden and their carers access to independent support in identifying their needs and/or developing an innovative, tailor made support plan.

2. Care Navigators
Care Navigators or health or social care professionals who provide a free, impartial and confidential service to older people in Camden. They are based within the GP practices in Camden and have specialist knowledge of services available to you. They can talk to you about your needs and concerns and together you can establish what support you may benefit from.

3. Information and Advice
Age UK Camden has a busy Information and Advice team for people over 55 who live in the Borough of Camden, and their friends, neighbours and carers. 

4.  Counselling, Group Therapy and Psychotherapy Service
A counselling relationship can provide valuable and confidential support at such times.  Counselling provides a regular time in the week when you can begin to explore these feelings.  Counselling provides a space where you can talk to someone about your concerns and emotional difficulties, someone trained and skilled in listening and helping you clarify your thoughts and feelings, which you may not be able to discuss with anyone else.

5. Dementia Services
Our Dementia Adviser staff member is based with the NHS Camden Memory Service (for people aged 65+) who works with a fantastic team of six committed Dementia Adviser volunteers. The volunteers, who range in age from their twenties to their eighties, are carefully selected, trained and supervised, and have a wide variety of experience, so they can give you the best possible advice

6. Resource Centres
Our friendly yet professional resource centres offer day services from Monday to Friday with social and interest-based activities.  Activities provided include: guided reminiscence, art, darts, dancing, discussion groups, music,  pottery, as well as daily hot lunches. We also offer limited transport to help you get to and from our centres. 

We work with people with mild and moderate dementia, and provide meaningful contact with skilled, trained specialists, and cognitive stimulation, in a caring environment. 

7. LGBT - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans
Opening Doors London provides a range of services for men and women aged 50 and over who identify as being Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and/or Trans*. The service runs across the whole of London.

8. Digital Inclusion: Computer Training
Age UK Camden’s Computer Training project provides a supportive environment for people to access the IT training suite, with trained volunteers on hand to help.

9. Shopping Service
Do you struggle doing your grocery shopping? Our Shopping service can help.

Age UK Camden provides a service to help older people to take advantage of online shopping without having their own computer and without leaving their homes.

10. At Home Service
Age UK Camden (AUC) and Age UK Kensington & Chelsea (AUK&C) have joined forces to roll out the successful ‘At Home’ service throughout Camden.

The ‘At Home’ service offers a full range of care services tailored to the individual needs of older people, including help with washing, bathing and dressing, simple hair dressing, shopping, cleaning, meal preparation, and much more.

11. Good Neighbours Schemes
Age UK Camden runs two Good Neighbours Schemes, one covering the NW3 area, the other covering Chalk Farm and Primrose Hill.

Priority for the scheme will be given to people who are:

• Isolated
• Housebound
• Living with disabilities
• In some cases, have low incomes

The main purpose of the scheme is to provide a befriender. However, volunteers can carry out small tasks such as:

• Accompanying people for walks or to appointments
• Preparation of refreshments
• Reading aloud or assisting with correspondence

12. Nail Cutting
Our nail care clinics are held at Henderson Court Resource Centre in Hampstead on Thursday mornings and at Kentish Town Health Centre in Kentish Town on Friday mornings, the hours of the clinics being 9:40am to 1pm. 

 We also hold a monthly clinic which runs on the last Thursday of every month at Kingsgate Resource Centre in Kilburn. At the moment we are not able to offer home visits.

13. Dementia Befriending Service
The dementia befriending service works with volunteer befrienders who visit socially isolated older people with dementia or memory impairement.

For more information call 020 7239 0400 . 

Age UK Camden Charity Shop
We have a flourishing charity shop on Leather Lane Market, run by two part time staff members, and a team of dedicated volunteers. The shop raises vital funds for the organisation, helping us to continue our work providing services for older people in need of support.

*Based in Redbridge. Also covers the London Boroughs of Barking & Havering*

Our services:-

Advice & Information
We operate an Advice and Information Service which is free, independent and confidential to older people, their relatives, carers and friends.We provide information on issues affecting older people such as welfare benefits, community care, leisure and health.
 

What can we do to help you?

• Advise you about checking your entitlements to Welfare Benefits
• Assist you to fill out benefit (and other) forms
• Liaise with other agencies to help you access services
• Signpost you to other organisations and services
• If we cannot answer your query we will try and put you in touch with people who may be able to help you
• We have a wide range of factsheets on a number of issues and topics
• Make home visits in exceptional circumstances or when the older person is housebound
• Every year we campaign in various ways for 'Your Rights Week' and keep you up to date with all Benefit and Pension information.

In Redbridge call: 0208 220 6000

In Havering call: 01708 724 187

In Barking & Dagenham call: 020 8532 7354 

Early Intervention Service
The early Intervention service is for people recently diagnosed with dementia or in the process of getting diagnosed. 

It can also help individuals to access a formal diagnosis if they are worried about the symptoms of dementia.

Escorted Discharge Service
Our Escorted Discharge Service is designed to assist hospital discharge and enable you to regain skills and confidence at home following an accident, illness or stay in hospital.

The services use trained workers to:

• Ensure a comfortable safe discharge from hospital
• Ensure that immediate and short term needs are met
• provide a single point of contact should you encounter problems in the immediate post discharge period
• Build confidence

On discharge from hospital we can:

• Shop for essentials
• Notify friends and family that you are home
• Refer you to other services that might beneficial to you including our other services and other agencies
• Make sure that your house is safe and that all essentials (heating, lighting, water etc.) are working

Befriending service
Our volunteers offer companionship and support through reguslar home visits or phone calls.  Get peace of mind knowing your older relative or friend will be receiving a regular call.  For more details call:  020 8220 6000

Falls Prevention 
We work with older people and community groups to reduce fall and prevent serious injury.  For more details call:  020 8220 6000

Hairdresser

Finding it difficult to get to a hairdresser? How about having a very experienced hairdresser in your own home? Leon has specialised all his life in meeting the requirements of the older generation. Call us today for more information or make an appointment.

Charges

• Shampoo and set            £21
• Cut, shampoo and set     £26
• Perm                               £43
• Gent’s haircut                 £16

Computer training 
For full details of courses currently available please call: 020 8220 6000

Counselling
For more information on the kinds of counselling we offer please call: 020 8220 6000

Craft group 
You can get more information about what the craft group does, where & when it meets, by calling 020 8220 6000.

*Based in Waltham Forest*

Age UK Waltham Forest is an independent local charity. We offer foot care, Help at Home and handyperson services, plus Information & Advice (including benefits checks), Befriending and exercise classes.

Information & Advice

Age UK Waltham Forest provides Information and Advice on a range of issues relating to older people and those who care for and support them. If you have an enquiry you can contact us on 020 8558 3404 or contact@ageukwalthamforest.org.uk.

Activities

We are delighted to be reopening our hub for a few classes once again. Join us for exercise classes including:

Mon      tai chi
Tue       tai chi & table tennis
Wed      yoga (seated & standing)

In the community: Walking groups (Walthamstow -Tuesday, Chingford & Leytonstone Wednesday). Walking football Monday & Thursday; Zumba classes Wednesday

Zoom: Bollywood Monday; Tai chi (Thursday & Friday); Book club (2^nd Thursday of month); seated yoga (Friday)

Contact us on events@ageukwalthamforest.org.uk for more details.
 

Just Connect

This is a befriending service that aims to restore confidence, alleviate loneliness and encourage independence for socially isolated older adults. Regular weekly volunteer visits, usually for up to 6 months.

Footcare

We have developed a basic footcare service at a reasonable cost. This includes cutting nails, removal of hard skin and a soothing foot rub. This is done by a trained, very experienced nailcare technician.

The service is available in our dedicated treatment room every Tuesday and Wednesday at our hub. The cost is £21 for toenail cutting, plus an extra £5 for fingernail trimming. We provide a nail care kit for an extra £7, which is yours to bring along to each appointment.

To find out more or to book an appointment, please call us on 0208 558 5512 or email support@ageukwalthamforest.org.uk.

Hairdresser

Our hairdressing service offers you a visit to your home for your hair treatment. This very experienced hairdresser, who we have been in contact with for many years, can offer treatments for men and women – everything from a basic wash and cut, to a shampoo and set. All this is in the comfort of your own home.

Please get in touch with us if you would like an appointment – we will pass your details on to the hairdresser. He will telephone you to make an appointment and inform you of the charges. Call us on 0208 558 5512 or email support@ageukwalthamforest.org.uk.

Tech Support

We have been running computer training for older people (50+) in Waltham Forest for more than a decade. Our sessions range from absolute beginners to more advanced topics. We cover a range of technology subjects for PCs, Laptops, Tablets and Phones, to suit all interests and experience.

We are delivering our sessions via Zoom. Tech support (3^rd Monday 1.30-3.30pm); Silver surfers (Thursday 10am—12.30pm). If you haven’t used Zoom before we can send you the step by step instructions to help you join the sessions. Email events@ageukwalthamforest.org.uk or call 0208 558 5512.

Handyperson Service

Our Handyperson service is here for when you need a shelf or curtain rail putting up, a dripping tap fixed, a toilet seat replacing or some flat-pack furniture putting together. We can help you feel safer in your home by installing key safes, door chains and window locks - and grab rails around the home so you can move around more confidently.

We also help in the garden – with basic tasks like mowing the lawn, weeding the flower beds and clipping the hedges.

Our Handyperson service costs £25 per hour. All our workers are experienced, passed security checks and carry ID cards so you can be confident you’re in good hands. To find out more, please call 020 8552 5512 or email support@ageukwalthamforest.org.uk.

Please note we are unable to do any work related to heating, gas appliances and roofing (among others).

Help at Home

We provide professional, friendly help with day-to-day jobs around the home. Maybe it’s light housework like vacuuming and mopping the floors, ironing shirts, changing the bedding, and a bit of dusting. You might want some help with letters or phone calls, someone to accompany you to an appointment, or help with light meal preparation.

Our service costs £21 per hour. All our workers are experienced, passed security checks, carry ID cards and supervised so you can be confident you’re in good hands.To find out more, please call 020 8552 5512 or email support@ageukwalthamforest.org.uk

Please note we are unable to support you with personal care, for example bathing or dressing.

Covers the London Borough of Bromley.

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