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Age UK
Call in Time- Telephone Friendship Service
Call in Time aims to reduce loneliness and social isolation in older people by providing them with regular telephone chats.
Contact: Call in Time Telephone Friendship Service, Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9NA.
Age UK County Durham
50+ LGBT Group
The LGBT group is run as part or our EngAge programme that involves and empowers older people. LGBT stands for 'Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender' and Age UK County Durham hosts a group that welcomes you if you are age...
Contact: Age UK Durham County, Age UK House, Belmont Business Park, Durham, County Durham, DH1 1TW.
Activities and Events
We have a range of schemes in the county that are all designed to make older life a happier and healthier experience.This might include learning a new skill, such as how to use a computer, or it might be rediscovering yo...
Contact: Age UK Durham County, Age UK House, Belmont Business Park, Durham, County Durham, DH1 1TW.
Beat the Scammers
Beat the Scammers helps older people to protect themselves from telephone fraud and scams by providing advice and information. For anyone aged over 50 who receive fraudulent/nuisance telephone calls and would benefit fro...
Contact: Age UK Durham County, Age UK House, Belmont Business Park, Durham, County Durham, DH1 1TW.
Come Eat Together
Come Eat Together is a volunteer peer support project which aims to improve older people's ability to access, cook and enjoy healthy food together. The project helps older people to be more resilient and better able to c...
Contact: Age UK Durham County, Age UK House, Belmont Business Park, Durham, County Durham, DH1 1TW.
Intergenerational Programme
We bring together older and younger people with amazing results. We challenge the stereotypes that may exist resulting in a positive exchange of skills, experiences and friendship. By promoting intergenerati...
Contact: Age UK Durham County, Age UK House, Belmont Business Park, Durham, County Durham, DH1 1TW.
Never Alone Always Heard
Our new, Never Alone Always Heard project, started during the Covid-19 Pandemic. It is helping us to keep in touch with our older and younger people living in County Durham and so that we can share the experiences of you...
Contact: Age UK Durham County, Age UK House, Belmont Business Park, Durham, County Durham, DH1 1TW.
Shopping Clubs
Our shopping clubs can help you gain easy access to good, healthy food on a regular basis When you join one of our shopping clubs, you can receive a door-to-door service, get access to a wider variety of shops and super...
Contact: Age UK Durham County, Age UK House, Belmont Business Park, Durham, County Durham, DH1 1TW.
Social Activities
We work to reduce the isolation that is experienced by older people in our community by providing a range of activities throughout the County that are designed to make older life a happier and healthier experience. Our ...
Contact: Age UK Durham County, Age UK House, Belmont Business Park, Durham, County Durham, DH1 1TW.
Age UK Teesside
Activities and events
We run activities for people aged 50+ in Teesside. Regular activities take place at our centres in Middlesbrough , Stockton, Hartlepool and Redcar. Click on a link below to find out what is going on in your area.
Contact: St Andrew's Methodist Church, Hardwick, Hardwick, Stockton, Cleveland.
Age UK Teesside Activity Centre
The activities available include: Art and crafts Card making Dominoes Bingo Lunch clubs Stretch & Tone Laughter Yoga Chair Based Exercise Quiz
Contact: Age UK Teesside Activity Centre, Severn Road Community Centre, Severn Way, Redcar, Cleveland, TS10 1PG.
Befriending Services
If you are over the age of 65, have little or no contact from family and friends and live alone in Middlesbrough, Stockton or Redcar, help is available to you. The Age UK Teesside Befriending Services provides a range o...
Contact: Age UK Teesside, The Dorothy Rose Suites (29-32) , The TAD Centre , Ormesby Road , Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS3 7SF.
Welcome Home Project
The Welcome Home project aims to provide support and company for those older people who have been discharged from a hospital stay and live alone in Redcar and Cleveland. Before or upon discharge suitable patients will b...
Contact: Age UK Teesside, The Dorothy Rose Suites (29-32) , The TAD Centre , Ormesby Road , Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS3 7SF.
British Red Cross Society
Get financial help & advice
If you're struggling with debt or other money problems and need to get through a period of financial difficulty, we can help you find free financial advice.
Contact: British Red Cross Society, 44 Moorfields, London, EC2Y 9AL.
Get help with loneliness
If you are feeling lonely, please know that you are not alone. The British Red Cross is here to help you. One in five people in the UK say they experience feelings of loneliness, and during the coronavirus pandemic ...
Contact: British Red Cross Society, 44 Moorfields, London, EC2Y 9AL.
Get support at home
If you are feeling lonely, please know that you are not alone. The British Red Cross is here to help you. One in five people in the UK say they experience feelings of loneliness, and during the coronavirus pandemic ...
Contact: British Red Cross Society, 44 Moorfields, London, EC2Y 9AL.
Carewatch Care Services
Carewatch
Our mission at Carewatch is to provide high quality care outcomes for vulnerable people who want to live at home, independently. We provide quality, personalised home care services designed to enable our customers to re...
Contact: Carewatch, CSN Care Group Ltd t/a Carewatch, Unit 4, Rankin House, Murdoch Court, Roebuck Way, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK5 8GB.
Durham County Council
Carers Support - Durham and Chester-le-Street
The centres offer a wide range of local, confidential support services to adult and parent carers, such as: One-to-one support, including home visits Information and advice Informal advocacy support Carer traini...
Contact: Carers Centres, Durham and Chester-le-Street Carers Support, Bullion Hall, Bullion Lane, Chester-le-Street, County Durham, DH2 2ES.
Easington District Carers Support
The centres offer a wide range of local, confidential support services to adult and parent carers, such as: One-to-one support, including home visits Information and advice Informal advocacy support Carer t...
Contact: Carers Centres, Easington District Carers Support - 5th Floor, Lee House, Yoden Way, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 1BB.
Sedgefield Locality Carers Centre
The centres offer a wide range of local, confidential support services to adult and parent carers, such as: One-to-one support, including home visits Information and advice Informal advocacy support Carer t...
Contact: Carers Centres, Sedgefield Locality Carers Centre, Suite 3 Avenue House, Greenwell Road, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, DL5 4DH.