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Dorset: Advocacy & Support services
1 - 20 of 68 Advocacy & Support services in Dorset.
Advocare - Caring for Carers
Advocacy
The service can support carers at meetings, reviews and consultations and can also help the carer make representations to the appropriate authorities or ask questions on their behalf.
Contact: Advocare - Caring for Carers, 4 Hatherden Avenue, Poole, Dorset, BH14 0PJ.
Alzheimer's Society
Alzheimer's Society Services
Alzheimer's Society National Dementia Helpline 0333 150 3456 can provide information, support, guidance and signposting to other appropriate organisations.
Contact: Alzheimer's Society, 58 Devon House St. Katharines Way, London, E1W 1LB.
Alzheimer's Society Helpline
Alzheimer's Society National Dementia Helpline
Alzheimer's Society National Dementia Helpline 0333 150 3456 can provide information, support, guidance and signposting to other appropriate organisations.
Contact: Alzheimer's Society National Dementia Helpline, 58 Devon House St. Katharines Way, London, E1W 1LB.
Amachyck Care Solution Ltd
Home Care Specialist
Assist people to live independently in their own homes; these includes washing, dressing, feeding, toileting, hoisting, domestic duties, shopping, escort and any other special needs.
Contact: Home Care Specialist, 92, Wood Lane, Dagemham, Essex, RM9 5SL.
Blackdown Support Group
Blackdown Support Group
The blackdown support group can help in many ways, from assistance with shopping, transport to appointments or social events or just someone to talk to.Also available are various lunch clubs, foot care and help with...
Contact: Blackdown Support Group, The Surgery, Station Road, Cullompton, Devon, EX15 3SF.
Bournemouth Christchurch & Poole Council
Hospital Stays
They can support you to live as independently as you can. This can be done by working with you and people involved in your care to: plan for you to leave hospital safely help you get back to independence quickl...
Contact: Adult Social Care, Town Hall Annexe, St. Stephens Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH2 6EA.
Bournemouth Society for the Visually Impaired
Counselling Service
BSVI offers one to one counselling sessions for people of all ages, including children, who are struggling to come to terms with their sight loss. We are also able to offer one to one or group sessions for family and car...
Contact: Community Services, 5 Victoria Park Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH9 2RB.
British Red Cross Society
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.
CareCalls
CareCalls
CareCalls helps you remember to do important things and/or checks that you are ok throughout the day, providing independence and peace of mind. CareCalls works by delivering reminders and check-ins by phone call or text...
Contact: CareCalls.
Carers UK
Carers UK
We give expert advice, information and support. Caring can be extremely complicated. The maze of rights and entitlements can be complicated. Filling in paperwork can be complicated. Getting a break can be complicate...
Contact: Carers UK, 20 Great Dover Street, London, SE1 4LX.
Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation
Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation
CISWO is a responsive team-based charity positively impacting upon the lives of over 500,000 coalfield residents through a wide range of services delivered by professional, experienced and dedicated staff.CISWO is commit...
Contact: Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation, 142 Queens Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 7LH.
Compassion in Dying
The End-of-Life Rights Information Line
The End-of-Life Rights Information Line is the only national helpline in the UK that supports people to make decisions about the care and treatment that is right for them at the end of life. We do this by providing...
Contact: End-of-Life Rights Information Line, 181-183 Oxford Street, London, W1D 2JT.
Cruse Bereavement Care
CRUSE National Telephone Helpline
If you are here because someone close to you has died, we are very sorry. Grief is a natural process, but we know it can be devastating. Our specialist bereavement experts have experience in all types of loss and c...
Contact: Cruse Bereavement Care, 1 Victoria Villas, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 2GW.
Deafblind UK
Deafblind UK
Deafblind UK is a national charity supporting people with sight and hearing loss to live the lives they want. We help people to live with deafblindness by making connections, building their confidence and independ...
Contact: Deafblind UK, National Centre for Deafblindness, 19 Rainbow Court, Paston Riding, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE4 7UP.
Dorset Advocacy
Advocacy For you
Advocates help disabled people and others to get the recognition and support they need to live life their way.
Contact: Dorset Advocacy, Unit 13-15, Jubilee Court, Paceycombe Way, Dorchester, DT1 3AE.
Dorset and Somerset Strategic Health Authority
CUPID
CUPID was formed 14 years ago to provide support to patients before, during and after stoma surgery. The Group is run by trained Volunteer Visitors who are all ex – patients so know what it is like to live with a s...
Contact: The Stoma Care Department, Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch NHS Trust, Castle Lane East, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH7 7DW.
Dorset Blind Association
Home Visiting Service
The service is very flexible and is adapted to each individual member’s needs. Examples of the type of help given include taking people for short walks, assisting with forms and general paperwork, sorting/reading m...
Contact: Dorset Blind Association, 17 Bournemouth Road, Poole, Dorset, BH14 0EF.
Dorset Listening Service
Dorset Listening Service CIC
Our aim is to help and support you to address any emotional difficulties such as: Depression, Bereavement, Adjusting to Retirement, Loss of independence, Loneliness, Relationship difficulties,&nb...
Contact: Dorset Listening Service.
Dorset Mental Health Advocacy - DMHA
Dorset Mental Health Advocacy (DMHA)
The service offers assistance on a range of matters. There are certain issues we cannot help with however, which may require you seeking more specialist advice. We can: Offer support to accepted clients at meetings,...
Contact: Dorset Mental Health Advocacy - DMHA, 29-29a Durngate Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1JP.