*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*

Information & advice 
Getting older? Need information? UK advice is available from 8am to 7pm every day of the year on freephone 0800 169 6565.

If a one-to-one appointment is found to be needed, you will be referred to Age UK Waltham Forest.

Activities

• Balance and exercise classes for the over 60s
• Saturday Morning Tai Chi for over 50s
• Yoga for the over 60s

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.

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

Silver Surfers (Computer Classes and Digital Inclusion)
Being online gives you access to a world of information, making it easier to stay in touch with family and friends, save money, discover new hobbies and shop from the comfort of your own home. If you have a computer and internet connection but lack the confidence to use it, we can provide a tutor to teach a beginners course in the comfort of your own home. The course covers all aspects of getting started with using a computer, the internet, email and basic word processing.

Computer Lessons - Beginners
Here at Age UK Waltham Forest we are delighted to be able to offer you the chance to develop your confidence with computers in the comfort of your own home.

You can choose to have 1 hour a week for 10 weeks or 2 hours per week for 5 weeks.

Your tutor will teach a beginners course which covers all aspects of getting started with using a computer, the intetnet, email and basic word processing.

It is the responsibility of the user to have a working computer and a functioning Internet Connection available for each session.

So why not contact us today and in no time at all you'll be up and running!

Computer Support
Alternately if you already have some experience but would like someone to be with you whilst you practice or to help further your knowledge, we can provide a dedicated tutor. 

What could be easier? The tutor will come to you and you can practice in the comfort of your own home!

Just give us a call on 0208 558 5512 - we'd be delighted to hear from you. 
So why wait - please give us a call and book yourself in!

Who Can Take Part?

These One to One Courses and lessons are for anyone in the borough over the age of 50 so why not give it a go?

Tax Help for Older People (TOP)
The charity Tax Help for Older People provides free tax advice to older people (over 60) on low incomes (less than £20,000 a year household income).
Tax Help aims to help people across the whole country and now offers surgeries in Waltham Forest.

Waltham Forest Resource Hub (North)
58 Hall Lane
Chingford
E4 8EU

Covers the London Borough of Bromley.

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