*Covering the London boroughs of Bromley, & Greenwich*

Bromley Advice and Information Network
Advice on Welfare Benefits, Housing and Debt advice.

Advocacy
We provide financial advocacy and support to older people, particularly if you are having problems with the new post office card accounts and bank accounts

Other services:

Art Classes
For people 50+ to discover or improve their painting skills

Befriending
Companionship and support to older people

Computer Classes
Friendly and Jargon Free lessons for complete beginners and improvers

Day Opportunites
Day Opportunites in Charlton and Chislehurst provide a range of stimulating physical and mental activities, personal care and social interaction in a caring and safe environment.

Hospital Aftercare
Hospital Aftercare is a six week package of practical and emotional support for people after a stay in hospital.

Help at Home
Help at Home Service (details to follow)

Men in Sheds
The Men's Shed concept originates from Australia and brings together older, isolated men in a space with which they are comfortable. They can socialise and carry out activities that bring benefit to the local community and charities.

Shopping
We provide two types of shopping service - a home delivery service and internet shopping assistance.

Singing for Fun
A choir for people with dementia and their carers
Our Singing for Fun choir provides an opportunity to sing and socialise while having lots of fun!

Specialist Dementia Care - Day Centre
We have a specialist care day centre for people with dementia or memory problems, helping them live a better quality of life.
The Day centre is only available Mondays 9-4pm.

Sit and Get Fit
Exercise to help maintain a healthy and active lifestyle

Support Planning
Support Planning gives advice, guidance and support to people who need some help at home and would like to talk to someone about the options available

Toe Nail Cutting
Our staff have been trained by Bromley Primary Care Trust Podiatry Service. We undertake home visits and also cut toe nails at Clinics in the parts of the Boroughs: Beckenham (Eden Park), Biggin Hill, Bromley, Chislehurst, Eltham, Mottingham, and Penge.

Walking Football
Walking football is a slower version of the beautiful game.  It’s exactly what it sounds like – a standard game of football where players walk instead of run.  It’s designed to help people get fit or maintain an active lifestyle no matter what their age and fitness.

Welfare Benefits Check and Forms Completion
To help people maximise their income

*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 Croydon*

Our services

Age UK Croydon offers a wide range of products and services designed with the needs of the over-50's in mind. 

We believe that later life should be an enjoyable and fulfilling experience.

Home Services
Age UK Croydon provides vital Home Services, which focus on the needs of older people in the Croydon Borough, as follows:

• Home Help Service 
• Home Maintenance 
• Nail Care Service
• Supplying and fitting KeySafes

Click Our Services for more information.

Other Services
Age UK Croydon provides a number of services to promote positive ageing:

• Events and activities to encourage healthy living
• Personal Safety project - falls prevention
• Home from Hospital and Reablement Service
• Befriending and Enablement

Click Our Services for more information.

Befriending and Enablement

• Visiting Service 

Age UK Croydon offers a Visiting Service which is available to people aged 50 or over and living in the Borough of Croydon who are isolated or lonely or need to build confidence in going out.

Healthier Lifestyles
The project aims to provide health improvement services for older people to improve their health and well-being by making changes to eat healthily and to become more physically active.

Personal Safety Project – Falls Prevention
Our Personal Safety Service aims to help older people who have fallen or are at risk of falling at home, by identifying and helping to reduce risks and hazards

Home from Hospital and Reablement Service
Age UK Croydon offers a Home from Hospital and Reablement Service, in partnership with The British Red Cross.

Our charity shops
Quality counts first and foremost at your Age UK Croydon shops. We have one local charity shop located in Purley.

*Based in Enfield*

Our services:

Information & Advice  Call: 020 8375 4118

For assistance with the following issues: 

• Health and Disability
• Residential Care
• Non-residential Care
• Finding help at home
• Benefits
• Housing
• Family and Personal
• Employment
• Education and Leisure
• Travel (e.g., Dial-A-Ride, Blue Badge, Concessions)
• Consumer ( e.g., utilities, consumer rights)

Home Based Support Service
This is a home based respite service operating in partnership with the Parker Centre supporting clients with dementia and their carers. The service offers carers the opportunity to take a variety of breaks to enable the person they are caring for to remain in their own home.

Home from Hospital Service
Home from HospitalThe Home from Hospital service provides an enablement service designed to help with the client's rehabilitation after a stay in hospital.  Great efforts are made to promote the service by working closely with the Hospital discharge unit, occupational therapists and social workers.

Fit for Life Service
Age UK Enfield now holds 23 classes under Fit for Life and they include a wide variety of activities.The classes are run at various venues across the borough, including church halls, leisure centres, town parks and country parks.

Footcare Service
Footcare Service Age UK Enfield's Footcare and toenail trimming service is provided by qualified Footcare Practitioners trained by the NHS Enfield Podiatry Service.

Befriending Service - Combating loneliness
The Age UK Enfield Befriending Service provides a regular visit or telephone call from one of our trusted volunteers. It is open to those individuals aged 50+ who feel isolated and unable to leave their home due to a variety of reasons.  Our Befriending Service is designed to meet the needs of older people who may be lonely or socially isolated and in need of some company and support.

The Fall-Stop Service
The 'Fall Stop' Service aims to provide support to anyone over the age of 50 who have had a fall or are at risk of falling.