Older People
Disability
Health (physical and mental health)
Carers
Care
Other
Older People
Action on Elder Abuse
Helpline: 0808 808 8141
Information and advice for the prevention of and action on the abuse of older people
Age Concen
Information Line: 0800 009966
UK charity concerned with needs and aspirations of older people.
Counsel and Care (for older peope, their families and carers)
Advice Line: 0845 300 7585
Advice and help for older people, their families and carers.
Elderly Accommodation Counsel
Advice Line: 0207 820 1343
A national charity offering advice and information about all forms of accommodation for older people.
Friends of the Elderly
Phone: 0207 730 8263
Offering practical, emotional and financial care and support to enhance the quality of life of older people.
Help the Aged
Phone: 0207 278 1114
Senior Line: 0808 808 6565
Campaigns for change in government policy, undertakes research into the needs of older people, provides some local services, gives welfare rights information and advice through SeniorLine and and range of free leaflets.
IndependentAge
Phone: 020 7605 4200
IndependentAge helps older people on low incomes to live with dignity and peace of mind by providing: a regular extra income; grants for emergencies; equipment, support and care, services.
Relatives and Residents Association
Helpline: 0207 359 8148
The Relatives & Residents Association exists for older people needing, or living in, residential care and the families and friends left behind.
Supporting People
The Supporting People programme offers vulnerable people the opportunity to improve their quality of life by enabling them to live more independent lives in the community.
Vintage
Phone: 0845 600 5585
Helpline information service for the over 50's.
Disability
General Disability
Council of Disabled People - Coventry and Warwickshire
Information Service: 01926 889 349
Exists to promote the rights and the full participation of Disabled people economically, socially and politically.
(Disability Information Advice Line) DIAL UK
Phone: 01302 310123
National network of local disability information and advice services run by and for disabled people.
Disabled Living Foundation
Helpline: 0845 130 9177
National charity that provides free, impartial advice about all types of products for older people and disabled people, their families and carers.
Leonard Cheshire Foundation
Phone: 0207 802 8200
Creating opportunities with disabled people through local services and campaigning.
Supporting People
The Supporting People programme offers vulnerable people the opportunity to improve their quality of life by enabling them to live more independent lives in the community.
Learning Disability
Ask Mencap
Learning Disability Helpline: 0808 808 1111
Mencap's information service for people with a learning disability, their families and carers. (See Mencap below)
Association for Real Change (ARC)
Phone: 01246 555043
Supporting, developing and promoting learning disability services across the UK.
British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD)
Phone: 01562 723 010
Works to improve the lives of people in the UK with a learning disability through policy and research, learning services, publications, membership services and advocacy and user involvement.
Department of Health site about learning disabilities
Government web site with information about reports and work being done about learning disability services and policy.
Downs Syndrome Association
Helpline: 0845 230 0372
Helping people with Down's syndrome to live full and rewarding lives through information, training and campaigning.
Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
Aims to improve the quality of life for people with learning disabilities through research and sharing it with others.
MENCAP
Phone: 020 7454 0454
UK Charity working with people with a learning disability, and their families and carers.
National Autistic Society
Helpline: 0845 070 4004
Provides information and services to champion the rights and interests of all people with autism and to ensure that they and their families receive quality services appropriate to their needs.
Supporting People
The Supporting People programme offers vulnerable people the opportunity to improve their quality of life by enabling them to live more independent lives in the community.
Warwickshire Learning Disability Partnership Board
Set up to make sure we work with people with learning disabilities to improve services and give clearer information.
Physical Disability (also see Health)
Arthritis Care
Helpline: 0808 800 4050
Provides information and support to empower arthritis sufferers and their families to take control of arthritis; and campaigns for change.
Arthritis Research Campaign
Phone: 0870 850 5000
Raises funds to promote medical research into the cause, treatment and cure of arthritic conditions; provides information to people affected by arthritis and to the general public.
Motor Neurone Disease Association
Helpline: 08457 626262
A charity working to help people with MND secure the care and support they need, while promoting research into causes, treatments and a cure.
Multiple Sclerosis Society
Helpline: 0808 800 8000
The UK's largest charity for people affected by Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Provides information and support through a network of local branches.
Parkinson's Disease Society
Helpline: 0808 800 0303
Providing support, advice and information to people with Parkinson's, carers, families and friends, and for health and social care professionals.
The Stroke Association
Helpline: 0845 303 3100
National charity concerned with combating stroke and supporting people affected by stroke.
Supporting People
The Supporting People programme offers vulnerable people the opportunity to improve their quality of life by enabling them to live more independent lives in the community.
Sensory Impairment
Action for Blind People
Helpline: 0800 915 4666
Provides practical support, advice and holidays breaks to visually impaired people.
British Deaf Association
Run by Deaf people, the BDA represents the Sign Language community.
Deafblind UK
Helpline: 0800 132 320
Provides a range of support services and campaigns on behalf of deafblind adults and their carers.
RNID
Helpline: 0808 808 0123 Textphone: 0808 808 9000
Charity representing deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK.
RNIB
Helpline: 0845 766 9999
Offers practical support and advice to anyone with a sight problem.
Sense
Phone: 0845 127 0060
Offers a range of support services children and adults whoa re deafblind or have associated disabilities
Supporting People
The Supporting People programme offers vulnerable people the opportunity to improve their quality of life by enabling them to live more independent lives in the community.
Health (physical and mental health) - also see Disability
Alzheimer's Society
Helpline: 0845 300 0336
UK's leading care and research charity for people with any form of dementia and their carers.
Blood Pressure Association
Phone: 020 8772 4994
UK charity that provides information and support to people with high blood pressure.
British Heart Foundation
Heart Info Line: 08450 70 80 70
Charity at the forefront of the fight against heart disease, providing information and funding research, education and care.
British Lung Foundation
Phone: 0845 850 5020
Supports people affected by lung disease through activities, including a nationwide network of Breathe Easy patient support groups.
Cancer Bacup
Helpline: 0808 800 1234
Cancer information and advice for cancer patients, their families and carers.
Cancer Help
Nurse-led helpline: 0800 226 237
Cancer Information Service provided by Cancer Research UK (see below).
Cancer Research UK
Phone: 020 7242 0200
Research chairty that provides patient information and works to improve our understanding of cancer in order to develop better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat the disease.
Continence Foundation
Helpline: 0845 345 0165
Provides help for people with bladder or bowel problems.
Cruse Bereavement Care
Helpline: 0870 167 1677
Exists to promote the well-being of bereaved people. Provides information and advice to enable anyone who is bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope with this loss.
Depression Alliance
Helpline: 0845 123 23 20
Works to relieve and to prevent this treatable condition by providing information and support services; and campaigns to raise awareness amongst the general public about the realities of depression.
Department of Health
Phone: 020 7210 4850
Government department aiming to improve the health and well-being of people in England.
Diabetes UK
Care Line: 0845 120 2960
Works for people with diabetes in the UK through funding research, campaigning and helping people live with the condition.
Epilepsy Action
Helpline: 0808 800 5056
Works for people with epilepsy through local support services, a helpine, information and campaigning.
Incontact
Phone: 0870 770 3246
National charity for people affected by bladder and bowel problems.
National Osteoporosis Society
Helpline: 0845 450 0230
Supports people affected by osteoporosis through a helpline, local groups, information and research.
National Society for Epilepsy
Helpline: 01494 601 400
Provides information and support to people with epilepsy, their families, carers and professionals involved in their care.
NHS Direct
Phone: 0845 4647
Information about health problems including a self-help guide and details of local health services. The telephone service is as 24-hour nurse-led service offereing health advice.
Mental Health Foundation
Phone: 020 7803 1101
Provides information, carries out research, campaigns and works to improve services for anyone affected by mental health problems.
MIND
Information Line: 0845 766 0163
Works to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress through campaigning, information and advice and local services.
Samaritans
Helpline: 08457 90 90 90
Helpline available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide.
SANE
Saneline: 0845 767 8000
UK charity concerned with improving the lives of everyone affected by mental illness.
Supporting People
The Supporting People programme offers vulnerable people the opportunity to improve their quality of life by enabling them to live more independent lives in the community.
Carers
Carers UK
Phone: 0207 490 8818
CarersLine: 0808 808 7777
Carers UK is the voice of carers and the leading campaigning, policy and information organisation for carers.
Directgov - Carers
The Government's information for Carers.
Crossroads Caring for Carers
Phone: 0845 450 0350
Provides practical support for carers.
Guideposts Carers Support Service
Helpline: 02476 385888
Support for carers in North Warwickshire, Bedworth, Nuneaton and Rugby.
South Warwickshire Carer's Support Services
8b Holly Court, Holly Farm Business Park, Honiley, nr Kenilworth, CV8 1NP
Phone: 01926 485486
Support for carers in south Warwickshire.
Supporting People
The Supporting People programme offers vulnerablepeople the opportunity to improve their quality of life by enabling them to live more independent lives in the community.
Care
Association of Independent Care Advisers
Phone: 01483 203066
Organisation representing care advisers.
British Red Cross
Phone: 0870 170 7000
Helps people in crisis in the UK and abroad.
Care Choices
Phone: 01223 207770
One of the UK's leading providers of information on care provision.
National Care Association
Provides access to information about the independent care sector and related issues.
Registered Nursing Home Association Limited
Phone: 0121 454 2511
Working for high standards in nursing home care.
Supporting People
The Supporting People programme offers vulnerable people the opportunity to improve their quality of life by enabling them to live more independent lives in the community.
United Kingdom Home Care Association Limited
Phone: 020 8288 5291
Working for quality in home care.
WRVS
Phone: 029 2073 9000
Provides a range of services to help people in need who otherwise might feel lonely and isolate. In Warwickshire WRVS works with Warwickshire County Council to prodive a Meals on Wheels service to people who are over 65 or who have a disbility.
Other
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) (formerly Department of Social Security (DSS))
Benefits Enquiry Line: 0800 882 200
Government Department responsible for providing benefit and employment services for a range of people.
The Benefits Enquiry Line is a free benefits advice line.
Public Guardianship Office
Phone: 0207 664 7327/0845 330 2900
Responsible for providing services which promote financial and social well-being of people with mental incapacity.
Supporting People
The Supporting People programme offers vulnerable people the opportunity to improve their quality of life by enabling them to live more independent lives in the community.
Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA)
Warwicksire's Protection of Vulnerable Adults web pages.
Help from other Agencies in Warwickshire
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