55+ Age Range

Are you looking for help with:

Motability:

Help with getting around to maintain independence:

• Motability scheme Motability Scheme

• Motability dealer in Torbay All Motability Scheme Car dealers in Torquay, South West

• Support to stay mobile Home support service older people Torbay – Age UK

• Mobility support Walking aids, wheelchairs and mobility scooters – NHS

• Mobility Torbay Mobility

Financial:

Support and advice with money matters:

• Support and advice for people with a learning disability Access Learning Disability Advice and Support – Mencap

• Financial advice Financial advice – Torbay Council

• Disability service centre Contact the Disability Service Centre – GOV.UK

• Torbay Help Hub Community Help Hub | TorbayHelpHub   

• List of local food banks FOOD BANKS | Torbayhelphub

• Torbay Community Development Trust Torbay Community Development Trust

• Path Torbay PATH food and support – Neighbourly

• Cold weather payment Cold Weather Payment: Overview – GOV.UK

• Warm home payment Warm Home Discount Scheme (£140 cold weather payment) – Age UK

• Torbay Age concern Welcome to Age UK Torbay

• Welfare support fund Welfare Support – Torbay Council

Housing:

Housing support and advice:

• Extra care housing Devon County Council Extra care housing – Devon County Council

• Devon Home Choice Devon Home Choice: DHC Home page

• Torbay age concern Housing Age UK Torbay | Help with Housing Benefit, Council Tax

• Housing, Devon Home choice Devon home choice: Devon home page

Legal:

Legal support and advice:

• Solicitors Scott Richards Solicitors

• Citizens advice bureau Citizens Advice Torbay

• Local Will service Wills and Probate Lawyers in Torquay | Almy & Thomas Solicitors

• Pension credit advice Pension Credit: Overview – GOV.UK

Social:

Activities to socialise locally:

• Windmill Centre Torquay The Windmill Centre | Pinpoint Devon

• Roc Active ROC Skills & Wellbeing – United Response

• Phab Club Torquay Phab Torbay

• Space Space | Torbay: HOME

• Memory cafe Babbacombe Memory Cafe Alzheimer’s Society Torbay

• The Filo Project The Filo Project | Award winning dementia day care

Family Support:

Support and advice for families in times of bereavement:

• Power of attorney Wills and Trusts Service for parents and carers | Mencap

• Funeral planning Public funerals – Torbay Council

• Families in grief Families in Grief: Help for grieving children & families

• Local Funeral service KJ Lack Family Funeral Service covering Torquay, paignton …

• Rowcroft Rowcroft Hospice: Home

• Macmillan Cancer support The Lodge Cancer Support and Information Centre

Carers:

Advice and support for unpaid carers:

• Carers service Torbay Torbay Carers Service – Torbay and South Devon NHS FT

• Young Carers Young carers – Torbay Council

• Social prescribing team Social Prescribing Link Workers « Pembroke House Surgery

• Age UK Age UK | The UK’s leading charity helping every older person who …

• Home support Home support service older people Torbay – Age UK

• Home support Getting someone to help in your home – Torbay Council

Additional Useful Links:

• Mencap Torbay Mencap | Helping People with Learning Disabilities

• Speech and language Speech and Language Therapy – Torbay and South Devon NHS FT

• John Parkes Unit John Parkes Unit – Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

• Child Mental Health Service Torbay Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)

• Memory Cafe Babbacombe Memory Cafe Alzheimer’s Society Torbay

• Read Easy, supporting adults to learn to read  Read Easy Torbay – ReadEasy

• Cinema card CEA Card: Home

• Disability Focus Disability Focus – Supporting people to live independently

• Imagine this Imagine This Torbay: Home

• Lifeworks Lifeworks Charity | Learning Disability Champions

• MASH team Torbay’s Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)

• Carers Torbay Torbay Carers Service – Torbay and South Devon NHS FT

• Citizens advice bureau Citizens Advice

• Sound Communities Sound Communities: Front Page

• Devon advocacy Service Torbay self-referral – Devon Advocacy Consortium

• Age UK Age UK | The UK’s leading charity helping every older person who …

• Local motion Torbay Torbay – LocalMotion

• Local Spark Torbay LOCAL SPARK TORBAY | Community Supported Enterprise

• Seetec Meet your Torbay team – Seetec Pluss

• Devon link up HOME. Devon Link-up

• NRS Healthcare, Technology Enabled Care Services NRS Healthcare Technology Enabled Care Service

• Learning Disability Annual Health Check Annual Health Checks – Learning disabilities – NHS

• Free Childcare Free childcare for 2 year olds – Torbay Council

• Taxfree Childcare Vouchers Help with childcare costs – Torbay Council

• Whats your problem? What’s Your Problem?

• Torbay youth trust Torbay Youth Trust: HOME

• Internet for low income families Broadband social tariffs for low income households – Uswitch.com

• Sky badger Sky Badger – Finding help for disabled children and their families

• Wiltshire Farm foods Wiltshire Farm Foods: Ready Meals Delivered

• Ace ACE Torbay

• Family support network Your support network – Family Action

• YES! Brixham YES Brixham Home

• Disabled Sailing Association Disabled Sailing Association

• The good care group Live in Care by The Good Care Group – Outstanding CQC Rating

Concern for the welfare of a person:

If you are concerned for the safety or wellbeing of someone, please contact the MASH team (Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub) by visiting the following link: Hub – Torbay Safeguarding Children Partnership.

You can also find information here: Safeguarding Adults – Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

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