Age UK Rotherham - serving the older people of Rotherham

Age UK Rotherham

A local charity supporting Rotherham’s older people

Age UK Rotherham is a well-established local charity working in the community to support older people, their families and carers. While we are part of the Age UK family, we are an independent Rotherham based charity, providing local services for people across the Rotherham borough.

We have a long history of working with and campaigning for older people, in fact we’ve been doing this in Rotherham since the 1970s when we were called Age Concern. A lot has changed since then, including a name change to Age UK Rotherham in 2011, but we’re just as passionate about improving older people’s lives now as we were back then.

Our aim is to help people to maintain their independence and quality of life as they get older. We do this through a range of services to enable people to live better, stay healthy and active and stay connected in their community.

We want everyone to be able to love later life.

How we can help – our services

Each year, hundreds of older people and their families trust us to support them or a loved one and we couldn’t do this without our dedicated team of well trained, caring staff and volunteers.

If you or someone you know is looking for some help at home or perhaps needs some help checking their entitlement to benefits or some support to reconnect with others again, we may be able to help.

To find out more about any of our services please get in touch – call us on 01709 835 214.

A Little Bit of Help – a helping hand with everyday tasks

Older people often told us that they just needed ‘a little bit of help’ with everyday tasks so this service was set up to do just that. We provide a helping hand so that people can stay independent for longer. We can support people to get out and about, help plan and prepare meals, assist with cleaning and laundry tasks, help with shopping and provide companionship.

There is a charge for this service.

Befriending

Our link line telephone support calls provide a reassuring call at an agreed time, usually in the morning, but different times can be arranged. This can be on a permanent or temporary basis, for example when someone’s carer is away.

Information and Advice Service

This is a free service available to people who are approaching or over State Pension age.

Our trained advisers can offer information and advice on a range of topics including benefits, housing, community care and general health and wellbeing.

We provide this service by telephone and can visit people at home, if needed.

We also provide help to complete applications for benefits and Blue Badge parking permits and do benefit checks to ensure older people are in receipt of any benefits they are eligible for.

Love later life

Support to reconnect with others

We can provide help to overcome the loss of confidence or worry affecting people who are struggling to get their life back to normal after the difficulties of the Covid-19 pandemic. Older people who want to get out and about independently, reconnect with others and do the things they love doing but are stuck, anxious or face other barriers, may just need a bit of help from someone they trust alongside.

We will provide short term support to help people restore their wellbeing, love later life again and feel valued as part of our community.

Contact us for a chat about your situation and to make a plan for living longer better.

More information

Call us on 01709 835 214

Visit the Age UK Rotherham website

www.ageuk.org.uk/rotherham

Follow us on social media – search @AUKRotherham on Facebook and @AgeUKRotherham on Twitter