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Buckinghamshire

Guide to services Working with and for older people in Buckinghamshire

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TEL 01494 917677

TEL 01296 438037

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Welfare Benefits

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Are you claiming all your entitlements? We can Welfare Benefits Information & Advice help you find out. Contact us for a welfare Are you claiming the benefits you are entitled This service check. provides free, We impartial and visit benefit can you inallyour own to? We can help you find out. confidential information and advice on a wide range of issues affecting older people, their home to give advice and to fill in complicated Our trained volunteer advisors can visit you at families and carers. home to answer questions and help complete benefit on application your behalf. benefit forms. If we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t helpapplication you ourselves, we can forms suggest other people and organisations who may be able Please contact us for a full welfare benefit check. to help. to speak to an adviser. Ring .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ..................

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We are open each weekday between 9am and 2pm. Call 01296 431911 and ask for Information & Advice.

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Memory Advice ...............................................................................................................................

If you, or someone you love, has dementia, or thinks they may have dementia, one of our trained advisors can visit you at home. You can discuss your fears and frustrations in complete confidence and we will help you to access the services you need.

Independence at Home .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ..................

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Computer Training

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Our agents can help with most simple DIY jobs around the home to help you stay independent. Also, our painting and decorating agents can give fixed-price quotations for larger jobs.

We can provide lessons in your own home, tailormade to meet your individual needs, using your own computer or tablet.

Neat Feet ...............................................................................................................................

If you struggle to trim your toenails our fullytrained footcare agents can visit to assess your needs and provide a regular service to help you look after your feet. Home Hairdressing ...............................................................................................................................

If you find it difficult to get to the hairdresser, our mobile hairdressers can visit you at home, either on a regular basis or for that special occasion.

Domestic Cleaning ...............................................................................................................................

If you find it difficult to cope with housework we can provide cleaners as regularly as you need. Garden Maintenance ...............................................................................................................................

If you would like help cutting the grass or keeping the garden tidy, our garden maintenance service is ideal for you.

How you can help us .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ..................

Each year Age UK Buckinghamshire assists over 8000 local older people. To continue to do this we need your support both practically and financially. Volunteering ...............................................................................................................................

If you like to make a real difference by what you do, become a volunteer to help older people. People of all ages say it’s great fun and very rewarding. Whether you give an hour or two a month, or a day each week, you could help us deliver our vital services. We can put your skills to good use. You could help by being a befriending volunteer who spends an hour a week visiting a lonely, housebound older person. Or you could be trained to help older people claim the welfare benefits to which they are entitled, which could make the difference between them having a warm home this winter or staying in bed wrapped in blankets. Whether you are ready to use your existing skills or learn new ones ring us at: 01296 431911 or Email age@ageukbucks.org.uk Events ...............................................................................................................................

Your help in organising events will assist us to maintain and expand our services for local older people. If you have a few hours to spare we need your support, and it’s great fun! You could run your own event, support our events, or even be sponsored in aid of Age UK Bucks if you take up a walk, running or swimming challenge.

Donations ...............................................................................................................................

Any amount can be given at any time, whether it is a once off donation, taking out a standing order or direct debit, payroll giving, gifts in kind, or donations in memory of a loved one. And remember if you sign a gift aid form we can add on 25p from the Inland Revenue for every £1 you give without you having to do a thing more. Legacies ...............................................................................................................................

A gift in your Will helps us to be here, day after day. We make sure that no-one is forgotten or left to struggle on their own. We’re here to listen, support, advise and help people to feel independent and secure in their own homes. Leaving a gift in your Will is a way to ensure we can keep making life better for older people. Without your generosity, we may not always be able to be there.

Products and Services .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ..................

Age UK Products and Services ...............................................................................................................................

The Age UK Group offers a range of products and services tailor-made for people in later life. Please call 0800 032 6241 for a leaflet. Our Shop in Aylesbury ...............................................................................................................................

Please visit the Age UK Buckinghamshire shop at 36 High Street, Aylesbury. All purchases support our vital work and your kind donations of unwanted good quality clothes and bric-a-brac are always welcome. You can call the shop on 01296 489032

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