provides information on the subjects that the public and staff have requested. If you are planning ahead for the future – whether for yourself, your family, or someone you care for, need information to continue to live independently and safely at home, make life easier, get support after a stay in hospital, or to find out about care home and housing options and paying for care and support, you can use the new online resource to find the information you need, visit: www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/ careandsupport. Additionally, a new information directory provides details of services provided locally and by some national organisations to help you make decisions about your care and support or the care and support of someone you care for. The directory is available at www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/careandsupportdirectory If you do not have access to the Internet, cannot find what you need online, or if you need more information you can telephone 0345 045 5202, visit any Cambridgeshire library (also known as community hubs), or email: careinfo@ cambridgeshire.gov.uk The Care Act is the most significant change to adult social care in over 60 years, modernising care and support in law so that the system is built around people’s needs and what they want to achieve in their lives. There is more information about the Care Act on the County Council website, www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/careact
Oil Buying Scheme Cambridgeshire ACRE Community If you are a user of domestic heating oil and want to save money and reduce the number of tankers delivering oil in Melbourn then our countywide oil-buying scheme may be for you. One tanker delivering to several members’ households in your village at the same time is more environmentally friendly too. The scheme is open to anyone in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The annual membership fee for domestic users is £20 and allows you to order as many times as you need to in the year. Community buildings such as churches and village halls as well as businesses, can join too. Through our partnership with AF Affinity Limited, a subsidiary of Anglia Farmers Limited, the scheme makes the most of collective purchasing power. Members have made savings over the past year of between 2 and 4 pence per litre against the average price in England.
There are five easy steps to cheaper heating oil:
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Step 1: Join the Cambridgeshire ACRE Community Oil Buying Scheme Step 2: Receive a reminder to check your oil levels
COFFEE STOP Every Saturday 10.30am to 12noon Rombouts coffee & biscuits for 80p at
All Saints’ Community Hall Together will also include materials following different themes relating to the condition. The service is completely free and those that attend group sessions will be given information leaflets to take away with them to help people live well with their Type 2 diabetes. Available to anyone living with Type 2 diabetes in these areas, they aim to set up to 25 peer support and education groups, so if you live locally you’re bound to find one near you. The groups will give you the chance to meet others with Type 2 diabetes, to support each other and make friends, and share experiences and information. If you are interested in joining a group you can email Type2Together@diabetes. org.uk or call 0345 123 2399 to speak with your regional Co-ordinator about how to get involved. If you would like more information on the project visit the Diabetes UK website: www.diabetes.org.uk/How_we_ help/Talk-to-someone/Type-2-Together
Step 3: Place your order online Step 4: Sit back whilst our negotiators get the best possible price
Step 5: Take delivery of the oil and pay AF Affinity Ltd To find out more about the Cambridgeshire ACRE Community Oil Buying Scheme go to our website www.cambsacre.org.uk or contact Julie Weekes on 01353 860850.
Peer Support for people with Type 2 diabetes Diabetes UK have launched a new peer support & education service called Type 2 Together. Diabetes UK has joined forces with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group to set up a network of peer support groups for adults with Type 2 Diabetes. The new groups will connect people who have diabetes in their local areas. The relaxed and informal group sessions will be led by volunteers who themselves are living with diabetes and are trained to share their advice and experiences. Type 2
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Dragon Boat Festival The 11th annual Dragon Boat races take place in in Cambridge on Saturday 12th September. The start line is in Fen Ditton. Proceeds in aid of ACT Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust. For further information and an entry form visit www.dragonboatfestivals. co.uk/cambridge or call Gable Events on 0178 470 718. For information about Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust call 01223 217757 or visit www.act4addenbrookes.org.uk melbournmagazine
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