Tyne and Wear: Information & options appraisal services
1-10 of 54 Information & options appraisal services in Tyne and Wear.
Action for Advocacy
Helps you find an advocacy service anywhere in the UK.Contact: Action for Advocacy, The Oasis Centre, 75 Westminster Bridge Road, Sidcup, Kent, SE1 7HS. Tel: 020 7921 4395. Action on Elder Abuse
Action on Elder Abuse (AEA) is a specialist organisation that operates across the four nations of the United Kingdom. It also provides support within Ireland. Unlike other 'older people's organisations' we focus e...Contact: Action on Elder Abuse, PO Box, Steatham, London, SW16 9BY. Tel: 080 8808 8141. Age UK Gateshead
Our service is free and confidential offering a range of information and advice.
Help is available on most topics but especially benefits, debt, disability, housing and care issues. Should we be unable to deal with your en...Contact: Age UK Gateshead, 341- 343 High Street, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE8 1EQ. Tel: 0191 477 3559. Age UK Newcastle upon Tyne
We aim to provide information and advice on a range of subjects including welfare benefits, housing, legal issues, community care, residential care, etc.
If we are not the most appropriate organisation to advise you on a pa...Contact: Age UK Newcastle upon Tyne, Mea House, Ellison Place, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 8XS. Tel: 0191 232 6488. Age UK North Tyneside
We give free, confidential and impartial advice to older people in North Tyneside and their carers. We can help with:
Welfare benefits, Pension, Tax and other financial matters
Housing and property
Health &&n...Contact: Age UK North Tyneside, Bradbury Centre, 13 Saville Street West, North Shields, NE29 6QP. Tel: 0191 280 8484. Age UK Sunderland
Age Uk Sunderland can:
Check your Benefit entitlement
Give you advice about Benefits and help you to claim them
Cut through all the red tape and fill in claim forms with you
Help you claim Grants that could ...Contact: Age UK Sunderland, Stockton Road, Sunderland, SR2 7AQ. Tel: 0191 514 1131. What are Direct Payments?
Direct Payments are cash payments made to an individual to allow them to arrange and purchase the care and support they
have been assessed as needing by a local authority's Adult or Children's Serv...Contact: Age UK Sunderland, Stockton Road, Sunderland, SR2 7AQ. Tel: 0191 514 1131. What is the IMCA Service?
The IMCA service is a statutory advocacy service introduced by the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Its aim is to support and represent individuals who lack capacity to make specific decision at a specific ...Contact: Age UK Sunderland, Stockton Road, Sunderland, SR2 7AQ. Tel: 0191 514 1131. Aid for the Aged in Distress
AFTAID
is a relatively small charitable organisation which is near unique in
offering direct financial assistance in the form of grants, often in emergency
situations and covering a wide range of 'quality of life' issues w...Contact: Aid for the Aged in Distress, 25 Epworth House City Road, London, EC1Y 1AA. Tel: 0870 803 1950. Alzheimer's Society
Talking Point is an online support and discussion forum, for anyone affected by dementia. It's a place to ask for advice, share information, join in discussions and feel supported.Contact: Alzheimer's Society, 58 St. Katharines Way, London, E1W 1LB.