Support groups and organisations
Service outline:
There are a number of groups and organisations, both local and national, that provide advice and support to different sections of the community. Below are just some of the organisations set up to assist:
Elderly People:
- Age Concern - The UK's leading charities concerned with the needs and aspirations of older people.
- Age Positive- Age positive is a government initiative which tackles age discrimination and promotes age diversity in the workplace
- Alzheimer's Society - The Alzheimer's Society provides advice and support to people with dementia and their carers.
- Carers - For carers, voluntary organisations and others, related to the national strategy for Caring about Carers, and providing useful links.
- Contact the Elderly - Seeks to reduce the isolation for older people who live alone, by providing social occasions such as monthly tea parties.
- Dementia Research Group - One of the UK's leading centres for clinical research into dementia.
- Age Uk - A leading national charity for older people.
- Independent Age - is a unique charity, providing lifelong support to older people on very low incomes.
Disabled People:
- AbilityNet - are a charity that offers advice to people with disabilities on all aspects of computer usage for employment, communication, education, or just for fun.
- Action for Blind People - is a national charity which aims to enable blind and partially sighted people to enjoy equal opportunities in every aspect of their lives through work, leisure, housing and support.
- United Kingdom Disabled People's Council (UKDPC) - was set up by disabled people in 1981 to promote full equality and participation within society. They are an umbrella organisation that represents some 130 organisations run and controlled by disabled people.
- Disabled Information Advice Line (DIAL) UK - DIAL provides a link to information for people with disabilities, and to advice providers.
- Disability Sport England - creates opportunities for participation in sport for people with all disabilities.
- Epilepsy Action (British Epilepsy Association) - The Epilepsy Action helpline provides advice and information on all aspects of living with epilepsy. They aim to reply to helpline queries by email within 48 hours.
- The National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) - is an organisation of parents, families and carers which exists to support parents in enabling their child to maximise their skills and abilities.
- Headway - Promotes understanding of all aspects of brain injury; and provides information, support and services to people with a brain injury, their family and carers.
- Hearing and Mobility - Provides mobility and lifestyle ideas.
- MENCAP - Working with people with a learning disability, and their families and carers.
- Rethink - Helping everyone affected by severe mental illness, including schizophrenia, to recover a better quality of life
- Epilepsy Society - The largest UK medical charity for epilepsy. Epilepsy Society offers information about epilepsy (including frequently asked questions and personal accounts of people living with epilepsy), regional support, an online forum, a confidential helpline and much more.
- Royal Association in Aid of Death People (RAD) - promotes the welfare and interests of Deaf people
Further Information
Key contacts
Contact: Lancashire County Council Social Services
Telephone: 08450 530009
Fax: 01200 443436
Visit: Lancashire County Council Social Services Clitheroe Social Services, Joint Divisional Offices, Plimlico Road, Clitheroe, BB7 2BL