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Contact Details Age UK in the East Midlands Promoting wellbeing and improving the quality of life for older people 1 3 Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland, Nottingham & Nottinghamshire and Derby & Derbyshire are 3 local, independent charities offering help and support to both individuals and the families of people living within the respective areas. 2 1 Leicester Shire & Rutland Services Derby & Derbyshire Services Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Services Information and Advice Services Free, independent and confidential information and advice for people over 50. We can help with: • Welfare benefits. • Housing and property. • Money matters. • Family and personal matters. • Health and care. • Your rights. • Local services. support in the community • Home care. • Befriending. • Digital inclusion support. • Gardening and handyman service • Men in sheds. Health and wellbeing services • Wellbeing groups (day care). • Lunch clubs. • Respite care. • Support for carers. • Healthy living and social activities. Our work includes influencing local strategies, promoting older people’s needs, providing information, advice and advocacy to help individuals get the help they need, delivering great services that older people and carers want and supporting other groups and services that help older people. We work throughout the city and county and our experience contributes to national work and learning. services • Information and advice. • 50+ social activities. • Housing options service (Derbyshire Dales). • First contact service (Derby). • Business directory. • Day care. • Footcare service. • Chaddelsden wellbeing centre. • Falls prevention service. • Befriending. • Careline. • Fairfield older people’s group. • Memory lane activity groups. Age UK Nottingham & Nottinghamshire enhances the quality of life and promotes the health and wellbeing of all older people. Services include: advice • Business directory. • Financial information and advice. • Housing options and silverlinks advice. • Legal advice. • Money advice. • Will writing service. advocacy • Patients’ representative service. • Residents’ representative service. health and wellbeing • Best foot forward. • Connect. • Day care. • Forces friends. • Lunch club. • Men in sheds. • Secondary fall prevention. housing • Home safety and improvement service. 24 health choices Your 01773 768 240 administration@ageukderbyand derbyshire.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk/derbyand derbyshire 2 0116 299 2233 [email protected] www.ageukleics.org.uk 3 0115 844 0011 [email protected] www.ageuknotts.org.uk health choices Your Illustrations: © macrovector - stock.adobe.com | Map: © sateda - stock.adobe.com 25