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Initial access point for the Adult Social Care Service, including Occupational Therapy, Sensory Needs and Older Peoples Outreach. Works with older people and vulnerable adults aged 18+. Appointments may be necessary to see a specialist worker.

Social work team. Provide information and signposting on social care services. Community care assessments of need for patients who require assessments, and discharge planning for social care.

Social work assessment for patients being discharged into the community from all the hospitals within the UCLH NHS Foundation Trust. For older people and people with physical disabilities.

National charity providing information, support, community services and products for older people and their families and carers. Share a building with Age UK Camden.

We are a local independent charity, established in 1965, who have been supporting older people in Camden for more than 50 years. We have grown to become one of the largest Age UK charities in London, helping over 15,000 older people each year through a…

Good neighbour scheme for people in NW3. Volunteers visit and befriend people in their own homes and help with small tasks, such as reading aloud, accompanying people for walks etc. Volunteers are matched with people who fulfil the scheme's criteria.

Care Navigators are professionals who provide a free, impartial and confidential service to older people in Camden. They are based within the GP practices in Camden and have specialist knowledge of services available to you. They can talk to you about your needs and concerns…

Age UK Camden’s Computer Training gives you the chance to enhance your digital skills and get technology savvy with our in-person digital workshops and gadget clinics.

Our Great Croft Hub is located in King's Cross, and within walking distance of Euston Station and Kings Cross St Pancras. Great Croft offers a variety of services and activities for older people, including our sensory garden, which is great for hosting BBQs in the…

Free advice about benefits and money, housing options and care and support.

Age UK Camden provides this service to help older people to take advantage of online shopping without haveing their own computer and without leaving their homes. The team will telephone you on a regular basis and order your shopping online for you. The only charge…

Our volunteers are integral to how we deliver services in Camden. We have a fantastic team who help us offer a variety of support in the local community. Would you like to join them? If so, read more about the different opportunities below.

Takes out elderly people for a drive and tea once a month. Drivers, helpers and hosts, as well as guests, needed. There are 17 groups across London.

Local office for sheltered housing for Asian elders. Schemes at 4 Guilford Place and 52 Millman Street WC1. Parent organisation provides general needs housing and sheltered housing for Asian elders across London.

Voluntary organisation of older women in London. Discussion and campaigning. Performances for awareness raising of ageism and good practice, work with BME and Refugee women, Memory Club and Memory Club Roadshow.

This service is for Camden residents over 50 who need help to maximise their benefit income and to help them open up or re-establish a bank account or set up direct debts.

Aims to increase the community participation and social, political and economic integration of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) women. The objective is to equip women with the knowledge and skills they need in order to tackle the barriers to community participation, employment and other…

Community centre activities for the Somali community including women's projects: Women and Health drop-in at Kentish Town Community Centre, a Girl's and Young Women Project at Grafton Road and South Camden Community School, an Elder Women's Project at Charlie Ratchford Resource Centre and St Martin's…

Mid-term stay hostel.

Offers information, advice and advocacy; emotional support, including counselling; breaks and social activities; training, including specialist training, e.g. dementia; health checks and workshops; volunteering, carer engagement and groups. In addition support and advocacy services are available on site at the Royal Free, UCH and St…