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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.

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…

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…

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

Provides information and factsheets on various Alzheimers and dementia diagnoses and signposts clients, carers and families to other professional agencies. Advocates on behalf of clients, carers and families. Services include: a telephone support line (020 7833 8369); Rest-Bite, a drop in at Kentish Town Congregational…

Self-help group in NW3 for people with bipolar disorder and their family/carers. Bipolar UK national charity provides a range of services and information/advice publications supporting individuals with bipolar, their families and carers.

For blind and partially sighted people resident within the twelve inner London boroughs. Provide advice and information, small grants (up to £250) and aids to daily living. Loans audio equipment to registered blind and partially sighted people. Provides a welfare rights advice service. Visiting and…

Peer support groups and information workshops for children, teenagers and adults living with or affected by HIV. One-to-one counselling with mental health professionals. Information and advocacy on a range of issues: health and treatment, welfare, legal, human rights, housing and immigration. Skills development courses on…

Refugee Support Team helps asylum seekers and refugees. International tracing service for people who have lost touch with relatives due to war, refugee status etc.

Multi-disciplinary palliative care team providing care for all people with pain and symptoms, and for all those facing death and bereavement. Medical and nursing care at home, advice on assistance with self-care and independence, advice on all aspects of nutrition, financial and social problems, support…

The carers' group is for people currently caring for someone with a medical or long term condition, physical or learning disability, sensory impairment, dementia, mental health condition or substance dependency who could not manage without that support. The former carers' group is for people living in Camden…

A monthly group for all carers of people living with a mental health condition in Camden. Phone 020 7428 8950 for more information or just drop in. 

Provides an advisory service on welfare rights, housing, medical letters and other matters. Runs youth services, a women's group, a luncheon club for older people, English classes, an under-fives nursery, a needs assessment project and a housebound project. Youth club and Young Volunteer project for…

Open access drop-in facility. Assessments, individual support, key-working, counselling. Assertive outreach, needle exchange, harm minimisation advice and information, group work. Alternative therapies are available. Nurse. Housing advice, access to training, education and employment. Child-minding service to clients available on request.

Advice and information on health, housing and welfare rights etc. Talks, keep fit and a wide range of social and recreational activities for Cypriot women and their families. Conduct needs assessments for older people in conjunction with Camden Council Adult Social Care Services. Housebound service.…

Community based support for older people with problems associated with ageing and mental health in Camden. Deals with assessments, follow-up of discharged patients, co-ordination of care programmes, support of carers etc. Includes community psychiatric nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers.

Daytime National Health Service helpline and webpages to help refer carers to local advice and help. Postcode-based search facility. (The details shown here were taken from the organisation's website).

Advice sessions, activities and support for the Bangladeshi, Somali and Chinese communities in the Kings Cross and Brunswick area. Services include an after-school homework club, gentle exercise session for women, gym club, lunch club, health session, welfare rights advice, ESOL classes, IT classes, numeracy, employment…

National charity for the elderly, the terminally ill and their pets. Services include volunteer network, register of care homes which accept residents with pets and temporary care for pets if their owners go into hospital. (The details shown here were taken from the organisation's website.)…

Drop-in service where residents are able to get information and referrals to other agencies. Camden residents also offered an initial meeting with an adviser during which an appointment for in-depth advice can be arranged.