Voluntary Services Directory

Age UK Manchester serves the whole of the City of Manchester. Age UK Manchester works with older people across the city giving information and advice, volunteering, care service at home to ensure there are no concerns. Provides Home Care, Day Care and Aging Well Services

All advice and support for people over 55. Volunteer opportunities

Age UK Bury is a locally run charity that aims to promote independence and a better quality of life for all older people in the borough of Bury. Please visit our website for further information.

Age UK Bolton is a registered charity that offers a range of services and activities for people aged 50 and over to support them to live safe, independent and fulfilled lives. The services we offer include: Information & Advice; Legal Advice and will-making service; Befriending and afternoon teas; Lunch and Leisure clubs; Physical activity classes; Creative and Leisure classes; Home from Hospital Service; Enhanced Day Care; Enhanced Respite Care; Falls Prevention and wheelchair hire.

Age UK Wigan Borough provides a wide range of services for people over the age of 60. These include:
• Advocacy - Supporting people by providing as much information as possible to allow them to make more informed choices and decisions.
• Ambition for Ageing - Creating more age friendly places and empowering people to live fulfilling lives as they age
• Bright Days Programme - Offering a wide range of activities to encourage you to feel good and have fun.
• Call in Time - Telephone befriending.
• Handyperson Service - Helping you maintain independence and improve safety and security in the home.
• Home Help - Domestic cleaning service.
• Housing with Care Options - Helping you and your family prepare and plan for your housing and care needs including support for going into a care home.
• Information & Advice – Support to claim benefits available to people aged 50 and over, their relatives, friends and carers in the Borough of Wigan.

Provides a range of services for people aged 50+ including: Information and Advice, Dementia Support, 131 Club, Community Support, Falls Prevention Programme and a range of classes. For more information, please visit our website or give us a call.

Support and advice for people over 50.

Provide a wide range of services for older people in Salford and the surrounding area eg. cleaning, shopping, dementia support, social groups, information & advice

Information support and advice offered concerning all adult social care.

Disability services have specially trained staff who can support individuals and carers by providing specialist assessments. This service aims to maintain people in their homes and help them remain as self-reliant as possible. If you have a disability, the Equipment and Adaptations team can offer an assessment to identify equipment or adaptations which make it easier for you to continue living independently in your own home. If you are assessed as requiring a piece of equipment then they will deliver and install the equipment in your home. They also make recommendations for major alterations to your home and planning for them. All the help offered is based on individual needs, and the service is available to people of all ages.

Programme of physical activity designed to improve the health and quality of life of Stroke and TIA survivors. Provides programmes to support you in becoming more physically active to improve your health and quality of life. The Team also provide targeted physical activity and health programmes that could be just what you need to get active. Adults should aim to do 30 minutes of moderate activity at least five times a week and children should aim do one hour per day. If you are new to exercise, have been inactive for some time or have a medical condition please contact the team and we will help you find suitable activities.

Active Lifestyles is our free-to-join club for anyone who wants to get fit and keep fit: from babies to retired people.
Choose from over 150 fitness and well being sessions a week in venues across Manchester. There's something for everyone and it's just £1 a session!

Assessment, advice and training in the use of technology for young people with physical and communication difficulties.

The access and crisis team acts as the single point of access for all referrals into mental health services including primary care mental health services and older people's mental health services.
The referrals are screened and triaged on a daily basis with members of the multi-disciplinary team including consultant psychiatrists, adult and older people’s mental health practitioners, and primary care mental health workers.
The function of the access and crisis team is to:
Act as a single point of entry which will receive, triage and direct all referrals onto the relevant service
Provide a comprehensive assessment for people on an urgent/priority basis and can provide follow up interventions.

On line information about council services including healthy living, carers support, help at home, social care
and a directory of services, On line information about council services including keeping fit & healthy.

Service offering online cognitive behavioural therapy (beating the blues) to people affected by low mood depression and/or anxiety in the Stockport area.

Service offering online cognitive behavioral therapy (beating the blues) to people affected by low mood depression and/or anxiety in the Rochdale and Salford area.