Age UK Grimsby
Age UK offers many services including, mini bus services to luncheon clubs, trips and outings, luncheon clubs, charity shops, pop in parlour, chair based exercises, bingo, crafts, bowling and many more. For more information and directions to your nearest branch please visit the Age UK Grimsby website.
Age UK - The HandyVan Service
Free help to make your home safe and secure.
If you are 60+ years (with savings of less than £20000, excluding the value of your home) and live in North East Lincolnshire, you can benefit from a free service to help keep your home safe and secure.
Managed by the charity AgeUK, the HandyVan service will fit for FREE:
- Door and window locks
- Door chains and viewers
- Smoke alarms
- Carbon monoxide detectors
Perhaps you have some light bulbs, too high for you to replace or a bit of loose carpet, which needs fixing? HandyVan will also do work to help avoid trips or falls, again without charge.
HandyVan is a handyperson service you can trust. All the fitters are fully qualified and police vetted. They will carry out a free home check and agree with you the work to be done.
It’s easy to book a visit just call: 0845 026 1055 or e-mail: handyvan@ageuk.co.uk
Organisations are welcome to refer clients to HandyVan but please ensure you have their agreement before disclosing personal details to us.
For more information please download the fact sheet from the document downloads list.
Alzheimer's Society
The Alzheimer's Society provides information, advice and emotional support to people with Dementia, their Carers and families in North and North East Lincolnshire.
Cruse Bereavement Care
Cruse Bereavement Care promotes the well-being of bereaved people and enables anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss. As well providing free care to all bereaved people, the charity also offers information, support and training services to those who are looking after them. For more information please visit the Cruse Bereavement Care website.
North East Lincolnshire Carelink
Carelink offers around the clock reassurance through monitoring units to those who have personal needs for reasons of vulnerability through, illness, disability, isolation, violence or abuse, to enable them to continue an independent life. Carelink is based in Grimsby and offers its services to the whole of North East Lincolnshire. For more information please visit the North East Lincolnshire Carelink website.
Huntington's Disease Association
The Huntington's Disease Association (HDA) exists to support people affected by Huntington's Disease. The HDA also provides information and advice to professionals whose task it is to support Huntington's disease families. For more information about what the HDA offers please visit the HDA website.
Rethink
Rethink, the leading national mental health membership charity, works to help everyone affected by severe mental illness recover a better quality of life. There aim is to make a practical and positive difference by providing hope and empowerment through effective services, information and support to all those who need them. They believe that all those who experience severe mental illness are entitled to be treated with respect as equal citizens. For more information please visit the Rethink website.
The Stroke Association
The Stroke Association is the only UK wide charity solely concerned with combating stroke in people of all ages. The Stroke Association funds research into prevention, treatment and better methods of rehabilitation, and helps stroke patients and their families directly through its Life After Stroke Services. These include Information, Advice and Support, Communication Support and Life After Stroke grants. To find out more please visit the Stroke Association website.