Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin

Description:

Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin is passionate that everyone should have the opportunity to be able to make the most of later life, whatever their circumstances, wants and needs.

They work with and for older people to improve the quality of later life by:

• providing older people with information & advice to enable them to make choices;
• providing services to help older people remain independent;
• campaigning with and for older people, both locally and nationally.

Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin offer lots of services for older people and their carers, including free information and advice, day care, dementia support, exercise and physical activities, home help, IT training, social activities and visiting and befriending.

They currently have over 400 volunteers who are involved in the delivery of their services, from office administration to running day centres and new volunteers are always welcome.  Just a few hours of your time each week can really make a difference to the lives of local older people.

Follow the link to visit their website, for information about:

• attending a local day centre
• getting help at home
• joining a local lunch club
• getting a copy of our local A-Z of services for older people
• local activities and events, from fitness sessions to reading groups
• how to get hold of our information guides and factsheets
• becoming a volunteer and helping older people in your area.