Barchester foundation

Helping older people and other adults with disabilities

Useful links

Here are a range websites that may be of interest.

These sites are not under the Barchester Healthcare Foundation's control and therefore we can accept no responsibility for their content.

Get the State Benefits you are entitled to

DirectGov

Public Services all in one place - check if you are getting all the benefits that you are entitled to.

Citizens Advice

Online CAB service that provides independent advice on your rights - practical, up-to-date information on a wide range of topics, including benefits and housing, employment rights and discrimination, debt and tax issues.

Organisations that help older people

Age Concern England

The UK's largest charity working with and for older people. Contact information about regional and local groups available from the website.

The Alzheimer's Society

The UK's leading care and research charity for people with dementia, their families and carers.

Association for Veterans of Foreign Wars

A charitable and benevolent organisation that represents all Britain's ex-service men and women who have ever served in any of the military services.

Contact the Elderly

Help older people make informed choices about meeting their housing and care needs.

Counsel & Care

A national charity getting the best care and support for older people, their families and carers.

Elderly Accommodation Counsel

Help older people make informed choices about meeting their housing and care needs.

Elizabeth Finn Care

Helps people in need whose former careers have been interrupted or ended through physical or mental problems, loss of work and family breakdown or those struggling on low income in retirement.

Friends of the Elderly

Provide a range of services to support older people who wish to live independently, including welfare grants.

Help the Aged

Need help claiming benefits or entitlements? Call their SeniorLine, a free telephone advice service, which offers advice on a wide range of welfare rights issues.

IndependentAge

Need help claiming benefits or entitlements? Call their SeniorLine, a free telephone advice service, which offers advice on a wide range of welfare rights issues.

Royal British Legion

Caring and campaigning for the service and ex-Service community.

SSAFA Forces Help

Help service and ex-service families.

Organisations that help adults with disabilities

Huntington's Disease Association

Supports people affected by Huntington's disease.

Mencap

The UK's leading learning disability charity working with people with a learning disability and their families and carers.

Mind

The leading mental health charity in England and Wales. Work to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress.

Multiple Sclerosis Society

Promote, research, educate and advocate on critical issues, and organise a wide range of programmes, for those living with MS.

Parkinson's Disease Society

The leading charity dedicated to supporting all people with Parkinson's, their family, friends and carers.