Social Care and Health for Older People | Westminster Community Information

Aims to prevent abuse of older people by raising awareness, and by education, promotion, research, collection and dissemination of information.

Age UK Westminster is the local branch of Age UK, the national charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life.

Services include:

AGLOW aims to publicise the importance of older women (50+) presenting their own perspectives on issues. It focuses on several different groups, all of which include disabled women.

Anchor Trust is a not-for-profit housing association, dedicated to helping older people live safely, securely and independently with a choice of services to suit all needs.

Central & Cecil is a not-for-profit registered provider offering housing, care and support to vulnerable people.

Drop-in-Centre for the over 50s and the retired. Lunch available daily and other other refreshments throughout the day.

The Cinnamon Trust is a nation charity for the elderly, the terminally ill and their pets.

Independent Age is a charity offering help and advice to older people through its telephone and email helplines.

Offers free, confidential advice on many issues including:

This day centre is for the over 60s who want to socialise and get involved in a wide range of activities.

Neighbourcare is a befriending organisation offering a range of services to people, especially older people, living in NW8, W9 (St John’s Wood, Maida Vale), and nearby areas.

Provides a range of housing options from shared ownership schemes for key workers to permanent rented housing for families and temporary accommodation for homeless people.

Octavia Housing was formed by the amalgamation of St Marylebone Housing Association and Octavia Hill Housing Trust.

Peabody owns and manages more than 27,000 homes in London, housing around 80,000 residents.

The Relatives & Residents Association is a national charity which exists for the benefit of older people in residential care, as well as their families and friends left behind at home.

The West Kilburn branch of the Royal British Legion charity which provides practical, emotional and financial support to all members of the British Armed Forces past and present, and their families

ScotsCare aims to help first and second generation Scots of all ages and circumstances living within a 35 mile radius of Charing Cross in London.

Day care for very frail elderly people providing daily hot lunches, adult education classes and other activities.

Wheelchair Access: Basement – ramp into centre.

The St. Martin in the Fields Almshouse is located in St. John’s Wood, and is a modern block of 19 unfurnished flats. These are mainly one bedroom flats and a small number of studios.

Open to all retired and semi-retired people, i.e. no entry qualifications are required and there is no lower age limit for membership.

Viridian is a housing association offering accommodation for families, single people, and those with special needs.

Wavelength is a charity which provides free televisions, radios and CD players for those in need, bedridden, household disabled and elderly and who are in financial need.

Westminster Carers Service runs The Carers Time Bank which supports carers by giving them the opportunity to have a break when they need one.

Westminster Senior Citizens Forum is a group run by older people, for older people in Westminster.