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Age Action Alliance

The Age Action Alliance is a partnership of organisations from civil society and the public and private sectors, which celebrates the lives of older people and their contribution to society. We work together and use our diverse skills to particularly improve the lives of the most disadvantaged older people and prevent deprivation in later life.

Age UK Gloucestershire is the largest independent organisation in the county working with and for older people. We work to improve independence and quality of life for the older people of Gloucestershire, to raise awareness of older people’s issues and to challenge attitudes and practices that discriminate against older people. We offer the following services: Information & Advice (including benefits), Home from Hospital support, day centres, choirs, Clean Sweep Plus (domestic help), one to one computer tuition. For further information call us on 01452 422660 or email enquiries@ageukgloucestershire.org.uk.

Age UK Isle of Wight is a local, independent, registered charity which has been working to enhance, support and celebrate the lives of older people on the Island for nearly 40 years.  As the Island’s leading charity for people aged 50 and above, our team helps around 7,000 older people each year.  We are committed to providing a high standard of service to our clients and offer the following services: Information and Advice, Welfare Benefits advice, Advocacy, The Good Neighbour Scheme, Falls Prevention, a range of services to support those with dementia , Counselling, Social Clubs, Handyperson service , Just About You, Nail Cutting, Insurance and other Products and Services and campaigning.  If you would like further information about any of our services please contact the office on 01983 525282, see our website www.ageukiw.org.uk  or email your enquiry to info@ageukiw.org.uk. 

The Association of Care Managers

The Association of Care Managers is the first and only professional association created to support and inform managers. Its strength is that it is guided by care managers for managers and headed by a well-known champion of managers, John Burton.

ADASS, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, brings together the accumulated wisdom and understanding of the way services for adults are managed and financed in England.  Our members are responsible for providing or commissioning, through the activities of their departments, the wellbeing, protection and care of hundreds of thousands of elderly and disabled people, as well as for the promotion of that wellbeing and protection wherever it is needed.

Millions of people are caring for an elderly relative, a sick friend or a disabled family member. They do it unpaid and often without support. Carers UK is the voice of carers. We improve their lives by providing information, advice, support and by campaigning for change.

Dementia Action Alliance is made up of over 100 organisations committed to transforming the quality of life of people living with dementia in the UK and the millions of people who care for them.

Dementia UK is a national charity that works to improve the quality of life for all people affected by dementia. We work in the following ways:

• Admiral Nurses – specialist mental health nurses who work within the National Health Service and other settings to support families affected by dementia. Admiral Nurses also deliver immediate support to families as well as health and social care professionals through our dedicated national helpline, Admiral Nursing DIRECT.

• Uniting Carers – a national network of carers who share their experiences and contribute to research, training and awareness-raising in order to help others.

• Dementia UK Training – providing high quality, affordable, accredited training for those who work with people with dementia in order to improve standards of health and social care.

Dementia Web Bath & North East Somerset is an up-to-date, local and impartial website providing information about support, services, organisations, news and events within the Bath and North East Somerset area. It is an easy to use site that signposts people affected by dementia, their family, friends, carers and professionals to all the relevant help, support and facts that they may require at different stages of the dementia journey.

The English Community Care Association

Find Me Good Care helps people to make choices about care and support for themselves or other adults in England.

Looking for care is confusing. Understanding the options available can be overwhelming. Find Me Good Care can help you to think about what you really want out of care and support before you start looking for particular services.

It combines advice and information about choosing care with a comparable database of services. And it allows you to create your own Good Care Planner online so that you can save all the information that you find most useful in one place.

First Stop Advice

First Stop Advice is a comprehensive one-stop advisory service for older people, their families and carers covering housing, care, money and rights. First Stop Advice brings together the skills of some of the UK's most respected organisations working in partnership for the benefit of older people.

Gransnet

Gransnet is the social networking site for Britain's 14m grandparents. Launched in May 2011, it received 500,000 page views in its first month and has been growing ever since; it was hailed by The Telegraph as 'a new dawn in grey  power.' Discussions range from relationships to politics, daughters-in-law to dignity in care. Live webchat guests have included Paul Burstow, Rachel Reeves and Vince Cable. Gransnet will be launching 80 local sites in the next year.

Independent Age

Independent Age provides information and advice on care and support services for older people, their families and carers across the UK. This is integrated with local support from a network of 1,500 volunteers who provide practical help and befriending schemes. We use the knowledge we gain from providing our services to help influence policy and practice.

The Local Government Information Unit (LGiU) is an award winning think tank and membership organisation. Our mission is to strengthen local democracy to put citizens in control of their own lives, communities and local services.

The Money Advice Service is here to help everyone manage their money better. We do this by giving clear, unbiased money advice to help people make informed choices. We believe that the right money advice can make a difference to people’s lives. And when people take steps to manage their money better, they can live better too.

The Money Advice Service is a free, independent service. Our advice and information is available online, over the phone and face to face. We provide tailored money advice to help you make choices throughout your life, whatever your circumstances.

Mumsnet

Mumsnet is the UK’s busiest network for parents, with nearly 40 million page views per month. It has over 200 local sites, as well as a network of 1500 bloggers. It regularly campaigns on issues such as support for families of children with SEN, improvements in miscarriage care and freedom of speech on the internet.

The National Care Forum

National Care Forum – the leading voice for not-for-profit care providers

The National Care Forum (NCF) aims to be the leading voice for not-for-profit care providers. The NCF embraces a wide range of services including: home care, housing with care, day care, intermediate care, outreach, residential and nursing care, and specialist provision for all adults and older people.

Nottinghamshire County Council Adult Social Care takes a leading role in ensuring its citizens receive appropriate care and support. This need for help may be because of their age, disability, health or the personal situations they find themselves in.

We are a not-for-profit membership-based association representing the majority of care providers who provide residential and nursing care and care at home in and around Somerset. We have strong links with other Care Associations like ourselves who are located in the South West. Our aim is to encourage best practice amongst our members and provide sound and practical advice to enable them to do so in a difficult financial environment. Please contact us through our website if you are looking for care and have any questions – we will do our best to answer them.

The Registered Nursing Home Association

The Registered Nursing Home Association is a trade association for nursing home owners. It provides advice and guidance to owners of nursing homes and to patients and relatives who are looking for, or receiving, nursing home care.

The Relatives & Residents Association

The Relatives & Residents Association (R&RA) specialises in assisting people to cope with the many complexities of choosing and moving into residential care. We do this by helping and supporting people to make informed choices. We also use the feedback we receive from relatives, residents and others to campaign for better and higher standards of care.

SIFA's aims include assisting solicitors and specialist financial advisers to work together to support clients by providing complementary later life financial advice.

SCIE

The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) improves the lives of people who use care services, and their family carers, by sharing knowledge about what works. We are an independent charity working with adults, families and children's social care and social work services across the UK. We also work closely with related services such as health and housing.

We gather and analyse knowledge about what works and translate that knowledge into practical resources, learning materials and services including training and consultancy. Our work helps to improve the knowledge and skills of those working in care services. This includes managers, frontline staff, commissioners and trainers. Our work, including findmegoodcare.co.uk, also helps people who use services and their carers to make more informed decisions about their own care.

Society of Later Life Advisers

The South Essex Care & Health Association (SECHA) is a not for profit organisation which promotes first class care for the people who are cared for by our members. These are residential or nursing care home providers and others who provide professional care services within Essex. We work in partnership with Local Authorities and other statutory bodies and keep members informed of initiatives relevant to the care sector. We promote staff development by providing training programmes. We are a CRB registered Umbrella body. We run an interactive web based bed vacancy register which is updated at least weekly.

Surrey Care Association Ltd is a non-membership, not-for-profit organisation representing all providers (private, voluntary and charitable) from all sectors (care homes, domiciliary care and supported living) based in the county of Surrey. The Association works to ensure there are quality services to support the needs of service users and carers across Surrey.

Symponia is a national membership organisation of financial and legal care fees planning advice professionals. Symponia has over 100 adviser members all of whom are qualified above the minimum level set by the Financial Services Authority, have been selected for their empathetic communication skills and have a current (Protection of Vulnerable Adults) Criminal Records Bureau registration.  Symponia has been selected to work with many of the most respected care home and domiciliary care organisations across the UK.

Turn2us

Turn2us helps people in financial need gain access to welfare benefits, charitable grants and other financial help – online, by phone and face-to-face through partner organisations.

The United Kingdom Homecare Association

The United Kingdom Homecare Association (UKHCA) is the professional association for more than 1,900 domiciliary care providers in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The mission of UKHCA is to represent its members and to promote and support the sustainable provision of high standard homecare.