Our Ipswich Shop and Help Centre is now located in new
premises at 41a Upper Brook Street, Ipswich IP4 1DU. Our
telephone contact numbers will be unchanged: -
Ipswich Help Centre (for your information enquiries) 01473
257039
Ipswich Charity Shop 01473 284259
Our Bury St
Edmunds Town Centre Help Centre has now moved to The Risbygate
Centre, 90 Risbygate Street, IP33 3AA. Our telephone
contact numbers will be 01284 757750 (unchanged).
Other services in Bury
St Edmunds (our shop in St Johns Street and
our Active Ageing Centre on Moreton Hall) are not affected by the
move.
Housing Support
Much like the Age Concern Suffolk
Independence Advice service, this new (pilot) project
is designed to help people live independently, in the home of their
choice.
This is a pilot project which
will last until 9th January 2009. The service will
provide advisers who will develop a Support Plan with you, having
first assessed your needs. These needs might include needing
assistance or support with accessing aids or adaptations for the
home, community alarms, locating health or social links, accessing
financial support (benefits and budgeting) or you may need
assistance with daily tasks such as cooking, cleaning or general
house maintenance.
Our trained and insured advisers
will offer all the support they can; where they cannot support you
directly they will give you details of other support organisations
who can help with things such as personal care, domestic support,
and other services such as handyman/van services and good neighbour
schemes.
Whilst the aim is to help people
stay in their own home, support is also available to people who do
want to make a move, say into a ground floor flat, a bungalow or
into supported accommodation.
This project has been funded by
Supporting People and will be used to investigate what support is
required, by who and where.
Age Concern Suffolk is delivering
this service in Waveney and Mid Suffolk District Council areas,
Ipswich Borough Council and Havebury Housing Partnership are
delivering this service in the St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Borough
areas.
For those living outside of these
areas please phone your nearest Age Concern Suffolk help desk. For
people currently living in supported accommodation (Sheltered or
Very Sheltered) then this support is already available through your
housing provider.
To find out more phone (FREE) on: 0800 074
05 09
LANDS END TO JOHN O’GROATS –
SPONSORED BIKE RIDE TO RAISE MONEY FOR AGE
CONCERN SUFFOLK
Thomas Welham, a 23 year old young
man from Ipswich, who alongside his father runs several pubs,
including the Maypole, Old Norwich Road has taken up the challenge
to cycle 1000 miles from Lands End (the southern most point of the
UK) to John O’Groats (the northern most point) to help raise funds
for Age Concern Suffolk.
Thomas said “I wanted to raise money
for older people as they are often the people we forget about…the
ones that told us bedtime stories when we were young, fought for us
in times of need – our living history. Whilst many of us have
elderly relatives totally self sufficient, who we love and would
care for if needed, some have no family, are less mobile than they
used to be, surviving on an inadequate state pension and
struggling. I want to support Age Concern Suffolk who provide many
services for older people to help them remain independent and enjoy
later life and to feel less isolated”.
“Please sponsor me as I am aiming to
take between 7 – 14 days to complete the trip with the help of my
father who is towing the caravan behind - so I have somewhere to
lay my head at night and to encourage me on the
way.”
Maggie James, Fundraising Officer
said “we are delighted that Thomas has offered to do this fantastic
challenge to help raise funds for Age Concern Suffolk. We are
celebrating 60 years of providing services for older people in
Suffolk this year and it is our aim this year to celebrate our
Diamond Jubilee 60th anniversary by holding a series of
events and activities to raise awareness of our services, and to
show how we have grown as a charity in response to the needs of
older people over the years. We also want to celebrate the
contribution older people make within the community and to use the
year to continue to highlight our need for
funds.”
If you would like to sponsor Thomas
please contact him on 07955441106 or call in at one of the various
pubs (see list below) where you can add your name to his sponsor
forms or contact me on 01473 298688 or email
maggie.james@ageconcernsuffolk.org.uk.
The Maypole 759 Old Norwich Road,
Ipswich, IP1 6LE.
The 3 Jollys Sailors, 110-112 Handford Rd, IP1 2BH,
The Waterlily 100 St Helens St, IP4 2BL
The Wheatsheaf, Tattingston, IP9 2LY
Photo opportunity: to be arranged
with Thomas on bike
Contact: Maggie
James
Age Concern Suffolk, 14 Hill View
Business Park, Claydon, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6
0AJ
Email:
Maggie.james@ageconcernsuffolk.org.uk
CHALLENGE
EVENTS
JUMP FOR FREE - takes place on various dates and
venues throughout the year - a chance to jump out of a plane
(with training and a parachute, of course) - so if you or anyone
you know would like to try (and get some sponsors for your bravery)
- contact Maggie (details below).