Local Support

Care & Repair

Bridgend County Care & Repair aims to enable older people and people with disabilities to remain living independently in their own homes through the improvement of their housing conditions and their level of comfort, safety and wellbeing.

Visit the Care and Repair website

Age Connects Morgannwg

Age Connects Morgannwg offer a wide range of information, advice and services to help older people stay living independently for as long as possible. Their work is designed to put you first and make life easier and offer independent and confidential information, advice and support on a variety of issues such as care, legal, health, housing, income and benefits, consumer, leisure, learning and work.

Visit the Age Connects website

Falls Prevention Service

Have you had a fall? Are you worried about falling or feeling a bit unsteady?

If so, you may be suitable for a falls ‘MOT’. You will be seen by a member of the falls prevention team who can offer you advice/education around preventing falls. The team also offer exercise groups based in the community to improve your strength and balance.

Call the Falls Prevention Team on 01443 715013.

Older People’s Commissioner for Wales

The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales’ latest information guide – GP Practices in Wales: A Guide for Older People provides information on older people’s rights and what they can expect in terms of services and support from their GP practice, as well as details of organisations that can offer help to older people who are experiencing difficulties.

Visit the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales website

Call the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales Team on 03442 640 670.

National Support

Dementia UK

Dementia UK offers specialist one-to-one support and expert advice for people living with dementia.

Visit the Dementia UK website

Age UK

Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. Age UK believe in a world where everyone can love later life and we work every day to achieve this.

Visit the Age UK website

The Silver Line

The Silver Line is the only free confidential helpline providing information, friendship and advice to older people, open 24 hours a day, every day of the year

Visit the The Silver Line website

Cinnamon Trust

Cinnamon Trust is the only specialist national charity which seeks to relieve the anxieties, problems, and sometimes injustices, faced by elderly and terminally ill people and their pets, thereby saving a great deal of human sadness and animal suffering.

Visit the Cinnamon Trust website