Age Concern Sefton
Information & Advice
Age Concern Sefton is always on hand to help with advice and information on:
Benefits (including Pension Credit, Housing & Council Tax Benefits)
Pensions
Legal Matters
Money Advice
Advocacy
Housing
Information on Nursing & Rest Homes
You are welcome to call at our Information & Advice Office between 10.00 - 2.00 pm Monday - Friday at Tulketh Street, Southport, PR8 1AW
Telephone 01704 542993
Bereavement & Loss Counselling & Befriending Service
Age Concern Sefton Bereavement & Loss Counselling Service provides free and confidential support to anyone aged 49 and over who has been bereaved, has suffered a loss or who is the primary carer for a terminally ill person.
You may be recently bereaved or still feel upset, angry and resentful months or even years later and unable to think of a future without your loved one or you may be struggling to come to terms with the impending death of a terminally ill loved one.
People may feel uncomfortable confronting grief, however close they are, and your family will have their own grief to contend with and may be unable to comfort and support you.
Bereavement or loss and long or short-term caring for a loved one can result in isolation and loneliness.
However you are feeling if you want to have someone to talk to, in complete confidence, we are here to help you.
Our volunteers are selected, trained and supervised to a high standard in order to deliver our confidential Counselling & Befriending service.
Appointments are arranged for you to take place at our office in Southport or in certain circumstances, in your own home.
Client confidentiality is assured at all times and we abide by the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy ethical framework.
You can contact us by telephone, fax or email at:
Age Concern Sefton Bereavement & Loss Counselling Service
Tel No: 01704 536082
Email: Bereavement.Loss@acliverpool.org.uk
Fax No: 01704 536091
Between 10 am and 4 pm
Monday to Friday
You can be referred in a number of ways, for example via a self referral, by your General Practitioner, a health professional, a social worker, a family member or a friend.
Active Aging
This includes Sit & Keep Fit Classes, Tai Chi, Cycling and Walking groups. The classes consist of a chair bases
Sit & Keep Fit exercises are developed to strengthen and utilize the muscles used in everyday activities. There is a gradual progression leading to optimum fitness thereby promoting the confidence essential for continued independent living.
Sit & Keep Fit exercises are a person-centred activity. You do as much or as little as you feel able.
Each session is totally self-governed.
Tai Chi Exercise specifically designed to:
Improve ability & performance of everyday tasks
Strengthen those important muscle groups
Improve posture & balance
Improve motor skills
Increase body awareness
Stimulate memory
Interaction with others
Will I have to pay to join a class?
If you need costs let me know and I will send them over.
Cycling Club
JOIN OUR CHAIN GANG
WE INVITE CYCLISTS OF ALL ABILITES
Age 49+
Takes place the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month.
Walking Group
Meet on a Thursday (no regular time schedule set).
Please contact the office for programmes (time and meeting points)
All walks must be booked 48 hours prior to walks by telephoning the office on
01704 542993
All walks are accompanied by qualified walk leaders.
Programmes will be published over the coming months.
IT
This service enables clients to receive basic computer training.
Each client is able to obtain six one hour sessions.
Insurance
Insurance Service are currently run from this office on Tuesdays only, from 10.00am to 2.00pm,
Policies covered are Home and Contents, Travel Insurance and Funeral Costs.