Support
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Advice and moral support
Dementia UK/Admiral Nurses
Admiral Nurses provide free, life-changing support and advice to anyone affected by dementia.
National helpline: 0800 888 6678
Our local Admiral Nurse, Kate Jones, can be contacted on email or by calling the Single Point of Referral line on 0333 358 4584
Alzheimer’s Society
Providing vital support to help people navigate the daily challenges of life with dementia.
National helpline: 0333 150 3456
Our local Alzheimer's Society link worker is Lisa Wright. She can be contacted by email or by calling on 07925 147326
Alzheimer’s Society Support Forum
Helpful online community where anyone affected by dementia can receive valuable support.
Age UK
The country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life.
The Silver Line
A free confidential helpline providing information, friendship and advice to older people, open 24 hours a day, every day of the year – 0800 4 70 80 90.
Shropshire Telford and Wrekin Dementia Action Alliance
A voluntary organisation that works with dementia friendly community groups across the area.
Click here to access their contact form.
Practical Help
Mayfair Community Centre
Offers an enormous range of services: day care at the Beacon, support for carers, Ring and Ride, Mayfair Meals, CoCo befriending, and MAYSI (supporting independence)
Email or call 01694 722077
Cinnamon Trust
The only specialist national charity which seeks to relieve the problems faced by elderly and terminally ill people and their pets.
Whether you need practical help at home, mobility or wellbeing support, community services, or advice with legal, financial, and specialist needs, you can submit free request and we’ll help you find the right support.
For Carers
Shropshire Council Carers Support Team
Providing information and support for unpaid adult carers in Shropshire.
01743 341995
Dementia Carers Count
A national charity offering a range of free services that give family carers the opportunity to learn and understand more about dementia and to connect with others in a similar situation.
Stress Management for Carers
A course designed to focus on the needs of the carer: teaching them how to reduce their stress, build resilience, and care for themselves. The goal is to help them avoid burn-out, so that they can continue to care at home, for as long as is safely possible.
07716 450707 (Karen Cromwell)
Mobilise
An online service that harnesses the collective knowledge, wisdom, and expertise of unpaid carers, in order to empower those that care to thrive.
Carers Peer Support Group
A friendly and supportive environment to talk to other carers about how dementia affects your life. Run by the Alzheimer’s Society on the second Friday of every month, 2pm - 3.30pm at Mayfair.
01952 250392
A free monthly counselling newsletter to support carers of people living with dementia to feel less alone in what can often be an overwhelming and isolating role, and to help them nurture sustainable, compassionate self-care practices alongside the care they so generously give.
Bereavement
Cruse Bereavement Care
A national charity offering free bereavement support services to people affected by the death of someone close.
0808 808 1677
Tell Us Once
A government service to make it simpler to notify all departments of a death, by giving information only once. A registrar will explain the service when you register the death.