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Macmillan Brain Cancer Rehab Service
Little Book of Support
Practical Resources to assist you to live well with brain cancer
Issue 1: February 2019
CONTENTS: Pages
Brain Care Support Organisations 1-2
Support for Carers 3-4
Health & Wellbeing 5-7
Benefits 8-12
Equipment 13-15
Mobility 16
Transport 17-21
Holiday & Travel Advice 22-23
Social Groups & Clubs 24-27
Handyman Schemes 28-30
Online Community Support 31
Additional Notes 32-33
Personal Community Contacts 34
Brain Care Support Organisations Macmillan Cancer Support: Tel: 0808 808 0000 www.macmillan.org.uk Macmillan Brain Cancer Rehabilitation (BrainCARE) Team: Tel: 01923 299100 Email: [email protected] www.hct.nhs.uk/our-services/macmillan-brain-care-team/ The Brain Tumour Charity Tel: 0808 800 0004 Email: [email protected] www.thebraintumourcharity.org brainstrust Tel: 01983 292405 Email: [email protected] www.brainstrust.org.uk Brain Tumour Action Tel: 0131 4663116 Email: [email protected] www.braintumouraction.org.uk Brain & Spine Foundation Tel: 0808 808 1000 [email protected] www.brainandspine.org.uk
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Headway Hertfordshire Tel: 0808 800 2244 Email: [email protected] www.headway-herts.org.uk Meningioma UK Tel: 01787 374084 [email protected] www.meningiomauk.org Marie Curie Tel: 0800 090 2309 Support Line www.mariecurie.org.uk/help Age UK In Touch Emotional Support Line: Monday to Friday 9am – 4:30pm. Tel: 01992 629358 or 01992 634964 or 01992 642356 Email: [email protected] www.ageuk.org.uk/hertfordshire/our-services/intouch
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Support for Carers Carers in Hertfordshire Tel: 01992 586969 Email: [email protected] www.carersinherts.org.uk
Carers UK Tel: 0808 808 7777 Email: [email protected] www.carersuk.org Care Choices – National list of care providers Tel: 01223 207770 www.carechoices.co.uk/region/east-of-england/hertfordshire Continuing Health Care (CHC) West Herts Tel: 01442 898 888 Email: [email protected]
Continuing Health Care (CHC) East Herts Tel: 01707 685260 Email: [email protected]
Crossroads Care (Carers Breaks) Tel: 01462 427013 / 01462 427547 Email: [email protected] https://crossroadshn.org.uk/
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Herts Help – Help finding Care & Support Services Tel: 0300 123 4044 Email: [email protected] www.hertshelp.net/our-services/help-finding-the-right-care-services.aspx
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Health & Wellbeing
Hertfordshire Special Care Dental Services Tel: 01582 714195 or 01582 714196 Clinics: Hoddesdon, Hemel Hempstead, Letchworth, Watford Herts Independent Living Service (HILS) in partnership with A1 Opticians - FREE Eye Tests HILS, working in partnership with A1 Optician offer a FREE Home Eye Testing Service and spectacle fitting to all of their Hertfordshire clients. Self/ family referral. Tel FREE: 0800 023 4964 Email: [email protected] Hertfordshire Health Walks (HHW) Find walks near you – register as a walker: www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/recycling-waste-and-environment/countryside-management/hertfordshire-health-walks/hertfordshire-health-walks.aspx Health in Herts – Keep Active – Hertfordshire County Council www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/health-in-herts/keep-active/keep-active.aspx Macmillan Move More A guide to becoming more active with digital support: https://be.macmillan.org.uk/be/s-840-move-more.aspx Age UK – Find an exercise class near you www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/health-wellbeing/fitness/
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NHS – 5 Steps to mental wellbeing: www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/improve-mental-wellbeing/ Garden House Hospice Care - Letchworth Hawthorne Centre – Well Being Services: Include: physiotherapy, complementary therapies and hairdressing, coping well programme, tai chi, fatigue and breathlessness workshops. Ask your GP or healthcare professional to refer you. Tel: 01462 416792 Email: [email protected] www.ghhospicecare.org.uk Isabel Hospice – Welwyn Garden City Living well sessions include: complementary therapies, relaxation sessions, exercise sessions, fatigue and breathlessness management sessions. To support people living with serious, long-term or life limiting conditions and those close to them. Tel: 01707 382500 Email: [email protected] www.isabelhospice.org.uk Peace Hospice – Watford Starlight Centre – rehabilitative and wellbeing interventions and workshops, including counselling, social, spiritual and emotional wellbeing support and physiotherapy groups to support people from the earliest stage of their illness. For patients recently diagnosed or living with a serious illness and their Carers and families. Continued ..
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You can self-refer or ask your GP or healthcare professional to refer you. Contact the Community Liaison Team: Tel: 01923 330330 Email: [email protected] www.peacehospicecare.org.uk Rennie Grove Hospice – St Albans Day Services offer therapies to improve wellbeing including: Occupational therapy, physiotherapy, yoga and tai chi, auricular acupuncture. For people registered with a GP in St Albans & Harpenden catchment, who are living with a life-limiting condition or cancer. A Health Care Professional involved in your care including your GP can refer you. Contact patient and family services: Tel: 01727 713000 Email: [email protected] www.renniegrove.org The Hospice of St Francis – Berkhamsted Spring Centre - for individuals diagnosed with a serious illness. Everyone who comes to the Spring Centre is seen initially by a senior nurse who will spend time getting to know you, understand your illness and how it is affecting your daily life. They will recommend services which may include physiotherapy, complementary or creative therapy to help improve wellbeing, health, independence and confidence. You can self-refer or ask your healthcare professional or GP to refer you. Tel: 01442 869550 Email: [email protected] www.stfrancis.org.uk
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BENEFITS GOV.UK – Financial Help if you’re disabled: www.gov.uk/financial-help-disabled Hertfordshire Macmillan Benefits Advice Service Macmillan Cancer Support is working with Hertfordshire County Council to offer benefits information, advice and support to people affected by cancer. Tel: 01438 843456 Email: [email protected] www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/macmillanbenefits Money Advice Service Advice on benefits and debt. Tel: 0800 138 1777 Email: [email protected] www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk Universal Credit Helpline: Universal Credit is a payment to help with your living costs. It’s paid monthly. You may be able to get it if you’re on a low income or out of work. Tel: 0800 328 5644 Mon-Fri 8am to 6pm www.gov.uk/universal-credit
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Attendance Allowance helpline: Attendance Allowance helps with extra costs if you have a disability severe enough that you need someone to help look after you. Tel: 0800 731 0122 www.gov.uk/attendance-allowance Disability Advice Service Centre: Get advice or information about a claim you’ve already made for Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance or Personal Independence Payment: Disability Living Allowance (DLA) (being replaced by PIP) If you’ve made a claim for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and you want to talk about Disability Living Allowance, you need to call the PIP number instead.
If you were born after 8 April 1948 Tel: 0800 121 4600 Textphone: 0800 121 4523 NGT text relay (if you cannot hear or speak on the phone): 18001 then 0800 121 4600 Monday to Friday 8am-7:30pm
Attendance Allowance (AA): Attendance Allowance is a payment available to people aged over 65 who, due to an illness or disability, would benefit from help with washing, dressing or eating, during the day or overnight. Attendance Allowance isn’t means tested and is available to anyone over 65 years of age who meets the eligibility criteria. Continued ..
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Tel: 0800 731 0122 Textphone: 0800 731 0317 NGT text relay (if you cannot hear or speak on the phone): 18001 then 0800 731 0122 Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Helpline: The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a payment made available by UK government to help people in poor health or with disabilities, to cover their expenses. Subsidies are awarded in amounts between £21.80 and £139.75 a week, depending on the applicant’s needs. Contact PIP and ask for a DS1500 form using the PIP contact number. Tel: 0800 917 2222 www.gov.uk/pip/what-youll-get Carer’s Allowance Money to help you look after someone who needs to be cared for. Apply online or use form DS700. Tel: 0800 138 1777 www.gov.uk/apply-carers-allowance Employment & Support Allowance (ESA) There are 3 types of Employment & Support Allowance (ESA): ‘new style’ ESA contribution-based ESA Income-based ESA The type you will get depends on your circumstances. You will need to check check you’re eligible for ESA. You can apply for ESA if you are employed, self-employed or unemployed. Continued ..
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Apply for ‘new style’ ESA over the phone: Tel: 0800 328 5644 Textphone: 0800 328 1344 Monday to Friday, 8am -6pm
Contribution-based and income-related ESA: Call the contact centre to apply for contribution-based and income-related ESA: Contact centre Tel: 0800 055 6688 Textphone: 0800 023 4888 NGT text relay (if you cannot hear or speak on the phone): 18001 then 0800 055 6688 Monday to Friday 8am-6pm
Pension Credit Pension Credit is an income-related benefit made up of 2 parts – Guarantee Credit and Savings Credit. Pension Credit claim line Telephone: 0800 99 1234 Textphone: 0800 169 0133 NGT text relay (if you cannot hear or speak on the phone): 18001 then 0800 99 1234 Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm www.gov.uk/pension-credit Council tax disability reduction scheme Check with your council if you’re eligible for a discount which will reduce the Council Tax you pay. Apply through your Local Council www.gov.uk/apply-for-council-tax-discount
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Hertfordshire Warmer Home Scheme You could be entitled to free or discounted home energy improvements. The Hertfordshire Warmer Homes Scheme could help if you are on a low income or receiving certain benefits. Hertfordshire Warmer Homes scheme is run in partnership with Hertfordshire County Council and the 10 district and borough councils in Hertfordshire. Home improvements are delivered by YES Energy Solutions Limited. Tel: 0300 123 4044 – local rate Email: [email protected] www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/health-in-herts/healthy-places/warmer-homes/hertfordshire-warmer-homes-scheme.aspx
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Equipment:
Hertfordshire Action on Disability (HAD): equipment shop WGC Equipment which you can take home the same day, including: bathroom and toilet equipment special chairs and cushions walking sticks and frames cooking and eating aids. Your OT can assist with choosing the right equipment for you. Tel. 01707 324581 http://www.hadnet.org.uk/shop/how-to-order.aspx Equipment to Purchase: Nottingham Rehab Supplies (NRS): 0845 121 8113 Performance Health: 08444 124 330 OT Healthcare Equipment: 0845 260 7061 Alphamarque St. Albans: 01727 837836 Find Equipment online: AskSARA: free and easy to use
AskSARA is an award-winning online self-help guide providing expert advice and information on products and equipment for older and disabled adults and children. https://asksara.dlf.org.uk/
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Hertfordshire Equipment Service: Tel: 01707 292555. Returning Equipment- You can return unwanted equipment loaned to you by Hertfordshire Equipment Service. It should have a label on saying where it’s from. To arrange a collection: Email: [email protected] Return equipment yourself to: Hertfordshire Equipment Service Mundells Welwyn Garden City AL7 1FT Red Cross (LOAN AND SALE OF EQUIPMENT) Hemel Hempstead: 01442 260157 Bushey: 01923 804283 Croxley Green: 01923 720485 New Assisted Daily Living Purchase Equipment online: https://giftshop.redcross.org.uk/category/assisted-daily-living-products Remap: Custom made equipment to help disabled people live more independent lives: Remap Hertfordshire South: Contact Di Stevens on 07514 211393 or 01442 392309 Email: [email protected] http://hertfordshire-south.remap.org.uk/
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Remap Hertfordshire North Contact Bruce Carr on 01462 673375 or Peter Titterton on 01763 853163 Email:[email protected] http://hertfordshire-north.remap.org.uk Remap Central office - Tel 01732 760209 Email: [email protected] and we will put you in touch with the right group.
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Mobility:
Mobility Scooters and Powered Wheelchairs – The Rules www.gov.uk/mobility-scooters-and-powered-wheelchairs-rules Millbrook Wheelchair Services Hertfordshire Tel: 0333 234 0303 Email: [email protected] Wheelchair Loan in Herts (British Red Cross) Tel: 0344 871 11 11 Email: [email protected] www.redcross.org.uk/get-help/borrow-a-wheelchair Wheelchair Maintenance Services (Better Mobility Ltd) Tel: 01442 768782 Hemel Hempstead Tel: 01438 861732 Stevenage Note: private service – we do not have jurisdiction over the quality of this service. SHOPMOBILITY: (for loan of mobility scooters) Watford: 01923 211020 St Albans: 01727 819339 Hemel Hempstead: 01442 259259
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Transport
Government Support Sites: www.gov.uk/transport-disabled Helpful information on using public transport, vehicle tax exemptions, car adaptations, the Motability Scheme and the Blue Badge Scheme. www.gov.uk/browse/disabilities Transport rights, disability living allowance, adapting your home and more. Blue Badge: Disability parking permit. A blue badge lets you park nearer to your destination if you are disabled. For help completing the application form or obtaining relevant documentation, call Herts Direct: Tel: 0300 123 4042. Email: [email protected]
www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/adult-social-services/disability/blue-badge/blue-badge.aspx?
Bus Passes: HCC Adult Services - free bus passes for patients with a life limiting or terminal illness. Applications such as these will be approved, and should be applied for online: Continued .. Page 17
www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/adult-social-services/transport-for-older-people-and-disabled-people/bus-passes-for-disabled-people.aspx For queries or to discuss a bus pass application – contact Hertfordshire Council – Adult Social Services: Tel: 0300 123 4042 or 0300 1232 4050
Community Transport Hertfordshire: Community Transport Hertfordshire’s objective is to support people to live independently and access services through the use of community transport. This website provides information to community transport users within Hertfordshire. Tel: 01462 689402 Email: [email protected] For further information and to search for transport: https://communitytransportherts.org/about-community-transport-hertfordshire/
Hertfordshire Action on Disability (HAD): Hertfordshire Action on Disability (HAD) offer a 24 hour accessible transport service to help disabled people to work, shopping, doctor’s appointments, holidays and other leisure activities. Contact HAD for information on pricing. Tel: 01707 324581 Email: [email protected] www.hadnet.org.uk/services/transport/24hour-accessible.aspx
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Community/Voluntary/Transport Schemes: Voluntary Car Driver Scheme A volunteer driver will take you from your house to a medical related appointment. Charges will apply.. The volunteer driver will wait a certain length of time for you. Cost per mile and wait times varies according different schemes https://communitytransportherts.org/schemes/car-schemes/ Includes: Bovingdon care scheme – Community Transport Herts Tel: 01442 832999 / Mobile: 07376 832999 https://communitytransportherts.org/schemes/car-schemes/bovingdon-care/ Bushey & Oxhey Care Scheme: Tel: 020 8950 3330 http://www.busheyandoxheycare.org.uk/index.html Broxbourne Hospital Shuttle (run by WRVS) Tel: 01992 640322 https://www.royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk/services/908-transport Chorleywood care scheme: Tel: 01923 282232 Community Action Dacorum CVS: Tel: 01442 212888 http://www.communityactiondacorum.org/community-transport/4579955523
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East Herts Community Transport: Tel: 0300 123 1677 http://www.drivenbythecommunity.org.uk/contact/ Hertford Neighbour Scheme: Tel: 01992 552069 https://www.royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk/services/2658-transport Hertsmere Community Transport (covers Borehamwood & Potters Bar) Tel: 0208 207 5055 www.hertsmerecommunitytransport.org/community-car-scheme North Herts (including Stevenage): Tel: 01462 689402 http://www.nhcvstransport.org.uk/ Royston & District Community Transport: Tel: 01763 245228 https://www.roytrans.co.uk/
St Albans Good Neighbour Scheme Tel: 01727 830713 https://sagns.org/
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Watford &Three Rivers Community Cars: Telephone: 01923 216964 E-mail: [email protected] www.communitycars.help/ Welwyn & Hatfield CVS Car Scheme: Tel: 01707 273875 http://www.whcvs.org.uk/community-car-scheme/ Macmillan – Help with the cost of Travel: If you are worried about the cost of travelling, help may be available. Macmillan and other charities provide grants for people affected by cancer who have a low income and meet certain criteria. For more information on grants: Macmillan Support Line: 0808 808 0000 www.macmillan.org.uk/grants www.macmillan.org.uk/moneyworries
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Holiday & Travel Advice
3H Helping Hands for Holidays: Subsidised group holidays providing valuable respite for carers. Tel: 01892 860207
Email: [email protected]
https://www.3hfund.org.uk/ Tourism for All: Making accessible travel easier. Tel: 0845 124 9971 Email: [email protected] www.tourismforall.org.uk
Tourism Abroad – Disabled Accessibility Contact via website: www.ta-da.org.uk Access Travel Providing wheelchair access holidays. Tel: 07973 114365 Email: [email protected] www.access-travel.co.uk Enable Holidays (accessible tailor-made holidays for wheelchair users) Tel: 0871 222 4939 Email: [email protected]
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Revitalise Respite Holidays For disabled people and Carers. Tel: 0303 303 0145 Email: [email protected] www.revitalise.org.uk/vitalise_holidays The Hase Foundation Funding for holidays and days out for disabled people and Carers. 01442 212999 Email: [email protected] www.thehasefoundation.org Travel Insurance: Brain Tumour Charity Factsheet: https://assets.thebraintumourcharity.org/live/media/filer_public/30/f4/30f44067-ce74-4ab0-845e-09a86aece48e/travelling-with-brain-tumour-v2-cp-factsheet.pdf
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Social Groups & Clubs
Hertfordshire County Council – Day Services: Find a Day Service near you: www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/adult-social-services/day-services-and-activities/day-services-for-you.aspx brainstrust – Meet Ups: Members of the Brains Trust Community get together to have fun, no matter what your role (carer, patient, health care professional) you can share experiences and seek information only if you want to. To see a list of upcoming Meet Ups across the UK: https://brainstrust.org.uk/brain-tumour-support/
Garden House Hospice Care - Letchworth Hawthorne Centre – Well Being Services: Include: Time to talk coffee mornings; sharing stories for wellbeing; choir, first Friday coffee, drop-in informal sessions. Ask your GP or healthcare professional to refer you. Tel: 01462 416792 Email: [email protected] www.ghhospicecare.org.uk Isabel Hospice – Welwyn Garden City Living well sessions include: Social drop in, Creative Café, Feel Good Singing, Neurological Support Group. Continued .. ..
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Supports people living with serious, long-term or life limiting conditions and those close to them. Tel: 01707 382500 Email: [email protected] www.isabelhospice.org.uk Peace Hospice – Watford Starlight Centre - A community hub for meeting, support, workshops, learning and to meet socially. For patients recently diagnosed or living with a serious illness and their Carers and families. You can self-refer or ask your GP or healthcare professional to refer you. Contact the Community Liaison Team: Tel: 01923 330330 Email: [email protected] www.peacehospicecare.org.uk Rennie Grove Hospice – St Albans For people registered with a GP in St Albans & Harpenden catchment, who are living with a life-limiting condition or cancer. A Health Care Professional involved in your care including your GP can refer you. If you are already known to Rennie Grove, you can be referred by a member of staff. Alternatively you can refer yourself by either phoning 01727 731013. Weekly drop in sessions, family support services, information and support service. Contact patient and family services: Tel: 01727 713000 Email: [email protected] www.renniegrove.org
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The Hospice of St Francis, Berkhamsted - Spring Centre Creative and complementary therapies. Several creative therapies running each month. For individuals diagnosed with a serious illness. You can self-refer or ask your healthcare professional or GP to refer you. Tel: 01442 869550 Email: [email protected] www.stfrancis.org.uk Headway Hertfordshire – Reconnect Weekly groups offering opportunities to learn new skills and meet new friends. – run by co-ordinators who facilitate games, exercises and practical tasks to improve confidence, prevent isolation and give carers a break. Tel: 0300 330 1455 Email: [email protected] www.headway-herts.org.uk Age & UK: 10 to 3 Clubs Tel: 0300 345 3446 E-mail: [email protected] www.ageuk.org.uk/
Disability Swimming Session – Laura Trott Leisure Centre: The disability swimming session is for anyone with a disability (physical, learning or sensory) at the Laura Trott Leisure Centre has excellent changing facilities, with changing bed and hoist system, for those people who have a severe disability Tel: 01992 6234455 Disability Swimming Session - The Laura Trott Leisure Centre
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East Herts Disability Club Directory: Special Olympic East Herts (SOEH) work in partnership with agencies to create and sustain opportunities for people with a learning and or physical disability to become involved in sport and physical activity through the continued development of SOEH training sessions and regular competitions. Main contact: Janet Warrington Tel: 01920 870027 Email: [email protected] www.specialolympicseastherts.org/disability_club.php Aspire Pool – Aspire Leisure Centre, Stanmore, Middlesex: Situated on the grounds of the Royal National Orthopedic Hospital, Stanmore, the first of its kind with the potential to benefit disabled people. Tel: 020 8954 5759 Email: [email protected] www.aspireleisurecentre.org.uk
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Home Improvement &
Handy Person Schemes for anyone with a Disability Herts Home Improvement Agency Provide advice and support to families who are having common adaptations made to enable you to stay independent in your home. Appointment arranged to visit and discuss needs and options. Contact us to arrange a visit or call back from our team Contact form on the website: www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/microsites/herts-home-improvement-agency/menu/home-adaptations.aspx Age UK - find out with a postcode search if your local Age UK offers handyperson services: www.ageuk.org.uk/services/in-your-area/handyperson-services/ A handyperson is usually a charged-for service and the cost will vary dependent on the work being undertaken. Exact handyperson services differ from place to place, but these are the sorts of jobs they can usually help with:
Small repairs - putting up curtain rails, shelves and pictures
Safety measures - fitting smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detectors and grab rails
Home security - door and window locks, door chains and door viewers
Energy efficiency checks - installing draught excluders, radiator heat reflectors and energy efficient light bulbs.
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Age UK - Dacorum & Watford areas: Work in partnership with Hertfordshire County Council, local councils, voluntary organisations, Hertfordshire Police and Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue. For a quote or an estimate for a job or for further information, please contact Linda (details below). Tel: 01442 259049 Email: [email protected]
Watford Community Housing Trust: Handy person service - Watford Community Housing has partnered with AgeUK to offer a service for elderly or disabled tenants, to help them to complete small jobs and repairs around their homes Tel: 0800 218 2247 Email: [email protected] www.wcht.org.uk/handyperson-service Watford & Three Rivers Handyperson Service – via Hertfordshire County Council The booking line is open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Our Handyperson can provide appointments Monday to Thursday, 10am to 3pm. A visit is arranged in order to provide a full quote for
the job and discuss charges in advance. There is a minimum charge of £20.00 for the first hour and subsequent time charged at £5.00 per quarter of an hour. The cost of materials will be charged in addition to the cost of labour. In order to keep costs to a minimum we recommend that users group jobs together. Tel: 01923 216965 – contact Adrian Heywood E-mail: [email protected] www.w3rt.org/
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Trustmark Traders TrustMark is the Government Endorsed Quality Scheme covering work a consumer chooses to have carried out in or around their home. Tel: 0333 555 1234 https://www.trustmark.org.uk/find-a-tradesman Hertfordshire Fire & Rescue Service: Arrange a Safe & Well Visit Tel: 0300 123 4046: Mon-Fri 8am-8pm / Sat 9am-4pm https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/ufs/ufsmain;jsessionid=64A8F81FE5877FE758AB47F6608B4CE0?ebz=1_1547124655630&ebd=0
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Online Support Communities
Macmillan Cancer: Brain Tumour https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer_types/brain-cancer/discussions Glioblastoma Multiforme https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer_types/glioblastoma_multiforme_brain_tumour/ Low grade https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer_types/low-grade_brain_tumours/ The Brain Tumour Charity https://www.thebraintumourcharity.org/get-support/online-support/ Live Chat https://www.thebraintumourcharity.org/get-support/online-support/live-chat/ Live Discussions https://www.thebraintumourcharity.org/get-support/online-support/live-discussions/
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Additional Notes:
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My Personal Community Contacts:
Community Nurse Specialist Neuro Oncology …………………………..… Macmillan Brain Cancer Rehab Team …………………………..… Community Physiotherapy …………………………..… Community Occupational Therapist ..…………………………… Herts Speech & Language Therapist …………………………..… Herts Nutrition & Dietetics …………………………..… Herts Adult Health & Community Services ……………………………. Psychological Wellbeing & Counselling Services .…………………………… Herts Benefits Advisory Service ……………………………. Specialist Palliative Care Services ...…………………………. Herts Sensory Services (hearing, vision) ……………………………. Hospice Therapy Services .……………………………. Hospice at Home .……………………………. Hospice Inpatient Services .…………………………….
Page 34 Macmillan Brain CARE Team Hertfordshire Neurological Services Neurological Outpatient Unit Langley House Garston, Watford Herts WD25 9FG Tel: 01923 299100 Email: [email protected]