About us
We're a local charity working in the community to support older people, their families and carers. We want everyone to be able to love later life.
Who we are
Age UK Berkshire is an independent local charity part of the Age UK Brand. We provide integrated health and wellbeing services for older people across Berkshire. We believe that everyone can love later life - we do this by inspiring, supporting and enabling in a number of ways.
Where you can find us
Our office is based in Reading town centre.
How we are funded
We rely on your support to keep serving the community. We are supported by donations from the public, income from service delivery and some charitable grants.
Partnerships
We recognise how important it is to work in partnership with central and local government and voluntary sector organisations in order to ensure that the older people of Berkshire receive the services they need.
What we do
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We give advice
Our trained advisors offer free information and advice to older people and their families. Over the last year our advisors helped local older people to claim tens of thousands of pounds that they were entitled to.
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We offer help at home
We offer home support services to help with shopping, cleaning and gardening. We help over 100 older people to get their food shopping every month.
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We befriend
Our volunteer befrienders visit lonely older people in the community who have no one to talk to. We also support older people to re-connect to their communities and get out and about
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We provide activities
We have a wide range of activity groups and events across Berkshire to give older people the opportunity to keep fit, socialise, or learn a new skill.
You can contact Age UK Berkshire on 0118 959 4242 or email info@ageukberkshire.org.uk