Support during Coronavirus epidemic
Our telephone lines are manned Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm - 01254 266620
Our services for you
Expert advice
We offer you free, confidential and expert advice through our information service. If you need to know about social care, housing, scams or legal issues, we are here to help.
Health & Wellbeing
We provide a range of services including befriending, nail care, Community activities, physical activity sessions and IT tuition
Community Day Care services
We provide specialist day time support for physically or mentally frail over 50s including those living with dementia
News and information
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Welfare Pack
If you are struggling to fill your days at home then our free welfare pack contains lots of hints and tips on keeping well and active in the home, ideas for activities & some quizes, crosswords, colouring and wordsearches . To request your pack complete our enquiry form below, give us a ring on 01254 266620 or message us via our social media
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Online exercise sessions
If you want to get active at home then follow Alison our Active Ageing Coordinator's online sessions on our You Tube Channel. There is something for everyone regardless of fitness or ability
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What have we been up to
We have been extremely busy since the start of the Coronavirus helping older people in a wide range of ways. If you could support our increased costs at this time we would be very grateful
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Our Charity shop suffered a leak in early March and is still being repaired. We do not currently have a fixed opening date although we are hoping to open as soon as possible when it is safe to do so, initially with restricted opening hours. We look forward to seeing our customers soon
Our quality marks
Age UK Blackburn with Darwen has achieved the Age UK Charity Quality Standard (CQS). The CQS is externally assessed by quality assessment experts, SGS.