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Information and Advice

  • Location: Age UK Coventry and Warwickshire
  • Price: Free
Call 02476231999 for more info

Please note, this service is not available outside Age UK Coventry & Warwickshire - Head Office's catchment area.

Our lines are open Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 3.30pm, except bank holidays.

Age UK Coventry & Warwickshire offers a free, confidential and quality-accredited advice service for anyone over 50, their families and carers.

If you live in Coventry and are over 18 with a physical health condition and/or dementia, we can also support you.

How can you help me?

We can provide information and signposting on a wide range of issues affecting older people. Popular topics include:

• Welfare benefits
• Housing and care options
• Aids and adaptations
• Help at home
• Navigating the social care system
• Power of Attorney and wills
• Money matters, including scams

We stock a wide range of free information guides and factsheets, which you can also download via the link below:

https://www.ageuk.org.uk/coventryandwarwickshire/our-services/information-and-advice/information-and-advice/

Advice

If you require advice, we can arrange a telephone appointment with one of our friendly, trained advisors. We can provide advice in the following areas:

• Welfare benefit entitlement (including in certain scenarios completing health-related benefit forms and appeals)
• Social Care rights, including funding

Home or community venue visits can sometimes be arranged.

I&A Quality Programme

Our Information and Advice Service is proud to have received the Age UK I&A Quality Programme and Advice Quality Standard.

More information is available on this page:

https://www.ageuk.org.uk/coventryandwarwickshire/our-services/information-and-advice/information-and-advice/