Information and Advice
Our friendly and professional team can guide you through a range of topics to help manage daily living. From how to access community care to helping you to apply for benefits, we’re here to help you or someone you know.
Age Cymru West Glamorgan provides quality assured information and advice on a range of issues relating to people 50 plus, and their carers in Swansea, Bridgend, Neath and Port Talbot. We can advise you on your rights and entitlements, local services and support available to you and those who care for and support you. In particular we specialise in:
Financial planning and budgeting
Tax advice
Health & wellbeing (advice on health services and ways to combat loneliness)
Care & support (advice on adapting your home, care homes etc)
How to avoid scams
Benefits and Entitlements including:
- Full Benefits check
- Attendance Allowance
- Disability Living Allowance
- Pension Credit
- Housing Benefit
- Council Tax Reduction
- Fuel Poverty
For more information on a range of topics to view online, please visit the following: https://www.ageuk.org.uk/cymru/information-advice/information-guides-and-factsheets/
To view our full range of services available with our downloadable PDF document, please click here.
Read our Statement of Service
Contact our Information and Advice Service
Call 01792 648 866
HOPE - Helping others participate and engage
HOPE is a partnership project between Age Cymru, Age Cymru local partners and Age Connects Wales partners throughout Wales. HOPE will deliver advocacy for older people (50+) and carers across Wales.
We are working as part of this exisiting new project, which will be supporting people to; engage, participate, gain information, have their voices heard, understand their rights, make choices, be involved, share experiences, raise awareness of advocacy, and develop skills and knowledge.
The project is funded by Welsh Government under the Sustainable Social Services Grant until the end of March 2023.