Our services
Age UK Wakefield District offers lots of services for older people and their carers.
We pride ourselves on the quality of all that we do, making sure that standards of professional delivery are maintained at all times by both staff and volunteers.
We believe that by listening to the needs of people who use our services and by working together as a team, we are able to deliver services that respond directly to local need.
We are always interested to hear if you can think of ways for us to improve the delivery of our services or if you can see ways for us to develop what we do.
Our services
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Advocacy Service
The Advocacy Service is free and independent and aims to support older people to make informed decisions about their life, often at critical times.
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Befriending
The Community Companions Befriending Scheme provides volunteer Befrienders to isolated older people throughout the whole of the Wakefield District.
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Bereavement Advice and Support
Bereavement Advice and Support Service - BASS - offers practical advice and emotional support to bereaved people over the age of 18.
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Connecting Care
Centred around the needs of people and their carers, local leaders have pooled resources, built multi-professional teams known as Connecting Care Hubs
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Home Shopping Service
The Home Shopping Service offers regular and reliable supermarket shopping direct to your door.
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Home Support Service
A Home Support Service of personally tailored packages of social and domestic support.
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Hospital Transport and Support Service
Age UK Wakefield District provides supported transport for patients aged 60 and over who have been discharged from Pinderfields or Pontefract Hospital.
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Information and Advice
The Information and Advice service supports people aged 50 and over, and their carers who are resident in the Wakefield District.
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Macmillan Cancer Support
The Macmillan Cancer Support Programme is run by Age UK Wakefield District, in partnership with Macmillan, to provide a service for patients who are 50 and over living with breast, colorectal, prostate or gynaecological cancer.
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Social Contact Scheme
The Social Contact Scheme is a free service that aims to enable individuals who have experienced significant change to regain confidence and independence. This could be through a hospital admission, medical condition, or other altered personal circumstance.
Contact us
If you would like to talk to a member of our team about any of our services, activities or volunteering