There are a range of services available to pensioners and people over 65 in Waltham Forest, including:
- Help in the home
Community alarm telephones, community equipment, meals on wheels and other services - Help outside the home
Day centres - Specialised housing and residential services
Sheltered housing, residential and nursing care - Mental health services
Dementia support, day service activities, drug and alcohol problems, supported accommodation and locality mental health teams - Freedom passes
How to obtain a free bus pass - Other services for adults and older people
Services for people with sight or hearing difficulties, charging for services and direct payments, services for carers, and information for people with learning disabilities
Useful links
- Age Concern Waltham Forest - Support, advice and news from Age Concern Waltham Forest
- Independent Age - Provide support in the home
- Help the Aged - Support, advice and news
- Alzheimer's Society - Support for people with dementia, their carers and families
- The Pension Service website - Information of both state and private pensions
- Age Positive - Encourages employers to make decision about recruitment that do not discriminate against older people
- Universal Beneficent Society (UBS) - A national charity helping older people in the UK who are living on very low incomes
- Sports - Information on sporting activities in Waltham Forest
Contact us
You can contact us by:- Calling Waltham Forest Direct on 020 8496 3000
- Visiting your local Social Services office
