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Cooking meals or getting to the supermarket If you find it hard to cook for yourself or you're having trouble going shopping, you could try: supermarket home delivery service meals on wheels deliveries from your district or borough council lunch clubs at a local day centre find a home care agency to cook your meals using community transport to go to the shops The links above will take you to services on this website. You can also try search terms like 'lunch clubs' along with your postcode or town in the search box on this website. Eating well Healthy Surrey also has advice on eating well.…

Day centres, run by the local district or borough councils, often run activities and lunch clubs. They are great places to meet old and new friends. Some can also provide a mini-bus to pick you up and take you home. If you need transport to go to day centres, or to get out and see friends, look through the community transport organisations , which include Hoppa, Buses4U and Dial-a-ride. Look through these day centres to find one near you or contact your local borough or district council: Elmbridge - centres for the community Epsom and Ewell - communities and wellbeing Guildford - social centres Mole Valley - social centres Reigate and Banstead - community centres Spelthorne - community centres Surrey Heath - centres for older people Tandridge - centres for older people Waverley - active older age Woking - centres for the community There are also day…

personal-relationships There are many activities, day centres and groups available across Surrey: Day centres often run activities and lunch clubs, and some can provide a mini-bus to pick you up and take you home again. Contact your local borough or district council or search ‘ Day centres ' to find something near you. Find your local district or borough council (GOV.UK). Connect to Support Surrey has information on a range of arts and crafts groups and activities and includes: Art Theatre Dance Photography Singing Choirs Bridge Sewing Knitting Gardening Sport and leisure activities on Connect to Support Surrey include: Bowls Tennis Badminton Swimming Golf Cricket Yoga Feeling lonely? Have a look through our Loneliness and Social Isolation page to find some suggestions that could help you stay active and connect with others…

Surrey Short Breaks for Disabled Children funds voluntary organisations and SEND schools to provide short break services, including after school clubs, holiday schemes, home-care and more. The Surrey Children’s Disability Register is a voluntary register for a disability or impairment aged 0 to 18 years and living in Surrey. The register helps Surrey County Council plan and monitor services and also operates as a contact list to provide regular information and consultation about short break opportunities, funded by Surrey County Council, through the Surrey Short Breaks for Disabled Children Team. Telephone: 01372 832896 or apply online . If registered you can access a free Max Card which allows your family access to various activities around the country at a discounted rate. The scheme is also open to new registrations so anyone interested in receiving a Max Card should register…

and people affected by life-limiting illnesses. A palliative-care-trained carer support worker will take over the caring role, giving you, the unpaid carer, regular breaks. Crossroads also run a variety of social clubs for adults with disabilities, including dementia, which may help you to have a break…

If you want to learn a new skill, or need some help with finding a job, there are a number of organisations that can help. Job clubs provide practical help for people looking for employment. Search ‘ job clubs ’ for details of one near you. The Access to Work scheme can help if you have a disability or health condition and can pay for practical support like equipment and travel costs if you are disabled and about to start work. Take a look at the Surrey County Council volunteer web pages to find information on the range of volunteering options available in Surrey or contact one of the volunteer bureaux across Surrey. There are a number of opportunities and facilities across Surrey to enable people with a learning disability or Autism to play an active part in the community. Search ‘ community learning ’ for details of organisations near you. If you need…

as it is upsetting to receive notification of appointments are no longer required. You can nominate a family member or close friend to ring around instead on your behalf. Pull together a checklist. This might include: School Hospital and clinics GP Dentist Health Visitor Clubs your child attended…

Join a dementia support group in Banstead Past Times Memory Clubs…