SUPPORT FOR YOU LOCALLY AND DIGITALLY
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Obviously the NHS is there for support you and so too are the Local Authorities which provide social, housing, library and other services. So too are local businesses like gyms and pubs but what is now increasingly recognised is that ‘the community’, organisations of people in your Neighbourhood, or of people facing the same challenge in an group on the Internet, which play a vitally important part in enabling you to live longer better
In every part of the country churches, mosques and other faith organisations play a very important part and AgeUK local branches have a wide range of support services many provided by volunteers. In some parts of the country the charity called the Centre for Ageing Better is developing Age Friendly Communities which are also very helpful in tackling ageism
What is also clear now is that playing an active part in a support organisation not only helps other people but is beneficial for the volunteer, giving them a sense of wellbeing and reducing the risk of dementia