Wellbeing Support

Age UK Hull is an independent local charity. They have been working in the local community to help older people for over 60 years.

They have many dedicated staff and volunteers helping us to deliver services and activities for older people in Hull.

Their main office is based at the Silvester House, Silvester Street and they operate an information and advice service throughout the city of Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire area.

Alzheimer’s Society is the UK’s leading dementia charity. They campaign for change, fund research to find a cure and support people living with dementia today.

Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. Someone develops it every three minutes and there’s currently no cure.

We must confront the biggest health and social care challenge of our time.

Thanks to public support, Alzheimer’s Society is facing dementia head-on and is calling on everyone to unite. Working together to achieve our vision – a world without dementia.

The Citizens Advice Hull & East Riding (CAB) provides free, confidential, impartial and independent advice and information on a wide range of subjects. These include debt, money advice, benefits, employment, housing, relationships and family, consumer, travel, tax, health, immigration and discrimination problems.

The advice can be accessed through face to face meetings, over the phone, by letter or by email.

Advisers can help with benefit checks, completing complex forms and negotiating with third parties such as:

• The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP).
• Creditors – which you owe money.
• Writing letters to Councils.
• Employers.
• Landlords.

The services provided by Citizens Advice Hull & East Riding are free of charge.

Dementia is an umbrella term used to describe a range of progressive neurological disorders, that is, conditions affecting the brain.

There are over 200 subtypes of dementia, but the five most common are: Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, frontotemporal dementia and mixed dementia.

Some people may have a combination of different types of dementia and these are commonly called mixed dementia.

Dementia affects people in different ways, depending on the type of dementia. The impact can be physical, emotional and psychological, and can also profoundly change the practicalities of everyday life.

Mind provides advice and support to empower anyone experiencing mental health problems. They campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

Every year, one in four of us will experience a mental health problem. But hundreds of thousands of people are still struggling.

At Mind they believe no one should have to face a mental health problem alone. They will listen, give you support and advice, and fight your corner.

Whatever you’re facing, a Samaritan will face it with you.

Every day, Samaritans volunteers respond to around 10,000 calls for help.

They are available, day or night, for anyone who’s struggling to cope, who needs someone to listen without judgement or pressure.

They give people ways to cope and the skills to be there for others. And they encourage, promote and celebrate those moments of connection between people that can save lives.

They offer listening and support to people and communities in times of need.

Women’s Aid is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children. They are a federation of over 180 organisations providing just under 300 lifesaving services to women and children across England.

Their work is built on over 40 years of campaigning and developing new responses to domestic abuse.

Women’s Aid provides a number of online support options, including our Live Chat Helpline, and The Survivors’ Forum.

The Mental Health Crisis Intervention Team is for adults aged 18 to 64. It is an urgent care service for people living in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire who are experiencing an acute mental health crisis.

This service is community-based and includes doctors, psychologists, nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, healthcare assistants and associate practitioners.

They provide crisis interventions through telephone support, assessments and intensive community based treatment via the Home Treatment Team. Assessments and treatment can take place virtually via phone and video call, or in an appropriate community setting such as a NHS site, or your own home.

The service operates seven days a week, 24 hours a day, for individuals (and their families/carers) who are registered with a Hull or East Riding GP.