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Useful organisations for older people

Local support groups for older people
 
Wargrave Pop in Club for the Elderly
c/o Langhams Way
Wargrave 
Berks
 
Gemini Retirement Club
Woodley Airfield Centre
Hurricane Way
Woodley
 
Earley and Woodley Stroke Club
16 Ashtrees Road
Woodley
Reading
 
Other national and local organisations
 
Age Concern
Astral House
1268 London Road
London SW16 4ER
Telephone: 020 8765 7200
Email: web@ace.org.uk
 
British Dental Association
64 Wimpole Street
London W1G 8YS
Telephone: 020 7563 4135
Fax: 020 7486 3309
 
British Heart Foundation
14 Fitzhardinge Street
London W1H 6DH
Telephone: 020 7935 0185  
Fax 020 7486 5820
 
British Red Cross (Berkshire branch)
90 Eastern Avenue
Reading RG1 5SF
Telephone: 0118 966 6645
Fax: 0118 966 6689
 
British Red Cross
9 Grosvenor Crescent
London SW1X 7EJ
Telephone: 020 7235 5454
Fax: 020 7245 6315
 
CitizensConnection.net
Discovery House
28-42 Banner Street
London EC1Y 8QE
Telephone: 0207 608 8150
Fax: 0207 336 6844
e-mail: info@citizensconnection.net
 
Help the Aged
Head Office
207-221 Pentonville Road
London N1 9UZ
Telephone: 020 7278 1114
Fax: 020 7278 1116
Email: info@helptheaged.org.uk
 
Listening Books
12 Lant Street
London SE1 1QH
Telephone: 020 7407 9417
Fax: 020 7403 1377
 
National Osteoporosis Society
PO Box 10
Radstock
Bath BA3 3YB
Telephone: 01761 471771
Fax: 01761 471104
Helpline: 01761 472721
 
Princess Royal Trust Carers Centre
6 Cross Street
Reading RG1 1SN
Telephone: 0118 950 5177 - Carers Helpline Number
 
Royal National Institute for Deaf People
PO Box 16464
London EC1Y 8TT
Telephone: 0808 808 0123
Fax: 020 7296 8199
Texphone: 0808 808 9000
Email: helpline@rnid.org.uk
 
The Royal British Legion
National Headquarters
48 Pall Mall
London SW1Y 5JY
Telephone:  020 973 7200
Fax: 020 973 7399
 
Further information
 
  • Use our Linkup database to search for organisations in the Wokingham Borough that can help with different social care needs.
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Wokingham Borough Council, Civic Offices, Shute End, Wokingham, RG40 1BN.   
Telephone: (0118) 974 6000    Minicom: (0118) 974 6991    Email: wokinghambc@wokingham.gov.uk