Link up to friendship and support
Who can help me feel less isolated?
Age Concern Gateshead's Good Companions
The good companions project has a range of services offering friendship and social groups, as well as a bereavement support service.
Call: 0191 477 3559
Visit: The Resource Centre, 341 - 343 High Street, Gateshead
www.ageconcerngateshead.org.uk|
Timebank
Timebank is the name of Age Concern Gateshead's new skills-sharing project for over 50’s.
Time-banking is similar to traditional volunteering in that people use their skills and talents to help others, without being paid. Where it differs, however, is that for every hour you give you will get a one-hour Timebank credit, which you can use when you need some help yourself.
With time-banking everyone has something to offer regardless of age, experience or physical ability. The types of help that Timebank members can give one another can range from doing some ironing through to painting a fence, baking a cake or walking someone’s dog. Members can also earn credits by helping to organise community events or activities.
The first neighbourhood Timebanks will be created in the areas of Crookhill, Elisabethville, Wrekenton and Dunston, but longer term the project will expand to work in neighbourhoods right across Gateshead.
If you live in or around these areas and would like to get involved with the Timebank please contact Clare Cook on 0191 4773559.
Rowlands Gill and District Live at Home Scheme
Rowlands Gill live at home scheme offers support and friendship to older people living in High Spen, Highfield, and Rowlands Gill
They offer activity groups, including a men's group, as well as a befriending scheme for older people.
Call: 01207 549 200
Chopwell and Blackhall Mill Live at Home Scheme:
The scheme offers a wide range of social support, including outings, events and friendship for older people living in the area.
Call: 01207 563 825
Gateshead Forum for Older People - The Voice for Older People in Gateshead
We need you to help us plan the future of the forum; listening to you will enable us to have your 'voice' heard in the right places.
0191 420 6854
Gateshead Libraries
Gateshead libraries provide a range of services, books in normal and large print as well as talking books, readers groups, a readers at home service to people who can not travel to their local library, local history and family history information, the library website and information services, talking newspaper and free public computer service Please contact the Central Library or visit our website for more information on what we have to offer.
Call: 0191 433 8400
Library website: www.gateshead.gov.uk/libraries|
Sight Service
Sight Service offers a range of services and support groups for visually impaired people from various venues across Gateshead.
Call: 0191 478 5959
E-mail: contactus@sightservice.co.uk|
AIRS
Four times weekly talking newspaper and audio magazine service free of charge for Gateshead residents. Council News in braille, large print and audio and information in accessible formats and English to British Sign Language translation services.
Call: 0191 433 8450
E-mail airs@gateshead.gov.uk|
www.airs.org.uk|