Useful resources
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Please note that this list is not endorsement or recommendations but rather services which we have found useful.
Learning and skills
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| Making the most out of the internet | |
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Free courses on using a computer, browsing the web, sending an email and finding work online. |
Health and wellbeing
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Podiatry service every Friday at 10:00 -15:00 at the centre Can book online for centre, require email address. Can book home visits but need to call. |
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Printable leaflets to explain the NHS App and its services to patients. |
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| Health Help Now | NHS app giving advice etc. Also available on Google Play and Apple App Store. |
| Health at home | How to access NHS services online |
| Music 4 Dementia | Choose your era and listen to the songs that evoke memories from your teens and 20s. The ages when most musical memories are made. |
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Visual Impairment
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Talking Books |
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Innovations and technology for the blind from BBVA Openmind |
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For Android smartphones only. Free version. Allows visually impaired and technically challenged users can use simple and easy-to-read interface with ease. |
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The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), one of the UK’s leading sight loss charities and the largest community of blind and partially sighted people. |
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A charity supporting people with sight and hearing loss to live the lives they want. |
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Action on disability are a Disabled People’s Organisation (DPO) led by disabled people, for disabled people working to ensure that disabled people have independence, choice and control over their own lives. |
Online Activities
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If you are at home, why not try something new, its all FREE if you have internet access on your computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone. |
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Free daily exercises for elderly via Gaby Pimentel For those of you that can't get out to exercise. |
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NHS guides and videos for exercises for the elderly |
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Choose your era and listen to the songs that evoke memories from your teens and 20s. The ages when most musical memories are made. |
Independent Living
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See how much Housing Benefit you could get if you rent your home, how much Council Tax Support you could and find out if you're entitled to Income Support, Pension Credit or Tax Credits. If you need help, book an appointment with our Information and Advice Advisors |
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If you would like to make a benefit claim, please use the benefits calculator first to calculate what you may be entitled to. If you need help book an appointment with our Information and Advice Advisors. |
Internet Advice and Staying Safe Online
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Need help gaining access to the internet? We can help you to find to find a provider to gain access to the internet fomr you home or mobile device. |
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Everything you need to know about staying safe online. |
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EA useful document from Age UK for you to learn about staying safe online. |
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A useful document from Age UK to help you avoid scams. |
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A video by Securing Seniors Online showing how to avoid being scammed online. |
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A Metropolitan Police guide to preventing fraud and cybercrime. |
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Password Safe allows users to store all passwords in a single "safe" password database. |
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Learn how to prevent identity theft |
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Learn how to protect yourself against viruses, phishing and ransomware. |
Online shopping
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A beginner's guide to online shopping from Age UK National. |
Telephone Call Blocking
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BT Guardian / BT Call Protect helps to prevent unwanted nuisance calls. By managing your settings, you can decide which calls you want to send to a junk voicemail. |
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https://www.sky.com/help/diagnostics/sky-talk-shield/what-do-you-need-help-with |
Sky Talk Shield a call screening service for your home phone. Sky Talk Shield asks callers to identify themselves. When you answer your phone, you’ll hear a recording of the caller saying their name. You can then accept the call or not. |
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https://community.talktalk.co.uk/t5/Articles/About-CallSafe/ta-p/2204784 |
Talk Talk Call Safe checks to make sure it's someone you want to hear from. The caller is then either: Approved and put straight through to you or Blocked so that your phone doesn't ring or Screened to confirm who they are. |
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Ofcom advice on how to protect yourself from nuisance calls and messages |
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The Telephone Preference Service (TPS) is the UK’s only official ‘Do Not Call’ register for landline and mobile numbers. It allows people and businesses to opt out of unsolicited live sales and marketing calls. It’s free and quick to register a telephone number. |
Age UK Hammersmith and Fulham Newsletter
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| Age UK Hammersmith & Fulham Newsletter |
Emailed to subscribers by the Marketing Team. Please contact paris@ageukhf.org.uk if you would like to subscribe. |
| Digital Newsletter |
Emailed to subscribers by the Digital Team. Please contact paris@ageukhf.org.uk if you would like to subscribe. |
Making the most of the internet
The internet can seem complicated, but our step-by-step guides can help you make sense of it. From keeping in touch with friends and family to doing your shopping and banking, our tips will help you feel confident and stay safe online. This information is to help people who are already online but want to boost their confidence.