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The following are links to websites which you might find useful.

Local organisations / information

Westmorland and Furness Council -  www.westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk

Cumberland Council - www.cumberland.gov.uk/

Cumbria CVS – www.cumbriacvs.org.uk/

Carers Support Carlisle and Eden – www.carlisle-eden-carers.org.uk/

Carer Support West Cumbria - www.carersupportwestcumbria.co.uk

People First Cumbria - https://wearepeoplefirst.co.uk/

Bereavement Counselling - www.crusecumbria.org.uk

Cumbria Law Centre - www.cumbrialawcentre.org.uk

Christians Against Poverty (CAP) - capuk.org

Carlisle Eden Mind - https://cemind.org/

West Cumbria mental Health Partnership - https://wcmhp.org.uk/services/

Safety Net – https://www.safetynetuk.org/

Victim Support Cumbria - https://www.victimsupport.org.uk/cumbria/

Cumbria Action for Sustainability - https://cafs.org.uk/

Copeland Age and Advice Service - https://caasteam.com/

LGBT HQ - https://www.lgbthq.org.uk/

Eden Valley Hospice - https://www.edenvalleyhospice.org/

Gateway 4 Women - https://gateway4women.com/

B.I.D services - https://www.bid.org.uk/locations/cumbria/

Carlisle sight support - https://www.carlisleblindsociety.org.uk/

Eden Sight Support - https://www.facebook.com/Edensightsupport/

West Cumbria Society for the Blind - https://sightlosslifeline.wixsite.com/

 

National organisations

Age UK -  www.ageuk.org.uk

Alzheimers Society  -  www.alzheimers.org.uk

Citizens' Advice -  www.citizensadvice.org.uk

RADAR - the disability network -  www.radar.org.uk

SOLLA (Society of Later Life Advisers) - http://societyoflaterlifeadvisers.co.uk/

Money Helper - https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en

Step change - www.stepchange.org

The Elderly Accommodation Counsel/EAC One Stop (Housing Advice) - www.eac.org.uk

Samaritans - www.samaritans.org

Benefits and Grants Advice - www.turn2us.org.uk

National Debt Line - www.nationaldebtline.org

LGBT Domestic Abuse Helpline - www.galop.org.uk

Housing Advice - england.shelter.org

Disability Rights UK - www.disabilityrightsuk.org

 

Health

NHS Direct -  www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk

BBC Health -  www.bbc.co.uk/health

Royal National Institute of the Blind -  www.rnib.org.uk

Royal National Institute of the Deaf -  www.rnid.org.uk

 

Government

Department of Work and Pensions -  www.dwp.gov.uk

Department of Health -  www.doh.gov.uk

HM Revenue and Customs -  www.hmrc.gov.uk

 

Learning

University of the Third Age -  www.u3a.org.uk

Open University -  www.open.ac.uk

Silver Surfers -  www.silversurfers.net

Learn Direct -  www.learndirect.co.uk