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Oxfordshire County Council

Social and Community Services (for adults) and Children, Education and Families (for children)
Contact numbers for both departments:

  • Weekday office hours: 0845 050 7666
  • Emergency duty team (for urgent calls out of office hours): 0800 833408

Web links:

Other carers' organisations

Citizens Advice Oxfordshire

The Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free, independent and confidential advice. For advice, telephone 08444 111 444 or find your local bureau at www.caox.org.uk

Benefits

  • Attendance Allowance (Disability Living Allowance): first claims: 0800 88 2200; queries, upgrades: 08457 123456
  • Carers' Allowance: 0845 608 4321
  • Tax Credit Helpline: 0845 300 3900
  • Job Centre Plus: website

Pension Service

  • Applications: 0800 99 1234
  • Ongoing claims: 0845 6060 265

Social Fund

  • Winter fuel payments: 08459 15 15 15

Hospitals and medical

Approved care agencies

Services for black and minority ethnics (BME) carers

Guideposts Trust Independent Living Centre

Good neighbour schemes

Good neighbour schemes are local voluntary groups, which offer a service in their community for those in need of help and support, which cannot be supplied through social and health care and other professional care agencies.

North East Abingdon Good Neighbour Scheme is a friendly group of local volunteers who give their time and services to help neighbours in the community. We offer help to anyone of any age.

What we do

  • Visiting and befriending
  • Help in the garden
  • Writing letters, filing, non-legal forms
  • Changing light bulbs, fuses, replacing batteries
  • Moving small items of furniture
  • Checking smoke alarms
  • Light housework
  • Basic DIY
  • Collecting prescriptions, shopping, changing library books
  • Giving someone a 'good morning' telephone call
  • Dog walking
  • Reading to people with a visual impairment
  • Helping people use email and the internet

For more information, contact David or Penny on 07956019611 or email gns.nea@gmail.com

Blackbird Leys Neighbourhood Support Scheme Ltd: 01865 556096#

Neighbourhood return

A new scheme which sends out volunteers to look for people with dementia who have gone wandering away from home or got lost while out. Organisers liaise with Thames Valley Police. For more information go to the website.

 Local agencies and organisations

National organisations

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