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ADVICE &
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Citizens Advice
Bureaux
Citizens Advice
Bureaux can offer free & confidential advice and information on
a wide range of subjects including
benefits, housing, immigration and consumer matters. Some
offices offer more specialised services such as tribunal
representation, debt advice, employment advice & legal advice.
Listed below are
details of the Huddersfield branch.
Standard House,
Half Moon Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2JF
Tel. Numbers:
Advice Line:
0844 848 7970
Open: Mon. Tues. Thurs & Fri. 9.30am - 3-30pm.
Appointments:
01484 451 381 Open: Mon,
Tues, Thurs & Fri. 9.30am - 3-00pm
Huddersfield
Citizens Advice Bureaux also have an outreach service in the
following areas:
Lockwood,
Paddock, Fartown, Lowerhouses, Dalton, Marsden, Kirkburton,
Skelmanthorpe, Holmfirth, Meltham & Slaithwaite.
Please ring 01484
451381 for further information and appointments. |
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Care Phone Service (KMC)
Kirklees Social Services 01484 222258 or 01924 222059
For elderly or vulnerable people so they can call help In the
event of an emergency at home. There is a charge for the service
with reduced rates for those on low incomes. |
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Consumer Advice
West Yorkshire
Trading Standards Service, Nepshaw Lane South, PO Box 5, Morley
LS27 OQP
Tel. 0113 2536111
for consumer complaints.
Open: Mon- Fri.
8-30am-6-30pm Sat.
9-00am-1-00pm
Open for
face-to-face interviews: Mon- Fri 10-00am-
12-30pm &
1-30-4-00pm. There is a queuing system in operation on this
number. |
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Debt & Credit
Advice
Debt and credit
advice can be obtained from Citizens Advice Bureaux |
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Employment Rights
Advice
Employment rights
advice can be obtained from Citizens Advice Bureaux or by
contacting the Pay & Employment Rights Service, Field House 15
Wellington Road, Dewsbury, WF13 1HT.
Tel. 01924
439381.
There is also a
freephone number, 0800 591342, for advice only or contact
www.pers.org.uk or by
email:
mail@pen.org.uk
There is no
drop-in service |
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Housing Advice
Anchor Trust:
Staying Put Agency, Town Hall, New St. Slaithwaite, HD7 5AF Tel.
01484 845492.
Open Mon-Fri
9-00am-4-30pm. Advisory office to help mainly elderly
homeowners, (and also disabled), having building work done at
realistic cost.
Based in Colne
Valley but also covers Kirklees.
CHAS Housing Aid
Centres: Free, confidential advice on all housing and housing
related matters.
Huddersfield: 1st
Floor, Standard House, Half Moon St. Huddersfield.
Tel. 01484
223922. Please ring for opening times.
Anchor Trust:
Milestone Place, 100 Bolton Road, Bradford BD1 4DH
Tel. 08457 758595
Open Mon-Fri.
9am-5pm.
Provide
retirement housing to rent or buy.
Shelter
Tel. 0808
800 4444. A free 24-hour helpline for people with any sort of
housing relatedproblems. |
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Kirklees Benefits
Advice Service
This service works
in partnership with Citizens Advice Bureaux, who are now the
first point of call for advice on local and state benefits.
Social Services
Information Point, Gateway to Care, 2 Market Street,
Huddersfield HD1 2EH
Tel. 01484 223000
Emergency out of
hours 01924 326489 |
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Legal Aid and
Advice
Enquire through
Citizens Advice Bureaux
Also
The Crossroads
Centre (Meltham), Lane Dyke House, Holmfirth Road, Meltham HD7 3BX
Tel. 01484 854400
Free confidential
advice and information for the people of Meltham and surrounding
areas. Also houses a community shop
and credit union.
Open Mon-Fri
10-00am-12-30pm also Tues. 6-7pm |
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Health and
Disability Groups Advice |
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Alcohol
Kirklees Alcohol
Advisory Service
Brian Jackson
Centre, New North Parade, Huddersfield.
HD1 5JP
Tel 01484 519988
Drop in session
for men & women on Wed. 7-9pm at
the Brian Jackson centre.
There is also a
ladies only clinic, Tues 7-9pm at the Salvation Army
Building next to the Sikh Temple.
Just drop in.
Lifeline West
Yorkshire (Formerly Unit 51), 36/38 Portland
Street, Huddersfield. HD1
5PL
Tel. 01484 510826
Open Mon 9am-1pm
& 3pm-5pm Tues 9am-12-30pm & 4-30-7pm Wed 9am-1pm & 1-30-5pm
Thurs 9am-1pm & 1-30-5pm Fri. 10am-1-30pm
First Contact : -
Way Ahead, 12 Station Street, Huddersfield. HD1
5LZ. Tel. 01484 353333
Mon. 9-30am-5pm,
Tues. 1-7pm, Wed/Thurs
9-30am-5pm Fri. 9-30am-3pm
Advice,
information and counselling and alcohol treatment
services |
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Alzheimer’s
Disease
Alzheimer’s Society
Huddersfield Branch
1st
Floor, 12, St’ Georges
Square, Huddersfield HD1
1JF
Tel. 01484 429865
Email support@alzheimers-hudd.org.uk
Advice,
information & support for people with Dementia and their carers.
Open Mon-Fri
10am-3pm Also by appointment. |
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Arthritis
Arthritis Care
Midway Support Group
For details
contact the local organiser.
Alice Stannard
Tel. 01484 846175 |
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Blindness and
Sight Problems
Colne, Holme &
Dearne Valleys Society for the Blind.
Mrs. P Huntingdon, Hon. Secretary,
4
Summer Lane,
Emley HD8 9SJ
Tel. 01924 848549
Meet Fire Station, Hudds. 4th Thurs of the month,
bi-monthly, 12 noon, (starts Jan.).
Day and half-day outings,
Christmas party and home visits by members of the committee.
Covers all South Kirklees except
Huddersfield
Huddersfield Society For the Blind
Britannic Buildings, 3
Upperhead Row,
Huddersfield, HD1 2JL
Tel. 01484 538384
Open Mon,Thurs & Fri 2-4pm (approx)
Meet socially 1st& 3rd Tues of the month
at 2pm, (except June July & Dec.), at St. Paul’s Church
Wakefield Rd. Dalton, Huddersfield.
Secretary: Betty Woffended 01484 307264
Royal National Institute for the Blind
Regional Office, Grosvenor House,
Grosvenor Rd.,
Leeds LS6 2DZ
Tel. 0113 2748855
Fund raising for providing services for blind and
partially sighted people at local & national level.
Ring for details of local groups.
Braille, Large Print, AudioTape & CD Service.
Please telephone 01484 221955 |
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Cancer
Bacup Cancer Information Line
Tel. 0808 800 1234
BACUP: (British
Association of Cancer Patients).
Information,
advice & support from specialist nurses to patients, their
families and friends. Various booklets and fact sheets
available.
Huddersfield Cancer Support & Support Centre
Meet at Peregrine House, 7 Brooks Yard,
Market St., Huddersfield
Sec. Mrs M Revett
Tel. 01484 683064 or 01484 606304 (B Todd)
Email enquiries@huddersfieldcancersupport.co.uk
Support Centre Wed.12noon-4pm
Active support & fund raiding group, not only for
sufferers, but also for family and friends.
Social meetings, art and craft classes,
library, (books & tapes), and day centre.
Ring for details.
Macmillan Cancer Relief Fund (Holmfirth Committee)
Bob Riley,
Greystones,
St. Georges Rd.,
Scholes,
Holmfirth HD9 1UH
Tel. 01484 683211
Meet Holmfirth Civic Hall. Normally 1st Mon.of the
month at 7-30pm. (Except July & Bank Holidays).
Regular fund raising events.
Reference point for cancer patients, or their friends, seeking
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Community Transport & Mobility Schemes
Accessbus (West Yorkshire), Control Room, Wellington House,
Wellington Street, Leeds LS1 2DE
Tel. 01274 304297 for all general enquiries concerning the
Accessbus Service in West Yorks., including
Kirklees. Door to door service for those unable to use public
transport. All parts of Kirklees have a service daily.
Enquiries: Mon.-Fri 7-30am-4pm. Kirklees
booking line, 01274 304337, open Mon-Fri 10-11-15am &
12-30-1-45pm. Out of hours Tel. No. 07860 304430
Cameo (Volunteer Driver Scheme) Holme Valley
Shirley Simmonds, Holmgarth, Woodhead Road,
Holmfirth. Tel 01484 683929
Volunteers offer
lifts to people who cannot use public transport & live in The
Holme Valley.
Wheelchair
Accesible Minibus, C/O Age Concern Services, Sundale House,
Keldregate, Bradley, Huddersfield
HD1 1SY
Tel.01484 559935
Public contact by
telephone or post only please.
Adapted minibus
available for voluntary and
community groups
for older people with disabilities. |
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Deafness &
Hearing Problems
Huddersfield Deaf
Centre
53a Trinity St.
Huddersfield HD1 4DN
Contact
Yvonne Tel. 01484
542713, (also Minicom). Fax 01484 542713
Office open: Wed.
9am-12-noon.
The society runs
Social club for,
OAPs Wed 9am-1pm
and 1st and 3rd Saturday 7 to 11pm. Church service 3rd Wednesday
in the month 11.00am.
Huddersfield Deaf
Social & OAP Club
Meet: Centre For
The Deaf, 53a Trinity St. Hudd’s.
Social Club: Fri.
7pm; OAP Club: Wed.10-30am-1pm |
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Disability
Almondbury Disabled
Leisure Group 97
Audrey Robinson,
Chairperson, 1 Alms Row, off Northgate,
Almondbury, Hudds. HD5 8UZ
Tel. 01484 420788
(Club Premises).
Or home 01484
535622
Meet at the above
address every Tues., 1-30-5.00pm
(Drop in
session). Social & leisure club for disabled people, carers &
friends.
Brackenhall
Disabled Peoples’Project
Joan Mallinson, 2
Bracken Grove, Sheepridge, Hudds.HD2 1PA Tel. 01484 300674
Meet at
Brackenhall Community Centre, Longhill Rd.Wed. 2-4pm. Anyone
disabled welcomed. 18 to
retirement age.
Benefits advice, arts, crafts, games, bookclub, refreshments,
days out, discussions,
slide shows &
more events throughout the year.
Five Villages
Disability Action Group
Mrs C Holden,
Secretary, 10 High Ash Avenue, Clayton West, HD8 9QJ Tel. 01484
863341
Meet at
Skelmanthorpe Derby & Joan, 1st Wed, other weeks we go out.
Group providing
social, educational & welfare opportunities for
disabled people & their carers in
Clayton West,
Denby Dale, Emley, Scissett & Skelmanthorpe.
Friend to Friend
Unit 8 Bridge
Mills Huddersfield Rd., Holmfirth, HD9
3TS
Contact: Mrs
Sandy Marr Tel. 01484 687773
Caters for people
over 70 in various groups.
Holmfirth:
monthly lunch club last Fri in the month,11am-2pm at The Pheonix
Centre, Holmfirth
Also Activities
group 2nd Wed. at 1-30pm
Honley:
Activities group meets at Trinity Court, the 3rd
Thurs 1-30-3-30 pm
Other groups at
Denby Dale, Newsome & Meltham
Transport is
available
In all cases Mrs
Marr must be contacted first.
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Epilepsy
British Epilepsy
Association, National Office,
New Anstey House,
Gateway Dr., Yeadon LS19 7XY
Freepost address,
Freepost LSO 995 Leeds LS19 7YY
Tel. 0113
2108800.
Free helpline:
0808 800 5050
Mon-Thurs
9am-4-30pm Fri 9-4 for advice & information &
details of nearest group.
www.epilepsy.org
Email helpline@epilepsy.org.uk
Huddersfield
Epilepsy Group. Mrs J Gorton, Hon. Sec. 2D, Greenhead Ave.Dalton,
Hudds. HD5 8EA
Tel. 01484 427296
Meet: Methodist
Mission, Lord St., Hudds. 1st Tues.of the
month.7-30pm
Advice
information & support. |
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Ethnic Groups
Carib Care
Sonia Senior,
Domicilliary Services Manager, St. Johns Resource Centre, c/o 29
St. Johns Rd., Hudds. HD1 5HX
Tel. 01484 223003
(Office). Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
A home-care &
befriending service to disabled & elderly African-Caribbean
people in the Hudds. area. A project set up by the
African-Caribbean Council of Churches.
Dostana Group (Birkby/Fartown)
B S Mohammed c/o
The Mazaki Jame
Mosque Riza
129 Halifax Old
Road, Birkby, Huddersfield
Tel: 01484 540449
Mon-Sun 2.00pm -
8.00pm
They meet
socially, discuss their health problems, benefit problems,
pensions etc.
Light
refreshments served.
Harriet Tubman
Development Agency
St. John’s
Resource Centre
29 St. Johns Rd.,
Huddersfield. HD1 5DX
Tel. 01484 223001
Open: Mon-Thurs 9am-5-30pm,
Fri 9am-4-30pm
Provides
information, advice & support for African-Caribbean people with
disabilities.
Fortnightly
meetings at St. Johns Resource Centre. Please ring at the above
times for information.
Unique Care
Providers
Ms.S Senior,
Domicilliary Services Mgr., St. Johns
Resource Centre,
29, St Johns Rd., Hudds. HD1 5HX
Organiser c/o New
Testament Church of God, Gt., Northern St., Hudds. HD1 6AY. Tel.
01484 223003
Monday to
Thursday 8.45am to 5.15pm Friday 8.45am to 4.45pm. Covers
Huddersfield area.
Home care for
black elderly people. |
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Heart & Stroke
Groups
Hudds. Heartline –
Coronary Support Group
Chair: Peter
Bower, 2 Oaksdale Cres. Lindley.
Huddersfield HD3
4WE Tel. 01484 642664
Meet Lindley
Liberal Club 1st Tues. in the month at
7-15pm.
Self-support group for cardiac sufferers & their families.
Exercise & relaxation classes. Cardiac
resuscitation
training. Leisure walking, swimming, sequence dancing.
Huddersfield
Stroke Club
Mrs. Margaret
Laycock, Secretary, 2 Banks Cres.,
Golcar, Hudds.
HD7 4RQ Tel. 01484 647701
Email penguin@mlaycock.freeserve.co.uk
Meet: Barton
Unit, St Lukes Hospital, Crossland Moor, Hudds. Wed. 7-15-9pm.
(Mar-Dec inclusive) |
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Huntington’s
Disease
Huntington’s Disease
Association
Contact: Diana
King, Regional Care Adviser,
PO Box 2043,
Sheffield, Sth. Yorks.S26 4BW
Tel. 0114 287
5870 |
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Mental Health
Bartonions Sunday
Luncheon Club
Denis Clark, 23
Stuart Grove, Slaithwaite, HD7 5LL
Tel. 01484 846669
Email
dennis.clark441@btinternet.com
A club for people
with mental health problems. Caters for all ages but most
members are over 65.
Meets Sun.only
10am-3pm at Barton Unit,St. Lukes Hospital, for social chat,
music, games, entertainment, bingo etc. £6-00 charge includes,
transport, coffee/tea & 4
course lunch.
Referrals only, who go on to a waiting list.
Friendship Club (Slaithwaite)
Mrs KD Watson, 51
Slantgate, Kirkburton HD8 0QN Tel: 01484 842488
Luncheon club for
elderly people under the care of mental health services, Meets s
St James Parish Church, Church Street, Slaithwaite - Thursday
10.00am to 3.00pm. |
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NHS Direct
Tel. 0845 4647
NHS Direct is a helpline providing confidential advice from
trained nurses 24 hours a day on any health
problems or concerns. NHS Direct can advise as to how urgent
your medical condition may be, call an
ambulance if necessary, advise whether you need to see a doctor,
or whether you can treat the condition yourself at home. |
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Osteoporosis
Huddersfield Branch: Osteoporosis Society
Doreen Liversidge, Chairperson, ‘Treetops’
80 Causeway Side, Linthwaite, Huddersfield HD7 5NW
Tel. 01484 842867
The group no longer meets but the contact can help with
enquiries |
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Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s Disease Society
Mrs J. Tellez, 14 Foxglove Rd., Almondbury,Huddersfield. HD5 8LW
Tel. 01484 305360
Meet at Barton Rehab Centre,
St. Lukes Hospital, Huddsersfield
3rd
Thurs of the month Thursday 4 to 5-30pm |
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