UNIVERSAL CARERS SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE

85000000

Health and social work services

85300000

Social work and related services

85100000

Health services

33000000

Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

Provision of support with infrastructure, training and development, and fundraising to build capacity within a strong thriving voluntary sector, providing free &/or affordable services. The selected provider will also deliver trustee recruitment, brokerage development to VCFS organisations in the Borough, as required.

Delivery: United Kingdom

Funding is given to support an efficient brokerage service throughout the Borough to identify, develop and fill volunteer opportunities including employer-supported group volunteering, individual volunteering and matching volunteers to appropriate opportunities.

Delivery: United Kingdom

Provision of support on the offer of equitable and accessible free information, advice and support to residents of Wokingham Borough, including welfare benefits, money and debt, employment, housing, family or personal, legal, general tax, disability/health, consumer advice and others.

Delivery: United Kingdom

The overall aim of the Community Navigator service is to ensure delivery of a signposting service to promote and improve access to local voluntary and community resources by providing targeted, up-to-date information to professionals, service users and their families, and to support local people with using self-care to maximise their wellbeing.

Delivery: United Kingdom

The funding is given to support improved outcomes for BAME residents who are vulnerable and have low to moderate level care and support needs, prior to reaching the threshold for formal care and support. Funding is specifically aimed at BAME-led community organisations within Wokingham Borough. Partnership bidding is encouraged.

Delivery: United Kingdom

This funding agreement is to support resident’s wellbeing/mental health and provide mitigation to the root causal factors, enhancing both individual and community resilience and underpinning the delivery of key health and social care objectives. This funding is not a replacement in any way for any medical or psychological services that currently exist, but r...

Delivery: United Kingdom

The vision for the Service is that it will be the independent champion for health and social care to enable people of all ages and from all backgrounds to enjoy high quality health and care and to understand their health and care choices.

Delivery: United Kingdom

Provision of support to carers living in Wokingham Borough, enabling them to balance their caring role with their other activities. The service will provide advice, information and outreach support for all adult carers. The service will proactively identify gaps in the provision of carers services and will work with relevant agencies on development of servic...

Delivery: United Kingdom

The funding is given in support of provision for young carers in Wokingham Borough A ‘young carer’ is defined as ‘a person under 18 who provides or intends to provide care for another person’ who needs support due to illness, age, disability, substance misuse or mental health problems. The funding will support the priorities for young carers as determined in...

Delivery: United Kingdom

The funding is for carers’ support to be delivered to carers, specifically two types of short break: 1. Emergency care if the carer is unexpectedly unable to care, for example if they have a fall themselves and are taken to hospital, and 2. Short term cover to enable carers to attend medical appointments to address their own health needs. In total it is anti...

Delivery: United Kingdom

This lot includes, but is not limited to: • Education/training courses for individuals who have just received a diagnosis and their carers, ways to cope, how to keep well, nutritional support, etc • Education for carers to understand dementia and how to support the person with dementia • Education/training for community members who may come into contact with...

Delivery: United Kingdom

The provider will deliver programmes that focus on keeping minds active, thus supporting people with dementia to maintain their wellbeing. This could include, but is not limited to • Wellbeing coaching, in a group or one to one basis • Cognitive mental stimulation therapy • Reminiscence groups, dementia cafes etc.

Delivery: United Kingdom

The provider will consider the needs of individual people with dementia and their carers and provider appropriate support. This could include, but is not limited to: • Individual support around health and wellbeing • Support with coming to terms with the diagnosis for the person with dementia and their carers • Support with accessing services in the Borough...

Delivery: United Kingdom

The Handyperson service will carry out preventative works to reduce the need for minor or major adaptations. The works are those which would usually be carried out by most adults around the home, but which can easily become too difficult for someone less mobile, or someone who lacks the basic skills and confidence to carry out repair work alone. The service...

Delivery: United Kingdom

The provider will offer a gardening service to older and disabled residents of Wokingham Borough who cannot maintain their own properties, do not have local family support or lack the financial resources to employ commercial companies.

Delivery: United Kingdom

The purpose of this funding is to help people with MS live life to the fullest, offering respite to carers where applicable, through regular access to support groups.

Delivery: United Kingdom