Useful local contacts Age UK Dacorum Provide information, practical support and social inclusion to older people and their carers throughout the Borough. • Half Moon Yard, High Street, Hemel Hempstead HP1 3AE Tel: 01442 259049 Email: informationofficer/secretary@ ageconcerndacorum.org.uk Website: www.ageuk.org.uk/dacorum/ Age UK Hertfordshire Age UK Hertfordshire works with and for older people in the county of Hertfordshire. • 4 Silver Court, Watchmead, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL7 1LT Tel: 01707 323272 Info Line: 0845 601 3446 (local call rate) Web: www.acherts.org.uk Alzheimer’s Society The leading UK care and research charity for people with dementia, their families and carers. • Bishop’s Stortford Tel: 01279 508448 • Dacorum Tel: 01442 260088 • North Herts and Stevenage Branch Tel: 01462 433999 • St Albans Tel: 01727 812035 • Watford and District Tel: 01923 251175 • Welwyn and Hatfield Tel: 01707 265326 Carers in Hertfordshire Providing quality services to all carers in Hertfordshire. Web: www.carersinherts.org.uk • Dacorum, St Albans, Harpenden, Watford and Three Rivers Carers in Hertfordshire 22a High Street, Hemel Hempstead HP1 3AE Tel: 01442 253344 Email: west.team@carersinherts.org.uk • Hertsmere, Royston, Buntingford, Bishop’s Stortford and South East Herts The Red House, 119 Fore Street, Hertford, Hertfordshire SG14 1AX Tel: 01992 586969 • North Herts, Stevenage, Welwyn and Hatfield Suite 5, 30 Bancroft, Hitchin SG5 1LA Tel: 01462 456660 Crossroads Care Support for carers and the people they care for. • Crossroads Care Hertfordshire North Suite 5, Intech House, Wilbury Way, Hitchin SG4 0TW Tel: 01462 455578 • Crossroads Care South Hertfordshire Tel: 0208 905 1158
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Healthwatch Hertfordshire The new, independent consumer champion for health and social care in Hertfordshire. Tel: 01707 275978 Hertfordshire Action on Disability Helping disabled people in Hertfordshire. Tel: 01707 324581 Web: www.hadnet.org.uk Hertfordshire Care Providers Association (HCPA) Attimore Barn, Ridgeway, Welwyn Garden City AL7 2AD Tel: 01707 536020 Email: admin@hcpa.info Web: www.hcpa.info Hertfordshire County Council County Hall, Pegs Lane, Hertford SG13 8DQ Tel: 0300 123 4042 Tel: 0300 123 4041 (textphone for deaf and hard of hearing people only) Email: hertsdirect@hertscc.gov.uk Web: www.hertsdirect.org • Apsley Campus, Brindley Way, Hemel Hempstead HP3 9BF Tel. 01442 453739/01442 453736 Email: apsley.campus.reception@hertfordshire. gov.uk • Hertfordshire Business Services, Mundells, Welwyn Garden City AL7 1FT Tel: 01707 292345 • Farnham House / Robertson House, Six Hills Way, Stevenage SG1 2FQ Tel: 0300 123 4040 (HCC enquiry line) Email: stevenagecampus.reception@hertscc. gov.uk Hertfordshire Generic Advocacy Services North Team Carol Warren House, 551 Lonsdale Road, Stevenage SG1 5DZ Tel: 01438 740162 Web: www.pohwer.net Hertfordshire Generic Advocacy Services South Team Hertlands House, Primett Road, Stevenage SG1 3EE Tel: 01438 846010 POhWER An independent advocacy agency. Web: www.pohwer.net RVS Hertfordshire Helps older people maintain their independence and stay involved in the local community. Tel: 0845 608 0122 Monday to Friday: 8am-8pm Saturday: 9am-5pm
This Directory’s helpline 0800 389 2077 – information on choosing and paying for care