National useful contacts continued FirstStop Advice Advice and information on all aspects of care, accommodation, housing, finance and rights for older people. Also run this Directory’s independent helpline. Care Advice Line: 0800 38 92 077 Finance Advice Line: 0800 310 2011 www.firststopadvice.org.uk Friends of the Elderly A charity that supports older people who have a range of practical needs. Telephone: 0207 730 8263 www.fote.org.uk IndependentAge Pledges to tackle social isolation by getting older people online and supporting them in their homes. Telephone: 0207 605 4200 www.independentage.org.uk
Princess Royal Trust for Carers, The The largest provider of comprehensive carers’ support services in the UK. Telephone: 0844 800 4361 Email: info@carers.org Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA) Campaigns for high standards in nursing home care. Telephone: 0121 451 1088 www.rnha.co.uk Relatives and Residents Association, The Exists for older people needing, or living in, residential care and the families and friends left behind. Advice line: 0207 359 8136 www.relres.org United Kingdom Home Care Association (UKHCA) Professional association of home care providers from the independent, voluntary, not-for-profit and statutory sectors. Helpline: 0208 288 5291 www.ukhca.co.uk
Day care centres This list is a selection of venues offering day care services across the county. For further information, costs and opening times, please contact the individual service. Able Day Centre Catterick Garrison Tel: 01748 836743
Avalon Harrogate Tel: 01423 530053
Cliff House Day Centre Knaresborough Tel: 01423 864956
Activity Centre Keighley Tel: 01535 630223 Skipton Tel: 01756 793987
Basics Plus Scarborough Tel: 01723 371335
D.A.Y. Training Services Harrogate Tel: 01423 855410
Beechwood Nursing Home Scarborough Tel: 01723 374260
Dales Care Bedale Tel: 01677 425806
Beechwood Rest Home Scarborough Tel: 01723 368419
Dalewood Trust Day Centre Whitby Tel: 01947 600583
Botton Village Whitby Tel: 01287 660871
Dr Barnardos Kitchen Harrogate Tel: 01423 884819
Broughton Road Day Centre Skipton Tel: 01756 793987
Dunollie Nursing Home Scarborough Tel: 01723 372836
Alba Rose Pickering Tel: 01751 472754
Carlton Lodge Luncheon Club Harrogate Tel: 01423 500600
Eastfield House Day Care Services Scarborough Tel: 01723 502410
Alne Hall Day Centre Block York Tel: 01347 838295
Castle Close Day Centre Northallerton Tel: 01609 778251
Greenfield Court Internet Cafe Harrogate Tel: 01423 888777
Alzheimer’s Society Day Centre Richmond Tel: 01748 825817
Chopsticks Day Centre Northallerton Tel: 01609 761661
Harrogate Skills 4 Living Harrogate Tel: 01423 593719
Autism Plus Doncaster Tel: 01405 812128
Claro Enterprises Harrogate Tel: 01423 885879
Henshaws Arts & Crafts Knaresborough Tel: 01423 541888
Adult Disability Activity Group Skipton Tel: 01756 701005 Age Concern Skipton Tel: 01729 850864 Age UK Drax Tel: 01757 618041 Harrogate Tel: 01423 502253 Selby Tel: 01757 704115
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