Information & Advice
Information and advice is available to older people and their carers on a whole
range of issues. If we can't help, we should know someone who can.
For people who are housebound it is often possible to arrange for
someone to visit.
Legal Advice
Once a fortnight we hold a legal clinic at our Swan Street offices
for people wanting advice on subjects like making a will and arranging
power of attorney.
Advice Services
Free and confidential information, advice and support regarding benefits and the way they are paid. Call free on 0800 027 57 87 for more information or to make an appointment.
Counselling
Counsellors approved by Age Concern Manchester are available to
help older people and carers of older people to explore and understand
problems such as bereavement, loneliness, sexual and marital difficulties,
or general fears and anxieties.
The service is free and confidential. Counselling sessions are
held at:
Or, call free on 0800 027 57 87 or email jennifer.gregory@silverservice.org.uk
to find out more and make an appointment.
Age Concern Manchester's counselling service was originally the brainchild
of Dr. May Duddle, a retired psychiatrist who worked mainly in the
Manchester area.  Amongst other things she had set up the Rape Crisis
Centre at St. Mary's Hospital and had trained the psychosexual
therapists.
Then in the early 1990s she read a book Living,
Loving and Ageing, written by Sally Greengross (the then
Director of Age Concern England) and Wendy Greengross (a GP). The
book prompted Dr. Duddle to have discussions with Age Concern England
and as a result a number of pilot counselling projects were set
up - including the one in Manchester.
Dr. Duddle herself took on the training of the the initial group
of volunteer counsellors and was the chairperson of the steering
group until August 2002. Thanks to Dr. Duddle for her forward thinking
which has helped a large number of older people and their carers.
Advocacy
Please see our page on advocacy.
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