People need care and support for many reasons. This can be because of their age, disability, health or the personal situation they find themselves in, on this page you will find information on specific issues as well as useful contacts that will be able to help.
Useful Information
- Get support to stay independent
- Hearing impairments
- Learning disabilities
- Physical disabilities
- Make your home suitable (if you live in council accommodation)
- Transport and parking (Accessible transport for disabled and older people)
- Alcohol and substance misuse
- Mental health difficulties
- Sight impairments
- Policies and strategies for adult social care
- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
- Contact Adult Social Care
- Arrangements under the Care Act 2014
- Delay in the implementation of the cap on care costs
- Care in the UK: The costs you face – BBC CARE CALCULATOR
- How the cap on care costs works – BBC
- NEWInformation on local services for families with children and young people aged 0 – 25 years with special educational needs or disabilities
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Help with money and legal issues
- Help with money & legal issues
- Benefits
- Looking after someone’s affairs
- Looking after your money
- Deprivation of liberty safeguards
Looking after someone else
Help to Stay Safe
- Adult safeguarding – helping adults at risk
- Policies and strategies for adult socuial care
Social and Leisure Activities
- Social & leisure activities>
- Libraries
- Local history
- Sport and leisure
- Adult education
- Learning – Kingston U3A
Help for you at Home
Local Support Services
Help with Work and Learning
Travel and Transport
Agencies that can help
Addiction Support Care Agency
confidential, 1-to-1 counselling and advice in Richmond and Kingston
Adult Safeguarding (RBK)
safeguarding services for adults in Kingston
Citizens Advice Kingston
Whoever you are: whatever the problem
Crisp and Co Solicitors
Solicitors helping people going through divorce/separation
Equalities and Community Engagement Team (RBK)
Improving health outcomes in our community
Family Learning
showing parents how things are taught in their child's school
Healthwatch Kingston
your local independent champion for high quality health and social care services
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KAG Advocacy
Advocacy services for all vulnerable people
Kingston and Richmond Safeguarding Children Board
Safeguarding Children
Kingston Bereavement Service
supporting children, young people, adults and families who have been bereaved
Kingston Carers Network
Support, information and advice for anyone caring for another person
