Our services are provided for all older people in Bromyard and District. 

Find out more about our Organisation; discover what Services we offer; make a Donation; see what Volunteering Opportunities we offer.

CONTACTING US  

5 Broad Street, Bromyard HR7 4BS                

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freephone 0800 195 4550  9.00 - 5.00 daily

direct line 01885 483483 10.00 - 1.00 M - Th

Disability Access

We have a call button on street at our drop-in centre.  Our Information Officers will respond to your call as quickly as possible.

Home visits can be offered for adults with additional needs or without transport. These appointments need to be  pre-booked.

News  

Jack Sparrow wins Festival Dubloons

We were delighted to hear that our Pirates of the Caribbean scarecrow made for us by Year 8 pupils at Malvern College Prep School has jointly won Bromyard's Scarecrow Festival. Organised by the Town Council this annual events attracts hundreds of visitors to the market town, keen to see if they can name all of the entrants on a given theme. This year's theme was Films. Pupils from Malvern came to visit our Offices before the Festival, receiving a talk on our work from Trustee, Rosemary Lloyd. A huge thank you to the children for making such a superb entry. Having given visitors on site quite a stir for the past two weeks he has now gone into happy retirement!  

The Herefordshire Gateway was launched in June. This is a unique web-based referral service to all member charities in the County, and is an Age Concern initiative funded for three years by the Lloyds TSB Foundation.  The site allows the user to make a secure referral directly to a Gateway Officer, who will then link to the right service and charity.  Searches for services can also be done on line by postcode, service type or client needs. A staffed freephone number is available from 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. on week days for public and organisation enquiries.  Telephone 0800 195 4550 and see www.herefordshiregateway.org for further information.

Commendation

We have been commended by the Centre for Social Justice for our outstanding casework supporting  vulnerable adults. The Charity entered the annual Centre for Social Justice awards and, whilst not shortlisted for the final, we were delighted to receive commendation for the work of the team.

Project News:

Footcare

We are delighted to announce that we have re-launched our toenail cutting service.   Nail cuts cost £5.00, as before, and are offered to any older adult unable to cut their own toenails.  We are now able to accept adults with controlled diabetes onto the Scheme.

Clinics are held at a new room at our offices at 5 Broad Street, Bromyard on Monday mornings.  We are, regrettably, unable to offer home visits or outreach clinics this year because of the funding allocation from the Primary Care Trust.  If you are unable to visit our clinic, please telephone us and we will advise you of local chiropodists who will deliver home visits. Ring us or call in to the office during opening hours to get the forms for joining the Scheme.

House Bound Rural Visiting Scheme Launches

 This service provides regular visits to housebound adults in the District. We have just been joined by Adele Llewellin, our first specialist visiting officer. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

This project is funded by Trusthouse Charitable Foundation, Community First/Nexus and Eveson Trust. 

Funders 

Age Concern Bromyard & District is supported by generous funding from the following organisations:

• Age Concern Herefordshire & Worcestershire

• Community First (Nexus)

• Co-Operative Community Fund

• EF Bulmer Benevolent Fund

• The Lloyds TSB Foundation

• The Eveson Charitable Trust

• The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation

• West Mercia Police Community Fund

Quality Assurance

We hold Age Concern the federation's Quality Counts . We are just beginning our acquA accreditation to become Full Members of the Herefordshire Alliance.

Recruitment of Volunteers and Trustees

Volunteers are vital to our work. Without their help we would not be able to deliver services to so many older adults living in a rural community.  We are currently recruiting both new Volunteers and new Trustees.  Volunteers are particularly needed to help deliver Information & Advice work and for our House Bound visiting service. Please see our Volunteering pages for further details.

We are also recruiting new expertise to our Executive Committee. If you are able to commit four evenings a year to become a Trustee, your help and specialist knowledge would be most welcome. We would be delighted to hear from adults of any age who are sympathetic to the needs of older adults. We particularly welcome potential trustees from currently under-represented groups.

If you feel you would like to contribute to our Charity, please contact Lynne Wilkins, Chair, Age Concern Bromyard & District, 5 Broad Street, Bromyard HR7 4BS