Advice and Information Services
Age UK Stockport
Information
Age UK Stockport offers a free and confidential information service for Stockport residents. The team provide support with information on general issues and local services, with a special focus on issues of relevance in later life. Enquiries are welcomed from older adults and their wider families, carers and also professionals.
Signposting
If your query requires advice or involves specialist information not within our team’s expertise, we will use our established network to signpost and connect you with the relevant local or national services who will be able to provide you with the help you require.
Information and Signposting drop-in sessions 10:00am – 14:00pm every Thursday at the Age UK Stockport Hub, 2 Castle Street, Edgeley, SK3 9AB.
Outside of our opening hours and at weekends the Age UK National Telephone Advice Line on 0800 055 6112 can be contacted which provides free, independent advice 365 days per year.
Every day the telephone lines are open from 8 a.m. - 7 p.m. including bank holidays.
Contact Details
0161 477 1213 - Our telephone hours are 09:00am – 17:00pm Monday – Friday
Better Health (NHS)
Kickstart your health
Healthy changes start with little changes. Whether you want to lose weight, drink less alcohol, get active or quit smoking, you have access to lots of free tools and support through Better Health. You can also find simple ways to lift your mood with Every Mind Matters.
There has never been a better time to kickstart your health. Let's do this!
Contact Details
Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership
We want people across all our boroughs to stay well, whatever their age, and whatever issues or conditions they might be managing. We’re bringing together all the different organisations that support people’s health and social care, so that services can join up and act faster when people need support.
Integrated care means starting with the person, understanding they’ll have different needs as they move through life, and connecting them with the right care.
Contact Details
0161 742 6023
Healthy Stockport
Find information, resources and support to help you take care of and protect your health and mental wellbeing now and in the future. Access free and confidential local support services to help you make positive lifestyle changes. Find out more about long term health conditions and what you can do to take care of yourself.
If you live, work or are registered with a GP in Stockport, the Stockport Triage, Assessment & Referral Team (START) can offer you the support you need.
If you’d like to get in touch or know more about the services, complete the form on our website
Contact Details
0161 474 3141
Spend well and live well in Stockport
Spend Well and Live Well in Stockport is a Facebook group for Stockport services and residents to post tips and advice about maximising your own money and improving your wellbeing. This can cover anything from:
- free advice sessions
- money saving tips
- affordable activities
- school uniform exchanges
- local groups
- training available
- Events and more.
Contact Details
Stockport Advocacy
Stockport Advocacy provides information and advocacy services across Stockport Metropolitan Borough. They offer direct and local support via professionals and volunteers.
Within the Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council area we provide:
- Care Act Advocacy
- Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA)
- Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA)
- NHS Complaints Advocacy
Referrals are either made via a Social Worker or via our forms on the "Contact us" Tab on our website
Advocacy means enabling your voice to be heard, speaking for you when you can’t and supporting you when you can. Advocacy is about supporting, enabling, empowering you to express your views and concerns, and access information and services where needed.
Contact Details
0161 480 8979
48 Middle Hillgate, Stockport, SK1 3DL
Twitter: @stockadvocacy Facebook: @StcokportAdvocacy
Stockport Council
Stockport Council offer a hub of information for health and social care across Stockport. This includes Coronavirus advice, information for adult social care, safeguarding our children, their responsibilities towards helping your wellbeing, and signposting to health and social care services near you.
Contact Details
Fred Perry House, Edward St, Stockport SK1 3UR
Instagram:@stockportcouncil Twitter: @StockportMBC
Stockport Information and Childcare Directory
The Stockport Information and Childcare Directory offers information regarding services available for children, young people and adults in Stockport. You will find advice around child and adult services, as well as signposts to health services including mental health, disability support and dementia.
Contact Details
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Town Hall, Edward Street, Stockport, SK1 3XE
Stockport Progress Recovery Centre (SPARC)
Stockport Progress and Recovery Centre is a local voluntary organisation providing support to adults in the Stockport area who experience mental health problems.
We offer a range of leisure, therapeutic, educational and social activities and facilities, developed in consultation with our members, in order to promote integration and mental and social well being.
Contact Details
0161 429 9744
The Prevention Alliance
The Prevention Alliance deliver support that enables people in Stockport to improve their confidence, independence, health and wellbeing. We have strong local connections, and work in partnership with local organisations to ensure people can access a diverse range of support options.
By working with people at an early stage, TPA aims to reduce the need for people to access public services; encouraging you to explore interests and connect you with other people or groups with shared interests.
Stockport Support Hub
We are proud to be delivering Stockport Support Hub. The Hub provides a single point of access for adults, families and professionals looking for support services in Stockport.
Our Hub team guide people to find the right support offers for them. The Hub provides information and advice on a range of support options and help to connect people with other organisations and useful resources.
You can find out more about Stockport Support Hub here stockportsupport.com
Contact Details
0161 474 1042
Text (for deaf people) 07539 468560
For correspondence only: The Prevention Alliance, Commonweal, 56 Wellington Street, Stockport SK1 3AQ
Twitter: @StockportTPA Facebook:@stockporttpa
Viaduct Care
Practice-based Self Care Coordinators offer one to one and group work support people who have been diagnosed, or at risk of, long-term conditions, who are frequent attenders at their GP Practice, or who are experiencing loneliness and social isolation.
The service can support you with:
- Long Term Conditions e.g. Hypertension, Anxiety, Depression, Asthma, Obesity and Diabetes
- Lifestyle issues e.g. diet, physical activity, weight management
- Money issues, relationships, housing, employment
- Loneliness/social isolation
- Caring issues
To find out if this service is available to you, contact your GP.
Contact Details
0161 429 6699
Merseyway Innovation Centre, 21-23 Merseyway, Stockport, SK1 1PN
