Telephone Numbers

Information Websites

Stafford Borough Council
Information about council services, councillors, economic development within the borough, sustainable development, leisure and tourism, and what's on locally.
By following this link to the Accident Prevention section you can find helpful information about falls prevention, smoke detectors, keeping active, reducing risk, healthy eating, advice upon clothes safety, taking precautions and developing good habits towards staying safe.

www.staffordbc.gov.uk

Staffordshire County Council
Complete A to Z of Staffordshire County Council services, councillors, tourism, employment opportunities, consumer protection, library services online and much more.

www.staffordshire.gov.uk

National Pensioners' Convention
NPC acts as the umbrella organisation of the pensioner movement throughout the UK, promoting the welfare and interests of all pensioners as a way of securing dignity, respect and financial security in retirement.

www.natpencon.org.uk

Age Concern, England
The largest charitable movement in the UK, concerned with the needs and aspirations of older people, and the leading authority on ageing-related issues.

www.ageconcern.org.uk

Age Concern Active Age Unit
Age Concern England's Active Age Unit runs complementary programmes offering anyone over 50 access to new opportunites and training, and illustrates ways in which life skills and experiences can be used and valued.

www.activage.org.uk

A C Baby Boomer Bistro
A chat site for the over-50s, where you can meet and make friends around the world.

www.bbb.org.uk

Inland Revenue
News and information on tax and National Insurance matters in the UK.

www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk

Community Legal Service Direct provides free information, help and advice direct to the public on a range of common legal issues via a national helpline
(0845 345 4 345) and a website (www.clsdirect.org.uk)

www.clsdirect.org.uk

Asist
An independent advocacy project, working across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. Advocacy is when one person helps another to have their views, opinions and concerns heard by others. Advocacy is for people who find it hard to get their opinions about themselves and their care listened to. Advocacy is a right, not a privilege.

www.asist.co.uk

Staffordshire University
Complete details of the services offered by the university.

www.staffs.ac.uk

Carers Information
Information on a wide range of topics relating to the caring role.

www.carersinformation.org.uk

Energywatch
The independent gas and electricity consumer watchdog. A one-stop service enabling consumers to raise complaints or obtain information to make informed choices about the gas and electricity services available to them.

www.energywatch.org.uk

Help The Aged
Offering help to older people through a variety of services, including: Seniorlink, Handyvan, Retirement Services, Senior Mobility Campaign, and a welfare rights and advice service. Also gives advice on making your will and offers home shopping and much more.

www.helptheaged.org.uk

University of the Third Age
Encouraging lifelong learning for those no longer in full-time gainful employment.

www.u3a.org.uk

10 Downing Street
At the heart of UK government.

www.number-10.gov.uk

Open Government
Government information and services online, guiding the user through the 900 government websites to get to the information quickly and efficiently. A key part of the UK online initiative, which aims to give everyone access to the internet by 2005, with all government departments fully online.

www.open.gov.uk

Department for Work and Pensions
DWP was formed from the Department of Social Security and the former Department of Education and Employment. It delivers support and advice to people of working age, employers, pensioners, families and children and disabled people; with the key aim of helping customers become financially independent and reducing child poverty.
Access to benefits information .

www.dwp.gov.uk

Pensioners' Guide
Website aimed specifically at pensioners, giving information on a wide range of government entitlements and services, including Minimum Income Guarantee .

www.info4pensioners.gov.uk

Age Concern South Staffs

www.ac-communities.org.uk/southstaffs/

Stafford District Voluntary Services

www.sdvs.org.uk

Stafford Hospital Radio
Hospital Radio Stafford broadcasts to the Staffordshire General Hospital on Weston Road, Stafford and to the Cannock Chase Hospital in Cannock. The HRS studios are sited at the rear of Staffordshire General Hospital.

www.hrstafford.org.uk

Alzheimer's Society

www.alzheimers.org.uk

Travel websites - rail, bus and coach

National Rail
Rail travel information provided independently on behalf of all Train Operating Companies. Web links and phone details of companies providing information on ticket sales online or by phone, assisting you in planning your journey throughout the UK. Useful information such as maps, connections, service alterations, lost property and disabled travel. Information on individual Train Operating Companies in the train operators' directory. Gives latest promotions from each of the passenger train companies.
You can get a detailed breakdown of ticket types, including help in choosing and buying your rail ticket.
Assistance for the disabled includes the phone numbers to call if you need special assistance on your journey.

www.nationalrail.co.uk

The Trainline
Enables you to look, plan and book your train tickets to anywhere in the UK. They say "here you will find the services that make this experience as stress-free as possible". They claim to provide inpartial information on train times and tickets on UK mainland routes accurately and as up-to-date as possible, using current timetable and fares information.

www.thetrainline.com

Staffordshire Web - bus links
Staffordshire County Council's Public Transport News section, with information about County timetable booklets and links to local transport providers.

www.staffordshire.gov.uk

Traveline
Impartial information on planning your journey by bus, coach or train or any combination of the three.

www.traveline.org.uk

Arriva
For information about bus services to and from Stafford follow 'uk bus times' from the homepage, which will give you a national map. Click on the map just above Birmingham, which will reveal another map. Click 'Stafford' to get full information about routes and frequencies in the Stafford area.

www.arriva.co.uk

National Express
The website of National Express, for planning your longer coach journeys, whether in Britain or Europe.

www.gobycoach.com