Information and Advice (Sevenoaks & Tonbridge)

Age UK Maidstone, Sevenoaks and Tonbridge offers a free and confidential information and advice service for older people, their families and carers living in Sevenoaks and Tonbridge area. About our service:

• Welfare benefits advice for those over retirement age, including identifying and calculating benefit entitlement and assistance to complete claim forms,
• Helping people to identify the care and support they need, including help accessing Social Services and advice on how to pay for care and support,
• Advising on housing issues, including help with maintaining a property and advice on the different types of housing for older people who need more support or want to move nearer to family or friends,
• Advising on the services, support, groups, activities and concessions available locally,
• Advising those who are finding it hard to make ends meet or are struggling to pay their bills,
• Helping people to make complaints or challenge decisions about welfare benefits, social services, health services and energy providers

How to access the service: Members of our Information and Advice Team work across Sevenoaks and Tonbridge.

You can access our information and advice service in a number of ways:

1. By Phone: 01732 336100 (Monday – Thursday 9 am-4 pm. An answerphone service is available for out of hours and on Bank Holidays),
2. By Email: office@ageukmst.org.uk,
3. At our Information and Advice service through our Tonbridge Office,
4. Outreach appointments,
5. We can also arrange to visit you at Home

Free