Compass in Cumbria - Factsheets & Guides

Cleaners, other help at home, meals delivery, shopping services - South Lakeland

A list of cleaners, gardeners, handy persons and other help at home including companionship

Chiropodists - South Lakeland

Chiropodists and Podiatrists in the South Lakeland Area

Home Care - South Lakeland

Personal and home care services - South Lakeland

Finding, choosing and funding a care home - Factsheet

This factsheet gives information about finding, choosing and funding a suitable care home including types of homes, how to identify the right home for you and funding of care home placements.

Getting legal advice - Factsheet

This factsheet helps you to get the legal help you need, including legal information and advice on civil matters (where you have a dispute with another individual or organisation). It does not cover criminal matters.
It covers free advice from local and

Making a will - Factsheet

This factsheet explains what you should think about when making your will and how to make sure that the will is legal, effective and your wishes are carried out.

Pension Freedom and benefits - Factsheet

This factsheet explains some basic information about your choices with respect to drawing down pension savings. You can contact Pension Wise for information and guidance.
This factsheet sets out the impact of different choices drawing down pension funds

Challenging welfare benefit decisions - Factsheet

This factsheet explains who makes benefit decisions, how a decision can be challenged, and how to make complaints.

Help with health costs - Factsheet

Most NHS services are free but there are charges for prescriptions, dental treatment, sight tests, glasses and contact lenses and wigs and fabric supports.
This factsheet explains how the NHS Low Income Scheme helps people on a low incme with charges and

Benefits for people under Pension Credit age - Factsheet

This factsheet gives information about benefits for people under Pension Credit age (this is rising and is 63 and 9 months as of April 2017 and will be 64 and 6 months by April 2018). It gives information about Universal Credit and how it affects people c

Social Fund, Advances of Benefit and Local Welfare Provision - Factsheet

The Social Fund is a scheme to help people with expenses that are difficult to meet from a low income and includes:
 Winter Fuel Payments
 Cold Weather Payments
 Funeral Payments.
Advances of Benefit are a form of payment that replaced the discreti

Council tax - Factsheet

This factsheet aims to help you understand
 Council Tax liability and payment
 Eligibility for Council Tax Support schemes
 Other ways of reducing you Council Tax bill

Homelessness - Factsheet

This factsheet gives information about homelessness. It explains how your local authority can help you if you are homeless and the circumstances in which it has a duty to rehouse you.
Information on the allocation of council and housing association housi

Tenancy rights - security of tenure - Factsheet

This factsheet provides information on a tenants right to keep their home (security of tenure). It explains how different tenancies offer different levels of security, meaning some tenants can be evicted more easily than others.

Finding private rented accommodation - Factsheet

This factsheet provides information about finding private rented accommodation. It includes information about letting agencies, what to consider when viewing a property and things to think through before signing a tenancy agreement.

Tenancy rights - rent -Factsheet

This factsheet provides information about what your landlord can charge you in rent, depending on the type of tenancy you have.

Council and housing association housing - Factsheet

This factsheet gives information about applying for housing from local authorities and housing associations ('social housing'). It explains how applications for social housing are assessed, how waiting lists are organised and how properties are allocated.

Intermediate care and reablement - Factsheet

This factsheet explains intermediate care and reablement. These terms describe short-term NHS and social care support that aims to help you:
 avoid unnecessary admission to hospital
 be as independent as possible after an unplanned hospital stay or il

Transgender issues in later life - Factsheet

This factsheet provides information about later life for transgender (or trans) people. The main focus is on growing older for people who have transitioned and live their lives permanently in their affirmed gender. It also provides information for people

Dental care: NHS and private - Factsheet

This factsheet explains how to find an NHS dentist, charges for NHS treatment, and how receiving certain benefits or the NHS low income scheme may help with the cost of NHS treatment.