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- The groups offer people with a diagnosis to come along and meet with others.</p><p>The Forth Valley branch of Alzheimer Scotland provides a wide range of specialist services for people with dementia and their carers, including personalised support services, community activities, information and advice, at every stage of the dementia journey. Visit <a href="https://www.alzscot.org/living-with-dementia/getting-support/find-support-near-you/forth-valley-office">alzscot.org/living-with-dementia/getting-support/find-support-near-you/forth-valley-office</a> phone 01324 559480 or email falkirkservices@alzscot.org for more information.</p><p>The Falkirk and Clackmannanshire Carer's Centre provides advice and support and runs groups for carers. For more information, see the website <a href="https://centralcarers.org/carers/adult-carers/">centralcarers.org/carers/adult-carers/</a> call the Falkirk Centre on 01324 611510 or email centre@centralcarers.co.uk. </p>
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- Bereavement Counselling: support on the death of a loved one
- Blind or Partially Sighted (Sight Impaired or Severely Sight Impaired) Registration
- Blind or Visually Impaired: Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) guide to technology
- Blind or Visually Impaired: equipment and techniques to help
- Blind or experiencing vision loss: get help with day to day tasks
- Blue Badge Scheme
- Brain Injury: Groups that support people with a Brain Injury
- British Sign Language (BSL): Contact Scotland free BSL interpreting service
- British Sign Language (BSL): Help if you would like to learn BSL
- Bus pass: free bus travel in Scotland for over 60s
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- Cancer: support available for those with cancer
- Carers: Carer's Allowance financial support for those who care for others
- Carers: help, support and advice for those who care for others
- Cerebral Palsy: information and support
- Cerebral Palsy: support for people with cerebral palsy, their carers, and families
- Children with disabilities: Help and support for children and their carers
- Community Alarm and Telecare Services (including the Mobile Emergency Care Service MECS)
- Community Groups and Clubs
- Community Social, Leisure and Interest Groups
- Companionship: Help for those who may have stopped going out or find it difficult to talk to people
- Computer or IT support for those with a visual impairment
- Confused or muddled: Help for those who may become confused or get lost when going out
- Cooking classes
- Cycling
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- Deaf, deafened, hard of hearing and deafblind people: Clubs, Social Groups and Associations
- Deaf, deafened, hard of hearing and deafblind people: Help, information and advice
- Deaf, hard of hearing or experiencing hearing loss Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)
- Dementia Support Services: Town Break Falkirk
- Dementia-friendly exercise and movement
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- Learning Disabilities: Organisations that can provide support and advice
- Learning disabilities: support for people with learning disabilities, their carers, and families
- Leisure activities and leisure discount cards
- Libraries: Large print books
- Living Independently: advice if you or your loved ones are concerned about how you are managing day-to-day
- Loneliness: exercise can help Falkirk Leisure Services
- Loneliness: self-help resources
- Looking after your feet
- Low vision or visual impairment: Clubs, Social Groups and Associations
- Low vision: Low Vision Aids that may help with day-to-day tasks
- Lunch clubs and community food resources
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- Meals and eating: Help for those who often forget mealtimes
- Meals and eating: home delivery of frozen meals
- Meals and eating: home delivery of frozen meals Blueberry Hill Meals
- Meals and eating: home delivery of frozen meals Wiltshire Farm Foods
- Medication: Problems swallowing medication
- Memory Loss: What to do if you are concerned about memory loss
- Mental Health: Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH)
- Mental health and wellbeing: Breathing Space Scotland
- Mental health and wellbeing: Living Life - help with low mood, depression or anxiety
- Mobility: Shopmobility scheme
- Mobility: help with mobility and day-to-day tasks for those with a visual impairment
- Mobility: help with mobility when shopping
- Multiple Sclerosis: Groups that support people with Multiple Sclerosis, their carers and families
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- Safe and secure at home: reporting bogus callers
- Security and Staying Safe: how to improve the security of your home
- Security: support and advice if you have been a victim of burglary or would like to improve the security of your home
- Self-help guides: NHS inform
- Sensory impairement: independent sources of help and advice
- Snowdrop Cafes are open to all across the Falkirk Council area, taking place in Falkirk, Denny, Polmont and Haggs. If you're interested in coming along, or would even like to enquire how to start up your own Snowdrop Café where you live, get in touch with the Compassionate Community Team via email: fv.compassionatecommunities@nhs.scot.</p><p>Grangemouth's Talbot Hall hosts a Lunch Club on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 11:30am and 1:30pm. For more information, telephone 01324 483953 or 07858656608.</p><p>The free Grangemouth Saturday Lunch Club takes place every Saturday, 12pm – 2pm, based within Christ the King Church. The club offers free soup, sandwiches, hot drinks, cakes, and biscuits, is open to anyone in the community, whether they are in need of a meal, a warm space, a little bit of company, or somewhere to meet up with friends. For further information (including soup options each week), please visit the club’s Facebook page, or contact organiser Clare Murray by telephone on 07712580996, or email at clur81@hotmail.co.uk.</p>
- Social and interest groups: University of the Third Age
- Social and interest groups: Wider Access to Schools Project
- Step Forth
- Stress: help to manage stress and anxiety
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- Walking and mobility: what to do if you are worried about your walking
- Walking pets in the Falkirk area
- We recommend that you complete self-assessments for the areas where you are having difficulty
- We recommend that you contact Social Work Adult Services for further assessment
- Weight: Maintaining a healthy weight
- Weight: Worried about losing weight or loss of appetite
- Wheelchairs
- Work: Get support to get a job or continue in employment if you have a health problem or disability