27th October 2022 • The HERALD • Page 55 v SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SPECIALISTS v WE CARE, YOU CARE LYMINGTON RAMPS Safer Easier Access SEE MORE PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS AT: www.lymingtonramps.co.uk NHS and Local Authority Approved ANY DESIGN TAILOR MADE FOR YOU SAFEST ANTI SLIP SURFACES Free no obligation visit Call 07511 801493 Let us help you make life easier Contact Waterside Home Help today to find out how we can help you and your family. We offer a range of home help & companionship services: ● Cleaning ● Laundry and bed changes ● Carpet Cleaning* ● Shopping and errands ● Transport to appointments ● Companionship ● We will match you with a fully trained, insured and DBS checked helper to suit your individual needs. ● The same helper will visit you at the same time each day, week, fortnight or whenever required. ● We do not provide personal care, therefore our rates are considerably lower ● From £16 per hour (*please ask for prices) Call us today on 07565 428139 Or email us on: info@watersidehomehelp.co.uk Visit our website: www.watersidehomehelp.co.uk HYTHE HUDDLE PROGRAMME Evergreen Club for Over 60’s their a ernoon social. On Thursday 1st December for a talk by J & B Sutton titled ‘Life e Hythe Huddle is continuing to meet on the rst Wednesday of every month at Cornerstone URC Church, New Road, Hythe. It is always a very friendly and happy time for people with dementia and their carers. ey don’t talk about the problems of dementia, they o er a place of respite where you can have a chat and a cuppa, make friends and have some fun together. Over the last few months they have had a very successful games a ernoon, and a sing along performance by pianist and professional musician Kirsty Newbury of old songs that they know and love. Takes them down memory lane! e next meeting is on Wednesday 2nd November for entertainment with singer Retro Rita. On Wednesday 7th December will be their Christmas party, with food and fun for all. e lovely Hythe Primary school choir will be singing a selection of Christmas songs for them. e Hythe Huddle is free to attend for anyone with dementia and their carer. Please call the Families Matter o ce on 023 8020 7623 if you want to know more, or are interested in attending. All welcome. ere will be no meeting in January 2023. Last year’s Christmas party Around a third of eligible pensioners don’t claim Pension Credit – o en because they don’t know they can or that they need to. People of State Pension age may be entitled to Pension Credit even though they may have modest savings, or a retirement income or own their own home. An award of Pension Credit can provide access to a range of other bene ts such as help with housing costs, council tax, heating bills and for those aged 75 or over, a free TV licence. PENSION CREDIT Find out if you’re eligible and how much you could get at: www.gov.uk/pension-credit-calculator Read more and apply at www.gov.uk/pension-credit or call 0800 99 1234 (calls are free). Citizens Advice New Forest has trained advisers who can help you with making an application. Contact them on 0808 278 7860 or visit one of their local o ces at Lymington, Hythe, New Milton, Ringwood or Totton. For more details see www.newforestcab. org.uk For enjoyabl e afternoons, a warm welcome awai ts over 60’s as visitors or members to the Evergreen Club. ey meet every month at St. John’s Hall, Hythe on 1st and 3rd ursdays 1.45pm to 4pm. Each month they have a speaker or entertainment and another social a ernoon, both with tea and cakes. Their next meeting is on Thursday 3rd November for a talk by Bob Smith titled ‘Vintage Vehicle Tours’. On Thursday 17th November for of Dylan omas’. For more information telephone Peter on: 023 8089 1721.
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