Elders Voice provide practical support and social activities for older people in Brent. They have day centres, dementia cafés, a computer class, Zumba Gold, chair yoga and movement to music. Elders Voice run a Floating Support Handyperson Service. The Floating Support team can help you with benefit entitlements, moving home, debt management, enjoying an active social life, home safety and security, and housing repairs. The Handyperson team can help you with installing smoke alarms, grab rails and other adaptations, locks, bolts, peepholes, curtain rails, blinds, changing light bulbs, small carpentry and plumbing. Elders Voice also run Older & Prouder, an LGBT+ older people’s service. This service offers LGBT+ older people the opportunity to attend weekly coffee mornings, monthly social evenings and information sessions. There is also a telephone befriending tree service for those less able to get out of the house
Planned system maintenance
Please be advised that the Benefits and Council Tax sections of My Account will be unavailable this weekend, from Saturday, 10 May 2025 to Sunday, 11 May 2025, due to scheduled system maintenance. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.