Details kindly
submitted by Louise Radley
who works for the Eastern Wakefield Primary Care Trust on an Older Peoples
Project.
Knottingley
Police Station, Weeland Road, Knottingley,
WF11 8AQ
Contact: PC 1217 Charlie Banks, Community Constable
Tel: 01977 601124 ; Fax: 01977 601197
Five
Towns Neighbourhood Policing Team
Contact: Sergeant Richard Jones Tel: 01977
678526 / 01924 294518
West
Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service,
Hazel Road, Knottingley, WF11 OLG
Contact: Tony Smyth Tel: 01977 672143 (station) 0800 5874536 (freephone)
Free home fire safety checks for any domestic property, checking on location and
condition of
smoke alarms & providing new or replacement alarms where necessary
Knottingley
Town Hall, Weeland Road, Knottingley,
WF11 8BE
Contact: Edwin Beckett Tel: 01977 672585
Various different community activities run here and rooms of varying sizes are
available for hire.
Warwick
Community Campus, 93 Sycamore Avenue,
Knottingley, WF11 8RG
Contact: Mandy Mattison
Tel: 01977 677596 ; Fax: 01977 677596 ; Email:
mandy.mattison@btconnect.
Knottingley
Sports Centre, Hill Top, Knottingley,
WF11 8EE
Contact: Peter Conboy (Manager)
Tel: 01977 722505 ; Fax: 01977670567 ; Email: Knottingleysc@wakefield.gov.uk
Opening Times: Mon - Fri 8.00 am 10.00 pm ; Sat - Sun 9.00 am
8.00 pm
Ferrybridge
Community Centre, The Square, Ferrybridge,
WF11 8PQ
Contact: Mrs J. Mary Higgins Tel: 01977 676056 ; Fax: 01977
676056
Various different community activities run here and rooms of varying sizes are
available for hire.
Ferrybridge
Citizens Advice Bureau, Ferrybridge
Community Centre, The Square, Ferrybridge
Opening Times: Weds 10.00am 1.00pm
Ferrybridge
Tenants & Residents Association,
16 Argyle Road, Ferrybridge
Opening Times: Weds 10.00am 1.00pm ; Thurs 10.00am 1.00pm
Fri 10.00am 1.00pm
Knottingley
Library, Hill Top, Knottingley, WF11 8EE
Tel: 01977 722450 ; Email: knottingleylibrary@wakefield.gov.uk
Councillor
Surgeries, The Close, 90 Hill Top,
Knottingley
Opening Times: Sat 10.00am 12.00 noon
Age
Concern Wakefield District
Information, insurance services for older people, advocacy, wheelchair &
equipment loans, homeworks,
hospital discharge & home support schemes, ageing well, develop/support and
help to set
up community groups and events for older people
Contact: 7 Bank Street, Castleford, WF10 1JD
Tel: 01977 552114 Fax: 01977 518549 Email: admin@acwd.org.uk
Carers
Wakefield and District
Provides support, information and advice to carers including training.
Some financial help available to local carers groups.
Contact: Carol McGrath, Project Manager, 25 King Street, Wakefield, WF1
2SR
Tel: 01924 305544 Fax: 01924 305348 Email: wakecare@btclick.com
Alzheimers
Society
Provide information on all forms of dementia.
Offer advice and support to carers, support groups for carers and a home respite
service
Contact: Denise Arstall, Branch Co-ordinator, 21 King Street, Wakefield,
WF1 2JR
Tel: 01924 373264 Fax: 01924 373265 ; Email:
wakefieldalzheimers@ukgateway.net
Opening Times: Mon Fri 9.00am 5.00 pm
Wakefield
Energy Efficiency Advice Centre (WEEAC)
Offers advice to help people become more energy efficient, warm their homes and
lower fuel bills,
information and assistance to claim grants and discounts to lower the cost of
installing
better insulation and heating.
Contact: Tel: Freephone hotline 0800 0527496 ; Email:
weeac@wakefield.gov.uk
Opening Times: Mon Fri 9.00am 5.00pm
For
more Information on any of the above organisations, please contact
The Older Peoples Project on 01977
665 876
All
contact details have been provided with the consent of those included
and were correct at August 2005