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We may be able to refer you to Foodbank for crisis support and they might be able to help you with food, clothes for job interviews, budgeting support and advice on your individual situation.

The Buy With Confidence Scheme provides you with a list of local businesses which have given their commitment to trading fairly.

Plymouth is a great city to cycle in, for both leisure and commuting - download the cycling map.

Maintaining independence in your home often involves finding solutions to everyday challenges that arise with age. Reduced mobility, dexterity, vision, or hearing can make tasks like dressing, bathing, cooking, and managing medications complicated. This can lead to reliance on others, frustration, and even safety hazards.

The Buy With Confidence Scheme provides you with a list of local businesses which have given their commitment to trading fairly.

Staying active and engaged is crucial for overall wellbeing. Day services and day care are a great way to meet others and get out of the house for a few hours. It includes a range of activities, the chance to socialise, and may include a meal.

Hearing loss can be temporary or permanent. It often comes on gradually as you get older, but it can sometimes happen suddenly.

There are various options that exist to help you deal with your debt problems. These include bankruptcy, debt relief orders, debt management plans, administration orders, debt consolidation and Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs).

If you need support to reduce or manage your debts, the following services and organisations might be able to assist you.

Read the December 2021 edition of the Plymouth Young Carers newsletter.

Read the December 2022 edition of the Plymouth Young Carers newsletter.

Read the December 2024 edition of the Plymouth Young Carers newsletter.

As a young adult with special educational needs, you have the opportunity to continue your education, enhance your employability, and prepare for adult life by pursuing post-16 further education.

A deferred payment agreement is an arrangement with the council that lets people use the value of their homes to help pay care home costs. The amount that is not covered by your income and savings will be repaid to us when you decide to sell your home, or it can be paid back after your death.

The Dementia Quality Mark is an accreditation process for care homes that provide a dementia service.

Find your nearest NHS and private dentist in Plymouth. Enter your postcode to find your closest dentist and view information about their opening times, facilities, patient reviews, treatments, and services.

Depression is more than simply feeling unhappy or fed up for a few days.

Depression doesn't just affect adults. Children and teenagers can get depressed too.

This self-assessment will help you assess whether you could be suffering from depression, based on how you've been feeling over the last fortnight.

You can apply to become someone's deputy if they lack mental capacity. This means they cannot make a decision for themselves at the time it needs to be made.