Copeland Age and Advice Service C.I.C

27/08/2025

Are you missing out on Attendance Allowance?

Attendance Allowance is available to anyone of State Pension age with physical or mental disabilities and who need help with daily living tasks.

Attendance Allowance is not means tested so your finances won't be checked to work out if you are entitled. If you are awarded you may be entitled to other benefits such as Pension Credit as your living threshold will increase. You can also apply for attendance allowance if you pay for your care in a care home.

To claim, you don't need to be receiving assistance already, you just need to show that you will benefit from it.

Why might I not qualify for Attendance Allowance?
You are NOT eligible if...
- you already receive Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
- you receive Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
- you live in a care home and the local authority already contributes to your costs

How much is Attendance Allowance per week?
The amount of Attendance Allowance you get depends on whether you need help during the day or both day and night.
If you need help during the day: £73.90 Weekly
If you need help during the day and night: £110.40 Weekly

How do I apply for Attendance Allowance?

Contact the CAAS team for help to complete the application.
Phone: 01946 552166
Email: referrals@caasteam.com
Website: www.caasteam.com

Cumberland Council
Copeland Community Fund
Cumbria Community Foundation
The National Lottery Community Fund

21/08/2025

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If you’re struggling and need someone to talk to, you don’t have to wait. We've launched a new 'Virtual Safe Haven' – giving people across Whitehaven and Copeland the chance to speak to a trained mental health support worker online, the very same day.

🕓 When? 4pm–midnight, every day of the week.
💻 Where? Online video call (you’ll just need a phone, tablet or computer with internet)
👉 How? Book your appointment in a few clicks using the link on our webpage: https://wcmhp.org.uk/hope-haven/

An Everyturn Mental Health support worker can listen, talk through what’s happening for you, and work with you on a plan for ongoing support if you’d like. You don’t need a referral, and there’s no waiting list.

Hope Haven’s new home on King Street is being refurbished and will open later this year as a welcoming place where anyone can walk in for help. Until then, you’ll also find us out in the community, at weekly drop-ins, wellbeing walks, and our chatty café. (Check out the 'events' section on our Facebook profile for details.)

If you’re finding things tough, don’t wait 💚 Book your 'Virtual Safe Haven' appointment today, and get support when you need it.

📢 Please share to help us spread the word!

The Well Communities Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust Cumbria Health Home Group Whitehaven Community Trust ICan Wellbeing group CIO Time To Change West Cumbria Project CIC

20/08/2025

At the Memory Café this week we were joined by fitness guru Anne Marie Moffatt from Fearless & Fabulous Fitness , who put everyone through their paces with beachball exercises ⛱

Thanks as always to our wonderful volunteers and Whitehaven Rufc who make it possible.

The Café runs every 2 weeks 11.00am -12.30pm and is also attended by the NHS Memory Matters Team for advice and support to carers.

If you are interested in attending or would like further information, please call our office on 01946 552166.

Cumberland Council
Cumbria Community Foundation
Copeland Community Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund

15/08/2025

Join us today at our Breast Cancer Awareness afternoon tea at the Time to Change Community Centre, Haig Enterprise Park, Kells, Whitehaven from 12-2pm

There will be good company & chat with a selection of cakes, tea and coffee. Just to pay what you can afford.

Time To Change West Cumbria Project CIC

15/08/2025

📣PLEASE TAKE NOTE!!!
If you get a text or email about "Winter Fuel Payment", ❗️IT'S A SCAM❗️Don't click any links and DO NOT give any personal details.

If you qualify for Winter Fuel Payments, they will come to you automatically; you don't need to do anything!

Please share this message!!

11/08/2025

Celebrate autumn by hosting a Harvest Fest!

Celebrate local food, eat sustainably, and bring your community together this autumn.

Every autumn, communities across the UK come together to mark the end of the growing season – enjoying local produce, the chance to gather, share food, and spend time with neighbours. It’s a great way to reconnect with the land and each other- whether that’s through cooking, growing, or simply sharing a meal.

Thanks to support from the Food Cumberland Partnership, community groups, schools, Parish Councils and others can now apply for up to £150 in funding to bring a Harvest Fest event to life in Autumn 2025 – with food-based fun that feeds both bellies and community spirit.

Cumberland Council

08/08/2025

Pop along and see us today at the Social Prescribing Wellbeing Festival at Whitehaven RLFC, where we are giving information and advice regarding our services along with many other organisations 😊

Cumberland Council
Cumbria Community Foundation
Copeland Community Fund

06/08/2025

Pop along and see us on Friday 8th August at the Social Prescribing Wellbeing Festival at Whitehaven RLFC, where we will be giving information and advice regarding our services 🙂

Copeland Community Fund
Cumbria Community Foundation
Cumberland Council

06/08/2025

06/08/2025

At our recent Memory Café we were joined by Marc Goodwin, Whitehaven Town Crier. He told the history of the Town Crier and what he gets up to in the role 🔔

We had a game of Heads n tails and Sit down not stand up bingo; Gerard Richardson donated books as prizes and there were afternoon tea packs to win 🏆

The Café runs every 2 weeks 11.00am -12.30pm at Whitehaven Rufc and is also attended by the NHS Memory Matters Team for advice and support to carers.

If you are interested in attending or would like further information, please call our office on 01946 552166.

Cumberland Council
Cumbria Community Foundation
Copeland Community Fund