Support groups

Age UK Leicester - advice, information and services for older people:

• Address: Clarence House, 46 Humberstone Gate, Leicester, LE1 3PJ

• Telephone: 0116 222 0555

• Website: ageuk.org.uk/leics

Action Deafness - provides various services to anyone with any kind of hearing loss:

• Address: Peepul Centre  Orchardson Avenue, Leicester LE4 6DP

• Telephone: 0844 593 8440

• Fax: 0844 593 8441 
• Minicom 0844 593 8442
  
• SMS: 07949 632644

• Website: actiondeafness.org.uk

The Carers Centre - advice, information and services for carers of all ages:

• Address: Carers Centre, Unit 19, 4th Floor Matrix House, Constitution Hill, Leicester, LE1 1PL

• Telephone: 0116 251 0999 (24hr answer phone)
  Office hours 9am - 4pm Mon - Fri
  Open drop-in morning Tuesdays 9.30am - 12.30pm

• Website: claspthecarerscentre.org.uk

LEEAP (Leicestershire Ethnic Elderly Advocacy Project):

• Address: 33 Chandos Street, Leicester, LE2 1BL

• Telephone: 0116 275 5515

Leicestershire Centre for Integrated Living - empowering disabled people in order to gain access to information, advice and services:

• Address: 5-9 Upper Brown Street, Leicester, LE1 5TE

• Telephone: 0116 222 5005

• Minicom : 0116 222 5007

• Website: lcil.org.uk

Mosaic: shaping disability services - providing services for mainly physically disabled people and their carers: 

2 Oak Spinney Park
Ratby Lane
Leicester Forest East
LE3 3AW

Telephone: 0116 2318720 Fax: 0116 2312037 Helpline: 0116 231 4425

• Website: mosaic1898.co.uk

Vista - Royal Leicestershire, Rutland and Wycliffe Society for the Blind - advice, information and services for people who are visually impaired:

• Address: Resources Centre, Gedding Road, Leicester, LE5 5DU

• Telephone: 0116 249 0909

• Website: vistablind.org.uk

Voluntary Action Leicestershire (VAL) - promoting, co-ordinating and supporting voluntary and community action in Leicester:

• Address: Active Community Centre, 9 Newarke Street, Leicester, LE1 5SN

• Telephone: 0116 258 0666

• Website: www.valonline.org.uk