Age Connects Neath Port Talbot

Age Connects Neath Port Talbot is the operating title of Age Concern Neath Port Talbot and is an independent local charity. Our mission statement is:
‘To provide community based services that facilitate social inclusion, while promoting a healthy and active retirement and continuing independence for the older citizens of Neath Port Talbot’.

We provide a voice for local older people, enable continued provision of important services and continue to respond to local demand through ongoing consultation and service development.

As the only older person’s organisation operating across the whole borough, we’re engaged in communities, delivering services, with a long of history and expertise in working with older people and their families to understand the challenges they face. We help older people plan for the future, prevent problems, find and use services, take part in more social/leisure activities, be more independent and have a more active role in their community. Last year alone, we provided over 6,000 unique cases of support and assistance for people aged 50+ living across the borough and many more through our marketing and outreach delivery strategy.

We make our services as accessible as possible and offer differing levels of support according to individual need. This ranges range from the provision of information and advice through our telephone helpline, network of neighbourhood information points, website, special events and talks, through to participation in our community based healthy lifestyle activities, befriending groups, self-development opportunities and on-going welfare benefits and advocacy casework. Service users can access our free services through home visits, one to one appointments, drop in service and/or by visiting our community outreach locations.