Carers Lunch and Talk

Carers Talk with Lunch

Wednesday 12-2 pm

The Victory Centre, 154-158 Portswood Road SO17 2NH
Parking in Westridge Road Car Park (50p for 3 hrs)

14^th November

Southampton Sight

Information about resources for any level of sight impairment

12^th December

Guest Speakers Patsi Whaley and Rona Hargreaves from the Southampton City Council FAB team

(Finance Assessment and Benefits Advice)

An introduction to paying for care and the Direct Payments AllPay system. The team will talk through financial assessment for people who receive adult social care services. This is done to calculate whether they will be asked to contribute to the cost of their care and how much that contribution will be.

Patsi and Rona will talk from 12pm-1pm including an opportunity for questions and then this will be followed by a light sandwich lunch.

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