LOCAL organisations providing day to day public services to people over the age of 50 are coming together to present an Information Fair on Tuesday, June 10, in Barnstaple.

The fair will run from 2pm to 4pm, at the Barnstaple Hotel, Braunton Road, Barnstaple.

Devon County Council has organised the afternoon to make people more aware of what services and support are available locally to people over 50.

Services represented will include:

The new Senior Council for Devon; Age Concern; Go North Devon; Time For Life; West County Energy Action; See Hear Project; Taw and Torridge Caring and Carers Link; WAND Mental Health Helpline; North Devon Homes; Care and Repair; RNID; Calvert Trust; Local Involvement Networks (LINKs); Cruse; Lions; Torridge Transport; TorrAge; Devon PCT’s Expert Patients; and others.

Devon County Council’s Community Transport, Library Services, Adult Education, Direct Payments team, and Care Direct, which is part of the Council’s Customer Services, will also be attending.

The Barnstaple event is the third of three Information Fairs to promote local services. The first two events, in Exmouth and Ivybridge, attracted many people. www.devon24.co.uk

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Posted: 06|4|08 at 9:18 am. Filed under: News.