Need help with small jobs and repairs at home? Age UK Berkshire’s Handyperson service can carry out minor household repairs and small adaptations in your home.
The handyperson team can help with jobs such as window and door locks and other security items, smoke and CO2 detectors, light bulbs and small electrical fittings, minor plumbing works, grab rails and hand rails (excluding stair rails), key safes and intercoms, draught proofing windows and doors, curtain poles and blinds, and other minor repairs (please ask for details).
Some jobs are not included, for example major electrical work, gas work requiring a Gas-Safe registered technician, high-up or high level work, painting and decorating, heavy machinery work (e.g. chainsaws), and gardening. For work they cannot do, they may be able to suggest one or more local traders, although they do not make recommendations.
You may find this helpful if you need practical help to make your home safer or easier to manage.
The service is available to people living in West Berkshire, Reading, Wokingham and Bracknell Forest, and is not available outside Age UK Berkshire - Head Office's catchment area. They may also be able to offer help in other areas, contact them to ask if they cover your area.
Cost: £25 per hour, plus the cost of materials. If you genuinely cannot pay, you can discuss this with the team (call 0118 959 4242 or email handyperson@ageukberkshire.org.uk). Works that are provided via a referral from the council or hospital, specifically to assist in security, reduce hospital inpatient stays or to enable a quick discharge from hospital are currently provided free of charge.
To get started, call 0118 959 4242. You can also email handyperson@ageukberkshire.org.uk. They welcome calls from older people, families and carers, and from professionals including social workers, occupational therapists, GPs, and hospital discharge teams.
Service statistics
Usually replies in
6 days
73%
of referrals accepted
Categories:
Day to day helping hand
Support with housing
Service access criteria:
Available to people living in West Berkshire, Reading, Wokingham and Bracknell Forest. Not available outside Age UK Berkshire - Head Office's catchment area. They may also be able to offer help in other areas, contact them to ask if they cover your area.
Additional needs catered for:
Takes place in the client’s home
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