About Us...
The Living Well & Early Help Service works alongside people to recognise and build on their strengths, passions, and capabilities. We will guide people to identify their own practical solutions wherever possible and focus on what they can do for themselves using their skills and experience, rather than automatically looking for a service response.
Our team can support community members and their families to link with services across the Isle of Wight that support their needs, by way of signposting to the relevant organisations or by direct assistance from our outreach or development team who will support and help them with a way forward.
Our outreach team focus on working alongside individuals to provide specific advice, guidance and practical help for their personal concerns, ensuring they have all the tools and information to resolve their issue.
Our development team focus on connecting communities and supporting opportunities to combat social isolation and loneliness. They can also provide information and advice at several LWEH organised information points and groups.
Further details of our information points and groups can also be requested by telephone from our first point of contact team and found on our website.
Who may benefit from contacting us...
ANYONE who feels alone or isolated and feels ready to take steps to go to a group or activity to meet people or get involved with their community.
ANYONE needing advice and guidance around wellbeing concerns from finances, benefits and poverty, to housing, social interaction and available support for mental health.
ANYONE who struggles to get around their home or has experienced recent trips or falls and feel they would benefit from equipment, like handrails, aids and adaptations to keep them safe at home.
ANYONE looking for care or domestic support in their home and unsure where to begin. Additionally, any family members who need advice and are struggling to arrange care or domestic support for their loved ones.
ANYONE that finds it difficult to access and use IT and the internet and whom need assistance with something that it relies on.
ANYONE worried about finances, utilities, budgeting, struggling with family food bills, experiencing a period of hardship or needing advice on reducing costs. Our team can also issue foodbank vouchers.
ANYONE requiring advice and guidance around learning disabilities and where to find support options re housing, bills, budgeting, support workers or finding care.
ANYONE who is unsure ‘where to start’ or ‘who to contact’ with a problem they are facing or a query they have.
Please note - we are not a crisis service nor able to provide any advice on legal matters, however, we can signpost to these services and provide contact information.
- You must be an Isle of Wight resident.
- Professional and self referrals can be made for anyone, providing we have consent from the community member the referral is in regard to.