- Adult social care and health
- Protecting adults at risk - safeguarding Report and find advice on abuse of an adult at risk.
- Living independently at home Get help with looking after yourself, moving around and staying safe in your own home with adaptations, equipment, mobility aids and telecare
- Social activities and communities Help to find community groups, activities, day services and keeping fit
- Carers support Find advice, practical and financial help if you're a carer looking after someone
- Disability, long term health conditions and mental health support Support for adults who are deaf, hard of hearing or have a visual impairment, older people and adults with autism, dementia, learning disability, or a mental health condition
- Transport for older people and disabled people Get help with bus, train passes, blue badge applications, taxis and parking
- Getting social care and support Find out how to get adult social care support from the council, Eligibility for support and Care needs assessments
- Care homes and supported accommodation Search for a care home or supported living provider, Care homes, Retirement living, Extra Care Housing, Supported living, Shared Lives, Housing Options
- Paying for care How we work out what you have to pay towards help at home or in a care home, where to get independent financial advice
- Information for health and social care professionals and providers Training and development for the independent sector, Safeguarding adults information for professionals, Performance, standards and contracts
- Adult social care and health
- Bins and recycling
- Births, deaths, marriages and nationality
- Business and economy
- Children and families
- Communities and volunteering
- Council and democracy
- Council tax and benefits
- Crime and safety
- Housing and homelessness
- Jobs and training
- Leisure and culture
- Licensing
- Partners and professionals
- Planning and development
- Schools and education
- Transport, roads and parking
- Make a payment
- Report it
- Contact the council
Getting social care and support
Between April and October 2019 we led a discovery project to understand 'How we might enable service users and carers to access information about their care services to give them more control'.
Contact adult social care
Protecting adults at risk - safeguarding
- Reporting abuse or neglect of an adult at risk
- Types of abuse
- Advocacy - Someone to speak up for you
- Hate incident reporting
- Domestic violence
- Crime, safety and social care reporting
Staying safe
Carers support
Transport for older people and disabled people
Living independently at home
Mobility aids, equipment and adaptions
- Walking aids, wheelchairs and mobility scooters
- Equipment to help with daily living
- Home adaptations
- Carephones telecare home safety service
- Key safes
- Blindness and vision loss support
- Deaf or hard of hearing support
Independence at home
- Home care services
- Employing a personal assistant
- Help with eating well
- Support after illness or hospital discharge (reablement)
- Handyperson service - Age UK
- Help with IT - Age UK
- Assisted bin collections
- Council tax discounts, exemptions and benefits
- Keeping your house warm and reducing energy bills
Care homes and supported accommodation
- Care homes
- Search for a care home or supported living provider
- Extra care housing
- Retirement living homes
- More housing options
Learning disability housing options
Disability, long term health conditions and mental health support
Mental health and health conditions
- Mental health support in a crisis
- Self-help with your emotional health and wellbeing
- Supported help with emotional wellbeing
- Dementia support
- Learning disabilities
- Support for adults with autism
Sensory loss
Long-term health conditions or illness
Your health
Social activities and communities
Community groups and activities
- Improve your social well-being
- Better in Kirklees social prescribing service
- Befriending Services - Age UK
- Travel Companions, Befriending and Active at Home
- Find a luncheon club
Day centres
Exercise and sport
Local organisations community directory
- Blind and visually impaired support across Kirklees
- Deafness support across Kirklees
- Older peoples support across Kirklees
- Physical disability support across Kirklees
- Mental health support across Kirklees
- Adults with autism spectrum condition support across Kirklees
- Adults with learning disabilities support across Kirklees
- Asylum seekers and refugees support across Kirklees