The Sussex and East Surrey Sustainability and Transformation Plan is now available.
Follow link below :-
http://www.brightonandhoveccg.nhs.uk/your-services/sustainability-and-transformation-plan

Patient Transport Service (PTS)

The document below gives a summary of the latest changes to the Transport Service.

Sussex Patient Transport Service

It is proposed to make changes to the West Sussex subsidised local bus service in 2017. This is due to falling passenger numbers on some routes. The objective of the survey is to assess the impact of the changes on the travelling public.

Please click on the blue line below for details.
Proposed changes to bus routes
A link to the survey is included in the above ldocument

Responses to
Jo Kenworthy
Information Officer, Transport Bureau
Residents’ Services, Highways and Transport
West Sussex County Council

We’ve got a varied and interesting programme of events coming up this Autumn.  Here’s what’s coming up in February and March 2017

Mobile phone/Computer help drop in events: at

The Spire  Cafe at St John’s Church Burgess Hill
One to One help
Sessions every Thursday 11am – 1pm

Ardingly College
Term-time on Mondays 4.30 – 5.30pm
Starting again from 24 April 2017.
Ardingly College IT drop in 2017

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HEAT FOR HEALTH

Drop in Events 

Find out how to change your energy tariff or provider,  improve your energy efficiency and keep warm and well.

Heat for Health Conference: Affordable Warmth for Everyone in Mid Sussex

Monday 27 March 2017 at Clair Hall, Haywards Heath

9.30am – 14.30pm (Includes an information market place, workshops and lunch.)

Do you work (as a professional, or as a volunteer) with Mid Sussex people aged 65+ or families with children under 5?

Does your organisation or company provide social healthcare or energy services to Mid Sussex households?

Would you like to know about what help is available from April 2017 if you are living in a cold home?

If so, you may like to book yourself a place (and/or an information stand) at the free Conference.

Please ring 07460 088989 or email katja@msopc.org.uk to do so.

Any MSOPC enquiries contact the answerphone 01444 242760
Or email trustee@msopc.org.uk

Please refer to the document below for information on the Support Groups.
Dementia Groups – August 2016

Know Dementia
Contact 01273 494300 for venues etc

Neil’s Club
Contact 01903 790270 for information

Dementia Friends Haywards Heath
Tues 9th Aug 2016 1.15 – 2.15 pm Town Hall, Boltro Road
Contact 01 444 455694
Fatima.mirza@haywardsheath.gov.uk

Please click on the blue text below to view the details of the PTS complaints procedure.

Patient Transport Service Complaints Process 2016

Is out now! Do have a look – there is lots of help and support available.

Click on the link below to view it or download it.  Or, if you would like a hard copy, ring Wellbeing on 01444 477191

Community_Connections_April_2016

Discussion about the ways to tackle nuisance calls, anti-social behaviour, and the new policing model were discussed at MSOPC’s Conference after Katy Bourne made a presentation about the Sussex Elders’ Report.

See the Past events page for more information.

It couldn’t be a more exciting time to join MSOPC – a local and growing charity, set up, managed and run by older people, all volunteers, for the benefit of Mid Sussex older people.

We are currently looking for more volunteers;-

Management Committee members – ideally people living in Mid Sussex who enjoy working together to plan and deliver MSOPC’s strategy and operation.

Individuals who might like to make use of their  Media and Communications experience, or Minute taking, or who have a knowledge of Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency, would be particularly welcome, as would aspiring “officers”.

In addition, we are always on the look out for those volunteers that can help at our events – Mini bus drivers, Event Stewards, Event Organisers, Digital Champions ….

If you think you can help please visit the Volunteer section of the website for more details.

MSOPC now has an online donation facility.  Please see our donation page.

Are you a carer?  If you are aged 50+ there’s a good chance you could be.
6.5 million people in the UK are – 1.3 million of these are aged 65+ and 1 in 5 people (2 million) are aged 50-64.

Carers provide unpaid care by looking after an ill, older or disabled family member, friend or partner. It could be a few hours a week or round the clock, in your own home, round the corner or many miles away.

Not surprisingly, given the age of many carers, MSOPC is keen to recognise the massive contribution carers make to society and help carers realise that’s what they are – so they can get all the help and support they need to carry on with their valuable role.  Members of the MSOPC Management Committee  have been out this week – Carer’s week – in order to do this.

The information given out included Top Tips for Carers.  A copy of this can be viewed below by clicking on the blue link.

MSOPC Top Tips for Carers 2015

If you need help with accessing the internet, sending emails, shopping on line, storing photos or anything like this on your computer, smartphone or tablet why not pop in for free advice and guidance?

The Computer Help Desk is held at the Spire Cafe on Thursdays  11.00 to 13.00 and is staffed by individual volunteers with the IT expertise who have been vetted and approved to become Digital Champions.

Any questions?
Email   trustee@msopc.org.uk
or ring 01444 242760 and leave a message.

Over the next ten months, the Sussex Elders’ Commission will be holding their “Big Conversation” with family, friends and peers to hear older residents’  ideas and concerns about policing, crime and community safety.

The Sussex Elders’ Commission is an opportunity for older residents to support, challenge and inform the work of the Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner, Katy Bourne.  A full report of the Elders’ Commission will be delivered in March 2016 and will include recommendations and potential solutions to address issues such as financial abuse and coercion and older peoples’ fear of crime.

Commission members have told us that they are aware of eight key areas of concern for older residents. These are:

• Financial Abuse
• Fear of Crime
• Nuisance calls and scams
• Local policing
• Cyber crime
• Anti-social behavior
• Isolation
• Road Safety.

If you are interested in helping or talking to your local Elders’ Commission member call 01273 481 561, visit http://www.sussex-pcc.gov.uk/elders-commission/ or, if you’d like a paper survey form contact trustee@msopc.org.uk or leave a message on the MSOPC answer phone 01444 242760.

See a useful pamphlet below detailing medical organisations, addresses and opening times in the area.
Please click on the blue text below.
Right Place Right Help