Services provided at Great Oaks


Great Oaks Helps

Patients:

  • Keep themselves feeling well  
  • Meet others with similar problems
  • Maximize their self-reliance, minimize dependency
  • Try new skills, revisit old talents
  • Enjoy complimentary therapies that aid relaxation and the chance to talk
  • Understand their disease and how to live with it
  • Fund out about what other services are available
  • Find out about applying for benefits
  • Improve their self esteem and confidence, feel positive again
  • Have "time out" from their illness

Carers and Families:

  • To realize "You're not alone"
  • By giving them time to themselves
  • By giving them a chance to talk to other carers
  • Through supporting carer sessions as requested

The Community:

  • With a facility that compliments and improves community services
  • By giving specific support to those left vulnerable by their medical diagnosis and coping with life limiting conditions
  • By providing an opportunity for local people to participate in its activities: on the committee, as volunteers, working with patients or in the shops, as fund raisers, as visiting speakers

We listen, we support, we care.

If you know of anyone who may benefit from our service please contact us at 01594 811910 for more details.