Finding support in your community

Community Help Points 

Community help points are established and trusted places within communities such as libraries, voluntary organisations and/or community centres. They will be able to help with advice about cost of living pressures.   

If you know someone who isn’t online but would benefit from speaking to someone, you can direct them to a local community help point for advice and support.     

Community help points can help you to:  

• Access information about local services or activities  

• Become more confident in using the internet to help find information and solutions  

• Access the Staffordshire County Council and Staffordshire Connects websites or share some of the important information in them with you if you can’t access them yourself  

• Find out where to buy equipment and technology to make daily living easier.  

• Debt, finance, and form filling  

• Access befriending services - local and national  

• Support with identifying local paid home help services, such as cleaners and gardeners.  

Find out more about Community Help Points  

Staffordshire Connects 

Staffordshire Connects is our online directory of groups, clubs, activities, advice and support offered by a wide range of organisations in your community.

Use these links to find organisations in your area that can help with:

• Money Advice
  

• Foodbanks / Food Support

• Home Energy

• Furniture Banks
  

• Befriending / Companionship
  

• Social / companionship groups

• Clubs and Hobbies
  

• Lunch Clubs
  

• Paperwork Support
  

Staffordshire Libraries

Our libraries are free, safe and impartial spaces, where everyone is welcome.

You can join a Staffordshire library to borrow books, download ebooks and emagazines as well as attend activities and events for free.

Find out about what libraries offer for free