Advice & Support from L&Q

Lifestyle - Useful Links

Healthy living

Silver surfers

The association of retired person & persons over 50 Britains largest campaigning and social membership organisation for people over 50.
www.arp050.org.uk

For those of you interested in tracing your family tree, The Public Record Office
www.pro.gov.uk/

Genuki is a great resource of different genealogical sites
www.genuki.org.uk

Or maybe you want to get in contact with someone you went to school with. Sign up and see who has already signed up from your old schools.
www.friendsreunited.co.uk

Computer skills

The governments site for people who want to get more out of the Internet.
www.ukonline.gov.uk/

The BBC has a great site in WebWise which will give you lots of tips and advice in getting more from the internet.
www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/

Silverhairs is a site dedicated to help older people with their computing, whether it be problems with software or hardware.
www.silverhairs.co.uk/

Chat

The baby boomer bistro a chat site for older people.
www.bbb.org.uk

Find your way

Key in a postcode, or a street name to see a map of the area invaluable for getting around the UK.
www.streetmap.co.uk

Shopping

Do you want to get your household shopping delivered? See if Tesco delivers in your area.
www.tesco.com

Get books, music and audio books delivered to your home from Amazon.
www.amazon.co.uk

Bol.com
www.bol.com

Money & advice

FT Your Money compare savings and current accounts to see which are the best value.
www.ftyourmoney.com

Adviceguide is run by the citizens advice bureau and is a good starting point for getting advice on legal, housing and financial issues.
www.adviceguide.org.uk

Ferret benefit test - use this site to see if you are entitled to more benefits.
www.ferret.co.uk

Information on benefits for older people.
www.dss.gov.uk/lifeevent/penret/index.asp

Need a train time? Look it up on the rail track site.
www.railtrack.com

www.thepensionservice.gov.uk