Some of the best support in Sandwell starts before a person needs formal care. Healthy ageing is not one service; it is a mix of prevention, community support, activity, social connection, information, and early practical help. Sandwell’s local wellbeing pages bring several of these routes together.
Who this page is for
This guide is for older residents, adults who want to stay well for longer, carers and practitioners who want to signpost somebody to local prevention and wellbeing support before needs escalate.
Healthy Sandwell: the main public health route
The current Healthy Sandwell information describes a free local offer for residents around mental health, stop smoking, healthy weight, alcohol, drugs misuse, diabetes prevention, food and recipes, and ageing well.
- Telephone: 0800 011 4656 or 0121 569 5100
- Email listed on the current directory record: LS@nhs.net
This is useful because residents often need a health improvement route before they need adult social care.
Wellbeing, volunteering and community connection
Sandwell’s Wellbeing page brings together local platforms such as Route2WellBeing for services near you, LetsGoSandwell for volunteering opportunities, and wider community and family activity routes.
That means healthy ageing in Sandwell is not limited to medical services. It includes social connection, community participation and purposeful activity.
How this links with adult social care
Prevention and care are not separate worlds. Someone may use Healthy Sandwell, falls prevention or volunteering as a way of staying well, and later also need community alarms, equipment or a care assessment. Using prevention routes early can delay crisis and help people keep confidence and independence for longer.
A practical Sandwell wellbeing checklist
- Check whether Healthy Sandwell has a programme that fits your current goal
- Use Route2WellBeing or the Wellbeing page to find local groups and activities
- Look at volunteering if confidence, routine or social connection are the main gaps
- If falls, home safety or mobility are part of the picture, add in falls prevention, equipment or community alarms
- If somebody is struggling with daily living rather than only wellbeing, add the adult social care route as well
Useful Sandwell links
- Healthy Sandwell
- Wellbeing
- Sandwell Falls Prevention Service
- Mobile and Home Library Service
- Contact Adult Social Care
