PIRAMID

What is PIRAMID?

The PIRAMID project is a partnership between Derby City Council, Derby Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Community Action Derby. 

The project is designed  to:

• help increase older people's general wellbeing and reduce the risk of inactivity and isolation, which can lead to 'premature, preventable ill health and dependency'(source: OPDM, 2006)
• enable older people to remain independent in their own homes through accessing local community services and being supported to get involved with local groups and activities 

PIRAMID offers support to older people who don't have the social contacts that they once had, are coming to terms with a bereavement, an experience of crime, or recent life changes.

The PIRAMID Project can also offer support with:

• the role of carer;
• introducing a volunteer to help service users access groups or activities in their local neighbourhoods;
• information about community services; and
• identifying services to meet ethnic and cultural needs.

If you feel this project could help you or someone you know, please contact the PIRAMID team on 01332 227720 or email ann.theobald@communityactionderby.org.uk
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