Archived Items

Below is a list of useful items that have previously been on the Silver Surfers Home page. If the information you are looking for is not here, try entering the details in the Search box above to search the website for the information:

Services & On-line reporting

• Neighbourhood Fix It - reporting problems to the local Council.

• Reporting pot-holes - Coventry or Warwickshire.

• Community Links transport project - operates in South Warwickshire.

• Free Bus Travel - concessionary fares.

• Digital Switchover - the national change to digital TV.

• Age Concern Care Home checklist - things to consider.

• Mobility Market - for buying and selling mobility aids.

• Sloppy slippers - replace them for £5 with PHILLIS.

• Swimming - free for over 60s in Warwick District.

• Tradeline - tradespeople for over 50's living in Warwickshire.  
• Borough Care community alarm in North Warwickshire.
• Stopping smoking - 0800 085 2917
• Internet kiosks in Rugby.
• TV Licence - buy it on-line.
• Shopping Support service in Nuneaton & Bedworth.
• Healthy Living website.
• Housing Options Service - advice on housing and care options 0800 377 7070. 
• Accessible Housing - information and support for older disabled people.
• Coventry Health Hub - for health service information.
• Dementia Information Service (DISC) - for sufferers and carers.
• Warm Front - help with heating and insulation.
• HealthSpace - for managing your health.
• Pensions Tracing Service - for tracking down "lost" pensions 0845 6002 537.

Computers & Photgraphy

• Buying a computer - help with getting a PC and Internet access.
• Buying a Digital Camera - advice from Age Concern. 
• Computer courses at the Hub, Shipston.
• IT Can Help - computer help at home for disabled people (ITCH).
• My Web, My Way - accessibility help from the BBC.
• Free Computer Courses at Nuneaton Multicultural Women's Centre. Carers sessions on Wednesdays, ring 024 7634 8522.

On-line Records

• British Army WW1 on-line records - from the National Archives.
• www.Ancestry.com - free access in Warwickshire Libraries to this family history website.
• Local Family History groups - Warwickshire.
• Ship Passenger lists from 1890 to 1960 - did your relatives emigrate?
• Non-conformist births, deaths and marriages from 1567.
• Old Bailey trial records 1674 - 1913.
• Royal Naval Reserve records - from 1903.
• 1911 Census

On-line Consultations & Petitions

• Right Care, Right Deal - consultation on UK social care system.

Miscellaneous  

• Villages online - information about villages in the UK.
• Community Freebay - puts you in touch with people in the Coventry and Warwickshire area who can put your unwanted items to good use.  
• BeGrand - website for Grandparents.
• Identity theft - protecting yourself from stolen identity.
• SAGA Zone - on-line community for older people.
• Sewing, knitting, rag-rug making, marquetry - ring 024 7631 5151 or email N&B Volunteer Centre.
• RNID emergency text service trial.
• Timetrail - Warwickshire's archeological heritage.
• Skills for older drivers - WCC older driver training.