These factsheets aim to promote personal safety, security, health and wellbeing. Hopefully they will help you to feel more confident in your own home and local community. They are organised under three main headings with contact details at the end of each sheet.

Finance and benefits
The following factsheets offer help on managing your money, understanding pensions, and finding out about the different benefits you could be entitled to and how to claim them.

1. Benefits and money worries
2. Energy efficiency

Health and wellbeing
Information to help you achieve and maintain good health and to live an active, healthy life.

3. Keeping healthy and active
4. Getting out - travel and holidays
5. Exercise
6. Food
7. Medication

Other exercise fact sheets are available from Age Concern and Help the Aged
In addition, find out about how you can identify stroke symptoms 

Safety in the home and local environment
The purpose of these factsheets is to raise awareness of the risks that may occur in the home and what steps you can take to prevent or minimise them.

8. Keeping safe and secure at home
9. Unwelcome visitors
10. Nuisance neighbours
11. Fire electricity and gas
12. Safe in your garden
13. Falls - keeping safe

14. Useful contacts factsheet – includes contact details from all the factsheets, plus local council phone contacts and other useful numbers.

Try the Putting Essex People First Information Gateway for further information about carers, benefits, housing, leisure and much more.

Extracts taken from the 'Be Smart Be Safe' Handbook published by CSEF (Registered Charity Nos: 1103344 & SCO37714). The publisher shall not be liable for any accidents, losses or malpractice arising from or relating to the activities in these factsheets.