This directory is here to help you find the services and activities on offer in Halton and St.Helens that are available for free and those that can be bought. You may be an individual looking for services to help with such things as independent living, getting out and about, getting fitter and healthier or improving your social life.

You may be acting on behalf of someone else - charged with purchasing health and care services as part of a persons “package of care”. You may be a commissioner who has responsibility to provide whole services that people can buy into or access for free.

Whatever reason you have to explore what is on offer you will want to know who the intended beneficiaries of the service are and that the service providers are trustworthy, safe, will do what you expect them to do and work to a high standard. You may also want to know what they are all about, why the service was set up, what the track record is like and how the service will be managed. You may even want to find out if there are other things they could provide if they had the opportunity or more resources.