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Adult Care Connect and Direct Hub

About this service

ADULT CARE CONNECT AND DIRECT HUB

Please see below:

  • If anyone would like advice or information from Adult Care Services you can contact us Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm*, on 0161 253 5151. *Please note Wednesday opening time is 10am-5pm.
  • You can also find information and advice online using the Bury Council website or the Bury Directory.
  • If you would like to apply for a Blue Badge, please contact us Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm, on 0161 253 6855.
  • If you have already made a telephone application, please go to this webpage which will take you to the online form, where you can upload your ID and photographs. 
  • All Blue Badge parking permit face-to-face appointments with an Occupational Therapist will be cancelled until further notice.
  • If you have already made an application and have been told you need to see the Occupational Therapist, do not visit Textile Hall, but instead upload your medical evidence via this webpage
  • Please call 0161 253 6855 for all other queries about Blue Badge parking permits.

CHRISTMAS OPENING TIMES

The Adult Care Connect and Direct phone line 0161 253 5151 and email adultcareservices@bury.gov.uk will be open as set out below.  If a person is in need of urgent help outside of these hours phone the emergency duty team on 0161 253 6606.

  • Wednesday      25th December (closed)
  • Thursday      26th December (closed)
  • Friday 27th December (open)


  • Monday     30th December (open)
  • Tuesday          31st  December (open)
  • Wednesday       1st January    (closed)
  • Thursday       2nd January    (back to business as usual)


Please note: Normal office hours are Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 8.45am to 5pm, and Wednesdays, 10am and 5pm. When the office is closed, and throughout the Christmas and New Year holiday period, voicemails and emails sent to adultcareservices@bury.gov.uk , Adult services, Connect and Direct will NOT be monitored.

Service Information

Target audiences
  • Adults
Support groups
  • Physical impairment
  • Learning difficulties
  • Autism
  • Visual impairment
  • Hearing impairment
  • Mental health conditions
  • Communication impairment

Local Offer

Age Bands
  • 16-25 years