Village and Community Agents provide confidential, practical community-based solutions for you, wherever you are in Somerset. Wayne Stokes. Tel: 07538 316526 Email: [email protected]
Classes at Porlock Village Hall with Laura Cook of Spotlight Dance Thursdays 10.30am – 11.30am £8 per session, cash or card payment Come and have fun while exercising mind and body. It’s sociable, lots of laughs and tea/coffee available after class. Why not try it? All ages welcome. Details from Rosalinde 863117 or Sheila 862530 or just come along.
Nearly 1.5m people in the UK have macular disease. It affects people of all ages. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common condition, generally affecting people over the age of 55. AMD is the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK, affecting more than 600,000 people. A group of rare inherited conditions called macular dystrophies can affect much younger…
Providing wide and varied support for people in Somerset who have visual impairment: a Volunteer Visiting Service providing practical help at home, A Resource And Rehabilitation Centre stocking aids for daily living, a Mobile Resource Unit which regularly visits towns across West Somerset, Visual Impairment Awareness Training, a ‘Living With Sight Loss’ course, Activity Groups, Social Groups, an Audio Library,…
Home-Start works with families in communities’ right across the UK. Starting in the home, our approach is as individual as the people we’re helping. No judgement, it is just compassionate, confidential help and expert support.https://www.home-start.org.uk/ West Somerset Home Start contact detailshttp://homestart-westsomerset.org.uk/ 01643 707 304
Open to all retired and semi-retired people. It provides a framework for shared learning in groups of like-minded people, and also social occasions such as monthly coffee mornings, which give members a chance to meet and chat, and listen to a speaker on some interesting topic. Various groups meet locally, often in each other’s homes or at Townsend House, at monthly intervals…
If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, the Healthy Start scheme can help you: buy healthy foods like milk or fruit get free vitamins You need to be claiming certain benefits to qualify. If you’re pregnant and under 18 you can claim even if you do not receive any benefits. For more information or…
Email: [email protected] Tel: 07795 080637 Charity No. 1198591 You can order a food box from https://www.westsomersetadvice.org.ukCost £4.00 per week Tel: 01643 802 443 You can also download the Too Good to Go app, One Stop and the SPAR in Porlock have recently been added to this site, but it also covers Greggs in Minehead, Glenmore Bakery in Minehead, Morrisons in Minehead, which also includes their…
Advice Line – Mon – Fri 10am to 4pm Tel: 0808 278 7842 There are many ways they can assist you, checking benefits, applying for discretionary payments for housing costs and council tax, warm home discount schemes and surviving winter, as well as up to date info on local grants and schemes. Navigate – Debt and Managing Money Support – https://www.navigatecharity.org.uk/
Get help checking what benefits you may be entitled to:
Age UK Somerset offer free and confidential information and advice service for older people, their families and carers, and can help older people with fuel costs and benefits advice. Visit: https://www.ageuk.org.uk/somerset/our-services/information-and-advice/ Call: 01823 345610 Email: [email protected]
