COVID 19 Update: Due to the current COVID 19 situation it is likely that many of the face to face organisations and services listed across our website are suspended. Please call to check first.
Do you want to find groups and support in the community that might help you improve your health and wellbeing? You can find lots of local support from charities to social groups in the Health Connections Mendip Directory.
Citizens Advice in Mendip is only taking phone calls during the Covid 19 time. Please call 03444-889623 or see their website. Other useful numbers below:
HOUSING
Mendip Distict Council 0300 303 8588
Shelter 0808 800 4444
EMPLOYMENT
ACAS 0300 123 1100
DOMESTIC ABUSE AND VIOLENCE
SIDAS 0800 69 49 999
Mindline Somerset -Emotional support helpline for coronavirus:
Mon – Fri: 9am-11pm.
Sat- Sun: 8pm-11pm
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic. Please do contact Health Connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
Patient Transport Advice Centre on 01278 727444. If patient is on an enabling benefit they will be allocated a car with a volunteer driver under the Healthcare Travels Costs Scheme.
Telephone befriending support during the coronavirus pandemic.
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic. Please do contact Health Connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
Frome Community Cars has a network of local volunteer drivers who can provide lifts within Frome for essential trips such as GP appointments. Please call on 07596 591391.
There are lots of street based support networks in Frome. Also Frome Town Council can deliver food boxes for those who have no support network 01373 465 757. They also have a useful FAQ page on their website. Also see entries on Health Connections Mendip site for Active and In Touch (regular befriending calls) and Frome Community Cars.
Do you know someone who is self isolating? Perhaps they are elderly, vulnerable or considered ‘at risk’ during the current Coronavirus pandemic? Rally Round can help families, friends and neighbours co-ordinate practical support for those close to them. This site is soon going to have an option to coordinate a locality based network.
Please contact Cllr Mark Wilson for details of Beckington’s volunteers; each area has volunteers who can support with essential shopping, prescription collections and more. Please also see the Parish Council update on the link below.
Our group of volunteers are collecting food and other essential supplies, including prescriptions, making deliveries and running errands, Also, we have volunteers who would be glad to speak on the phone to any resident who would welcome a call. NSP residents should get in touch with Ian Hasell; Farleigh Hungerford residents should make contact with Rex Eastment. If you don’t live in either, please contact Clive Abbott 07966 283145
LiFERAFT is an organisation set up to support vulnerable people in the wider Freshford and Limpley Stoke communities through the provision of food, medicines and pastoral support.
Volunteer coordinators: Call Louise Kirby Garton: 01225 722289
Providing food
The Galleries shop in Freshford is offering free delivery of food supplies. To order please phone 01225 800207.
Distributing medicines
Tim Tuckey is coordinating prescription collections with Beckington surgery and the Link drivers.
Contact Tim on 01225 723103 or 07595 771178
The Link Volunteer Driver Service
Please contact Hugh Delap on 01225 722524 or 07973 413474
Pastoral support
Our vicar, Mike Taylor can be reached on 01225 723570.
For help with prescription collection, essential shopping, dog walking or daily telephone calls to support you during the pandemic, please call or email Mike Salmon on the number below.
Rode General Village stores are also offering free home delivery; please call 01373 830321.
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic. Please do contact Health Connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
Helping Hands are a group of volunteers who are supporting people living in Whatley and Chantry. They are being coordinated by Vivienne Pay
They have a robust number of volunteers who are offering a range of support for shopping, telephone contact, prescriptions plus more.
20 volunteers in the village. They offer shopping, dog walking, phone chats or distance chats, etc. for people in Witham Friary or just outside.
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic. Please do contact Health Connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
Volunteer coordination for Holcombe & Coleford villages offering neighbourly support for shopping support , prescription collections etc:
Vicky Watts (Holcombe, Coleford) or Andy Conn (Coleford)
Lianne & Anthony Concannon (Holcombe
Coleford Angels (Amanda) 07488 258257
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic. Please do contact Health Connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
Stoke St Michael Covid Mutual Aid Group, which consists of 60 volunteers, will help with prescription collections or essential shopping. Please contact via the email address or phone number provide below.
For up to date information please check their FaceBook page; please see the link below.
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic. Please do contact Health Connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
Parish councillor and volunteer local support, contact Dave Mattick 01373 812734.
We can provide support to the residents of Corsley with basic food supplies, prescription collections or just a friendly phone call if needed. Phone us if you require help. Deliveries will be dropped off at your door. Prescriptions and food supplies will need paying for in advance.
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic. Please do contact Health Connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
To make this more organised the Parish has been split into 6 areas, with co-ordinators for each. If you want to volunteer, or need immediate support, please contact your local co-ordinator. If you don’t have your local co-ordintator’s details you can call Joss and Sam Green-Armytage 01373 836880 who are the pub owners and are the hub for the village.
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic. Please do contact Health Connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
Shopping, dog walking and prescription collections service for vulnerable people in Oakhill. Contact Cath Booth.
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic. Please do contact Health Connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
The phone will be held by whoever is the administrator of the service that day who will hold the contact details for all the volunteers.
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic. Please do contact Health Connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
Volunteer Help for people living in Doulting only – delivering supplies to vulnerable people and buddy telephone support. Contact Jan Crewe
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic. Please do contact Health Connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
Please call Parish Clerk Vickie Watts 07971 516916 to get support for your shopping, prescription collections etc.
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic. Please do contact Health Connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
General support with shopping and prescriptions dropping off.
Please be aware that these details are subject to change daily due to the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic. Please do call Health connections on 01373 468368 if you notice anything that needs updating.
For support for vulnerable people in the Shepton Mallet area with shopping, friendly tel call, posting mail, urgent supplies. They also have a FaceBook page.
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic. Please do contact Health Connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
Evercreech has 15 volunteer co-ordinators covering different areas of the village to get essential groceries to vulnerable people. Please call Sam Wilson for your co-ordinator number- for Evercreech only.
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic.Please do contact Health connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
Volunteer support for Pilton & surrounds for essential supplies or a daily phonecall.
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic. Please do contact Health Connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
If you would like help with shopping, prescription collections or just a friendly chat please call our Parish Councillors Kathy or Sonja on the numbers below.
Also, Wiltshire CC have launched a support line called Wiltshire Wellbeing Hub on 0300 003 4576.
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic. Please do contact Health Connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
Volunteer support numbers for Street and an email address can be found below.
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic. Please do contact Health Connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic. Please do contact Health Connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
If you need assistance, please email glastonburycommunity@gmail.com or contact Tanya on 07912-074879 or Kama on 07821-258383. Also if you want to volunteer, please email.
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic. Please do contact Health Connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
15 volunteers who can provide support to the residents of Wanstrow and surrounding hamlets with basic food supplies, prescription collections or just a friendly phone call if needed. Phone us if you require help.
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic. Please do contact Health Connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
Support with shopping and prescriptions and tel contact. Ditcheat, Alhampton, Sutton and Wraxhall residents only.
Please use email address as the preferred first point of contact.
Please note this information is subject to change daily due to the coronavirus pandemic. Please call Health Connections Mendip on 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
Support with groceries and prescriptions. Stoney Stratton hamlet only
Please note this information is subject to change daily due to the current covid-19 pandemic. Please do call Health Connections on 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
Coronavirus support and co-ordination between the school and church communities cross the boundaries of these villages, so it is useful for all to share the same information and understand what is happening in all three villages and how everyone can support each other. This group is linked in with Westbury-Sub-Mendip Parish Council and will share information on the Facebook page wherever relevant. You can search for the group on Facebook under the name Westbury-Sub-Mendip, Easton and Priddy Good Neighbours.
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic. Please do contact Health Connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
If you need support from a volunteer please use the mobile numbers provided below
Volunteer support for people in the local community. Please call Millie on 07770 906193 but please note that mobile reception is patchy so it is best to call via Whatsapp if at all possible.
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic. Please do contact Health Connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.
Everyone in Meare & Westhay should have received a note with the name of someone they can call on who lives nearby if they are isolated due to Covid-19. Please note the form is the only thing that has been distributed and it will be someone who lives fairly close to you to try to reassure you. (Their full name, address and phone number will be on the note). Visit the website page below and look under the ‘News’ section for a list of all the volunteers helping in the local area. For any further advice call Teresa James on the number below.
Please note that this information is subject to change daily, given the nature of the rapidly changing situation with the Covid 19 pandemic. Please do contact Health Connections Mendip 01373 468368 if you notice anything out of date.