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109 services
In or near Grimstone
Home Library Service - Royal Voluntary Service
For housebound at home or in sheltered accommodation. Home Library Services bring books and in some cases, DVDs, CDs and audio tapes on a regular basis to people who are unable to get to a library. Volunteers can select…
West Dorset Bone Health Group - Osteoporosis Dorset
Working alongside Osteoporosis Dorset, the Dorset County Hospital team have been instrumental in setting up the West Dorset Bone Health Group. Regular meetings take place in Dorchester offering support, education and…
Everycare Wessex
We provide the services of trained and qualified health and social care staff:
Shire Hall Memory Cafe - Dorchester
Memory Cafe in Dorchester for Dementia sufferers. Based in Shire Hall in Dorchester. Every Second Monday of the month 10AM-12PM
Somerleigh Court Nursing Home
Somerleigh Court Nursing Home is a purpose-built care home with generously sized rooms, each with en-suite bathroom, TV, telephone and Wi-Fi facilities to make it easy to stay in close contact. The home also has a…
Citizens Advice Central Dorset
Citizens Advice is an independent service providing free, confidential and impartial advice to everybody regardless of race, gender, disability, sexuality, nationality, ethnicity, religion and belief. Our funding comes…
Dorchester Good Neighbours Scheme (Age UK)
For anyone over 50 and have a small 'one off' task that needs doing, for example changing a light bulb, reaching a high cupboard, re-tuning a TV and much more. A donation of £3.00 is suggested to cover expenses.
Dorset Macmillan Welfare Benefits Advice Service
This is a specialist service for clients and their families in our community affected by cancer. Can help with financial queries/difficulties - free, confidential welfare benefits advice and support service to apply for…
Greenwood Independent Living Centre
Greenwood Independent Living Centre offers a free, impartial demonstration and assessment service for people aged 18 and above, to come into the centre to see and try a wide range of disability equipment. Assessments…
Cheriton Care Home
Cheriton Care Home is a real home-from-home in the heart of Dorset’s county town of Dorchester. Comprising Badbury House and Maumbury House, we offer high-quality, affordable residential, respite, reablement and…
Signature House
Signature House in Dorchester is a purpose-built care home with nursing. It has 48 rooms over three floors, all benefiting from 24-hour care, courtesy of our dedicated and qualified staff. All rooms are en suite and…
Space Youth Project - Dorchester
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Intellectual Disability - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Team (ID-CAMHS) Dorset County
ID-CAMHS is a multi-disciplinary team that works with children and young people diagnosed with Intellectual Disabilities and their families across West Dorset areas. Resources on the following: Annual Health Check, Care…
Masks 4 all
We provide fabric and instruction kits for volunteers to make face masks at home. We recruit local volunteers and deliver kits to their door, then collect completed masks.
Litton Cheney Parish Council - Coronavirus Support
Community support of all types ranging from shopping, necessary errands, chats etc by using volunteers within the village who have offered up their assistance. All parish councillors are part of this team, together with…
GO Girls Support Group
Have you been diagnosed with a gynae cancer, ovarian, cervical, endometrial, vulval or vaginal? We are a support group giving women with gynae cancers advice, support, friendship and hugs. We raise awareness of these…
Covering the wider area
New-Man
A Prostate Cancer Support Group in Weymouth and covering West Dorset, patients and carers welcome, the group meet up monthly in the evening at St Andrews Church Hall, Preston, Weymouth, DT3 6BU.…
ASCape - Events
Autism Support for children aged 7-18 and their parents and carers
The Living Tree
We are a self-help support group for people who have experienced cancer and for their families/carers. Our group is based in Bridport and is open to any cancer patients from West Dorset, East Devon and South Somerset.…
Pippins Community Centre
Community Hub, Room Hire & Venue Hire. Facebook Page: EVENTS AT THE COMMUNITY CAFE Confidential space Tuesdays between 9am – 4pm Axminster Memory Cafe 2nd Monday of the Month, 2-4pm eg 8th Jan / 12th Feb / 11th March A…
Magdalen Farm
In Chard. Nature support for people with additional needs and learning disabilities Can offer day and residential family breaks for families with a child with additional needs. Area has wheelchair accessible paths and…
Communication Support - Stroke Association
Assistance with communication difficulties post stroke: reduce social isolation build confidence in communication meet others with communication difficulties provide peer support to improve conversations using total…
Wessex Cancer Trust
Wessex Cancer Trust (soon to become Wessex Cancer Support) offers free online services for people and their families dealing with cancer. Although they currently do not have face-to-face services in the west of the…
Help&Care (HOPE Courses)
Referral form: https://www.helpandcare.org.uk/services/help-overcoming-problems-effectively/
Hope for the Community
Course examples: ANY LONG-TERM CONDITION POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME PREPARING FOR HIP AND KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY (MSK) CARERS WORKPLACE WELLBEING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION PARENTS OF…
Age UK Dorset Service - Handyperson
Befriending Our befriending service is there to support those who are experiencing loneliness and isolation with regular conversation and company, this service is for those who are living alone, who do not have regular…