Groups and support in Portesham
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453 services
In or near Portesham
Cafe Refresh - Dorchester Baptist Church
Every Wednesdays 10am-12pm Church lounge for coffee, tea, hot chocolate, soft drinks and a variety of sweet and savoury snacks for only a small donation. Games Evenings 1st and 3rd Thursdays 7.00 - 9.00pm last Friday of…
Chubb, Whetstone and Napper's Almshouses
Provision of housing for elderly, financially dependent, persons with strong Dorset connections.
Co-op Funeralcare
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Dorchester Family Support
Dorchester Family Support are a registered charity aiming to end holiday hunger for children entitled to free school meals in the DT1 and DT2 area. In the summer holidays we provide a wholesome parcel of food for all…
Dorchester Food Bank
Dorchester Foodbank is no longer able to offer a delivery service. Clients in receipt of a referral can collect their food parcels directly from The Dorford Centre between 10.30 and 12.30 on Mondays, Wednesdays and…
Dorchester Ukrainian Refugee Support
Come and enjoy coffee, cake, friendship and assistance at our Meet and Chat café.
Home Library Service - Dorset Council
The Home Library Service is offered to someone who is unable to leave the home, access the library or carry materials. For Carehome residents: Book collections (which reflects reading tastes) delivered to homes on a…
Kids & Co - Dorchester Baptist Church
10am - 11:45am each Tuesday at the Dorford Centre Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/KidsandCoDBC/
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…
Therapeutic equine assisted learning
Notton Equine Assisted Learning provides an experiential person-centred, non-judgemental enviroment which offers itself to support many different types of need.
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…
Sammie McFarland Pilates & Health
Gentle Restorative Pilates
Social Embers
Digital Legacy Management and Planning Services Social Embers was founded in 2014 to provide advice in the community in matters relating to digital bereavement. (Digital bereavement is an umbrella term that covers end…
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…
The Dorset Shrieval Charitable Trust
TAKING AN ACTIVE ROLE IN CRIME REDUCTION INITIATIVES IN DORSET, working with vulnerable people within this area, liaising with the police and crime prevention agencies to address the causes of crime in this are and…
Digital Champions - West Dorset
We have a few volunteers providing digital skills support in your area (Beaminster, Burton Bradstock, Bridport & Lyme Regis). ONLINE BOOKING CALENDAR: Beaminster: Venue - Yarn Barton Centre Day and time - Thursday from…
Covering the wider area
Dorset Care Record (DCR)
Dorset Care Record (DCR) is an electronic record linking health and social care information from Dorset General Practices (doctors' surgeries). The Dorset Care Record website is intended for both members of the public…
Dorset Education Advice Line (DEAL)
Do you want to talk to someone about how your child is getting on at school? Worried that they might not be making the progress they should be? eywords: SEND, education, advice line, dorset council, community services,…
Dorset Shared Lives Scheme
Dorset Shared Lives Scheme is a shared lives service, they recruit, train and support self-employed shared lives carers (SLC) who offer accommodation and support arrangements for people within their own family homes in…
Dorset Special Educational Needs Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS)
We are a free, impartial and confidential service that provides information, advice and support to: children and young people aged from 0 to 25 with special educational needs and/or disability (SEND) parents and carers…
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 Pilates
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Dorset Police Contact Point
All Wednesdays 10am to 1pm (except 12 February 2020 - closed)
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
South West Dorset Multicultural Network
Promoting Diversity in South West Dorset. The South West Dorset Multicultural Network was set up to establish links across West Dorset, Weymouth and Portland to provide support, information and cultural understanding.…
Citizens Advice Dorset - Information, Advice and Guidance for Ukrainian Refugees
We can help with any information and advice issue but we envisage that specifically we could help with:
Dorset County Museum
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