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Welcome

Sid Valley Help is a local charity that provides information on health and social care support services in the Sid Valley - click on the Information button or contact us.

Phone: 01395 892 011

Text: 07378 964521

Email: sidvalleyhelp@gmail.com

Update 9 June 2021

Sid Valley Help We are continuing to support vulnerable households and we will endeavour to meet new requests for shopping or telephone befriending. For information on local health and social care services and organisations and businesses providing delivery services see this website or call our helpline: 01395 892 011

Sidmouth Hospice at Home We provide tailored care and support for people in the Sid Valley diagnosed as palliative, and their carers and families; we commission and fund specialist nursing and hospice beds. Our Volunteers provide support by driving (e.g. medical appointments and shopping), befriending, and in bereavement. We organise and signpost to wider support as required.

The Information Centre at 48 High Street is currently closed but will re-open soon and the opening hours will be 10 am to 2 pm Monday to Friday.

Sidmouth Voluntary Services Preparation and delivery of pre-booked lunches is continuing as is patient transport. The café is currently closed but we hope to re-open in July. There are no group activities or events. Phone: 01395 515 063 or for transport 01395 512 221 (mornings). website: www.sidmouthvs.org.uk

Sid Valley Food Bank The Food Bank is continuing to supply client families. Phone 07936 917507 website: www.sidvalleyfoodbank.org.uk

Save Food Hub - for information see the website: www.savefoodhub.org.uk

Sidmouth Oasis Cafe - all ages welcome every Wednesday 12:45 to 2:15 at Dissenters Hall, All Saints Road. The Facebook page is HERE

Primary Care Mental Health Team

Based at the Coleridge Medical Centre the team serves patients of the surgeries in Sidmouth, Honiton and Ottery St Mary. It consist of a MH Practitioner, three Health & Wellbeing Coaches and two MH Care Coordinators. Download a leaflet HERE.

Referrals to the team are from a clinician at your GP's surgery. Contact email address:

d-ccg.honitonsurgery-mentalhealth@nhs.net

Headlight in Sidmouth

Headlight is a mental health support project for 13-24 year olds in Sidmouth. The well-established service managed by local charity Action East Devon has been working in Axminster and Ottery St Mary for some time. Funding to work in Sidmouth was secured from Sid Valley Help and their many supporters.

Ben Feasey, Headlight Manager said “We are currently offering a mixture of virtual and face to face work support to young people in Sidmouth. We have been working closely with colleagues at the Sidmouth Youth Centre to make sure we can use the venue for group sessions and individual support meetings in a safe way."

If you would like more information about Headlight please contact Ben Feasey on headlight@actioneastdevon.org.uk. AED are now taking referrals via the online form on the website www.actioneastdevon.org.uk

Older news items

Older news items that were posted on this page more than a week ago have been copied to another page and can be found HERE