IF YOU NEED HELP AND SUPPORT THIS OFFERS YOU DETAILS OF CARING ORGANISATIONS IN THE COUNTY WHO MAY BE ABLE TO HELP

Age Concern
Chelmsford (Essex) 01245 264499

Age Concern
National - information line 0808 808 6060
Factsheets available from 0800 0099 66

Age Concern
Colchester 01206 500174

Age Concern
Essex Home Support Service 01245 505842
housework for the Basildon area 01268 558508
Braintree 01376 341465
Castle Point 01268 638417
Maldon 01621 842240
Rochford 01702 200195
Tendring 01255 479377
Thurrock 01375 392157

Breathe Easy Essex
01268 415036 (support for people with
Lung problems)

C.A.P.E.
Southend offering home support 01702 434421

Alzheimers Society
Chelmsford (Mid Essex) 01245 260911
Colchester 01206 573708
London 020 7306 0606

Aspergers Parents Support Group
Chelmsford 01245 601852
Basildon 01268 454968
Colchester 01206 240931 - Carolann Jackson
Southend 01702 343137

Autism (ACNE)
Chelmsford 01245 354085

Autistic Society
Essex 01376 570060
Autism & Aspergers
Helpline 0845 0704004
National Autistic Society
0207 833 2299
Essex Autistic Society
01376 570060
Autistic Society
Head Office 01206 577678 - Clive Stobbs - Executive

Avenue Carers Centre
Westcliff. 01702 331024 - Support for carers
Basildon Carers Centre
covering Basildon, Pitsea and Laindon, Mon to Fri 9.30-3.30 support for carers and drop in centre 01268 280441

Benefit Enquiry Line
0800 88 22 00 - disabled benefits advice

Blood
National blood service centre 01277 306000

Cancer Helpline
Back-up Freephone 0808 800 1234
National 0207 739 2280

Carers UK
National 0808 808 7777
Carers Barking and Dagenham 0208 593 4422
Carers Forum for Essex 01255 474410
Carers Forum (Southend) 01702 393933

Colchester Care Network
01206 792777, provides practical help, transport, visiting and
home help duties within the Colchester area

Contact a Family
Supports familites who are caring for children with disabilities and special needs who are under 18, 0808 808 3555

CRESS - Elderly Sitting Service for over 65's 01621 859333

Crossroads Caring for Carers
A major charity providing support in the home and help for the housebound, www.crossroads.org.uk
Head Office 01788 573653
Barking & Dagenham 0208 984 7689
Basildon, Billericay & Wickford 01277 622603
Braintree 01376 320572
Brentwood 01277 201789
Castle Point 01268 681720
Colchester 01206 500209
Epping Forest 01992 572557
Harlow
Rochford 01268 770771
Romford & Havering 01708 757242
Saffron Walden 01799 506136
Tendring Area 01255 860960
Thurrock 01375 394778
Uttlesford 01799 513496

RE-THINK Carers Support (Mental Health)
01245 250375 (Hazel Ruane)
01277 353414 (Maureen Murphy)
01621 850897 (Irene Peake)

Depression
Romford 01708 223214
Southend 01702 342347

Depression Alliance
(Chelmsford) 01245 602543

Diabetes UK
01245 609811

DIAL - Basildon, Southend, Canvey 0845 4503001/2

Dial-a-ride
Chelmsford 01245 280732
Transport for Southend 01702 215666 disabled
Basildon - Fareshare Community Tranport 01268
Braintree Community Transport 01376 327357 Sheila Wright
Harlow Community Transport 01279 446855 Becci Maitland
Tendring Community Transport 01255 436962 Teresa Coyne
Uttlesford Community Transport 01371 875787 John Wells
Disabled Living Foundation (open Mon-Fri 10 to 1pm - website - www.dlf.org.uk - disability advice for older people - equipment and independent living)
Helpline 0870 60391777
Switchboard 0207 2896111

Divorced and separated club
01376 321051

Divorced and bereaved club
(Way Ahead Group) 01245 222717 (Jean Hunt)

Domestic Violence
Women's Aid 01245 493114
Chelmsford 01206 500585
Colchester Police Domestic Violence Unit 01245 491491/491212

Essex Young Peoples Drug & Alcohol Service
01245 493311

Drug drop-in centre
Canvey Youth Project 01268 683431

Drugs
Young Persons Substance Mis-Use 01702 608704

Dunmow disabled club
01371 872789

DYSLEXIA institute
01245 259656 (Children with reading difficulties)

Essex Disabled People's Association
Helpline 01245 287177

Family Support Clacton 01255 432132

Grandparents Federation
01279 444964 (Helpline) 01279 428040
help for people who have not seen their their grandchildren for sometime

Help the Aged
Senior Line 0808 800 6565, (9 to 4 Mon, Wed, Thurs & Fri
(9 to 3 Tuesdays)

Holiday Care Services
supply information on respite care facilities in the UK - short term stay for disabled peoples & carers 0845 1249971

Interact
supporting people with mental health Problems and learning disabilities 9 to 5 Mon To Friday 01245 608201

Lin Berwick Trust
01787 882111, Holidays for Disabled people & their carers

London Borough of Havering
first point Of contact for community information 01708 432000

LUPUS UK
01708 731251, Auto-immune disease

Maldon Carers
01621 851640, Mon to Friday 9 to 5

Maldon District Emergency Housing
01621 875820, (Homeless, Fire and Flood) - out of hrs no 01621 854477

Mankind
help and advise for male victims of domestic violence 0870 794 4124
www.mankind.org.uk

Meal Service
Tiptree (Private Company) 01621 816963, This company delivers frozen foods in Essex and Suffolk. Hot meals within 15 mile radius of
Tiptree 365 days a year and they also offer a shopping service

MIND
(Mental Health) 01245 345083
(Sunday Lunch club - phone for information

Charms - Multiple Sclerosis/ME Support/Stress
Counselling and Neurological Wed and Fri 9
To 6, Tues, Thurs & Sat 9 to 1pm 01245 461212

Mid Essex Respite Care Association
01245 353855 Heather Harris (Carers for people of mental health 18 to 65)

Moat Care and Repair
Chelmsford 01245 606232 Tracy Legg, can help the elderly and disabled with repairs major or minor but especially on low incomes
They also run a garden scheme 01245 606773 Madeline

North East Essex Carers Support
(covering Braintree, Colchester & Tendring) 01255 474410
Malcolm Batty

NHS DIRECT
(24 hour service) if you have a health worry and want to check it out before contacting your GP. 0845 4647

One Roof Project
01268 638413, (support for carers)

Parkinson's Disease Society
National 0207 931 8080

Parkinson's Disease Foundation
01371 850342 Susan Chubley

Pathfinders
Blind Club all welcome if you can get there Tues 9.2.30pm Fr 12.30-3.30pm 01268 551248 Amy Dowd

Pavis Foundation
01268 522817 (for blind and partially sighted people) resource centre

Princes Royal Trust for Carers
(9-5pm) 020 7480 7788, www.carers.org

Redbridge Carers Support Services
0208 514 6251

RUKBA
020 7605 4200, help the elderly to stay Independent with possible grants/ top up allowances)

Social Services
Basildon 01268 643333
Braintree 01376 245400
Brentwood 01277 221444
Castle Point 01268 565999
Chelmsford 01245 493622
Chelmsford Helpline (advice on Assessments
and their Services) 01245 434090
E.mail address essdirect@essexcc.gov.uk
Chelmsford Emergency number for Weekends
and Bank Holidays 01245 434083
Chelmsford - for information in Braille, Large
Print, Audio Tape or Disc 01245 431134
Clacton 01255 253300
Colchester 01206 761954
Dunmow 01371 876551
Epping 01992 565100
Harlow 01279 434641
Loughton 020 8508 9311
Maldon 01621 854011
Rayleigh 01268 778282
Saffron Walden 01799 513132
Southend on Sea 01702 215000
Thurrock 01375 652865/652868

Stroke Association
National 0845 303 3100 Helpline, Mon-Fri 10 t 4pm

Stroke Club Helpline
01621 891007 Polly Laidler

Stroke Family Support
Chelmsford 01245 442053 Beverley Reynolds

VISUALISE
0845 345 1972, Mon - Friday 9 till 5pm, holidays for the disabled and their carers, www.wft.org.uk

Trevanion House, Cornwall
01208 814903, holidays and care for adults with learning disabilities www.trev.co.uk

Uttlesford Carers
01371 875810 Di Boutwood, (Branch of Carers UK)

Victim Support Scheme
01245 250799

Young Carers Development Officer for Essex
01268 554311 Deborah Tracy

OTHER USEFUL NUMBERS

CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
NATIONAL NO 0870 126 4010
C.A.B. BASILDON 08701 264042
C.A.B.BILLERICAY 01277 651858
C.A.B. BISHOPS STORTFORD 01279 655363
C.A.B. BRAINTREE AND HALSTEAD
24 HOUR SERVICE 0870 126 4065/www.adviceguide.org.uk
C.A.B. BRENTWOOD 01277 222888
C.A.B. CASTLE POINT 01268 511889
C.A.B. CHELMSFORD 01245 354720/257144
C.A.B. CLACTON 01255 424607
C.A.B. COLCHESTER 01206 765331
C.A.B. EPPING 01992 574989
C.A.B. HALSTEAD 01787 478887
C.A.B. HARLOW 01279 424400
C.A.B. LOUGHTON 0208 502 0031
C.A.B. MALDON 01621 841195
C.A.B. RAYLEIGH 01268 770782
C.A.B. ROCHFORD 01702 545552
C.A.B. SOUTHEND 01702 610610
C.A.B. THURROCK 01375 381023
C.A.B. SAFFRON WALDEN/UTTLESFORD 01799 526582
C.A.B. WALTHAM ABBEY 01992 710353
C.A.B. WICKFORD 01268 732094
C.A.B. WITHAM 01376 516222

SAMARITANS
BASILDON AND THURROCK 01268 412000
CHELMSFORD 01245 357357
COLCHESTER/TENDRING 01206 561234
HARLOW 0845 7909090
HAVERING 01708 740000
REDBRIDGE 020 8553 9900
SOUTHEND 01702 611911
WALTHAM FOREST 020 8520 9191
SAMARITANS - NATIONAL NUMBER 0845 7909090

Useful Websites for Carers
www.entitledto.co.uk
www.carersonline.org.uk

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