Marnhull Village Care - Signposting List (Feb’25)
Contact details of organisations offering help and advice.
Transport
Marnhull Village Care
Call 07777 559076
If MVC transport is not available / not appropriate, callers may be referred to:
Community Connections
Based in Sturminster Newton; provide a car service similar to our own. A meals-on-wheels service to Marnhull is also available.
Call (01258) 473359 (9am-5pm Mon-Fri) or email admin@communityconnections.online.
See also friendsofstourconnect.org.
Local taxis
Lady Driver 07929 983095 / (01258) 820526
Marnhull Cars 07931 911279
Stag Taxis 01747 646464 / booking@stagtaxis.com
Crabb Taxis 07950 826962
Blue Badge application
https://www.gov.uk/apply-blue-badge
Citizens Advice
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk
National Advice Line: 0800 144 8848
Gillingham office 01747 835016 - phone for an appointment, Mon-Fri 10-4
or call in Mon-Thu 10-12 & 1-3: the office is in Newbury Court opposite the entrance to Lidl
Citizens Advice visit the Sturminster surgery on Friday mornings. For an appointment there, contact the receptionist at the surgery.
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Health & Wellbeing
Blackmore Vale Partnership’s social prescribers: see https://www.blackmorevalesurgery.co.uk/ health-wellbeing/#wellbeingteam
Call 01747 856786 Email bvpwellbeing@dorsetgp.nhs.uk
Samaritans
Call 116 123 (24hrs) https://www.samaritans.org
The Silver Line
Age UK’s free, confidential telephone service for older people https://www.thesilverline.org.uk
Call 0800 4 70 80 90 (24hrs)
SSAFA - the Armed Forces Charity
https://www.ssafa.org.uk
Call 0800 260 6780 (9am-5pm, Mon - Fri)
Dementia support
Bereavement help & support
https://www.gov.uk/after-a-death/bereavement-help-and-support https://www.bereavementadvice.org/topics/coping-with-grief-and-bereavement-advice/useful- contacts
Home emergencies
Try the Checkatrade site - checkatrade.com - or Rated People - ratedpeople.com.
IT issues
Chris Walton, Oak Digital Solutions - https://www.oakdigitalsolutions.co.uk Call 07758 032062 Email oakdigitalsolutions@gmail.com
Repair Café at the Marnhull Hub
Saturday mornings at the Village Hall, 10-12: advice, and all kinds of repairs
Marnhull Village Care road contacts
May be contacted via 07777 559076.