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Marnhull Village Care - Signposting List (Dec’24)

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:

Nordcat
Based in Sturminster Newton; provide three services Mon-Fri:
• a car service similar to our own, charging 60p per mile
• a wheelchair accessible car service
• a minibus service suitable for shopping trips etc
Users should register before using the service. Nordcat charge an annual registration fee of £10. Call (01258) 473154 (9-5 Mon-Fri) or email admin@nordcat.org.uk.

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 10am-4pm
or call in Mon-Thu 10am-12 & 1pm-3pm: 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

https://www.alzheimers.org.uk

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

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, 10am-12: advice, and all kinds of repairs

Marnhull Village Care road contacts

May be contacted via 07777 559076.

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