NHS - Advice for everyone - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Wadebridge & District HOPE Initiative is a local Voluntary Sector, Church, Town Council and County Council group coordinating a town wide response to COVID - 19
Help available
Concern Wadebridge
Our fb page: Concern Wadebridge
The Betjeman Centre are providing a range of services and running a Community Crisis Hub.
Please do not hesitate to contact us on 01208 812392.
We will be providing:
• A Hot Meal Meals on Wheels Service
• A Frozen Food Service
• A Fresh Meat & Veg Service
• A General Grocery Service
• A Prescription Service
• A Telephone Befriending Service
• Transport To Health
Or anything else asked for.
Volunteer Cornwall
Offering help if you are isolated:
or tel: 01872 266988
If you would like to volunteer to help please visit:
https://www.volunteercornwall.org.uk/coronavirusvolunteer
Wadebridge Town Council
At the Full Council meeting on 18 March 2020 Wadebridge Town Council established a Social Emergency Fund to support the response of Charities/Community Groups and Organisations in the Wadebridge Community during the current Covid-19 crisis to assist them with the support they will be providing to vulnerable residents during this time.
Click the link for more information:
Wadebridge Town Council - Social fund
Help with school meals
Many families are sadly reaching crisis point financially due to Covid-19. If your circumstances have changed you may be entitled to Free School Meals.
Please follow the link and complete the online form. www.cornwall.gov.uk/…/schools-and-col…/school-meals/
If you receive notification confirming your entitlement please email:
We will require your child/children's name and the school/academy they attend
We can then issue vouchers to the value of £11.00 per week per child. The vouchers can be redeemed at:
- Asda
- Morrisons
- Tesco
- Sainsbury
Wadebridge Food Bank
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
All of our Foodbank centres and drop-ins are now closed to the general public.
We will be delivering foodboxes, instead of people coming to us to collect them.
Vouchers will now be issued electronically from your referrer straight to the foodbank.
Make sure you give them your telephone number so we can arrange delivery!
We will then contact you to arrange a safe delivery, leaving your parcel outside your home. We are unable to bring it inside for you, sorry!
All sites, including our main Wadebridge hub, will not be open to the public. If you wish to make a food donation, please leave this in one of our supermarket collection boxes, or there will be a trolley outside our Wadebridge hub.
If you need access to the Foodbank to deliver a large donation, please telephone first:
tel: 01208 815374
Corona Cornwall
The aim of this website is to connect people in need of support with those who are able to offer support, and also signpost people to local services and information during this challenging time.
There are forms below to complete if you are in need of support, and a form if you able to register to volunteer to offer support. You will then be contacted by someone from our team of friendly volunteers.
If you have general questions or if your town isn’t listed below and you would like it to be then please contact us on 01566 788865.
If you are having difficulty with the online form you can get talked through it by calling 01566 773693 Monday to Friday 9am to 1pm (this is the Launceston Town Council Office number, please note that the phone switches to answering machine outside of these office hours)
Click on your town to see all the current services open to you in your area.
Citizens Advice
03444 111 444
Samaritans
116 123
Coronavirus & Mental Wellbeing
You can find helpful advice on protecting and supporting your mental health throughout the COVID-19 outbreak on the Cornwall Council website.
Cornwall Council - mental health guide
YoungMinds - mental health charity for young people
For Parents
Supporting Your Child During The Coronavirus Pandemic
Tips, advice and where to get support for your child's mental health during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic - click here for more info
For young people -
Tips, advice and where you can get support for your mental health during the coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic - click here for more info
Cornwall Bereavement Network
WE ARE HERE FOR YOU THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 SITUATION - our site is kept up to date with what services are able to offer during this difficult time
We understand that anyone bereaved during this time will be experiencing additional challenges and traumas and we hope to make it as easy as possible to access support
We will keep up to date with useful resources on our downloads page
Doctors & medical contacts
Camel Estuary Practice
WADEBRIDGE SURGERY
Tel: 01208 812 222
ROCK SURGERY
Tel: 01208 862 545
Bridge Medical
01208 812342
https://www.portisaacpractice.co.uk
Wadebridge Dental
If you are in pain for further information please click here.
For the foreseeable future we are only able to provide a telephone advice and a support service. This is available from 9-5.30pm Monday to Friday. Please call us on 01208 813816 for further assistance.
If you have a broken denture please call Brent Smith, Lab Technician on 07772653600
Park Chambers Dental
tel: 01208 812450
Boots Chemists 01208 812 505
Day Lewis Pharmacy 01208 812 760
Nutes Vets
Due to further government guidelines we are now only able to see animals if they need urgent veterinary care and to avoid unnecessary suffering or maintain animal welfare.
Please see our recent fb post for more details:
WHAT CONDITIONS CONSTITUTE AN EMERGENCY REQUIRING IMMEDIATE VETERINARY ATTENTION?
Tel: 01208 813258
Children & Schools
Wadebridge Family Hub
01872 322270 supportincornwall.org.uk
Wadebridge Primary Academy
01208 814560 wadebridgeprimary.co.uk
St Breock Primary School
01208 815900 stbreock.org.uk
Wadebridge School
01208 812881 wadebridge.cornwall.sch.uk
Churches
Wadebridge Christian Centre
01208 813 110 wadebridgechristiancentre.org
Wadebridge Parish Church
07312 117 940 wadebridgeparish.org.uk
Methodist Church
Councils and Police
Town Council
01208 817080 www.wadebridge-tc.gov.uk
Cornwall Council
01872 323 583 www.cornwall.gov.uk
Local Police