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The Home Library Service - Dorset and BCP
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Tel: 01305 236666
Royal Voluntary Service
The Old School House
49 High West Street
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 1UT
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If you are housebound, are unable to get to your local library and have no one to collect items for you, we can arrange for them to be delivered to your home.
The service is delivered free of charge, every 3 weeks
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People who are unable to access the library and their carers
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Dorset Gastrectomy And Oesophagectomy (Go) Support Group
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Tel: 01305 255710
Dorset County Hospital
Williams Avenue
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 2JY
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The GO Support Group provides support, information and advice to anyone throughout Dorset who has undergone surgery for stomach cancer.
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Dorset County Council – services for adults
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Tel: 01305 221016
Adult Access Team
Pullman Court, Station Approach
Weymouth Avenue
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 1GA
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Provide social care services for adults
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Adults and those that care for them
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Tel: 01305 751160
St John Ambulance
St John House
Bridport Road
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 2NH
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St John Ambulance Dorset provides a Carers Support Programme to help people in a caring role.
The Carers Support Programme is a free 4 session course (held over one morning for four weeks) and is available to any adult who looks after another, in caring capacity. The course material is accredite...
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Youth Cancer Trust
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Tel: 01305 584064
The Factory Advanced Healthcare Centre
Peverell Avenue
East Poundbury
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 3WE
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Youth Cancer Trust provides online support and free therapeutic wellbeing holidays for young people (aged 14 to 30) living with and beyond cancer, from anywhere in the UK and the Irish Republic, or who are patients of any UK hospital.
The online group offers support, fun activities such as cooke...
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Young people with cancer or in remission (aged 14 to 30)
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Dorset Advocacy
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Tel: 0300 343 7000
13-15 Jubilee Court
Paceycombe Way
Poundbury
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 3AE
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Dorset Advocacy works in the Dorset and BCP Council area with disabled people, carers, people with learning disabilities or difficulties, and those who lack mental capacity. We help you to speak up so that you get the social and health care services that you need. We can also provide support if...
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People with learning difficulties, disabled and older people.
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Greenwood Centre For Independent Living
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Tel: 033 300 30010
Maiden Castle Road
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 2ER
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If you need information and advice on disability products, national and local suppliers, organisations and services, we can help you find it. In addition, there are computer facilities available for you to search our extensive information databases, either with or without help from our experience...
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The Centre for Independent Living is designed for people of all ages and disabilities, their carers and families, health and social care professionals, voluntary, community and business organisations.
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The Leonardo Trust
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Tel: 01202 698325
5 Dunyeats Road
Broadstone
Dorset
BH18 8AA
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The Leonardo Trust is a charity to help people who care for someone at home, full-time. Unpaid carers need to be able to take an occasional break, but that they may need a little help with funding.
We like to hear from the carer what would be of most benefit to them, and can help with short bre...
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Carers or anyone on their behalf.
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Motor Neurone Disease Association West Dorset
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Tel: 01305 788341
Whitcombe Monymusk Racing Stables
Whitcombe Down Road
Whitcombe
Dorchester
Dorset
DT2 8NY
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The West Dorset branch of the Motor Neurone Disease Association has the sole aim of serving all those people in the area affected by Motor Neurone Disease (MND). This includes people with MND, their carers, family and friends.
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Access To Leisure And Learning
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Tel: 01202 261306
Leisure Services
30-32 Northmead Drive
Creekmoor
Poole
Dorset
BH17 7RP
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Access to Leisure and Learning is Poole's discount scheme that allows disabled people, people on low incomes and those in full-time education (aged 16 years and over) to take part in leisure and sports activities at reduced rates.
There are currently around 6000 people in the scheme. Activities...
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Disabled people, people on low incomes and those in full-time education (aged 16 years and over)
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