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Brixham Does Care
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Tel: 01803 857727
Old Market Hall
New Road
Brixham
Devon
TQ5 8TA
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A source of solace and encouragement to those whose lives are impaired by loneliness, ill health or the threat of despair, moral support and guidance through periods of crisis, the opportunity to make friends and feel valued and a visiting service to support people in their own homes.
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Torbay Council – services for children
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Tel: 01803 402781
TQ1 3DR
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Provide social care services for children and young people
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Children, young people and those that care for them
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Tel: 01803 881283
St. Kilda Residential Home
15 Drew Street
Brixham
Devon
TQ5 9JU
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Support for carers of people attending St. Kilda Day Centre. In addition to the support group we provide carer's breaks by offering respite services, Saturday Day Care for working carers and ad hoc support when needed.
Transport for carers to attend the meetings and limited sitting service may b...
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Tel: 01626 335775
Multi Storey Car Park
Sherborne Road
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ12 2QY
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Newton Abbot Community Transport Association provides many essential specialist transport services for Devon residents to enable them to live independently and join in with the local community -Shopmobility wheelchairs, scooters and walkers; Ring and Ride door to door minibuses; Community Transpo...
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Anyone with a mobility difficulty
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Signposts for Carers (Torbay)
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Tel: 01803 666620
Torbay Carers Services, The Portacabin
Brixham Hospital
Penn Meadows
Brixham
Devon
TQ5 9PT
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Signposts for Carers is an information and support service for unpaid carers in Torbay, and provides information on a wide range of subjects such as welfare benefits, equipment, transport, leisure, support groups etc. The quarterly Signposts Magazine highlights services for carers such as the Car...
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Carers, staff and general public.
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Alstrom Syndrome UK
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Tel: 07970 071675
4 St Kitts Close
Torquay
Devon
TQ2 7GD
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Treatment and Support for those living with Alström Syndrome in the UK. Alström Syndrome UK offer:
•Support for families and individuals affected
•Leading the way in Pioneering Research throughout the UK and Europe
•Produced the only medical handbook dedicated to Alström Syndrome
•Raise Awarenes...
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Patients , carers and professionals
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Courtenay Centre Lunch Club Newton Abbott
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Tel: 01626 365877
TQ12 2QA
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Lunch Club meals freshly cooked on premises. Social activities on Wednesday afternoons.
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Members must be aged 55 or over
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Living with Secondary Breast Cancer - Torbay (Torquay)
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Tel: 0345 077 1893
TQ1 2EF
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Our Living with Secondary Breast Cancer meet ups in Torquay usually take place monthly, and you can attend as few or as many as you like. All sessions are facilitated by a counsellor and once a quarter we invite a guest speaker, for example a Clinical Nurse Specialist or Benefits Advisor. Questio...
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Torbay Holiday Helpers Network (Thhn)
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Tel: 01803 327353
Hotel De La Mer
16 Babbacombe Road
Torquay
Devon
TQ1 3SJ
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Torbay Holiday Helpers Network is a network of south west based businesses who offer free holidays and services to families who have seriously ill and bereaved children.
Giving action packed free hotel, B&B and self catering holidays including free entry in to many tourist attractions, theatres...
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Families who have seriously ill or bereaved children.
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South West Adult Placement Scheme (Swaps)
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Tel: 01626 360170
Suite 3 Zealley House
Greenhill Way
Kingsteignton
Devon
TQ12 3SB
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SWAPS can support and enable people with disabilities across the South West to live their life to the full and realise their potential by living in a family based setting.
SWAPS offers a wide range of Shared Lives services which are delivered by caring and skilled people in their local commun...
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People with a learning disability, people with mental health needs, older people, people with dementia, parents with a learning disability, carers of all the above groups.
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