Carer’s Hub
The Carers Hub is a searchable database filled with information for Carers.
Simply select an option from the drop-down to find support, training, groups and activities to help you in everyday life.
Simply select an option from the drop-down to find support, training, groups and activities to help you in everyday life.
To feedback on any issues you encounter, or to be included in the Carers Hub please email emmam@somersetrcc.org.uk
Admiral Nurses – Somerset
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Adult Safeguarding
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Age UK
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue Ash House, Bindon Rd, Cook Way, Taunton TA2 6BJ
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Information & Advice: Monday to Friday 9am - 3pm
- Telephone 01823 345613
- Email infoandadvice@ageuksomerset.org.uk
AI-Anon – Drugs and Alcohol Support
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue Many groups across the county
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0800 0086 811
Alzheimers Society Dementia Support Service
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 01458 251 541
- Email somerset@alzheimers.org.uk
Amble not Ramble – Minehead
- Location West Somerset
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The third Wednesday of the month. Walk starts 10.30am.
- Telephone 01643 821756
- Email mineheaddaa@gmail.com
Anorexia & Bulimia Care
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Various - click on org, name to see more details
- Telephone 03000 11 12 13
- Email support@anorexiabulimiacare.org.uk
Anxiety
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Anxiety and Stress Management Support Group
- Location Mendip
- Venue Avalon Community Centre 1 King Street Glastonbury BA6 9JX
- Start Date Tue 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd February and 1st and 8th March. 6.45 pm for a 7 pm start
- Telephone 01458 833933 Jo Read
- Email avaloncentre@hotmail.com
Anxiety UK
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Mon-Fri: 9:30am - 5.30pm
- Telephone 03444 775 774
- Email support@anxietyuk.org.uk
Ara Gambling Help Service
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Monday – Friday
- Telephone 0330 1340 286
- Email aragamblingservice@recovery4all.co.uk
Attendance Allowance
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Autism Services Directory
- Location Somerset, Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Beat Eating Disorders Association
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Helpline open weekdays: 9am - 6.30pm
- Telephone 0808 801 0677
- Email help@beateatingdisorders.org.uk
Boxing and Mindfulness online
- Location N/A Online
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone +44(0)7460468290
- Email matthew@mindfulpeakperformance.com
Breathe, stretch and balance – High Ham
- Location South Somerset
- Venue High Ham Village Hall High Ham (Nr Langport) TA10 9DA
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The second Friday of the month, 10.30am - 11.30am.
- Telephone 01823 345624
- Email ageingwell@ageuksomerset.org.uk
Bridgwater Parent Carer Support Group
- Location Bridgwater, Sedgemoor
- Venue Penrose School, Albert Street, Bridgwater TA6 7ET *Please check the website for updated COVID-19 information
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every second Wednesday of the month 10am - 12pm
- Email BPSG11@outlook.com
Candlelight Cafe
- Location South Somerset
- Venue The Angel Cafe Bow Street Langport TA10 9PR
- Start Date First Thursday of the month - 10 am - 12 pm
Carers Champion – Cranleigh Gardens Medical Centre
- Location Sedgemoor
- Venue Cranleigh Gardens Medical Centre
- Telephone 01278 433335
- Email nick.hitchcott@nhs.net
Carers Checklist
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Carers Forum (Carers UK)
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Carers Group – Axbridge
- Location Sedgemoor
- Venue Axbridge Town Hall
- Start Date The 4th Monday of the month, 2pm - 3.30pm
- Telephone 07951 944420
- Email cath.holloway@sparksomerset.org.uk
Carers Group – Burnham on Sea
- Location Sedgemoor
- Venue Waffle Café at the Methodist Church, 35A College St, Burnham-on-Sea, TA8 1AS
- Start Date The fourth Tuesday of the month 10am - 11.30am
- Telephone 07951 944420
- Email cath.holloway@sparksomerset.org.uk
Carers Group – Castle Cary
- Location South Somerset
- Venue The Shambles, Market House, Market Place, Castle Cary, BA7 7AH
- Start Date The first Thursday of the month 10.30am - 12.00 noon
- Telephone 01963 359081 or 01963 359329
- Email fliss1938@icloud.com
Carers Group – Chard
- Location South Somerset
- Venue English Martyrs Church Hall, 2 East Street, Chard, TA20 1EP
- Start Date The second Monday of the month 10.30am - 12.30pm
- Telephone 01460 220026 or 01460 394331
- Email chardcarers@aol.com
Carers Group – Creech St Michael
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue Creech St Michael Baptist Church (downstairs meeting room), St Michael Road, Creech St Michael, Taunton, TA3 5QQ.
- Start Date The third Friday of the month, 10.30am to 12 noon
- Telephone 07951 944420
- Email creechcarers@outlook.com
Carers Group – Crewkerne
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Henhayes Centre, South Street, Crewkerne, TA18 8DA (main Crewkerne car park)
- Start Date The third Thursday of the month 2pm - 3.30pm
- Email Jacky.reed@talktalk.net
Carers Group – Dulverton
- Location West Somerset
- Venue Exmoor Medical Centre, Oldberry House, Fishers Mead, Dulverton TA22 9EN
- Start Date The second Thursday of the month, 1.30pm - 3pm
- Telephone 07951 944420
- Email cath.holloway@sparksomerset.org.uk
Carers Group – Frome
- Location Mendip
- Venue Frome Cricket Ground, The Showground, Fromefield, BA11 2AH
- Start Date The first Wednesday of the month 10.30am - 12.30pm
- Telephone 01373 301369
- Email Christiner.smith@blueyonder.co.uk
Carers Group – Glastonbury
- Location Mendip
- Venue St John the Baptist Church, High Street, Glastonbury, BA6 9DR
- Start Date The third Monday of the month. 10.30am - 12.00 noon
- Telephone 07951 944420
- Email cath.holloway@sparksomerset.org.uk
Carers Group – Ilminster
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Monks Yard (upstairs), Horton Manor, Horton Cross, Ilminster TA19 9PY
- Start Date The third Thursday of each month 1.00pm - 2.30pm
- Telephone 01935 427825 or 07774 231996
- Email a.birket@btinternet.com
Carers Group – Keinton Mandeville
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Keinton Mandeville Village Hall TA11 6ES
- Start Date First Wednesday of the month 11:00am- 12:30pm
- Telephone 01963 350210
- Email Jane.carers@outlook.com
Carers Group – Langport
- Location South Somerset
- Venue The Bridge Bakery Cafe, TA10 9RB
- Start Date The fourth Wednesday of the month. 2.00pm - 3.30pm
- Telephone 07951 944420
- Email cath.holloway@sparksomerset.org.uk
Carers Group – Martock
- Location South Somerset
- Venue The Rose and Crown, East Lambrook, TA13 5HF
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The 3rd Thursday of the month starting 19th October 2023, 10.30am - 12 noon
- Telephone Ewelina Zielinska 01460 240707 or Cath Holloway 07951944420
- Email ewelina.zielinska1@nhs.net
Carers Group – Minehead
- Location West Somerset
- Venue The Beach Hotel, 60 The Avenue, Minehead, TA24 5AP
- Start Date The second Thursday of the month. 10.00am to 12.00 noon
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email waynes@somersetrcc.org.uk
Carers Group – Online Parents of Adult Children
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue Online
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The 4th Friday of the month. 10am - 11.30am
Carers Group – Shepton Mallet
- Location Mendip
- Venue Shepton Brasserie, 64 High Street, Shepton Mallet BA4 5AX
- Start Date The second Wednesday of the month, 2.00pm to 3.30pm
- Telephone 07951 944420
- Email cath.holloway@sparksomerset.org.uk
Carers Group – South Petherton
- Location South Somerset
- Venue St Peter & St Paul's Church, Hele Lane, South Petherton, TA13 5DY
- Start Date The third Wednesday of the month. 11.15am to 12.30pm
- Telephone 07951 944420
- Email cath.holloway@sparksomerset.org.uk
Carers Group – Street
- Location Mendip
- Venue Crispin Hall, 83 High Street, Street, Somerset, BA16 0EZ
- Start Date The second Monday of the month 10.30am - 12.00 noon
- Telephone 07951 944420
- Email cath.holloway@sparksomerset.org.uk
Carers Group – Taunton
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue Mikey's Cafe St Michaels Church, Pitts Close, Galmington, Taunton TA1 4TP
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The 1st Friday of the month starting November 3rd 2023, 10am to 11.30am
- Telephone Cath Holloway 07951 944420
- Email cath.holloway@sparksomerset.org.uk
Carers Group – Wedmore
- Location Mendip
- Venue The Swan Hotel, Wedmore, BS28 4EQ
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every first Friday of the month (from 1st Sept 2023), 10am - 12 noon.
- Telephone 01749 670667
- Email info@headsupsomerset.org.uk
Carers Group – Wellington
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue The Iron Duke, Cornhill Street, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 8LS
- Start Date The first Monday of the month 10.30am - 12.00 noon (from February 6th 2023)
- Telephone 07951 944420
- Email cath.holloway@sparksomerset.org.uk
Carers Group – Wells
- Location Mendip
- Venue Bishops Palace, Market Place, Wells, BA5 2PD
- Start Date The second Friday of the month 11am to 12.30pm
- Telephone 01749 670667
- Email info@headsupsomerset.org.uk
Carers Group – Wells (Swan Hotel)
- Location Mendip
- Venue The Swan Hotel, 11 Saddler Street, Wells, BA5 2RX
- Start Date The fourth Wednesday of the month 10am - 11.30am
- Telephone 01749 670667
- Email info@headsupsomerset.org.uk
Carers Group – Wincanton and Bruton
- Location South Somerset
- Venue The River Cale Cafe, The Recreation Ground, Cemetery Ln, Wincanton BA9 9ED
- Start Date The second Tuesday of the month 2.00pm - 3.30pm
- Telephone 07951 944420
- Email Cath.holloway@sparksomerset.org.uk
Carers Group – Wiveliscombe
- Location West Somerset
- Venue Wiveliscombe Community Centre, West Street, Wiveliscombe, Somerset TA4 2JP
- Start Date 3rd Wednesday of the month, 2.30pm - 4.00pm (starting September 2023)
- Telephone Tamzin Jones 07508 331661
- Email co-ordinator@wiveycares.net
Carers Group – Yeovil
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Cafe at Westlands Entertainment Centre, BA20 2DD
- Start Date The second Tuesday of the month 10.30am - 12.00pm
- Telephone 07951 944420
- Email lade7@icloud.com
Carers Rights
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Carers UK
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue 20 Great Dover Street, London SE1 4LX
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0808 8087777
- Email advice@carers.uk.org
Carers’ Voice Somerset Partnership Board
- Location Various in Somerset, Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 07866 785438
- Email dpenny@somerset.gov.uk
Caring for adults
- Location N/A Online
- Info/Website Click to open
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Children’s Safeguarding
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Citizens Advice
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Coffee Connection – Frome
- Location Mendip
- Venue Cheese and Grain Market Yard Frome BA11 1BE
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Tuesday, 10am - 12 noon
- Email info@wehearyou.org.uk
Community Day at the Art Bank
- Location Mendip
- Venue 13 High St, Shepton Mallet BA4 5AA
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Wednesday's 11 am - 2.30 pm
- Email info@artbank.org.uk
Connect-Ed – Social group for Adults with mild learning difficulties/Autism Spectrum Conditions
- Location Mendip
- Venue The Lawrence Centre Wells BA5 2PQ
- Start Date The Last Tuesday of the month 3.30 pm - 5.30 pm (December group will be on the 21st)
- Telephone Text 07396 000 533
- Email vaughan_spruce@hotmail.com
Counselling Directory
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue Input your postcode on the website to find Counsellors near you.
- Info/Website Click to open
Creative Art Session
- Location Mendip
- Venue The Art Bank BA4 5AA
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every 1st and 2nd Monday of the month. 11 am - 12.30 pm
- Telephone 07814678356
- Email lucy@therubbishartprojet.co.uk
Creative Music Session
- Location Mendip
- Venue The Art Bank Shepton Mallet BA4 5AA
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The 3rd and 4th Monday of the month. 11.30 am - 12.30 pm
- Telephone 07814678356
- Email lucy@therubbishartprojet.co.uk
Cruse
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0808 808 1677
Della’s Diners Support Group – Minehead
- Location West Somerset
- Venue The Beach Hotel, Minehead
- Start Date Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12.30pm - 3.00pm approx
- Telephone 07510 962567
Dementia Action Alliance
- Location Minehead, Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Various Across Somerset
- Telephone 07437 018279 or 07525 495022
- Email dementiaactionalliance@alzheimers.org.uk
Depression
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Discovery – Support for people with learning disabilities and/or autism in Somerset to get more from life.
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue The Exchange Express Park Bridgwater Somerset TA6 4RR
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0300 303 9013
- Email discoveronline@discovery-uk.org
Drinkline
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Weekdays 9am–8pm, weekends 11am–4pm
- Telephone 0300 123 1110
Drug and Alcohol Rehab Yeovil
- Location South Somerset
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0800 140 4690
Early Intervention in Psychosis
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Eating Disorder Training – training for Professionals and Carers
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 01925 912829
- Email training@beateatingdisorders.org.uk
Eating Disorder Training for Parents and Carers
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 01925 912829
- Email training@beateatingdisorders.org.uk
Eating Disorders Service for Adults (EDSA)
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Employment Support Service
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Everyday First Aid – British Red Cross
- Location Somerset, Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date To be Booked in advance
- Telephone 07710 711637 - Clare Meaden - Adult Education Co-ordinator
- Email cmeaden@redcross.org.uk
Fighting the Impossible
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue The New Mill Pub, 102 Bridgwater Road, Bathpool, Taunton, TA2 8BE
- Start Date 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, 8pm - 9pm (starting 6th September 2023)
- Email fightingtheimpossiblegroup@gmail.com
Financial Support if you are disabled or have a health condition
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Financial Support: Carers Allowance
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Flexercise – Taunton
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue Staplegrove Village Hall 214 Staplegrove Road Taunton TA2 6AL
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every Tuesday, 2.30pm - 3.30pm (starts 10th October 23)
- Telephone 01823 345624
- Email ageingwell@ageuksomerset.org.uk
Food and Mood
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Chard
- Start Date Every Monday from 24th January to 7th February 2022. 10.30 - 12.30
- Telephone 01460 391896
- Email leoniegirling@watchproject.org.uk
For You, By You
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue 5 Anne Boleyn's Walk Cheam Surrey SM3 8DY
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0800 056 2424
- Email info@foryoubyyou.org.uk
Forever Greens – Minehead
- Location West Somerset
- Venue Wetherspoons, Minehead.
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The first Wednesday of the month. 6.30pm - 8.30pm.
- Telephone 07510 962567
- Email mineheaddaa@gmail.com
Free Training – Self Care for the Carer
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Get Out & Get Together – Curry Rivel
- Location Curry Rivel , South Somerset
- Venue Curry Rivel Village Hall, Church Street, Curry Rivel, TA10 0HE
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every Friday 9:30 — 1:30pm
- Telephone Cathy Walker - 07881725077 or 01278 256967 - for further details and to arrange a visit.
Heads Up Somerset
- Location Wells, Mendip
- Venue Heads Up, Upper Breach, South Horrington, Wells, BA5 3QG
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Opening Hours - 9am - 4pm Monday - Friday
- End Date Provides a therapeutic environment and a range of services, support and guidance for adults of all ages recovering from or living with mental health needs and other difficulties. Programme of workshops and activities available.
- Telephone 01749 670667
- Email info@headsupsomerset.org
Headway Hospital Liaison Service
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone Wendy Copeman - 07514753384 Freya Suffield - 07496006645
Headway Somerset – The Brain Injury Association
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue Headway Somerset First Floor Victoria House Victoria Street Taunton TA1 3FA
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 01823 618519
- Email info@headwaysomerset.org.uk
Home Library Service
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Hope programme for Carers
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date See website for information on courses and dates
- Email contact@h4c.org.uk
Independent Living
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Living Made Easy
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Love to Move
- Location Mendip
- Venue Art Bank 13 High Street Shepton Mallet BA4 4AD
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Tuesday's 11 am - 12.15 pm
- Telephone 07818 303956
- Email lovetomovemendip@gmail.com
Low Impact Activity Session – Bridgwater
- Location Sedgemoor
- Venue Bridgwater Library, The Library, Binford Place, Bridgwater TA6 3LF
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Mondays, 2.30pm - 3.30pm
- Email brwlib@somerset.gov.uk
Low Impact Activity Session – Chard
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Chard Library, Holyrood Street, Chard TA20 2YA
- Start Date Every other Thursday, 10.30am - 11.30am
- Email chalib@somerset.gov.uk
Low Impact Activity Session – Yeovil
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Yeovil Library, King George Street, Yeovil BA20 1PY
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every other Tuesday from 5th September 2023, 11am - 12 noon
- Email yeolib@somerset.gov.uk
Macular Support Online Group
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 01603 937 449
- Email Colin.daniels@macularsociety.org
Managing stress with complimentary therapies
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue Taunton and Bridgwater. See website for further details
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Starting 8.11.21 14:00 - 16:00 Taunton or Starting 10.11.21 10:00 - 12:00 Bridgwater
- Telephone 0330 3327997
Marie Curie Helper
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0800 3047 400
- Email southwesthelper@mariecurie.org.uk
Memory Assessment Service
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Memory Cafe – Minehead
- Location West Somerset
- Venue Minehead Methodist Church Hall, The Avenue.
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Alternate Thursdays, 10.30am - 12.00 noon from 26th Jan 2023
- Telephone 07525 495022
- Email mineheaddaa@gmail.com
Memory Cafe’s – Singing for the Brain
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 01458 251 541
- Email somerset@alzheimers.org.uk
Men’s Shed – Chard
- Location Chard, South Somerset
- Venue Hornsbury Hill Farm Hornsbury Hill Chard Somerset TA20 3DB Entrance directly opposite the speed camera on Hornshbury Hill.
- Start Date Every Wednesday 2pm - 5pm and Every Thursday 1pm - 5pm
- Email mensshedchard@gmail.com
Men’s Shed – Street & Walton
- Location Street, Mendip
- Venue Hempitts Farm, Hempitts Road, Walton, Somerset BA16 9QS
- Start Date Monday: 9am – 12:30pm, Tuesday: 9am -4:30pm, Thursday: 9am -430pm. Monday morning, Tuesday and Thursday afternoon sessions are mixed male & female.
- Email brianbastable123@hotmail.co.uk
MENCAP
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0808 8081111
MENCAP – Taunton
- Location Taunton, Taunton Deane
- Venue 2 Scott House, Bindon Business Park, Cook Way, Taunton TA2 6BJ
- Info/Website Click to open
- End Date We also have a caravan on the Dorset Coast where we offer discounted holidays to people with learning disabilities and their families.
- Telephone 01823 288 061
- Email help@mencap.org.uk
Mens Shed – Shepton Mallet
- Location Shepton Mallet, Mendip
- Venue Shepton Mallet Shed, Unit 8, Charlton Trading Estate, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 5QE, At the rear of Care and Repair on Martin's Lane behind the Thatched Cottage Inn.
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Tuesday 9am to 12 noon & Thursday 10am till 5 pm
- Telephone 07854 194875
Mens’s Shed – Bridgwater
- Location Sedgemoor
- Venue Canal View Old Taunton Road Bridgwater
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
- Telephone 01823 400355
- Email info@slams.org.uk
Mental Health
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Micro-Providers – click here to access the list
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Email communityenterprise@somerset.gov.uk
MIND in Somerset
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date 24 Hours Phone Support, drop in evenings and weekends
- Telephone 01823 276892
- Email info@mindinsomerset.org.uk
Mind Somerset Suicide Bereavement Support Service
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0300 330 5463
MindEd
- Location N/A Online
- Info/Website Click to open
National Autistic Society
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone Autism Helpline 0808 800 4104 (select Option 2)
- Email nas@nas.org.uk
National Self-Harm Network – Online Forum
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
No Panic
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date 10 am – 10 pm 7/7
- Telephone 0300 772 9844
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Open Story Tellers – Frome
- Location Frome, Mendip
- Venue Openstorytellers HubNub Centre Whittox Lane Frome Somerset BA11 3BY
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date See website for information
- Telephone 01373 454099
- Email info@openstorytellers.org.uk
Open Story Tellers – Outreach
- Location Mendip
- Venue Out and about in Frome
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date 3pm - 4.30pm Tuesdays.
- Telephone 01373 454099
- Email info@openstorytellers.org.uk
Our Turn – Dance and Movement
- Location South Somerset
- Venue St Peter's Community Centre, Coronation Avenue, Yeovil, BA21 3DY
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every Monday, 1pm - 4pm (starting 20th September 2023)
- Telephone 01460 249450
- Email ourturn@takeart.org
Our Voice Somerset
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Across Somerset
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date See Facebook page for updated news
- Telephone 01305 257 600
- Email office@peoplefirstdorset.org.uk
Parkinsons UK – Bridgwater Support Group
- Location Bridgwater, Sedgemoor
- Venue Bridgwater
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date See website for information
- Telephone Alan Gould 01823 286084 or Jenny Walters 01278 424951
- Email gould248@btinternet.com
Personalised Care Institute – Training
- Location N/A Online
- Info/Website Click to open
Personality Disorder Service
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Refuge
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue 4th Floor International House 1 St Katharine’s Way London E1W 1UN
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0808 2000 247
- Email helpline@refuge.org.uk
Resilience and Wellbeing for Carers webinar
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue Online
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Monday 11th September at 6.30pm – 7.15pm
RETHINK – Ilminster/Chard/Langport
- Location Ilminster/Chard, South Somerset
- Venue Ilminster/Chard & Langport
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Thursdays at 11am
- Telephone 01935 864422 (Mavis)
- Email dominique.toyra@rethink.org
Rethink: Severe Mental Illness
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0808 801 0525
- Email info@rethink.org
Roots and Boots Dementia Group
- Location Mendip
- Venue Carymoor Environmental Centre, Dimmer Lane, Castle Cary BA7 7NR
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date 1st and 3rd Monday of the month, 2pm - 4pm
- Telephone 01963 350143
- Email jackie.gage@carymoor.org.uk
Rusty Road 2 Recovery
- Location Bridgwater, Sedgemoor
- Venue Unit 23f Axe Road Colley Lane Ind Estate Bridgwater Somerset TA6 5LN
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Please check the website for opening hours
- Telephone 07376014007
- Email info@rustyroad2recovey.co.uk
Samaritans
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 116 123 (Freephone)
- Email jo@samaritans.org
Shared Reading Group
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Yeovil Library King George Street Yeovil BA20 1PY
- Email yeovilreader@gmail.com
Signalong Foundation Course
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Nine Springs Health Centre Yeovil BA20 1UR
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Starting 27th April 2022. Every Wednesday 7 pm - 9 pm
- Email jennylawslt@email.com
Signalong Training – Keyword signing
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Singing for the Brain – Minehead
- Location West Somerset
- Venue Minehead Methodist Church Hall, The Avenue,
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Alternate Thursdays, 10.30am to 12 noon from 19th Jan 2023
- Telephone 07525 495022
- Email mineheaddaa@gmail.com
Social Anxiety
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue Taunton (See website to enrol and for further information)
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every Monday 28th March 2022 - 11th April 2022 11am - 1pm
- Telephone leoniegirling@watchproject.org.uk
Somerset Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Service
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue Somerset Adult ADHD Service Holly Court Summerlands Hospital site Preston Road Yeovil BA20 2BX
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 01935 428420
- Email SAAS@somersetFT.nhs.uk
Somerset and Wessex Eating Disorders Association Support Groups
- Location Shepton Mallet, Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Please check the website for opening hours
- Telephone 01749 343344
- Email support@swedauk.org
Somerset autism spectrum service
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Somerset Direct
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0300 123 2224
Somerset Emergency Social Work Duty Team
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0300 123 23 27
- Email adults@somerset.gov.uk
Somerset End of Life Care and Bereavement Support
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Somerset Foundation Trust Carers Service
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Somerset Independent Living Centres
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0300 123 2224
- Email adults@somerset.gov.uk
Somerset Mental Wellbeing Service
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 01460 391596
- Email info@watchproject.org.uk
Somerset Moves Podcast
- Location N/A Online
- Venue Online
- Info/Website Click to open
Somerset Parent Carer Forum
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue Unit 2, 32 Goldcroft, Yeovil, Somerset BA21 4DH
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 01458 259384
- Email admin@somersetparentcarerforum.org.uk
Somerset Sight Group
- Location Taunton, Somerset Wide
- Venue Northfield House, 51 Staplegrove Rd, Taunton, TA1 1DG
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 01823 333818
- Email admin@somersetsight.org.uk
Somerset Skills and Learning – Free Courses
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date See website for information
Somerset Survivors
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Opening Hours – 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 1pm Saturday and Sunday.
- Telephone 0800 69 49 999
- Email youfirstsidas@theyoutrust.org.uk
Somerset Young Carers
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Somerset Young Carers Voice Group
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Specific Phobias
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue Specific phobias Phobias involve an intense fear which is linked to a trigger which may be an event, physical sensation, situation or object. Particular phobias can involve heights, enclosed spaces (claustrophobia), being outdoors (agoraphobia), fear of flying, needles, spiders (arachnophobia), snakes, being sick (emetophobia).
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 01823 333444.
Stay Strong, Stay Steady Classes
- Location S O M E R S E T, Somerset Wide
- Venue Please see Website for details
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 01823 345614
- Email fallsprevention@ageuksomerset.org.uk
Sunlight Mental Health Library
- Location Burnham on Sea, Sedgemoor
- Venue Bay Centre Cassis Close Burnham On Sea Somerset TA8 1NN
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every Tuesday morning 10am - 12 pm
- Telephone 07703 014792 - Pauline Wellman or 07502 112666 - Tony
- Email anthony_monaghan@hotmail.com
Support Group – Mild learning disabilities/sensory impairment/autism
- Location Mendip
- Venue The Lawrence Centre 37 Chamberlain St, Wells BA5 2PQ
- Start Date Last Tuesday of the month 3.30 pm- 5.30 pm
- Telephone Text only: 07396 000 533
- Email vaughan_spruce@hotmail.com
Tai Chi Qigong – Monkton Heathfield
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue West Monkton Village Hall Monkton Heathfield Taunton TA2 8NE
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Thursdays, 2.30pm - 3.30pm
- Telephone 01823 345624
- Email ageingwell@ageuksomerset.org.uk
Tai Chi QiGong – Queen Camel
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Cleaveside Close Queen Camel Yeovil BA22 7PR
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every Tuesday 2.00pm - 3.00pm (starts 3rd October 2023)
- Telephone 01823 345624
- Email ageingwell@ageuksomerset.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Axbridge
- Location Sedgemoor
- Venue St John's Baptist Church, The Church Rooms, Axbridge, BS26 2AP
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every Monday 10.30am - 12.30pm. Starting 6th March 2023.
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Bishops Hull Hub
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue Bishops Hull Hub, Taunton, TA1 5EB
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The second and fourth Monday of the month. 1.00pm - 3.00pm (Except Bank Holidays)
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Bridgwater
- Location Sedgemoor
- Venue Westfield Church West Street Bridgwater
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every Thursday 10.00am to 12.00pm
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Burnham-on-Sea
- Location Burnham-on-Sea, Sedgemoor
- Venue Methodist Church, College Street, Burnham-on-Sea, TA8 1AS
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every other Tuesday starting 20th December 2022. 10.00am - 12.00 noon
- Telephone 01823 331 222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Burrowbridge
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue King Alfred Pub
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The fourth Friday of the month. 2.00pm - 4.00pm
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Chard
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Ariel Healthcare, Fore Street.
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The first Tuesday of the month. 10.00am - 12.00 noon
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Chard
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Ariel Healthcare, St Marys.
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The second Tuesday of the month. 10.00am - 12.00 noon
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Chard
- Location South Somerset
- Venue The Guildhall, Fore Street,
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every Wednesday 10.00am - 12.00 noon
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Chard
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Springmead Surgery Summerfields Road, Chard, TA20 2EW
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The third Tuesday of the month. 10.00am - 12.00 noon
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Creech St Michael
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue Life Cafe
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The first Thursday of the month. 10.30am - 12.30pm
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Dulverton
- Location West Somerset
- Venue MAGNA, Fishers Mead Community Room
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every Thursday 10.30am - 12.30pm
- Telephone 01823 331 222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Galmington
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue St Michaels Church
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The first Friday of the month. 9.00am - 10.30am
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Highbridge
- Location Highbridge, Sedgemoor
- Venue Hope Baptist Church 106 Church Street TA9 3HW
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every Thursday, 10am - 12 noon
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Ilminster
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Church View Medical Centre, Broadway.
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The first Tuesday of the month. 10.00am - 12.00 noon
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Ilminster
- Location South Somerset
- Venue The Meadows Surgery.
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The first Tuesday of the month. 1.00pm to 3.00pm
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Ilminster
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Summervale Medical Centre.
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The last Friday of the month. 10.00am - 12.00 noon
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Langport
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Langport Library
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every Thursday. 10.00am - 12.00 noon
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Minehead
- Location Minehead, West Somerset
- Venue Methodist Church Minehead.
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every Monday - 10.00am - 12.00 noon ( Excluding Bank Holidays)
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – North Curry
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue Village Hall
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Third Friday of the month, 2pm - 4pm
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Ruishton
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue Ruishton Village Hall,
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The third Tuesday of the month. 2.00pm - 4.00pm
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Taunton
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue The Great Western Hotel, Station Approach, Taunton, TA1 1QW
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The second and fourth Monday of the month. 1.30pm - 3.30pm (Except Bank Holidays)
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Taunton
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue Musgrove Park Hospital, On the concourse near M&S.
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every Tuesday, 2.00pm - 4.00pm
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Taunton
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue YMCA, Lisieux Way
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Alternate Thursdays 10.00am - 12.00 noon
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Taunton
- Location Taunton, Taunton Deane
- Venue Great Western Hotel, Station Approach, Taunton, TA1 1QW
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The first and third Monday of the month. 10.00am - 12.00 noon (Ends 1st May 2023)
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Taunton
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue St. Mary Magdalene Church, The Minster, Taunton TA1 1SA
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every Wednesday 10.00am - 12.00 noon (Starting 17th May 2023)
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Wellington
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue St Johns Church.
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every Tuesday. 10.00am - 12.00 noon
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – West Monkton
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue Brittons Ash Community Hall
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The first Wednesday of the month. 2.00pm - 4.00pm
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Williton
- Location Williton, West Somerset
- Venue Williton Pavilion, Killick Way, Williton, TA4 4QA
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every Tuesday 1,00pm - 3.00pm
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Wiveliscombe
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue Silver Street Church Wiveliscombe
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every Wednesday 10.00am - 12.00 noon
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Woolavington
- Location Sedgemoor
- Venue Bitham Walk Community Hall, Woolavington, TA7 8JQ
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every Wednesday 11.00am - 1.00pm
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Yeovil
- Location South Somerset
- Venue St Peters Community Centre, Coronation Avenue, Yeovil, BA21 3DY
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every Thursday 10.00am - 12.00 noon
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Cafe – Yeovil
- Location Yeovil, South Somerset
- Venue Yeovil District Hospital.
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every other Tuesday from 1st November 2022. 2.00pm - 4.00pm
- Telephone 01823 331222
- Email info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Talking Therapies
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0300 323 0033
Taunton Macular Support Group
- Location Taunton, Taunton Deane
- Venue United Reformed Church Paul Street TAUNTON Somerset TA1 3PF UK
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Meets First Monday of every Month 11am to 1pm.
- Telephone 01264 560 259
The Association for Post-Natal Illness
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0207 386 0868
- Email info@apni.org
The Lawrence Centre – Wells
- Location Wells, Mendip
- Venue The Lawrence Centre 37 Chamberlain Street, Wells, BA5 2PQ,
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date 1.30pm - 3pm - 4th Wednesday in month
- Telephone 01749 676839
- Email mcharlesworth@thelawrencecentre.org.uk
The Mindful Life
- Location N/A Online
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date See website for information
The National Sleep Helpline
- Location Somerset Wide
- Start Date Monday, Tuesday & Thursday 7pm - 9pm, Monday & Wednesday 9am - 11am
- Telephone 03303 530 541
The Old Barn Club Support Group
- Location Yeovil, South Somerset
- Venue The Old Barn Club Old Barn Way, Yeovil, Somerset BA20 2NX
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The second Monday of the month at 10:30 am.
- Telephone Malcolm Campbell 01935 478032
The Reader: Shared Reading Groups
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 07584 643543
- Email readinggroups@readingagency.org.uk
Timewise Jobs – Support for working Carers
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Email team@timewisejobs.co.uk
Turning Point – Somerset Drugs and Alcohol Service
- Location Taunton, Somerset Wide
- Venue Unity House 10 Canon Street Taunton Somerset TA1 1SN
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 01823 328463 / 0300 303 87 88 (24hr)
- Email sdas@turning-point.co.uk
Understanding Brain Injury Courses and Groups
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date See website for information
- Telephone Wendy Copeman: 07514 753384 / Jane Allin: 07561 032329
- Email info@headwaysomerset.org.uk
Ups and Downs Littlies
- Location Yeovil, Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 01278 691100
- Email info@upsanddowns.net
Well Being Glastonbury Healing Hub
- Location Mendip
- Venue The Avalon Centre 1 King Street Glastonbury BA6 9JX
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The first Wednesday of the month
- Telephone 07704 976436
- Email wellbeingglastonbury@gmail.com
What to do in an Emergency
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Wild Memories – Nature and wildlife activities for anyone living with dementia or memory loss
- Location Mendip
- Venue Welshmill Roundhouse Frome The Walled Garden Mells
- Start Date Welshmill Roundhouse Frome: Tuesday 11 am - 1pm/ Wednesday 11 am - 1 pm or 2 pm - 4 pm. The Walled Garden Mells: Monday 2 pm - 4pm
- Telephone 07949 572849
- Email zak.mathergratton@froglife.org
Women’s Aid National Helpline
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0808 200 0247
- Email helpline@womensaid.org.uk
Womens Work Lab – returning to work for Mums
- Location Sedgemoor
- Venue The Mecure Hotel, 56 - 66 Eastover, Bridgwater, TA6 5AR
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Starts 21st September 2023 for 12 weeks
- Telephone 07514 802818
- Email Sophia@womensworklab.co.uk
Yeovil Macular Support Group
- Location South Somerset
- Venue South Street Centre, South Street, YEOVIL, Somerset, BA20 1QE.
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The second Tuesday of the month, 10.30am to 12 noon.
- Telephone Jo Fishwish 07947 373 244
- Email jo.fishwick@macularsociety.org
Young Minds
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue Use the Webchat function on the website to email the team
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0808 802 5544 from 9:30am - 4pm, Monday - Friday.