Local Support

Tendring Colchester Borders Garden Community

The website below will take you through to the engagement website for Tendring Colchester Borders Garden Community.

You’ll be able to find information and ways of sharing your ideas with Tendring Colchester Borders Garden Community.

Website: www.talk.tcbgardencommunity.co.uk

Community Voluntary Services

Community Voluntary Services Tendring is run by the local community to support, promote and develop voluntary and community action.

Telephone: 01255 425692

Website: www.cvstendring.org.uk

Essex Lifestyle Service

Essex Lifestyle Service aims to empower the people of Essex to make healthy lifestyle choices, and live healthier lives. They will listen to you, discuss your needs and then offer you up to date and evidence-based help and support, to enable you to make changes to your current lifestyle.

Telephone: 0300 303 9988

Website: www.essexlifestyleservice.org.uk

Email: provide.essexlifestyles@nhs.net

Livewell Tendring

Livewell is a campaign designed to engage communities, families and individuals with the aim of providing information about all that is on offer in Essex to improve health and wellbeing.

Telephone: 01255 686868

Website: www.tendringdc.gov.uk

Support, Time and Recovery Service (STARS)

The STAR service is a short-term service designed to help support you with a range of issues.

Website: www.northessexiapt.nhs.uk

GP Care Advisors

It’s a free service, and all surgeries in Tendring and Colchester have one.

If you or a family member need any advice, please don’t hesitate to contact your GP surgery.

Anyone can refer themselves to us. We accept referrals from clinicians, practice staff, the cancer wellbeing centre, social care, and The Alzheimer’s Society just some to mention.

Website: www.gpprimarychoice.co.uk

Living Well Essex

Living Well Essex provides local support and information via their website.

Website: www.livingwellessex.org

Helping Hands

Helping Hands is an independent local community transport charity run for 60+ and disabled people. Their service covers the whole of Tendring, and they take clients anywhere in the UK; hospital appointments, doctors, chiropodists, dentists, physiotherapy and more.

Telephone: 01255 427888

Website: www.volunteercentretendring.org.uk

Email: helpinghands@volunteercentretendring.org.uk

Livewell

The livewell campaign is designed to engage communities, families and individuals with the aim of providing information about all that is on offer in Essex to improve health and wellbeing.

Website: www.livewellcampaign.co.uk

Email: livewell@braintree.gov.uk

Digital Access One to One Support and Drop in Services

Digital Access offer one-to-one support at any of the Library Hubs across Colchester Borough. They will give you the opportunity to meet some of their dedicated multi-skilled Zone Teams, who have in-depth knowledge of local areas.

Telephone: 01206 282 452

Website: www.colchester.gov.uk

Email: DigitalAccessSupport@Colchester.gov.uk

Veterans' Gateway

Veterans’ Gateway put veterans and their families in touch with the organisations best placed to help with the information, advice and support they need – from healthcare and housing to employability, finances, personal relationships and more.

Telephone: 08‍08 80‍2 12‍12

Website: www.veteransgateway.org.uk

Podiatry

You can now self-refer to ACE Podiatry services.

Podiatry Self Referral Service

Telephone: 03330 433 966

Website: www.podiatryselfrefer.co.uk