Portcullis Surgery
Portcullis Lane, Ludlow, SY8 1GT Send us an online question or request
Telephone: 01584 872 939
We are closed. Call 111 for urgent advice out of hours.
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Support Groups based in Ludlow or nearby areas
Ludlow Portcullis Surgery Compassionate Communities – ‘CoCo’ VOLUNTEERS WANTED!
Can you help? Would you like to get involved?
Do you have a couple of hours once a week or fortnight to support someone in their own home to stay healthy and socially connected?
Would you be interested in:
- Visiting and befriending; (Online, phone calls or socially distanced)
- Helping with errands;
- Helping someone with social activities.
Then CoCo befriending may be for you.
Initial training is provided
Ongoing support is provided throughout your time as a volunteer by our practice.
For further information on CoCo volunteering, please contact Judith Sharod at Portcullis practice by calling the practice or emailing Judith: judith.sharod@nhs.net
We would love to hear from you.
Good Grief Cafe
The Good Grief Cafe, a bereavement support group open to all.
Now meeting at Bill’s Kitchen, Ludlow
Anyone interested in attending should contact janna.vigar@mfgsolicitors.com or telephone Janna or Kim Price on 01584 873156.
Ludlow Diabetes Support Group
email address: i.maxwellmuller@btinternet.com
www.ludlowcancersupport.org.
Hands Together Ludlow
Since taking on the old dance studio and chapel in Lower Galeford, Hands Together Ludlow have been working hard to turn the building into a new hub for volunteering and community support activities.
The Ludlow Men’s Shed has a new, permanent home in the building and the Community Fridge is also up and running.
Some things they do:
Recruit, train, and match volunteers with those in need:
- Befriending Dog walking
- Walking Buddies
- Cooking and Food activities
- Digital inclusion
- Youth mentoring
- Job club / CV writing
Network with and support other charities and organisations including:
- Work with the Food Bank
- Reducing food waste
- Support SYF activities
- Social Prescribing
- Food Network
Deliver projects
- Men’s Shed Healthy Eating courses and support
- Good Start Together parental support
- Lunch Club and Afternoon Tea
- Christmas Day lunch
- Community Fridge
- Good Grief Café
- Community Transport
- Community Helpline… and much more!
- Wednesday Morning between 10am and midday . This session will provide help with on-line forms e.g. Utilities, DVLA, Council Tax, Repeat Prescriptions etc .
- Thursday Morning between 10am and midday. This session will provide help with Carer’s Allowance, Attendance Allowance, Blue Badge, Bus Pass, Universal Credit and Pension Credit.
Hands Together can only achieve all this with the help and support of the local community. During the Covid 19 lockdowns the help and support they received was magnificent. Since the restrictions lifted and many of their volunteers returned to their jobs, they have been working hard to develop their volunteering opportunities and the team. They have regular and occasional volunteer roles from a day a week to a couple of hours a month and would love to hear from you. You can fill out a (non-binding!) volunteer form here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/VolApp2022 and their Volunteer Coordinator will be in touch.
Their website is full of information and What’s On news but in the meantime, if you want to sign up for their newsletter please email admin@handstogetherludlow.org.uk; follow their Facebook page @handstogetherludlow or give the Helpline a ring: 01584 873062.
Shropshire Carers Support
Shropshire Carers Support Group meets on the first Tuesday of the month at the Clive Arms
11.00am- 12.30pm.
Opening Times
- Monday
08:30am to 06:00pm
6.30-9.30pm Bookable in advance appointments only.Call 111 for advice OOH - Tuesday
08:30am to 06:00pm
6.30-8pm Bookable in advance appointments only. Call 111 for advice OOH - Wednesday
08:30am to 06:00pm
6.30-9.30pm Bookable in advance appointments only.Call 111 for advice OOH - Thursday
08:30am to 06:00pm
6.30-8pm Bookable in advance appointments only.Call 111 for advice OOH - Friday
08:30am to 06:00pm
6.30-9.30pm One Friday a month Bookable in advance appointments only.Call 111 for advice OOH - Saturday
CLOSED
9-5pm One Saturday a month Bookable in advance appointments only.Call 111 for advice OOH - Sunday
CLOSED
Call 111 for advice OOH
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