This programme offers support for people who are experiencing loneliness and isolation due to their age (85+) or illness (life limiting i.e. Cancer, heart failure, COPD). Trained Compassionate Neighbours visit members of the community regularly to combat social isolation and offer a listening ear, companionship and emotional support.
The Echo Project is for children, young people and families facing loss and bereavement. It is available to any child or young person under the age of 21, living in West Essex and East Hertfordshire, who is facing loss or who has been bereaved. We offer aged focus support groups including Echo Connect Creative Bereavement Group and Echo Connect Youth Group, as well as advice and training to parents, carers and schools.
Carers in Hertfordshire provides advice, information and support to unpaid carers - people looking after someone who is elderly, disabled, has a physical or mental illness or who misuses drugs or alcohol. We also provide mentoring, carer breaks, bereavement support and keeping in touch calls.
The Bishop’s Stortford Food Bank is here to help anyone in our community who is struggling to feed themselves from day to day. We provide a food and welfare package to last a minimum of three days. We can also offer signposting support to other services if needed. Help with fuel costs is also available. When requesting baby/sanitary/pet food items these are subject to availability and dependent on what is in stock on the day. Please note: deliveries are currently Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.Referrals must be received by 11am .
Age Concern Bishop’s Stortford’s is a social centre open to people over the age of 55. We provide an opportunity for people to reconnect as part of an inclusive community. A centre in which a joyful and fun environment helps to create and build strong relationships with people in our community. We have a variety of choice based activities, which support health and well-being. If you would like to join us, have a chat or try a new activity please get in touch.
Job Smart is an Employability Support programme operating across East Herts and Broxbourne. We can provide 1:1 support/mentoring, skills training and help with job searching / interview skills / CV writing / using online platforms. The service is open to anyone in East Herts / Broxbourne and is free.
The Housing Options Team are here to provide free information, assistance and housing advice to residents of East Herts to help keep you in your home or to help you find an alternative. If you need housing advice because you are homeless or threatened with homelessness please complete an online referral to the Housing Options Service via link below and a member of the team will call you back:
Worried about your teenager? These online programmes are particularly suited for parents and or carers of pre-teen/teenagers who may have a FFA, CIN, CP or Youth Justice Plan . They include :Bringing Up Confident ADHD/ASD Children, Bringing Up Confident SEN Children, Dads Together, Getting on with Your Pre Teen/Teenager,Less Shouting, More Cooperation and Sorting Out Arguments in your Family.
We are able to offer financial support to residents in East Herts experiencing fuel poverty.
All walks are FREE and vary in length, time and pace from First Steps (our shortest walk up to 30 minutes on flat terrain with plenty of resting points), to Grade 1 (30 mins) and all the way up to Grade 4 (90 mins). No booking is required. Just turn up 10 minutes before a walk or 15 minutes before your first walk to register as a new walker or you can register and pre-book online if you prefer. First Steps (our shortest walk up
Compassionate Neighbours offers a group of trained neighbours who give up their time and companionship for local people struggling with loneliness and social isolation. Our Compassionate Neighbours can really make a difference by offering: regular telephone support, face to face meetings adhering to all social distancing measures, assistance with basic errands.To make a referral click 'REFER'.
If you want to talk, we’re here.- GriefLine is a local resource offering emotional support across West Essex and East Herts to anyone struggling with their grief around the loss of someone. GriefLine is available from 8am to 5pm every weekday and up to 8pm on Tuesday and Thursday.* Excluding Bank Holidays. It doesn’t matter if your loss was recently or in the past, our trained bereavement volunteers are here to listen. We will give you a non-judgemental space to talk about how you are feeling and offer emotional support.
Yoga for Health is a 10 week course held at Place House Hall, Bluecoat Yard, Ware, SG12 9HL - suitable for anyone living with stress, anxiety or mild to moderate depression, social isolation and/or loneliness or perhaps you feel like you want to gain more control over your own health and wellbeing. We also hold a Community Class on Mondays at 12.30pm at 105 Fore Street, Hertford - this class is subsidised - we ask for donations rather than a flat fee.
The free Hospital and Community Navigation Service is available throughout Hertfordshire to help patients recently discharged from hospital and those who have recently been unwell. We can provide wellbeing checks for people in their own homes, help to develop motivation, confidence and resilience, link people to support with benefits, debt and finance and help with solutions to loneliness and social isolation. We can also help people affected by hoarding.
Beezee, under Maximus, is commissioned by Herts County Council to run FREE healthy lifestyle programmes for children aged 5-15 years and their families. Our 12-week group programme runs at multiple locations across Hertfordshire (or ONLINE!) and cover a variety of topics including healthy snacking, balanced meals, portion size and keeping active together.
Whether it’s advice on employment rights, benefit entitlements, money worries, housing concerns, relationship challenges, access to local support etc - we’re here for you with our free, confidential, impartial advice. We can also give emergency fuel and food bank vouchers when needed. We offer a flexible way of delivering our free, confidential and impartial advice. Most of our advice is delivered by phone but you can get in touch with us by phone, online or in person.
We are professionally qualified and fully insured complementary therapists who volunteer our time and skills in support of cancer patients, and their carers, whilst they cope with the worries and uncertainties arising from a cancer diagnosis.
We're here to listen, no judgement, no pressure, and help you work through what's on your mind. We'll never tell you what to do. We don’t provide counselling. Call us FREE, day or night, 365 days a year. Telephone 116 123.
Red Kite Helpline is available for survivors of recent or historic rape or sexual abuse who are resident in Hertfordshire and West Essex. Our Recovery Service will provide therapy through a variety of means, whether one-to-one or in groups, tailoring in depth holistic therapy to the needs of each caller. We provide comprehensive services to enable you to recover and thrive once more in the community. All Red Kite services are free.
The Foodbank provides free emergency food and toiletries. As well as receiving food for a minimum of 3 days, users may be directed to further help and support if required.
