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
Activity Companions – Ilminster
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Ile Youth and Community Centre Ilminster TA19 0AP
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Social Club Tuesdays and Fridays, from 9.30am to 3.00pm
- Telephone 01460 353028
- Email info@theactivitycompanions.com
Admiral Nurses – Somerset
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Adult Safeguarding
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Age UK Somerset
- 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 - 4.30pm
- 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 admin@mineheadda.org.uk
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
Aphasia Support Group – Yeovil
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Potter House Care Home 103 Highfield Road Yeovil BA21 4RJ
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date 3rd Thursday of the month, 10am, to 12 noon
- Telephone 07796 143118
- Email hello@sayaphasia.org
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
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0808 801 0677 Helpline
- Email help@beateatingdisorders.org.uk
Beat Eating Disorders Association
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Helpline open weekdays: 3pm to 8pm
- Telephone 0808 801 0677
- Email help@beateatingdisorders.org.uk
Bereavement Support Group
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue The Pavilion Greenway North Curry TA3 6NQ
- Start Date First Friday of every month, 6pm - 7pm (starts 6th June 2025)
- Telephone 07519 136601 Anthony
Bruton Memory Cafe
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Community Hall Silver Street Bruton, BA10 0EB
- Start Date Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month, 10.30am to 12.30pm
- Email colinjuneman167@btinternet.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 Cafe – Frome
- Location Mendip
- Venue Rossetti House Care Home Welshmill Lane Frome Somerset BA11 2AA
- Start Date Last Friday of every month 11am to 12.30pm
- Telephone 01373498500
- Email helen.cross@careuk.com
Carers Champion – Cranleigh Gardens Medical Centre
- Location Sedgemoor
- Venue Cranleigh Gardens Medical Centre
- Telephone 01278 433335
Carers Checklist
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Carers Connected
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue Online
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Wednesdays 7.15pm and Thursdays 3pm
- Telephone 07964 895477
- Email carers@embracingage.org.uk
Carers Forum (Carers UK)
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Carers Group – Beyond 18 Taunton
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue The Den Coffee House next to Taunton Library TA1 3XZ
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The 3rd Monday of the month. 2pm to 3.30pm
- Telephone Cath 07535 279359
- Email cathh@somersetrcc.org.uk
Carers Group – Bridgwater
- Location Sedgemoor
- Venue Stockmoor Lodge1 Nokoto Dr, Bridgwater TA6 6WT
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date 2nd Friday of the month, 10.30am to 12 noon
- Telephone 07535279359
- Email cathh@somersetrcc.org.uk
Carers Group – Burnham on Sea
- Location Sedgemoor
- Venue Waffle Café at the Methodist Church, 35A College St, Burnham-on-Sea, TA8 1AS
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The fourth Tuesday of the month 10.30am - 12 noon
- Telephone 07535 279359
- Email cathh@somersetrcc.org.uk
Carers Group – Castle Cary
- Location Sedgemoor
- Venue The Shambles, Market House, Market Place, Castle Cary, BA7 7AH
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The first Thursday of the month 10.30am - 12.00 noon
- Telephone 01963 202629 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
- 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 07535 279359
- Email creechcarers@outlook.com
Carers Group – Crewkerne
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Henhayes Centre, South Street Car Park, Crewkerne, TA18 8DA (main Crewkerne car park)
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The first Thursday of the month 2pm - 3.30pm
- Telephone 07535 279359
- Email cathh@somersetrcc.org.uk
Carers Group – Frome
- Location Mendip
- Venue Rosetti Care Home Welshmill Ln, Frome BA11 2AA
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The first Wednesday of the month 10.30am - 12 noon
- Telephone 07535279359
- Email cathh@somersetrcc.org.uk
Carers Group – Glastonbury
- Location Mendip
- Venue Glastonbury Care Home, Pike Cl, Glastonbury BA6 9PZ
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The fourth Friday of the month. 10.30am - 12.00 noon
- Telephone 07535279359
- Email cathh@somersetrcc.org.uk
Carers Group – Ilminster
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Monks Yard (upstairs), Horton Manor, Horton Cross, Ilminster TA19 9PY
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The third Thursday of each month 1.00pm - 2.30pm
- Telephone 07774 231996
- Email carers@thrivesomerset.org.uk
Carers Group – Keinton Mandeville
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Keinton Mandeville Village Hall, Chistles Lane, TA11 6ES
- Info/Website Click to open
- 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 All Saints Hall 2 North Street TA109RD
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The fourth Wednesday of the month. 2.00pm - 3.30pm
- Telephone 01458 250464
- Email LangportCarersGroup@outlook.com
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, 10.30am - 12 noon
- Telephone Evelyn Zielinska 01935 713020
- Email manager@laurelhomecare.co.uk
Carers Group – Merriott
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue Egwood House, Egwood, Merriott, Somerset, TA16 5QN
- Start Date 2nd Monday of the month, 10.15am - 12.15pm
- Telephone Cath Holloway 07535 279359
- Email office@arkategwood.com
Carers Group – Minehead
- Location West Somerset
- Venue The Beach Hotel, 60 The Avenue, Minehead, TA24 5AP
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The second Thursday of the month. 10.00am to 12.00 noon
- Telephone 07538 316526
- Email waynes@somersetrcc.org.uk
Carers Group – Oakhill
- Location Mendip
- Venue Oakhill Village Hall Zion Hill, Radstock, UK BA3 5AN
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date 2nd Wednesday of each month, 2pm to 3.30pm
- Telephone 07738 737889 Jenny Theed
- Email Jennytheed@yahoo.co.uk
Carers Group – South Petherton
- Location Mendip
- Venue St Peter & St Paul's Church, Hele Lane, South Petherton, TA13 5DY
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The third Wednesday of the month. 11.00am to 12.30pm
- Telephone 07535 279359
- Email Cathh@somersetrcc.org.uk
Carers Group – Street
- Location Mendip
- Venue Crispin Hall, 83 High Street, Street, Somerset, BA16 0EZ
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The second Monday of the month 10.30am - 12.00 noon
- Telephone 07490 060355
- Email cathh@somersetrcc.org.uk
Carers Group – Taunton
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue Calway House Care Home Calway Rd, Taunton TA1 3EQ
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The 4th Wednesday of the month, 10.30am to noon
- Telephone Cath Holloway 07535 279359
- Email Cathh@somersetrcc.org.uk
Carers Group – Wellington
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue St John's Church Rooms 5 Church Fields, Wellington TA21 8SD
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The first Tuesday of the month 1.30pm - 3pm
- Telephone 07535 279359
- Email cathh@somersetrcc.org.uk
Carers Group – Wincanton
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue The River Cale Cafe, The Recreation Ground, Cemetery Ln, Wincanton BA9 9ED
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The second Tuesday of the month 2.00pm - 3.30pm
- Telephone 07535 279359
- Email cathh@somersetrcc.org.uk
Carers Group – Yeovil
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Potter House Care Home 103 Highfield Rd Yeovil BA21 4RJ
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date The second Tuesday of the month 10.30am - 12.00pm
- Telephone 07535 279359
- Email cathh@somersetrcc.org.uk
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 UK – online groups
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue Online
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Various times - see website
Carers’ Strategic Partnership Board
- Location Various in Somerset, Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 01823 357796
- Email sarah.strange@somerset.gov.uk
Caring for adults
- Location N/A Online
- Info/Website Click to open
Changes – Wincanton
- Location South Somerset
- Venue The Balsam Centre Balsam Park Wincanton BA9 9HB
- Start Date Thursdays, 6pm - 8pm (starting 18th April 2024)
- Telephone 01963 31842
- Email info@balsamcentre.org.uk
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 10 am - 3.00 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 Drop-In Yeovil
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Yeovil District Hospital Higher Kingston, Yeovil BA21 4
- Start Date Last Friday of the month from 25th September 2026, 2pm - 3pm
- Telephone 01935 384960
Dementia Friendly Cinema Club
- Location Mendip
- Venue Rossetti House Care Home Welshmill Lane Frome Somerset BA11 2AA
- Start Date Every Thursday 3pm to 4.30pm
- Telephone 01373 498500
- Email helen.cross@careuk.com
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 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 Wednesday of the month, 8pm - 9pm
- 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
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 admin@mineheadda.org.uk
Free Training – Self Care for the Carer
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Games and Chat Social Group
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue The Club (Sports & Social Club) 29 High St, Shepton Mallet
- Start Date Dates provided, 2.30 pm - 4pm
- Telephone Contact Judi on 07880 897659
- Email sheptonmalletdaa@btinternet.com
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.uk
Headway Hospital Liaison Service
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 07946183795 Sarah Yetton
- Email Sarah@headwaysomerset.org.uk
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
JobYay
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue Various
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Various
- Telephone Various
Knit and Natter – Frome
- Location Mendip
- Venue Rossetti House Care Home Welshmill Lane Frome Somerset BA11 2AA
- Start Date Every Tuesday 2.30pm to 4.30pm
- Telephone 01373 498500
- Email helen.cross@careuk.com
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, 2pm - 3pm
- Email brwlib@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
Medequip
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue Medequip Unit 1 The Monarch Centre Venture Way Priorswood Industrial Estate Taunton Somerset TA2 8DE
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday
- Telephone 01823 211699
- Email somerset@medequip-uk.com
Memory Assessment Service
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Memory Cafe – Minehead
- Location West Somerset
- Venue Sacred Heart Catholic Church Townsend Road Minehead TA24 5RG (Next to the Texaco Garage)
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Alternate Thursday mornings to Singing for the Brain from 10.30am - 12 noon
- Telephone 07525 495022 Val
- Email admin@mineheadda.org.uk
Memory Cafe – Wells
- Location Mendip
- Venue Methodist Church Hall, Southover, Wells, BA5 1UG
- Start Date 3rd Wednesday of each month, 2pm to 3.30pm
- Telephone Claire 01749 676248
- Email wellsmemcaf@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 streetwaltonmensshed2017@hotmail.com
MENCAP
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0808 8081111
MENCAP – Taunton
- Location Taunton, Taunton Deane
- Venue 81 Eaton Crescent Taunton TA2 7UE
- 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 07536 391127
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
MHA Laughter Group – Wincanton
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Wincanton Methodist Church Hall 50 High Street Wincanton BA9 9JF
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every Thursday, 2pm - 4pm
- Telephone 01963 33588
- Email southsomerset@mha.org.uk
MHA Love to Move – Wincanton
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Wincanton Methodist Church Hall 50 High Street Wincanton BA9 9JF
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every other Wednesday, 10am - 12 noon
- Telephone 01963 33588
- Email southsomerset@mha.org.uk
MHA Tuesday Companions Group – Wincanton
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Wincanton Methodist Church Hall 50 High Street Wincanton BA9 9JF
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Each Tuesday 10.30am - 1.45pm.
- Telephone Tara or Emma, 01963 33588
- Email southsomerset@mha.org.uk
MHA Wednesday Lunch Club – Wincanton
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Wincanton Methodist Church Hall 50 High Street Wincanton BA9 9JF
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every other Wednesday, 12 noon - 2pm
- Telephone 01963 33588
- Email southsomerset@mha.org.uk
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
Mobilise Live – online
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue Online
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Various times - see website
Music 2 Connect
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Shepton Mallet Salvation Army Hall.
- Start Date Third Friday of the month,1.45pm
- Telephone 07880 897659
Music 2 Connect – Dementia Music Project
- Location Mendip
- Venue Salvation Army Hall, Shepton Mallet
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every third Friday, 1.45pm for 2pm start
- Telephone Judi 01749 890575
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
Over 55s Lunch Club at Great Lyde
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Great Lyde 1 Cavalier Way Yeovil Somerset BA21 5UA
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Every Friday, 12 noon - 2pm
- Telephone 01963 33588
- Email southsomerset@mha.org.uk
Parrett Community Shed – Langport
- Location South Somerset
- Venue Old Poultry Farm Portfield Lane Langport
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9.30am to 1.30pm
- Email parrettcommunityshed@outlook.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
Rethink: Severe Mental Illness
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0808 801 0525
- Email info@rethink.org
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 Training – Keyword signing
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Singing for the Brain – Minehead
- Location West Somerset
- Venue The Sacred Heart Catholic Church Townsend Road Minehead TA24 5RG (The church is next to the Texaco Garage.)
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Alternate Thursdays, 10.30am to 12 noon from 19th Jan 2023
- Telephone Carol Sweeting (Dementia Advisor for the Alzheimer’s Society.) Tel: 07850 928905
- Email carol.sweeting@alzheimers.org.uk
Sit, Fit & Fun – Taunton
- Location Taunton Deane
- Venue Staplegrove Village Hall 214 Staplegrove Road Taunton TA2 6AL
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Tuesdays, 12:30pm -13:30pm
- Telephone 01823 345624
- Email ageingwell@ageuksomerset.org.uk
Somerset Activity and Sports Partnership (SASP)
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue Please see website for details
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Various
- Telephone 01823 653990
- Email enquiries@sasp.co.uk
Somerset Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Service
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue Somerset Adult ADHD Service Glanville House, Church Street, Bridgwater TA6 5AT
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 01278 720231
- Email ADHDEnquiries@somersetft.nhs.uk
Somerset autism spectrum service
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Somerset Cancer Support Group
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue The World's End Pub, Bradford-on-Tone, Taunton, TA4 1ET.
- Start Date 2pm to 4pm, the last Thursday of the month
Somerset Council
- 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 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 Recovery College
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 07342 063735
- Email enquiries@somersetrecoverycollege.co.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
Stroke – NHS
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Stroke Services – Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
Support Group – Mild learning disabilities/sensory impairment/autism
- Location Mendip
- Venue The Lawrence Centre 37 Chamberlain St, Wells BA5 2PQ
- Start Date First and last Tuesday of the month 3.30 pm- 5.30 pm
- Telephone Text only: 07396 000 533
- Email vaughan_spruce@hotmail.com
SWEDA
- 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
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, 2pm - 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 Thursdays, 10.30am - 11.30am
- Telephone 01823 345624
- Email ageingwell@ageuksomerset.org.uk
Talking Cafes
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue Various county-wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Various
- Telephone 01823331222
- Email info@thrivesomerset.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 Avalon Allsorts
- Location Mendip
- Venue 9 Silver Street Glastonbury BA6 8BS
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Wednesdays 11 noon - 3pm
- Telephone 07843 334343
- Email theavalonallsorts@protonmail.com
The Filo Project
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0333 939 8225
- Email info@thefiloproject.co.uk
The Lawrence Centre – Wells
- Location Wells, Mendip
- Venue The Lawrence Centre, 37 Chamberlain Street, Wells BA5 2PQ
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Open Monday – Friday 10 am – 2.30pm and one Saturday a month
- Telephone 01749 676839 07891 996 532
- 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 third 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
The Stroke Association
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0303 3033 100
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
Unbreakable Men – Crewkerne
- Location South Somerset
- Venue The George Reynolds Centre, South Street, Town Centre, Crewkerne, TA18 8DA
- Start Date Every Tuesday, 10am - 11am
- Telephone 07944 965564
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
We Hear You
- Location Somerset Wide
- Venue We Hear You (WHY) 14-15 North Parade Frome Somerset BA11 1AU
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 01373 455 255
- Email info@wehearyou.org.uk
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
Wells Memory Cafe
- Location Mendip
- Venue Methodist Church, Southover, Wells BA5 1UG
- Start Date The third Wednesday of each month, 2pm - 3.30pm
- Telephone Claire 01749 676248
- Email wellsmemcaf@gmail.com
WeMatter – Victim Support
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Telephone 0300 373 0258
- Email WeMatter@victimsupport.org.uk
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 Allotments Frome: Tuesday 11 am - 1pm/ Wednesday 2 pm - 4 pm. The Walled Garden Mells: Monday 2 pm - 4pm
- Telephone 07949 572849
- Email zak.mathergratton@froglife.org
Women’s Aid Direct Services
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Email helpline@womensaid.org.uk
Womenkind
- Location Somerset Wide
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Weekdays various times - see website
- Telephone 0117 916 6461 or 0345 458 2914
- Email info@womankindbristol.org.uk
Womens Work Lab – returning to work for Mums
- Location Sedgemoor
- Venue The Mecure Hotel, 56 - 66 Eastover, Bridgwater, TA6 5AR Also in Taunton.
- Info/Website Click to open
- Start Date Start dates in September, January and April.
- 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 Fishwick 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.