Group of volunteers in and around Thringstone, helping individuals in the community
Provide emotional support, advocacy, advice, information and practical support to anyone living with a life limiting condition. This is done via telephone and online facilities as well as the option to provide face to face support via Skype and Zoom – contact via 07935 800658 or info@hospicehope.co.uk
Whitwick Community Crisis Team
Provide assistance with things such as shopping, medication pick ups, and befriending – contact woodstockinwhitwick02@gmail.com or clerk@whitwickpc.org or 07407 766518
NWLDC Homelessness Service
Supporting the homeless or anyone under imminent threat of homelessness – contact via housing.choices@nwleicestershire.gov.uk or 0800 952 0079
Relate
Offers telephone counselling services for every type of relationship county wide, may need referral but can be contacted by phone or email directly – contact via 0116 2543011 or reception@relateleics.org
Agar Nook Community Centre
Supporting local residents around the estate – contact via 01530 276000, 07775 566532 or Rebecca.Cliff@emhhomes.org.uk
Appleby Magna Parish Council
Supporting residents around the villages – contact clerk@apmagpc.com
Ashby Woulds Town Council
Support for residents in the villages outside Ashby in the Woulds area – contact clerk@aw-tc.co.uk
The Haven
Counselling service based in Ashby, with religious elements – contact via 01530 560921 or thehavencounselling@btconnect.com
Ashby Foodbank
Foodbank is open on Tuesdays 9-10.30am, Wednesdays 9-10am, and Fridays 2-3pm – contact info@ashby.foodbank.org.uk or 07542 118878
Coalville Foodbank: The Trussell Trust
Open Tuesdays 10am-12.30pm, and Fridays 10am-12pm – contact via 01530 838355 or info@coalville.foodbank.org.uk
Ashby Roundtable and Ashby 41 club
Provide support for pick ups, prescriptions and shopping – contact Ian on 07976 825365, Hugh on 07772 242135 or Peter on 07887 777923
Help the Elderly – Ashby de la Zouch and Heather
Support elderly people, and those on low incomes, in Ashby and Heather, by providing shopping runs and donating items to give out for people struggling to get to shops/ pharmacies – contact Philip Soar: 07804 405858 or ashbyelderly@outlook.com
Ashby Rugby Football Club
Provides services such as shopping delivery, prescription collecting, posting mail, lifts and befriending – contact Phil on 07723621601 or ashbydor@outlook.com
Blackfordby Coordinator
Help with an array of things including shopping, prescriptions, walking pets, and phone calls – contact Karen Heath, 10am-12pm, on 01283 222575
Donisthorpe Coronavirus Help Group
Local resident’s group, offering help with shopping and telephone support – contact DCHG20@gmail.com
Oakthorpe Support Group
Support for residents of Oakthorpe, through providing urgent supplies, pick-ups, posts, a food bank, and activities for kids and families online – contact Caroline on 07740 481886, or Amy on 07931 879137 or 01530 610125
Measham satellite foodbank
Foodbank at Measham Baptist Church, which is open every Friday mornings 9am – 10am – contact via info@ashby.foodbank.org.uk or 07542 118878
Belton Volunteers Group
Supporting local residents in the village – contact via 07752 429902 or 01530
224761 or nbmullen07@hotmail.co.uk
Coronavirus Community Support
Supporting residents in the northern part of Leicestershire around Castle Donington – contact via 01332 850526 or admin@cdvc.org.uk
Donisthorpe Coronavirus Help Group
Offering help with shopping and telephone support – contact via DCHG20@gmail.com or 07483 089662
Hugglescote and Donington le Heath Support Group
Supporting local residents in the villages – contact via 07511 808253 or hovellj22@outlook.com
Measham Hardware Store
Shopping deliveries and supplies delivered to people self isolating – contact via 01530 270396
