Information and Advice Library
Services Mobile and Doorstep Library Services Advocacy Counselling
and Support
The section
lists organisations that offer specific services
although many organisations listed under the
‘Voluntary Organisations’ section also
provide advocacy, advice and counselling.
6 All Saints
Passage,
Telephone:
01480 388900
The CAB helps
people to tackle their problems head on with advice, information and practical
support. The office is open Monday to Thursday 9.30 – 12.30 with an
appointment-only and telephone service operating Monday to Thursday 12.30 to
3.30. The
St. Ives : The Town Hall,
Tues –
Fri
Ramsey :
Tel: 01487
812560
Wednesday
St.Neots : 28 New Street, St. Neots
Tel: 01480
388905
Monday to
Thursday
The St. Neots CAB is also available by appointment only Monday to
Thursday
There is also
an office in Yaxley, near
Yaxley : Unit 7, Malting Square, Broadway
Shopping Centre, Yaxley,
Tel: 01487
812560
Wed
Disability
Telephone:
01480 830833
Email: info@dish.org.uk
Mon – Thur 9.30 am – 2.30 pm
DISH provides
an information and advice service to disabled people, carers
and professionals in the
Disability Cambridgeshire
1 Orwell
Furlong, Cowley road,
Telephone:
01223 569600 Web: www.directions-plus.org.uk
Information
and advice service for disabled people and/or older people and their carers living in
Dial
Kingfisher
Centre, The Cresset, Bretton,
Tel: 01733
265551 Web: www.dialpeterborough.org.uk
Mon –
Thurs
Offers information, advice and advocacy specifically for disabled people
throughout
Call the
switchboard on 01480 416416 and ask to be transferred. E-mail: info@hinchingbrooke.nhs.uk
Offers information and advice on a wide range of issues to patients and
their families.
A wide range
of material is avail-able on loan through a network of 48 libraries. This
includes books for people who prefer items in languages other than English.
Books at all reading levels are provided as well as large print and story
tapes. Films on video can be hired for people with a hearing impairment. Most
videos have closed captions. DVD’s, music CD’s and music scores are
also on offer. Some services incur a charge but there are exemptions for
certain users. For further details contact your local library. There is now
only one contact number for all libraries: Cambridge Direct on 0845 045 5225 (
Libraries can
be found in the following areas:
Buckden,
Burberry Road
Papworth Pendrill Court
Ramsey School
Lane
St. Ives
Station Road
St. Neots Priory Lane
Sawtry
Fen Lane
Somersham
Church Street
Warboys
High Street
Yaxley
Lansdowne Road
Telephone:
0845 045 5225
Website: www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/library/
The new
Papworth library in Pendrill Court has a range of
specially adapted computers that can be used by people with disabilities. One
package can be set to use symbols and drawings allowing people with learning
difficulties easier access to text and ways of communicating. Another piece of
technology translates letters and e-mails into Braille which can then be
printed on the Braille printer/embosser. The library is open Tues, 10am –
1.30 and
Mobile
Libraries visit residential and sheltered accommodation throughout
Cambridgeshire. For details contact Cambridge Direct on 0845
045 5225.
This service
is available for people who can no longer use a library because of mobility
problems or ill health. Library visitors deliver items to people in their
homes. For further details contact :
Cambridge
Direct on 0845 045 5225
91 Cherry
Hinton Road, Cambridge, CB1 7BS
Telephone:
01223 240065 Fax: 01223 473557
Nokia
Communicator for texts: 07784 187380
Website: www.ourvoice.org
E-mail: ourvoice@ntlbusiness.com
Our Voice
Our Voice is
an advocacy organisation that works with people with
disabilities to take control of their own lives.
Hinchingbrooke Hospital,
Telephone:
01480 416295
The Patient
Advice and Liaison Service offers support, information and liaison between
medical staff and patients/carers to enable them to
get the best from their healthcare. Can also signpost people to other support
groups, if necessary.
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Telephone:
01223 566258
Website: www.speakingup.org
Speaking Up! is a self-advocacy project for people with learning
difficulties. There are three groups and meeting times are as follows:
Young Peoples
Group
Tues 3.15
– 4.45pm
Next Step
Mon, Wed 10am
– 4pm
Speaking Up!
Thurs
Phone to
confirm times.
Cambridgeshire Independent Advocacy Service
Telephone:
Cambridge:
01223 218500
Fenland: 01354
652445
Email : enquiries@cias.org.uk
The Advocacy
Service is free, independent and confidential. They are available throughout
Cambridgeshire. They support and enable people with mental health issues to
speak up for themselves and exercise their rights as individuals or as a group.
Al Anon
Telephone:
0207 403 0888 (
Al Anon family
groups offer support and understanding to the family and friends of a problem
drinker whether or not the drinker is still drinking. For details of local
groups please telephone the national helpline number above.
Telephone:
0207 403 0888
Alateen
(part of Al Anon) offers support to young people aged 12-20 where they have
been affected by another persons drinking, usually that of a parent.
Telephone:
01480 414511 www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
Cruse provide trained and understanding counsellors to help
those who feel they need support after a bereavement.
Whitwell
Chambers, Ferrars Road,
Telephone:
01480 413800
38a, High
Street, St Neots, PE19 1JA
Telephone:
01480 - 474974
DIAL Druglink provide trained counsellors
to give support and information to people with a drug dependency and their
families. Drop-in service,needle
exchange and complimentary therapy.
1, Ferrars Road,
Telephone:
01480 456956
Fax: 01480
414416
Web: www.drinksense.org
Trained counsellors are available to offer help adapted to the
needs of the individual and families of those with drink related problems.
Clients are normally seen within a few days of contact and, following an
assessment interview, regular appointments are available. There is also a
walk-in service operating
Wyvern House,
Railway Terrace,
Telephone:
01332 345346
Email: voice@voiceuk.org.uk
Website: www.voiceuk.org.uk
Voice
32-34 St.
Telephone:
01733 312727 National
The Samaritans
operate 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year.
Telephone:
01223 364455 National
You do not
have to be suicidal to talk to the Samaritans. They are there to offer
unconditional emotional support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. They do not
advise or counsel.
The Cogwheel Trust
Telephone and
Fax: 01223 464385
Web: www.cogwheel.org.uk Email: cwt@btconnect.com.
Professional, caring and confidential counselling
for families, couples and individuals and children. Covers all kinds of relationship
difficulties, as well as helping people come to terms with events or changes
which have made their lives unhappy.
Counselling
sessions: Mon – Thurs
Telephone:
01480 435061
Web www.aich.org.uk Email: aich@aich.org.uk
Open Mon-Fri
24 hour answerphone service. Aich offers
a free, confidential counselling service for people
aged 14 – 25 years. The organisation aims to
enable young people to make informed choices and decisions about their own
lives.
RELATE
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Telephone:
01223 357424 Web: www.relatecambridge.org.uk
Opening Times:
Mon-Fri 9.30am-1pm, 2pm-5pm
Relate offers
couple counselling, family counselling
and psycho-sexual therapy.
Relate is also
in the following towns:
Ely, Eaton Socon,
GP surgeries that offer counselling services
The following
surgeries offer counselling services. Contact can be
made directly to the surgery concerned, though some are GP referral only.
Gt. Staughton Surgery, Great Staughton
Tel:01480 860770 Web: www.great-staughton-surgery.co.uk
Kimbolton
Medical Centre, Kimbolton Tel:01480 860205 Web: www.kimboltonmedicalcentre.nhs.uk Counselling is
offered for patients registered at the surgery. Make a doctor’s
appointment first.
Alconbury
& Brampton Surgery Alconbury Tel: 01480 890281
Web: www.alconburybramptonsurgery.co.uk
Wellside
Surgery, Sawtry Tel: 01487 830340 Web: www.wellside.org.uk
Acorn
Community Health Centre,
The Old
Exchange Surgery, St Ives Tel: 01480 497477
The Spinney
Surgery, St Ives Tel: 0844 477 3603 Web: www.spinney-surgery.org.uk
Parkhall
Surgery, Somersham Tel: 01487 740888
The Moat House
Surgery, Warboys Tel: 01487 822230 Web: www.wardoc.demon.co.uk