This page aims to provide you with a summary of sources of information, guidance and support. Also please be aware that regular updates will be made on the Great Notley Parish Council Facebook page.
Local support
Great Notley GP Surgery - The Square, Notley Green, Great Notley CM77 7US
phone: 01376 341411
You may also be able to obtain assistance for anxiety, bereavement or loneliness from the social prescriber at the surgery - ask for Hazell Throssell
Pharmacy services available at the Tesco Store
The Church in Great Notley hub: 01376 567971 or 07956 441711
Practical support such as collecting shopping and prescriptions is on offer from a team of volunteers.
Essex Welfare Service: 0300 303 9988 https://essexwelfareservice.org/
A service to help vulnerable people who are at home and not able to access support from friends or family
Community 360: 01376 550507 - This separate page will provide you with a comprehensive summary of the many ways in which support is offered to the local community from health programmes to financial advice and general support
British Red Cross Support – 0808 1963651 - As well as practical support they offer a befriending service and a hardship fund
Other support Agencies
- Carers First 0300 303 1555 or email hello@carersfirst.org.uk
- Domestic Abuse: 03303337444 or www.essexcompass.org.uk
- Mental Health Support: www.mind.org.uk
- Alzheimer’s Society – 0333 150 34356 alzheimers.org.uk
- Mencap (for learning difficulties) - www.mencap.org.uk
Agencies that can refer you to other sources of support
- Healthwatch Essex 0300 5001895 or info@healthwatchessex.org.uk (can help people understand and navigate health, social care and wellbeing services in Essex)
- Community Agents 0800 977 5858 or enquiries@caessex.org.uk (help in finding independent living solutions)
- Connect Well Essex – www.connectwellessex.org.uk – a self referral tool containing over 400 local activities and services.
other useful telephone contacts
NHS: 111 or 111.nhs.uk
School Closures: 0800 0468687
HMRC: 0800 0159559
Universal Credit: 0800 3285644
You can also view the detailed Health and Wellbeing plan compiled by Great Notley Parish Council.