Cruse Bereavement Care

Cruse Bereavement Care is the leading national charity for bereaved people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We offer support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone dies and work to enhance society’s care of bereaved people.

Telephone: 0808 808 1677

Website: www.cruse.org.uk

MacMillan Cancer Support

Questions about Cancer?

We’re in your area.
No appointment necessary. Come and talk to our friendly specialists.

Find out when and where…

Carers Gloucestershire

We offer support for carers to help not only their physical and emotional well-being, but to help them to make informed decisions that have a positive, lasting influence on their lives.

Facebook: carersglos

Twitter: @CarersGlosShire

Telephone: 01452 386283

Website: carersgloucestershire.org.uk

Cross Roads Care

We support Carers in Gloucestershire by providing professional Carer Support Workers (CSWs) to take over their caring responsibility to enable the carer to have a well needed break.

Facebook: Crossroads-Care-Central-and-East-Gloucestershire

Telephone: 01452 302542

Website: www.crossroadscandeg.org.uk

Email: infoglos@crossroadscandeg.org.uk

Gloucestershire Young Carers

Gloucestershire Young Carers is a dynamic charity constantly growing and developing to meet the ever-changing needs of young carers in the county.

Facebook: GloucestershireYoungCarers

Twitter: @Glosyoungcarers

Telephone: 01452 733060

Website: www.glosyoungcarers.org.uk

Email: mail@glosyoungcarers.org.uk

Carers UK

They’re here to make sure that no matter how complicated your query or your experience, you don’t have to care alone.

Telephone: 020 7378 4999

Website: www.carersuk.org

Springboard Children's Centre Cirencester

A range of family support, classes, health services and activities are available.

Telephone: 01285 640964 (Anna Sharpe)

Email: anna.sharpe@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Address:
Trinity Road
Cirencester
Gloucestershire
Postcode
GL7 1JU

Childhood illness visual guide

Use this visual guide to help you identify common conditions and illnesses that may affect your child. Includes conditions such as measles, slapped cheek syndrome, chicken pox and warts.

Website: www.nhs.uk

Vaccination planner

Download a personalised vaccination calendar, which highlights the dates your child needs to have their vaccinations by.

Download from: www.nhs.uk

P.A.L.S (Patient Advice Liaison Service)

Concerned but don’t want to complain? Have a problem, but don’t know who to talk to? Worried but not sure what to do? Need information, but don’t know who to ask?

Telephone: 0800 015 1548 or 01452 566 698

Website: www.gloucestershireccg.nhs.uk

Safer Gloucester Partnership

Here you can find out who the Partnership is and what we do to reduce crime in Gloucester, including the latest news and press releases. You can also obtain crime prevention advice and what to do as a victim of crime and where to get help and guidance.

Telephone: 01452 396 984

Website: www.safergloucester.co.uk

Contact the Elderly

Who are we?
Supported by a network of volunteers, Contact the Elderly organises monthly Sunday afternoon tea parties for small groups of older people aged 75 and over who are dealing with loneliness and social isolation.

Telephone: 0800 716 543

Website: www.contact-the-elderly.org.uk

Carers Gloucestershire

When you’re caring for someone, so much of your life is about meeting their needs with little thought for yourself. That’s where we’re different. At Carers Gloucestershire we’re here for you… the carer.
We offer a wide range of services, practical and emotional support to help you, not only in your caring role but also in leading a life of your own.

Telephone: 0300 111 9000

Website: www.carersgloucestershire.org.uk

Gloucestershire Sexual Health - Hope House

Hope House Sexual Health Services provides sexual health care across the county. It is free and available to anyone who needs it.

Telephone: 0300 421 6500

Website: www.hopehouse.nhs.uk

CGL Gloucestershire

We provide help and support to adults, children, young people and families. Our innovative and creative approach allows us to provide a broad range of safe, high quality health and social care services.

Telephone: 01452 223 014

Website: www.changegrowlive.org

Alzheimer Society

There are dementia services and support groups in your area. Find out what’s available where you are.

Telephone: 0330 333 0804

Website: www.alzheimers.org.uk

Bipolar UK

We’re the national charity dedicated to supporting individuals with the much misunderstood and devastating condition of bipolar, their families and carers. Each year we reach out to and support over 80,000 individuals through our range of services.

Website: www.bipolaruk.org

Email: info@bipolarukgroup.org.uk

Life Link

Lifelink is a 24-hour telecare alarm service providing you or your loved one with the ability to call for help 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In times of emergency, help is just the push of a button away. You can call from anywhere in your home, even in your garden.

Telephone: 01452 833 133

Website: www.lifelink.uk.com

Cruse Bereavement Care

Cruse Bereavement Care can provide a carefully selected and trained volunteer who will come to see you in your own home or at one of our offices. Your volunteer will offer you support, help you to make some sense of how you are feeling, and help you begin the process of moving forward.

Telephone: 01242 252 518

Website: www.cruse.org.uk

Deaf Association

Gloucestershire Deaf Association (GDA) is the frontline organisation delivering specialist services and community activities for D/deaf and hard of hearing adults and children in Gloucestershire. We work with people with all forms of deafness, including those who are profoundly deaf and use British Sign Language (BSL), as well as those who are hard of hearing, deafened, or deafblind. We are committed to enabling hearing impaired people to participate fully in the community, often through provision of specialist equipment. Our aim is to help make equality and fairness a normal feature of the everyday lives of people with hearing loss, whether at home or work.

Telphone: 01452 372 999 or 07878 610860 (Minicom 01452 373600)

Website: www.gda.org.uk

Healthy Lifestyles Gloucester

Health is one of the most valuable things that we can have. Small changes to our lifestyles and to how we live can have a big impact on our health and wellbeing.
If you live in Gloucestershire, our Healthy Lifestyles team is on hand to help and support you. We can work with you to identify small changes that you can make, as well as supporting you to achieve them.

Telephone: 0800 122 3788

Website: www.hlsglos.org

People For You

We offer a free volunteer befriending service for the older people of Tetbury and surrounding villages. We introduce you to a local, reliable volunteer who visits regularly. If this is of interest to you or, alternatively, you are interested in becoming a volunteer befriender, please contact Sue Black on the number below or visit the website for more information.

Telephone: 07810 630167

Website: www.peopleforyou.co.uk

Beeches Community Group

The Beeches Community Group is a voluntary group formed to look after the interests of the residents of the Beeches and New Mills Wards. We are here to support all residents by responding to local needs to improve the Cirencester community in which we live. Our meetings and events are open to everyone.

Facebook: Beeches Community Group

Website: www.beeches.org.uk

Meetups in Cirencester

Getting together with real people in real life makes powerful things happen. Side hustles become careers, ideas become movements, and chance encounters become lifelong connections. Meetup brings people together to create thriving communities.

Website: www.meetup.com

Charles Oakey DPodM MCPod POMS

Description of Specialisms

A professional service by a Podiatrist with over 30 years’ experience available for the assessment and treatment of a wide range of foot conditions available for general chiropody, heel pain, diabetic foot care.

Low level laser therapy available for the treatment of heel pain.

Specialising in nail surgery for the treatment of ingrowing toenails.

Telephone: 01285 861005 (appointments) / 07749 209736

Website: charlesoakeypodiatrist.co.uk

Jamie Gisby

Description of Specialisms

Practises traditional and contemporary acupuncture and has been in practice since 1987.
Acupuncture involves the insertion of very fine needles into special parts of the body to re-balance the body’s energies.
Jamie sees patients at South Cerney on Tuesdays.

Telephone: 07721 510429

Email: info@jamiegisby.co.uk

Anwar Owais MBBS MD FRCS Consultant Colorectal and Laparoscopic Surgeon

Mr Anwar Owais qualified in 2004 and completed his basic surgical training in Yorkshire. During that time, he completed a research degree / Doctorate of Medicine  from the University of Hull. Mr Owais undertook his higher surgical training in general and colorectal surgery in Severn Deanery working across several hospitals in the region. Mr Owais has decided to start a clinic in South Cerney to make it convenient for any patient from the local area to have their consultations locally without having to travel for it.

His major interests include colorectal surgery, colonoscopy and hernia surgery. Mr Owais has a particular expertise in the management of inflammatory bowel disease, colorectal cancer and benign anorectal conditions. For more information on Mr Anwar’s qualifications and specialisms, please visit our Complementary Therapies page.

Contact Telephone Number (Secretary) Michael Baxter: 07546174646 or 01793 646067.

Email: michael.baxter6@nhs.net

CGL Gloucestershire

CGL Gloucestershire is a free and confidential drug and alcohol service for adults (including offenders), families, carers and affected others.

Telephone: 01452 223014

Website: www.changegrowlive.org

Email: Gloucestershire.Info@cgl.org.uk

Healthy Lifestyles Gloucestershire

If you are worried that you may be drinking too much or if you don’t understand how much you are drinking at the moment, get in touch. Our team are on hand to chat with you about alcohol.

Facebook: HLSGlos

Twitter: @HLSGlos

Telephone: 0800 122 3788

Website: www.hlsglos.org

Email: glccg.hlsglos@nhs.net 

Drinkline

If you’re worried about your own or someone else’s drinking, you can call this free helpline, in complete confidence.

Telephone: 0300 123 1110

Talk to Frank

If you have a problem with drugs Talk to Frank for friendly, confidential drugs advice.

Telephone: 0300 123 6600

Text: 82111

Website: www.talktofrank.com

Email: frank@talktofrank.com

Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.

Telephone: 0800 917 7650

Website: www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk

Email: help@aamail.org

talk 2gether

We primarily offer cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), which is a talking therapy that has been proven to be effective in managing anxiety and depression. CBT helps you manage your problems by helping you to make changes to the way you think and behave.

Telephone: 0800 073 2200

Website: www.talk2gether.nhs.uk

Email: 2gnft.talk2gether@nhs.net

Samaritans

Samaritans offer a safe place for you to talk any time you like, in your own way – about whatever’s getting to you. You don’t have to be suicidal. Call Samaritans free, 24 hours a day 365 days a year.

Telephone: 116 123

Website: www.samaritans.org

Email: jo@samaritans.org

Rethink

Rethink provide expert, accredited advice and information to everyone affected by mental health problems.

Telephone: 0300 5000 927

Website: www.rethink.org

Email: info@rethink.org

Mind

Mind provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. They campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

Telephone: 0300 123 3393

Website: www.mind.org.uk

The Churn Project

The Churn Project supports the most vulnerable and marginalised people of the Cirencester area. Its aims are to reduce isolation and improve wellbeing for local people.

See our Social Activities: www.churnproject.org.uk

Telephone: 01285 380038 (Sue Bell)

Email: sue.bell@thechurn.org.uk

Dementia

Dementia UK offers specialist one-to-one support and expert advice for people living with dementia.

Telephone: 0800 888 6678

Website: www.dementiauk.org

Age UK

Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. We believe in a world where everyone can love later life and we work every day to achieve this.

Telephone: 0800 169 2081

Website: www.ageuk.org.uk

Silver Line

Free phone support for older people, 24 hours a day.

Telephone: 0800 4708 090

Website: www.thesilverline.org.uk

Baby Buddy App

Baby Buddy is an award winning mobile phone app for new parents and parents-to-be, created by mums, doctors and midwives.

Download from: play.google.com

Download from: itunes.apple.com

Gloucestershire Care Services: Podiatry

The podiatry service provides high quality expert advice and specialist treatment for conditions affecting the lower limb and foot. Our aim is to improve independence, mobility and well-being across all age groups. At an initial assessment the podiatrist agrees an individual management plan with the patient for an episode of care. It involves the podiatrist and patient working together to achieve the best outcomes to improve foot problems and maintain foot health. Encouragement and support for self-care is at the centre of all that we do.

Podiatry Services are accessed by an online self-referral.

Physio Services

Physiotherapy Services are accessed by an online self-referral.

You should receive an e-mail confirming receipt of submission. A physiotherapist will assess your form and you will receive an appointment by post.

Hope House

The Hope House website will give you access to a wealth of advice about contraception and STIs.

You can also order your ‘test me’ kits via this website which enable you to do tests for certain STI’s

Website: www.hopehouse.nhs.uk

Intrauterine System/Device Advice

• Intrauterine Device Advice Sheet
• Intrauterine System Advice Sheet

Cirencester CASH Clinic

Cirencester CASH Clinic provides sexual health services to anyone with a Gloucestershire ‘GL’ postcode.

Telephone: 0300 421 6500

Website: gloucestershire.respectyourself.info

Sexual Health Help Line

80The Family Planning Association Sexual health help line can give you confidential information and advice.

Telephone: 0845 122 8690

Family Planning Association

They are a sexual health charity. They give straightforward information and support on sexual health, sex and relationships to everyone in the UK.

Telephone: 0300 123 7123

Website: www.fpa.org.uk

Brook

Brook provides free and confidential sexual health and wellbeing services for nearly 250,000 young people UK-wide, each year.

Website: www.brook.org.uk

Healthy Lifestyles Gloucestershire

We have helped thousands of people to stop smoking. If you want to chat through cutting down or stopping smoking, contact us now.

Facebook: HLSGlos

Twitter: @HLSGlos

Telephone: 0800 122 3788

Website: www.hlsglos.org

Email: glccg.hlsglos@nhs.net 

Healthy Lifestyles Gloucestershire

Our team can help you to understand if you are carrying extra pounds, and if you are, they can help you create a realistic plan to lose it. People often fail to lose weight when they set unrealistic targets – if we overeat, weight goes on slowly and steadily and it comes off the same way.

Facebook: HLSGlos

Twitter: @HLSGlos

Telephone: 0800 122 3788

Website: www.hlsglos.org

Email: glccg.hlsglos@nhs.net 

Weight Watchers Cirencester

Meetings, Online or a little bit of both. We’ve got options and support, whatever your lifestyle.

Website: www.weightwatchers.com

Slimming World

You’ll find delicious recipe and menu ideas at your local group, along with all the help you need to get started and reach your target weight.

Website: www.slimmingworld.co.uk

Gloucestershire Youth Support Team

We speak up for young people in Gloucestershire, advise, and support them.

Telephone: 01452 547540

Website: youthsupportteam.co.uk

Email: info.glos@prospects.co.uk