Assist Teignbridge – Pension Age support
Provide support with applying for Attendance Allowance/Pension Credit.
Teignbridge Citizens Advice
Citizens Advice can help with money issues and offer advice around benefits, finances (including debt), fuel bills, housing and a range of other issues. They can be contacted on 0808 278 7997 or by filling in this online enquiry form: form.jotform.com/70543696250963.
You can also get advice from their drop-in sessions in Newton Abbot
Citizens Advice: 36-38 Market Walk, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2RX
Monday 09:30-12:30, Tuesday 09:30-15:00, Wednesday 09:30-15:00
Step Change
Step Change is a charity that offers a range advice and support around finances and debt. Visit Step Change Debt Charity. Free Expert Debt Help & Advice or call 0800 138 1111 for more information.
CAP Debt Help
Free debt advice and personal support in Teignbridge. Visit Get help near you | CAP UKor call 0800 328 0006 to book an appointment with your local debt centre.
Budget planner | Free online budget planning tool | MoneyHelper
SilverCloud self-sign up
SilverCloud is a free digital platform offering confidential, self-managed programmes to support emotional wellbeing. The platform is available to anyone living in Devon, including carers, families and supporters of people accessing mental health services. There are several free programmes on subjects including:
- Stress
- Resilience
- Sleep (NICE-recommended first treatment for insomnia)
- Alcohol
- Money
The programmes are fully confidential and self-managed. Staff are unable to see who has signed up or what has been recorded in the system. To register, visit the Devon Partnership NHS Trust SilverCloud website
Food Bank Support
Dawlish
Helping Dawlish
Help with food service, please visit : Help with Food | Helping Dawlish
Inspire Cafe, The Strand Centre
Affordable food available in a warm, inclusive and welcoming environment. Food parcels also available.
Visit : https://www.strandcentre.co.uk/inspire-cafe/ – also provide food parcels
Teignmouth Community larder
Please phone, text or message Jackie Jackson on 07917 428680 if you are struggling to choose between food or bills. Teignmouth Mutual Aid Community Larder can help. Don’t be worried or embarrassed because you are not alone. Many people are finding it impossible to make enough money to pay rent, mortgage of bills at the moment. TMA can’t do everything, but we can offer free foods and basics to help you free up money for electric or other bills. Just get in touch. No judgement. We are a family helping each other.
HITS Food Bank
Referral required. Any member of the surgery team can call 01626 906371 to refer you, or you can ask for a referral from Citizens Advice (details above).
THAT Food Bank
Essential items such as food, toiletries and home start packs, open Monday to Friday 10am-1pm. Self-referrals accepted for an initial parcel. For ongoing support, referrals are required, and any member of the surgery team can call 01626 437310 to refer you. You can also ask for a referral from Citizens Advice (details above).
Courtenay Centre Community Fridge (Newton Abbot) all websites
Offers food for free 24/7 that would have otherwise gone to waste. The community fridge is located outside in the Courtenay Centre in central Newton Abbot, Kingsteignton Road, TQ12 2QA. You can follow this Facebook page as it is updated when the fridge is restocked The Courtenay Centre | Newton Abbot | Facebook.
Olio
Free groceries are posted and offered to the community, and most of the food offered is based in and around Newton Abbot that are about to go out of date. Visit olioex.com/ for more information about the free App.
Too good to go
This app lets you rescue unsold food from going to waste. There are many ‘surprise bags’ available every day in the local area. You can use the app to explore shops and restaurants in your local area and save ‘Surprise Bags’ of surplus food from going to waste. Visit Join Our Food Waste Movement – Too Good To Go for more information and to download the app.