Bassetlaw Action Centre is a community resource agency offering help and support to individuals and organisations throughout Bassetlaw; promoting the independence of older and vulnerable people and supporting individuals with long term conditions.

Opening times: Mon- Fri 09:00am - 13:00pm (outside these hours an answerphone service is available).

The Staying well Expert Patients Programme is a six-week course for anyone living with a long-term health condition.  Its aims are to help you take control of your health by learning new skills to manage your condition better on a daily basis.  Each session lasts for two and a half hours and is facilitated by trained tutors who are themselves living with a long-term condition.  The Staying Well programme complements existing health care programmes and treatments, empowering participants to be more informed and better able to develop partnerships with their medical practitioners.

Topics covered by the programme:

• Dealing with pain and extreme tiredness
• Coping with feelings of depression
• Relaxation techniques and exercise
• Healthy eating
• Communicating with family, friends and professionals
• Planning for the future

The Peer Support Group is open to anyone who has attended the Staying Well Programme.  The aim of the group is for course participants to continue meeting and supporting each other.  After completing the course it is very easy to feel lost and alone again, and to find it hard to remain motivated to continue with self-management techniques that you have developed.

Meetings at The Buttermarket, Retford Town Hall on the 2nd Thursday of the month 10.30am-2pm

Bassetlaw Hospital Discharge Scheme operates in Bassetlaw district for anyone aged 50 or over on hospital discharge and helps them to quickly regain their independence and confidence.

The patients will be visited on the ward before discharge and matched with a volunteer.  Services offered include:

• Preparing the home for return and a welcome home pack
• Assisting with visits to outpatients' appointments, shopping, collecting prescriptions and social activities
• Signposting to other service benefit checks, home safety, community transport and other community services.

All volunteers are trained and CRB checked, and will provide support for six  to eight weeks.

Opening times

Monday:    08:30 - 16:00

Tuesday:    08:30 - 16:00

Wednesday:    08:30 - 16:00

Thursday:    08:30 - 16:00

Friday:    08:30 - 16:00

Available every second Thursday of the month (6:30pm - 8:30pm)

Come along and join a network of women who have experienced breast cancer, offering emotional support and friendship. Also open to relatives and friends.

To book a place, please call any of the following:

Mary: 01909 562099

Barbara:01909 808674

Joan: 01777 705360

Annette: 01909 733794

Breast Clinic: 01909 500900 ex 2328

A free service where a trained volunteer can give you a friendly call once a week to discuss anything you want to from the weather to your favourite subject at a time to suit you. For 0ver 60s who are lonely and isolated. 

SPA provides information about local health service provision as listed below:

high quality integrated services in health and social care

community nursing

continence advice

home loans

intermediate care

community rehab

rapid response

emergency dental 

Marie Curie Nursing

 It also provides a Patients Advice and Liaison service (PALS) to provide assistance, advice and support with any issues or concerns that you have about the care that you or your family is receiving.

Aurora provides support to people affected by cancer and long term health conditions.We share information and advice, arrange counselling, signpost support groups, courses and exercise classes. We also offer professional beauty treatments and holistic therapies and advice on skin care and hair loss, to help boost self-esteem and self-confidence whilst undergoing, and recovering from cancer treatments.

The Aurora centre is open Monday - Friday 09.30 am - 4.30pm

Day Care provides support to patients and their carers who have a life limiting illness: Emotional/Social, Psychological, Symptom Management,  Advice and Information. It also provides support to cancer survivors and the bereaved. Day Care for patients available Mon-Thurs 10am-3pm, Fridays for carers, ex-[atients, groups & bereavement support.

Al-Anon Family Groups provide support to anyone whose life is, or has been, affected by someone else’s drinking, regardless of whether that person is still drinking or not. For some of our members, the wounds still run deep, even if their loved one may no longer be a part of their lives or has died.

Community Learning Champions and their role:

When CLCs are given the resources to flex their creative talents, backed by effective support and training, lives and communities are changed for the better.  The results of the CLC National Support Programme speak for themselves: more people getting involved in learning, more parents raising their sights and those of their children, more people shaking off the damaging effects of depression and drug abuse, more people getting into work and more people getting involved in making their community a better place.

Working with medical professionals and scientists to meet three aims:

• To support families and carers and ensure all individuals with MPS and related diseases have access to best practice in diagnosis, treatment and care.

• To fund and promote research into the causes, effects and treatments of these severely life-limiting diseases.

• To increase public awareness of these rare conditions and campaign for change - to change the lives of children, adults and their families for the future.

ACNA Community Centre is committed to the advancement and development of the African Caribbean community in Nottingham through the provision of learning and holistic services to individuals and organisations that support the community.

The centre serves as a focal point for the African Caribbean community to learn, grow and celebrate the best in their culture.

Singing group provides concerts in older people's homes.

50p subscription fee

Wide range of activities and groups. See website for further details.

Fee to park applies.

Phone to confirm the next dates.

10am at the Clock Tower in the main visitor facilities.

All information on the website. Walks are once a month.

£36 National Trust membership optional.

£14.00 annual membership.

Thursday 10.30am-1.00pm

As of 4th July there will be a Walking Football Rehabilitation session on a Wednesday 1-2pm ( participants should wear comfortable clothing and trainers and also take a long a drink

Luncheon Club:

• Every Tuesday (except Christmas week)
• 10.30am - 2.30pm
• 2 course hot meal provided by County Enterprise Foods
• Held at the Harworth Methodist Church, Waterslack Road, Bircotes.
• Please contact the Secretary in advance of attendance to secure your place.

Coffee Shop

• Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays
• 8.45am - 12.30pm
• Community centre, Devonshire Road, Harworth

Other services and meetings

Age Concern Harworth & Bircotes are able to offer:

• Signposting to other local services and organisations
• Day coach trips, for our Coffee Shop and Luncheon Club Clients, with a meal (where possible).

Meeting venue
Worksop Cricket Club
Central Avenue
Worksop Nottinghamshire
S80 1EN

First Tuesday of every month from 2pm until 4pm

Free parking, disabled parking and disabled access

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https://localsupport.parkinsons.org.uk/provider/bassetlaw-branch

Worksop walks. 45 minutes gentle walking, no hills.

Wednesdays 10am from Andy's cafe, Langold Lake.

20 minute walks by prior arrangement for those suffering from serious health issues also available.

Thursdays 10am (all year round) and Monday 6.30pm (April-September) from Kilton Forest Golf Club.

Contact Malcolm 07599 340551/07443 895969

1st & 3rd Wednesday of each month. 12pm-2pm.

Mixed gender and wide age range. Very sociable, tend to join other local groups and attend together. All newcommers welcome and encouraged to make friends. Lively and friendly group.

Dip in and out.

Newcomers always welcome. We arrange a wide range of weekly & monthly events for members & include MS drop in clinic, monthly newsletter, self help info, signposting for professional help, fundraising for local MS community, art class, neuro physio based Pilates exercise, swim/flot sessions, mels out & a monthly coffee cake & chat morning.

Bassetlaw MS Support helpline call or text 07947307314

Bassetlaw Young Mums with MS Support Helpline 07947307309

First Friday of each month. The Well, Retford.

Held at the Aurora Centre Worksop.

The Old Library,

Memorial Avenue,

Worksop S80 2BP

The sessions are 10.30 - 12.00 and everyone is welcome to attend.

50p for refreshments

The sessions will be held on the last Wednesday of each month.

Speakers, creative workshops, healthy wellbeing workshops.

 Start the evening with an hours talk, sometimes a member of the group leads this.

 They have a variety of gardeners attending, some very new to gardening and some very keen gardeners. They are a very social group and tend to spend the rest of the evening chatting.

 There is a yearly subscription of £12.00 and there is a charge of £1.00 per evening visited. If anyone wants to just visit and not become a member, the charge of £3.00 per visit applies.

 Keen for new members- anyone attending will be included in chat and welcomed!

Gentle exercise to music

Wednesday's 1:30pm for 1 hour.

Adults: A service tailored to the individual needs of the service user, Structured treatment including clinical and psychosocial interventions, Access to advice, information and a full recovery assessment; including assessment for detox and residential rehab provision, Recovery planning, Emphasis on peer mentoring and visible recovery to support service users throughout their recovery journey, Referral to other support services, Referral to employment, training and education providers, We always welcome new individuals, so please get in touch if you are interested in getting help from the service or you’d just like to ask some questions. Feel free to bring someone with you on your first visit.

Young Person's Service: Nottinghamshire Young Persons' Service is a is a free & confidential drug & alcohol service for young people up to the age of 18.

Alongside support services for young people we also offer support to parents, carers & professionals who support young people in Nottinghamshire. We want to ensure our service is flexible & accessible for young people so we offer appointments across Notts in youth services, schools & other convenient locations to bring the service to the young person.

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The service can support people who;

• have been assessed by Adult Health & Social Care but are ineligible for statutory services

• have a history that shows they might put their accommodation at risk without intervention and support

• have a need that is likely to require longer term but low level housing- related support.

We work with people who have a wide range of support needs, such as Autism, learning disabilities, Asperger’s or following a brain injury, or where they don’t meet the criteria for statutory adult social care, among others.

The service will be really flexible and service users will be able to have a say in how they are supported and what their needs are. We can help with finding accommodation, accessing specialist services, budgeting and claiming benefits among many other things.

We can offer support in a range of ways, which could include in own homes and in the community, to help maintain independence. The support is linked to the service user and not their tenancy, so if they move within Nottinghamshire we can continue to support them.

Based on the application, assessment and feedback that we receive from an agency, a member of the team will decide whether this service will be beneficial or not. If so they will be in contact within ten days of the referral.

If you would like to speak to anyone at Framework about the Brighter Futures service, you can contact the services in the areas below:

Bassetlaw - 2 Queen Street, Worksop, Notts, S80 2AN 
Tel: 0115 8504014
Email: bassetlawnass@frameworkha.org

Ashfield - Outram Street Centre, Outram St, Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4AX
Tel: 01623 675418
Email: ashfieldnass@frameworkha.org

Mansfield - The Heath Community Centre, Fritchley Court, Oak Tree Lane Estate, Mansfield, NG18 3QE
Tel: 01623 675402   
Email: mansfieldnass@frameworkha.org

Newark and Sherwood - The Exchange, 38 Waterlane, Newark NG24 1HA 
Tel: 0115 850 4155
Email: newarknass@frameworkha.org

South Notts - Val Roberts House, 25 Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 6NX
Tel:  0115 970 9581
Email: southnottsnass@frameworkha.org

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Are you in the Nottinghamshire, Cheshire or Manchester area?
Could you volunteer a spare afternoon or evening or anytime at all ?
CISFA is desperately looking for volunteers to help with carboot sales , craft fairs and support groups . Have a laugh whilst meeting new people.
Are you a crafter or have a talent ? We are also looking for donations for craft stalls and care packs . If you can help message us here or cisfauk@gmail.com

For anyone feeling isolated, vulnerable or lonely in their own home. Short term support in the following areas-:
Physical & mental health-Keeping active, support to maintain contacts with family & friends, preventing falls, support to manage long term health conditions
Finances- Supporting to budget, benefits applications, advice on Lasting Powers of Attorney 
Social interaction-Support to find local activities, clubs & leisure

Housing Support to maintain tenancy, housing applications, support to move house, Home Safety-Support with aids & adaptions, repairs, gardening
Maintaining independence to improve self confidence.

Drop In Details: Monday: 1- 4 Sandy lane ( Worksop )

Tuesday 11.00-4.00  Oasis Community Centre ( Worksop )

Thursday 09.30 - 11.30 ( Harworth town hall )

Friday 11.00 - 4.00 Cosmic Cottage ( Retford Grove Street - Cosmic Cafe )

Service users will receive interventions if they are modertae to severe mental health problems, including depressive illnesses and disorders of personality

Interventions are offered on a 1-1 and/or group therapy basis

Support available Monday - Friday 09.00 - 5.00

Visit the website for more information www.thecalmzone.net

Support is available from 5.00pm - Midnight 365 days a year

Call 0800 58 58 58 Nationwide OR 0808 802 58 58 from London

Meet on a Wednesday Morning from 09.00 - 12.00 at Worksop Cricket Club

Follow them on Facebook @worksopsocietyofarts

The trial aims to find out how good this new service is at helping people to find and stay in work, and is now live.

What is the service we are testing? 

• One-to-one support to suit your needs and employment goals
• Working with your health care team to help you manage any difficulties
• Help finding a job if you are not in paid employment, and continued support once you have started
• Help to continue working if you are struggling to manage your health condition at work
• Benefits advice to find out if work could increase your income 
• Help talking to your employer about your needs at work
• Meetings over the phone or in person at a location that is convenient for you 

Who is the trial for?

• People with a mental health and/or physical health condition
• People who are out of work and want to work; or working and want support to continue working
• People registered with a GP in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw
• People aged 18+ at the time of referral

How do I take part?

The next step is to have an initial meeting with the Health-led Employment Trial team to discuss the trial in more detail and decide if you would like to take part.

To arrange an initial meeting you can either:

• Speak to your GP or local health professional 

• Fill in the sign up form online here

• Contact the Health-led Employment Trial team

To find out more information about the Health-led Employment Trial you can:

• Speak to your GP or local health professional

• Contact the Health-led Employment Trial team

If you are thinking of joining the Health-led Employment Trial and would like to know more, click on the information attached or speak to a member of the Team who will be happy to explain it to you.

Individual must be registered with a Bassetlaw GP.

Accessible transport can usually be provided by the scheme if necessary. All meals are freshly cooked on the premises and consist of three courses. Aimed at people over 60 who live in their own homes, to promote independent living.   …

NCC Customer Service Centre can arrange for the person you are caring for to have an assessment.

Call 0300 500 80 80

Monday - Friday 08.00 am - 8.00pm

Or you can email them directly Email: enquiries@nottscc.gov.uk

Visit the NCC Website: http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/

Open to people in Bassetlaw and Newark and Sherwood. Variety of activities, a light lunch and coffee, tea and biscuits. Members without a carer have to be able to look after themselves. Meetings: Tuesdays and Fridays, 12.00 noon-3.30pm, The Beeches Community Centre, Birch Court, Tuxford, Newark, NG22 0NG: £7 charge for two course lunch, refreshments and activities. The venues have level access, meetings are on the ground floor and there are wheelchair-accessible toilets. There are induction/hearing loop system.

The core purpose of the Paediatric Occupational Therapy (OT) element of the service is to respond to the needs of children and young people who have disabilities or disorders of movement or function which may be improved or controlled by therapeutic input and use of Children and young people who have disabilities or disorders of movement or function which may be improved or controlled by therapeutic input Referral via SPA at Hurst in Worksop

This service is a seven day service 7am - 9pm.

telephone 01777 274 422

Asthma is a condition that affects your airways – the small tubes that carry air in and out of the lungs. But aside from this ‘textbook’ definition, asthma means different things to different people. So what does it mean to you?

Is it a new diagnosis you’re trying to get your head around? Have you been managing it well for years? Or are you struggling to cope with your symptoms?

Does it run in the family? Are you trying to understand the new medicines your child has been given? Is it your motivation for getting fitter and/or fundraising? Or the reason you've given up smoking?

Whatever asthma means to you, it’s useful to know more about how it affects you, both physically and emotionally, and why.

The more you understand the condition, the better position you’re in to work out with your healthcare team (i.e. your GP, asthma nurse and/or consultant) how to manage it well. Managing it well means that asthma will affect your life as little as possible.

If you have asthma:

If you’ve just been diagnosed with asthma, or even if you’ve had the condition for many years, you may have a long list of questions. To help you find some answers, we’ve put together lots of useful information - find what you need via the links above. 

If you think you may have asthma:

Asthma is a complex condition to diagnose. We have lots of  information about getting a diagnosis.

If your child has asthma

You may have lots of questions if your child’s recently been diagnosed. We’ve gathered all the information you need, plus lots of simple expert tips, in our Asthma And Your Child section.

If you think your child may have asthma

It can take time to get a diagnosis of asthma for your child. In the meantime, you probably have lots of questions and concerns. Our page on diagnosing asthma in children will give you the answers you need.

We provide information, welfare and support to those living with the effects to enable all to live full independent and integrated lives.

Our confidential telephone and email Helpline is at the heart of our work, providing information, support and reassurance to people struggling to cope with eczema. Each year, thousands of people contact the confidential Eczema Helpline via email or telephone.

We are not medically qualified and do not diagnose, prescribe, nor are we a substitute for individual medical advice, but we  have wealth of experiance about living with eczema and the challenges it brings. (We are not able to answer queries from non-UK residents as terminology, healthcare systems and treatments may differ in your country of residence, which may cause confusion.)

Call the Helpline - 0800 089 1122 - Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm

This email Helpline via helpline@eczema.org is open to all UK residents who are personally affected by eczema.  Please allow 5 working days for us to reply to you.

Nottingham: This group of carers of children with eczema and healthcare professionals was set up to offer support and information on an informal basis. The group meets infrequently, responding to local need as appropriate.

For details, visit the group’s website http://www.nottinghameczema.org.uk and sign up to its web alert (emailed news service) or contact the group through the website. The group can be followed on Twitter under the name ‘eczemasupport’.

Improving the Health & Wellbeing of Bassetlaw Residents through supported access and navigation in to local services and support

Ring 01909 476118 to speak to a local Community Advisor about all of your wellbeing needs

This service is available Monday - Friday 09.00 - 5.00 pm

Or you can email for support 24 hours a day. ( Your email will be picked up by an Advisor the next working day )

You can email. Communityadvisor@bcvs.org.uk

The Big House is a new purpose built eight bedded children’s home that provides short breaks care for children and young people with learning disabilities and associated challenging behaviour between the age of 10 - 18 years.  

Our vision is for The Big House to be a place where children and young people are safe, healthly and happy.  A place where everyone who comes to stay can have a good quality of care, enjoying lots of new expereinces and achieving positive outcomes.  We ensure that we offer a range of different activities and resources so young people have a range of experiences during their stay at The Big House.

We also provide additional services to parents and carers with an Outreach Service, Play Sessions and an Out or Hours Support Line.

The charity operates independently raising funds to support Families & Carers with Young adults in Nottinghamshire up to the age of 18 years old with emotional, behavioural and learning disabilities

Refreshments are provided for anyone diagnosed with MND, their family members , carers and specialist advisors

The Group mets at The Well, Retfford from 2.00pm - 4.00 pm every month Wednesday

Find the perfect volunteering opportunity just for you.

Enter your postcode or town to start searching now. on www.do-it.org

Click on Advanced search for more options.

National Helpline Number 0800 144 8 444 08.00 am - 6pm or visit the website ( details below )

If you are stuggling to get a diagnosis, Battling to get your child the education they deserve?

This group is FREE to attend and run by people who have been through the system themselves. This is an informal place to get some moral support

Monday Morning 09.30 - 11.00 am

Wednesday Evenings 6.30 - 8pm

We are a team of individuals who understand despair. Many of us have faced similar difficulties and our service is here to help.

You can get in touch in whatever way feels most comfortable to you.

Open Monday - Friday 9am to 5pm. Closed on weekends and bank holidays.

If you contact us to tell us that you need our help, we will:

- Get back to you within one working day

- Arrange for you to meet up with a member of our suicide crisis or bereavement team

- See you regularly on a short-term in our crisis pathway, or long term in our bereavement pathway while things are difficult

- Ensure that we support you through your crisis or bereavement

- Help you to overcome practical and emotional issues and look at where else you can get help you need to feel better

- Listen to what you want.

If you are experiencing a suicide crisis or bereavement, our team aims to respond to your needs sensitively and empathically. We will listen, and we will try to understand what you are going through. We want each person who contacts us to feel heard, and with your help, we can work together to address your immediate needs and create a support plan that will keep you safe.

Don't give up just yet. Come and meet one of our team and let's take it from there. Together. 

Time to Change is a growing social movement working to change the way we all think and act about mental health problems. We've already reached millions of people and begun to improve attitudes and behaviour.

Despite the progress we’ve made, we know that many people still don’t consider mental health relevant to them. They don’t believe mental health problems are likely to affect them or people they know.

But the reality is that mental health can affect anyone. Statistically, 1 in 4 of us will experience a mental health problem in any given year. That’s why our work is so important. No one should have to fear being treated differently because of a mental health problem. 

If you're looking for individual advice, information or support for you or someone else, unfortunately Time to Change can't provide that but there are lots of people who can - visit our Mental health help and support services page for a list of numbers to call.

What is Opportunity and Change?

Opportunity and Change is a support programme for people with multiple and complex needs throughout Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Our programme is being delivered by local organisations working together, with a range of experience of working with people with multiple and complex needs.

We aim to support people achieve stability and provide access to mainstream services. We work with individuals to create a tailored package of support that will assist with a range of needs including accommodation, mental healthcare and education.

We are part of the national Building Better Opportunities programme funded by the Big Lottery Fund and the European Union through its European Social Fund. It is being managed by Framework, a charity and housing association dedicated to helping homeless people, preventing homelessness, and promoting opportunities for vulnerable and excluded people.

The Young Carers Service is funded by Nottinghamshire County Council and the NHS and covers the county of Nottinghamshire.

The service is being run alongside the existing Nottinghamshire Carers Hub.

Young Carers are most likely to provide care for a parent, grandparent, brother or sister, because that person has an illness or disability, mental health problem or problems with addiction to alcohol or drugs.

The service is for Young Carers aged 7 years old to 18. The service offers Young Carers the opportunity to meet in a group with other young carers, have fun, learn new skills and try different activities such as:

•  Arts & Crafts
•  Swimming & Canoeing
•  Bowling & Archery
•  Paintballing & Laser Quest
•  Cook & Eat
•  First Aid Training

The Young Carers Service is funded by Nottinghamshire County Council and the NHS and covers the county of Nottinghamshire.

The service is being run alongside the existing Nottinghamshire Carers Hub.

Young Carers are most likely to provide care for a parent, grandparent, brother or sister, because that person has an illness or disability, mental health problem or problems with addiction to alcohol or drugs.

The service is for Young Carers aged 7 years old to 18. The service offers Young Carers the opportunity to meet in a group with other young carers, have fun, learn new skills and try different activities such as:

•  Arts & Crafts
•  Swimming & Canoeing
•  Bowling & Archery
•  Paintballing & Laser Quest
•  Cook & Eat
•  First Aid Training

The service will support young carers to:  increase their self-esteem, feel more in touch with other young carers, feel more positive about engagement, feel less socially isolated, identify peer support.

To access the Young Carer Service, in the first instance please contact Nottinghamshire County Council and request a Young Carers Assessment on 0300 500 80 80.

The service will support young carers to:  increase their self-esteem, feel more in touch with other young carers, feel more positive about engagement, feel less socially isolated, identify peer support.

To access the Young Carer Service, in the first instance please contact Nottinghamshire County Council and request a Young Carers Assessment on 0300 500 80 80.

This directory is maintained and operated by Nottinghamshire County Council.

If you need help using this directory or would like to contact us for more information, please get in touch with one of our friendly advisors using the details below:

Telephone: 0300 500 80 80

CSC minicom: 01623 434993

Email: enquiries@nottscc.gov.uk

We are open Monday – Friday 8:00am – 6:00pm.

If your query is specifically around SEND, please email local.offer@nottscc.gov.uk.

If your query is specifically for Supported Self Care, please call 0300 303 2600 or email selfcarehub@selfhelp.org.uk.