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Essex Support Directory

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**Online Only** For information on: Essex Wellbeing Service, Connect Locally, Homecare, Care Homes, Support Services, Support Groups, Products, Supported Living, Ageing Well with a disability, help for people with a Learning Disability.

County Hall

Help at Home: Carers Choices

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Home Help Service fully insured, trained and hold an enhanced DBS. Provide: Daily, weekly, fortnightly visits., All domestic cleaning. Shopping/overseeing food home deliveries. Linen, laundry & ironing. Meal preparation

Citizens Advice Tendring

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Free, confidential and impartial advice. Our goal is to help everyone find a way forward, whatever problem they face.

FACE-TO-FACE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY (LIMITED)- Please see for details of offices and outreach services on the website.

Citizens Advice Bureau Tendring

Citizens Advice Colchester

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Supporting and empowering the people of Colchester to deal with life’s challenges: money, benefits, housing or employment problems. Drop-in appointments are not available at present.

Day Centre Silver Birch Wickford

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Silver Birch Centres provide 6-hour respite care for carers. The dementia specialist day centres cater to all stages of dementia, ensuring care through brain-stimulating activities. Group activities like singing, dancing, and arts & crafts, quizzes…

Day Centre Silver Birch Benfleet

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Silver Birch Centres provide 6-hour respite care for carers. The dementia specialist day centres cater to all stages of dementia, ensuring care through brain-stimulating activities. Group activities like singing, dancing, and arts & crafts, quizzes…

Carers Choices

Warm Homes Essex

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Warm Homes Essex, partnership between Essex County Council and Citizens Advice Essex, aims to help people struggling to afford heating and reduce their energy costs. Advice with paying energy bills or debts with energy suppliers. Help to aa grant to…

Community Transport DigiGo - Digital DRT

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DigiGo is a shared public transport service offering on-demand or pre-bookable travel in parts of Essex. Journeys can be booked on-demand or up to 7 days in advance. Bookings made and paid for on the TravelEssex app, where you can also track your…