Crisis Fund

Our CCS Agents work with people who find themselves in situations no-one should be in – without food, heating, basic essentials or at a life-changing moment in their lives, but poverty or overwhelm is preventing them from moving forward

People in crisis.

OurCrisisFundallowsAgentstoaccess fundstopayforthingstogetpeopleOUTof crisisandhelpmaketheirlivesinstantly better

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Crisis Fund is not a cash grant, but allows for goods or services to be paid for.

It is NOT means tested, and is given at the discretion of the Village or Community Agent finding the need.

Community Volunteering & Services

Somerset Sight

Somerset Sight is a local charity that has been supporting sight impaired people across Somerset for over a hundred years and in 2019 they proudly won the Queens Award for Voluntary Service.

They offer many services of which one is the Volunteer Visiting Service, whereby volunteers are matched locally with a sight impaired person for regular visits to help with a variety of tasks and for comfort and support.

Full training is provided and they cover all reasonable expenses and hold monthly Social Groups for visually impaired people in various towns across Somerset. The service users come along to have a chat and a coffee, and they share ideas and information about living with sight loss.

They also have a Mobile Advisory Service which travels across the whole of Somerset offering information, advice and visual aids for people with sight loss. There are lots of helpful gadgets and interesting resources on board The dates are on the website

Outings and events are arranged throughout the year for service users and volunteers They deliver regular ‘Seeing Life Differently Days’ for people who are coming to terms with sight loss. Providing Low Vision Clinics and offer Emotional Support sessions via telephone

There has been an increase in the use of IT by their service users, so they now offer IT support