Seaford Volunteer Emergency Team (SVET) Latest News
Phone line hours: Mon to Fri: 9am – 5pm. Tel: 01323 364058 Answerphone may be on sometimes, leave your name and number and we will get back to you. By the time you read this the nights will be drawing in, but we cannot say what will be happening nationally with the Covid19 infections. We will try to react speedily to any further decrease – or potential increase – in requests for help and according to local public health advice. This means we may make sudden service changes, but there will always be an answerphone message to let you know and we will post on our Facebook Group, website and via other local media. Calls to the help line have continued to fall and we are delighted that so many of you are now using Online deliveries for food shopping or have made other arrangements. Remember that you can ring up and get deliveries from Burts 01323 894318, Scoop and Weigh 01323 899047 and Walbrins/Gabriellas 01323 892781 if you want to support our local businesses. We were really pleased to see that Morrisons has announced they are expanding the doorstep delivery scheme which means you can ring 0345 6116111, wait for offer of Option 5 and order anything you want (except ice cream!) for next day delivery. The service remains free to those who are vulnerable or elderly. Many of our original volunteers have now gone back to work but we are still here for you in an emergency. We will try to respond to anyone who suddenly has to go into isolation, or falls ill, until you can get organised. We still need your help to enable us to pay for the phone line, PPE and other things we need to keep everyone safe. There is no obligation for those we are helping, but we have set up a ‘GoFundMe’ donations site which you can find on our FB page and website, or you can ring our help line on 01323 364058 if you are not online and we will tell you what to do. A big thank you to everyone who has already done so.
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Remember, you can also contact us on our website https://svet.proffer.org.uk and fill in the request form for support. Thank you to everyone who has pulled together to make this possible. wwIf we cannot help you, we know some people who can, so here are some useful numbers: Please note the Lewes Community Hub phone line (LDC) is paused for the time being. NHS responders (GoodSAM) 0808 196 3646 (8am-8pm) (includes patient transport volunteers) Sea friends/Listening Ear 01323 914689 Havens Community Cars (volunteer car drivers) 9.30-3pm 01273 918226 East Sussex Adult Care (including emergency duty service) 0345 60 80 191 East Sussex Children and Families 0345 6080192 out of hours 01273 335905/6 National Domestic Violence Helpline 0808 2000 247 Samaritans 116123 Shout (text service for those in Crisis) text 85258 Silverline (listening service for older people 24/7 24/7 0800 4708090 Sussex Mental Health Helpline for those in Crisis freephone 0300 5000 101 runs 24/7 Switchboard LGBT support 10am-10pm 0300 330 0630 Seaford Citizens Advice Bureau 01323 896209 Please stay safe and stay socially distanced. Sarah McStravick (Chair) and The SVET Team
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