Seaford Volunteer Emergency Team

SeaFOrD VOlunTeer emerGenCy Team mOVInG FOrwarD Phone line hours: Mon to Fri: 9am – 12 noon. Tel: 01323 364058

During September and October we saw a big drop in next day delivery. The service remains free to those calls to our help line, often only one a day, hence we who are vulnerable or elderly. To help them in the store have reduced our hours. IF during this new lockdown please be as specific as possible about what you want. we see we have missed many calls and people have Alternatively if you are able to order your shopping been unable to call back when we are available we will online, the supermarkets seem to have increased the act accordingly and make further changes. Information number of delivery slots available. about these will be added to the message on our Remember you can also contact us on our website answerphone and we will publicise these on our https://svet.proffer.org.uk and fill in the Request form for Facebook Group, website and via other local media. support. Please note these online requests will only be We have been so pleased that many have been able to dealt with during our 9-12 noon operating hours. use the advice we have given about local deliveries. We Thank you to everyone who has pulled together to have also helped some people to change pharmacy to make this possible. We hope you will all have a peaceful local businesses which are able to deliver prescriptions Christmas. to elderly and vulnerable residents. Because of this people have regained their independence and found new ways of getting the things they need. This is a good thing for them and hopefully will mean we do not see a large increase in the need for our help. If we cannot help you or are not available, we know some people who can so here are some useful numbers to CUT OUT AND KEEP. Lewes Community Hub Phone line (LDC) has now reopened 01273 099956 Many of our original volunteers have now gone back to NHS responders (Good Sams) 0808 196 3646 work and college/university but we are still here for you (8am-8pm) for all practical tasks (includes Patient if you need our help for essential shopping, prescriptions Transport volunteers) etc. We will also try to respond to anyone who suddenly Sea friends/Listening Ear telephone befriending has to go into isolation, or falls ill, until you can get scheme 01323 914689 organised. Havens Community Cars (volunteer car drivers) As soon as Lockdown#2 was announced many local 9.30-3pm 01273 918226 cafés responded to the need and announced they would East Sussex Adult Care (including emergency duty restart takeaways and home deliveries. Many residents service) 0345 60 80 191 are really pleased to be able to get a prebooked Sunday East Sussex Children and Families 0345 6080192 lunch this way. As I write we know that The Front Room, out of hours 01273 335905/6 Marion’s café (next to Be Creative) and the Seven National Domestic Violence Helpline 0808 2000 Sisters Pub are doing this. We are sure there will be 247 others too. Samaritans 116123 Shout (text service for those in Crisis ) text 85258 Remember also that you can ring up and get deliveries Silverline (listening service for older people 24/7 24/7 from Burts Bakery 01323 894318, Scoop and Weigh 0800 4708090 01323 899047, Walbrins Butchers and Gabriella’s Sussex Mental Health Helpline for those in Crisis Greengrocers 01323 892781 to support our local freephone 0300 5000 101 runs 24/7 businesses. Switchboard LGBT support 10am-10pm 0300 330 Finally, the Morrisons Doorstep Delivery Scheme means 0630 you can ring 0345 611 6111, wait for offer of Option Seaford Citizens Advice Bureau 01323 896209 5 and order anything you want (except ice cream!) for Sarah McStravick (Chair) and The SVET Team 6 Please mention Seaford Scene when contacting advertisers

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