Latest News
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LATEST NEWS
Funding Boost for Dartmouth Caring’s Palliative Care and Cancer Liaison service
Last week Dartmouth Caring received a generous grant of over £5,000 from the Elise Pilkington Trust. The grant will make a significant and valued contribution to this service. The service has been inundated during the pandemic as the needs of these clients has grown,...
THANK YOU TO THE ROTARY CLUB OF DARTMOUTH
On Wednesday members of the Rotary Club of Dartmouth dropped off 25 food parcels to elderly and vulnerable clients of Dartmouth Caring - thank you Rotary! They went across the area: 3 Stoke Fleming 1 Dittisham 3 Dartmouth...
Dartmouth Caring’s telephone befriending service – comes into its own!
For several decades now Dartmouth Caring has been keeping in touch with the elderly and isolated, usually face to face and also by telephone. In the last year the Charity made about 40 calls every week to help reduce the risk of loneliness and isolation. Now the...
Free meals on wheels – campaign launched
On Sunday 5th April Dartmouth Caring launched its campaign to offer free meals on wheels for up to 50 clients each day. Read more - click on image below
Great, great, great, great…..
Great volunteers Great clients Great staff Great community Dartmouth Caring in the last week has made over 300 phone calls to vulnerable members of our community, completed nearly 100 shopping and prescription deliveries, made and delivered over 200 meals and arranged...
Latest update from the community
Volunteers at TQ6 Partnership/Community Chest In this unprecedented time, Dartmouth Town Council, Dartmouth Community Chest, TQ6 Community Partnership, Dartmouth Caring, the Flavel Church and the Parish of Dartmouth, are working together to support those most in need...
Community Wide Covid 19 Response.
HELPING EACH OTHER IN THIS TIME OF CRISIS Dartmouth is blessed with wonderful community spirit, but COVID-19 puts us in uncertain, rapidly changing and worrying times where we may each find ourselves in need of some practical help or just a friendly chat. We are...
LATEST CORONA VIRUS UPDATE 13TH MARCH 2020 – HOW IT AFFECTS WHAT WE DO
13th March 2020 Dartmouth Caring – Corona virus statement Following the recent outbreak of COVID-19, alongside recent statements in parliament we are taking steps to minimise the risk of exposure to Corona virus to protect both our clients and staff. The majority of...
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
Coronavirus update We have sought advice about how we need to adapt what we do and how this affects our services. For the time being, and until we are advised otherwise it is service as usual but with 2 requests: 1 - We would remind all volunteers, staff and...
Dartmouth Caring nominated for Outstanding Care Award
Many thanks to those who nominated Dartmouth Caring for this award!! Click on "Welcome" to find out more. https://outstandingcareawards.com/home/
January Newsletter now available to read online.
Click link to read - Newsletter - January 2020 v2
Christmas office closure
The office will be closed from 12.00 midday on Tuesday 24th December. We reopen at 10.00 a.m. on Thursday 2nd January 2020. We apologise for any inconvenience
Dartmouth Together December Newsletter
Dartmouth Together Newsletter December 2019
December Newsletter now available
Dee’s Corner It seems incredible to think that Christmas is so close. This year has been eventful and incredibly busy for the charity; we have new trustees who have settled in quickly and thrown themselves into their new roles and with their added expertise we feel...
Latest Newsletter now available online
Dee’s Corner I cannot believe the summer is now behind us all, Dartmouth Caring’s staff have had their well-deserved holidays and are now back to work and despite some beautifully warm September weather, the mornings are beginning to have that distinctive autumnal...
REGATTA OPENING
Devon are consulting YOU on your health care issues – have your say
Can we please urge you to support a major engagement programme during August, to complete and to share with as many people as you can (there is printable version on the link). People across Devon can help shape the future for health and care in the county by sharing...
Fashion show back by popular demand – October 3rd @ 7.00 p.m.
The annual fashion show in the Spring was such a success and so oversubscribed that Tracy (https://www.instagram.com/thefoxxexchange/) and Sarah (https://www.danielli.co.uk/) are teaming up with Dartmouth Caring again to do an autumn Fashion Show. Many thanks to Chris...
£10k grant secured to support mental health!
Support for Mental Health Dartmouth Caring received news on Friday from The National Lottery that it has secured almost £10,000 to fund work supporting those in our community with mental health issues. With the statutory services increasingly stretched this is...
Volunteer drivers urgently needed
For the past 31 years we have been taking local people to their medical appointments - throughout we have had periods where we have struggled occasionally to find enough volunteer drivers to meet demand. Now is one of those times. We do not need much to make a big...
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Dartmouth Caring
35 Victoria Road
Dartmouth
Devon
TQ6 9RT
Registered Charity: 900226
