The Kingsclere Care Group
Chair - Maggy Wallace Transport - Don Freeman
Email - mjwwatershipdown@msn.com
Telephone: General Information - 07960 644804, Transport only - 07880 658187

The Kingsclere Care Group provides transport, where none is available, for health related needs such as attending appointments at a Doctors Surgery or Hospital

The Kingsclere Monthly Lunch
The Care Group provides a lunch on the first Thursday of every month in the Kingsmill Room, St Mary’s Church at 12.15pm.
This is a means of raising funds and everybody of any age is welcome. Have a meal during your lunch break instead of sandwiches.
‘Phone Sylvia Evans 01635 299221 to book your place.

Citizens Advice Bureau
The Citizens Advice Bureau Service offers free, confidential, impartial and independent advice. They help solve nearly six million new problems every year which are central to people’s lives, including debt and consumer issues, benefits, housing, legal matters, employment and immigration. Advisers can help fill out forms, write letters, negotiate with creditors and represent clients at court or tribunal.
Basingstoke Citizens Advice Bureau For further information or advice, please telephone 01256 322814 or visit the Bureau at Basingstoke Library, Westminster House, Potters Walk, Basingstoke.
Tadley and District Citizens Advice Bureau For further information or advice, please telephone 01189 817660 or visit the Bureau at Franklin Avenue, Tadley.

West Berkshire Dyslexia Association
Contact: Lyn Pounds
Telephone: 01635 298864 Email: calpounds@supanet.com
Helpline to provide advice and support for dyslexic people and parents, carers and teachers of dyslexic children and students. Information on local teachers and how to get an assessment. Saturday school in Newbury providing 1 to 1 specialist teaching

Phoenix Alcohol Counselling Service
9a Winton Square, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 8EW
Telephone:01256 843203 Email: alcohol@onetel.net.uk
Hours: Monday to Friday - 9am-4pm Tues & Thurs evenings - 6pm-8pm
Counselling for people with alcohol problems and also for their associates (partner/family members) Services offered are free of charge. There is no referral route, clients can refer themselves just by phoning to make an appointment. Telephone advice and support.

Relate - The Relationship People
Basingstoke The Orchard, White Hart Lane, London Road, Basingstoke, RG21 4AF
Web site: www.relatebasingstokeandaldershot.org.uk
Telephone - 01256 324364
Relate has provided supported for those with relationship difficulties for 70 years. In Basingstoke the Relate centre offers a wide range of services including:

• Couple Counselling (some people attend alone)
  
• Family Counselling - for families of all shapes and sizes with communication issues
  
• Services for Young People - Utalk - for any family conflict
  
• Divorce Counselling
  
• Sexual Problems Service

Basingstoke Samaritans
5 Essex Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 7TA
Newbury Samaritans
58 West Street, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 1BD

Whatever you’re going through, whether it’s big or small, don’t bottle it up. At Samaritans we offer confidential non-judgemental emotional support 24 hours a day. Everything a caller says is confidential to Samaritans unless:

• We have informed consent from a caller to pass on information
  
• We call an ambulance because a caller appears to be incapable of making rational decisions for him or herself
  
• We are passed information about acts of terrorism or bomb warnings
  
• A caller attacks or threatens volunteers
  
• Samaritans will maintain confidentiality even after the death of a caller.

Telephone today- National 80457 90 90 90

Age Concern
Web site: www.ageconcern.org.uk

Winchester - 1 St Cross Road, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9JA Telephone - 01962 868545
Basingstoke can be contacted by telephone - 01256 423874
Berkshire - St Andrews House, Wilton Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 2SS Telephone - 0118 959 4242

Age Concern is the UK’s largest organisation working with and for older people. See their website www.ageconcern.org.uk for details of their scope of activities or phone one of the above numbers

Dial-a-Ride - Basingstoke 01256 462101

Dial a Ride provides door-to-door transport for anyone who finds it difficult or impossible to use ordinary bus services. You can use this service if you have a mobility or sensory impairment which means that you cannot use or have difficulty, or discomfort, using bus services. You do not have to be registered disabled or a wheelchair user. For example, you might have difficulty climbing steps onto buses or be unable to walk to the bus stop.
Its Rural Ride Scheme only operates in Kingsclere and the local area on Mondays. Unfortunately the service only allows one hour for shopping in Basingstoke town.
How does it work? Firstly, you will need to register, by telephoning your local Dial-a-Ride scheme and requesting a registration form. Simply complete and return it. Once the scheme has notified that you are registered, you can call again to make a booking.
What does it cost? Fares are similar to bus fares. You pay the driver, just as you would on a normal bus or taxi. Travel tokens may be used

Basingstoke Community Transport
Chute House, Church Street, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 7QT
Telephone - 01256 320501

Rural mini-buses for use by local organisations. Organisations must be affiliated to Community Transport and may then hire buses using their own or Community Transport Volunteer drivers at a low rate per mile. It is necessary for suitably licenced volunteer drivers to undertake a driving proficiency test before being allowed to drive the vehicles. No PSV licence is required as long as the vehicles are not used for hire and reward.

The Kingsclere Village Club is affiliated to BCT and bookings by village organisations can be made through them.