Useful Numbers

Local Shops
Byfield Co-op – Good Neighbours will deliver orders placed with them over the phone : 01327 261122
Byfield Garage & Spar – 01327 260082
The Cross Tree Pub – 01327 264440 / 07967 019246
Marley Farm – 01327 261331
Popsons Chemist, Woodford Halse – 01327 260393

Village Contacts
The village magazine The Byword is online
Byfield Parish Council
Byfield Medical Centre – 01327 265841

Extra Support
Woodford Halse Residents – WH Good Neighbours Scheme – contact details : www.whgoodneighbours.com

Woodford Halse Community Larder – on Tuesdays 1-2.45pm and 6-7pm – just turn up at The Nest at Woodford Primary School, or look them up on Facebook.

Woodford Halse Food Bank – contact us for a referral


Daventry District Council Helpline 0300 126 1000 or Request help
Northamptonshire County Council Helpline 0300 126 1000 option 5 or Request help
Map showing CoVid19 support groups in Northamptonshire.

Leaflet re changes from Daventry District Council to West Northants CouncilDownload

Useful Links from the Council :

Looking for welcoming spaces | West Northamptonshire Council (westnorthants.gov.uk)

Cost of living support | West Northamptonshire Council (westnorthants.gov.uk)

Chatty Café Scheme | West Northamptonshire Council (westnorthants.gov.uk)

Good Neighbours Scheme | West Northamptonshire Council (westnorthants.gov.uk)

Community Training – Hope Centre (northamptonhopecentre.org.uk)

Mental health services and support | West Northamptonshire Council (westnorthants.gov.uk)

Free employment support | West Northamptonshire Council (westnorthants.gov.uk)

Adult social care and wellbeing | West Northamptonshire Council (westnorthants.gov.uk)


Mental Health – For local support and services at this challenging time, you can also call the NHS friendly mental health navigators any time of the day or night: 0300 330 10 11, lines available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Mind:

The national mental health charity provides advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem www.mind.org.uk/coronavirus-we-are-here-for-you/

Blurt:

Blurt is a social enterprise, dedicated to helping people who are struggling with depression or anxiety. Their website contains lots of extremely useful, well written advice https://www.blurtitout.org/

Anne Robson Trust – End of Life Support

Support for Carers

Did you know that most carers don’t realise they would be classed as a ‘carer’?
It can take on average 2 years for someone to realise they are a carer.   Suspected Dementia, children with behavioural challenges or health problems, or recuperating after an operation are all situations where you might have become someone’s de facto carer without a conscious decision being made – there are an estimated 13.6 million unpaid carers in the UK supporting disabled, seriously ill or older friends or relatives.

If your partner, a family member or friend is relying on you, please don’t wait until you reach a crisis point to find out what support is out there to help you help them.

  • You don’t need to have been caring for a long time….
  • Your caring responsibilities don’t need to be permanent …..
  • You don’t need to have told anyone else that you are a carer….
  • You don’t need to have had a formal diagnosis to be caring for someone ….
  • You don’t need to be receiving a carer’s allowance to be considered a carer …..
  • You don’t need to be caring full-time – carers are often holding down a job, studying, or have other family commitments

Read more here : 

www.northamptonshire-carers.org/who-are-carers

www.carechoices.co.uk/recognising-when-caring-goes-beyond-your-means/

Northants Carers are the organisation that can help, with immediate needs, longer term support, planning what to do in an emergency, etc.  You may feel you need training to be able to provide safe care, or would like someone to come and see you in your role to understand fully what help might be available – that is called a Carer’s Assessment – NB that is not to assess whether you are caring properly, but to assess what support is most appropriate for you !

Read more on their website – www.northamptonshire-carers.org  Look at “Support we provide”

They are available to chat on their support line :

01933 677907, Option 2

Lines are open Monday – Friday, 9am – 12noon; 1-4pm

Or you can refer yourself : – www.northamptonshire-carers.org  Look for “Complete Self-Assessment”

This video shows you how to refer : https://youtu.be/tWYdXS4xSTI   into Northants Carers, and they will be in touch in a couple of days to discuss your situation and the kind of support that might be helpful now or in the future. 

Good Neighbours can also do this for you if you’d prefer, just call us to confidentially discuss what you’d like us to do. Please note if you are referring someone else, you need their consent.

Reach out today, and get some peace of mind for you and your loved ones 

Byfield Good Neighbours was established with the support of Northants ACRE and Daventry District Council – click on their logo to find out more.