Dartmouth Caring

12/12/2025

Having a Blue Badge is incredibly useful, but applying for it can be intimidating. That's where Dartmouth Caring's support workers can help. If you think you may be eligible for a Blue Badge, and you would like help applying, call us on 01803 835384 or email enquiries@dartmouthcaring.co.uk.

You can get a Blue Badge if your health or disability means you struggle to walk and need to park closer to your destination. Some people qualify automatically if they receive certain mobility-related benefits or are registered blind, while others may qualify based on how much their mobility issues affect them.

11/12/2025

11/12/2025

05/12/2025

We would like to thank all the volunteers who joined Dartmouth Caring in the past month. By rolling up their sleeves and pitching in, they are directly helping people in need, and we appreciate everything they do. ☺️

03/12/2025

We are very grateful to Lancer Scott for supplying and constructing a new shed for our use at Dartmouth Caring. It's looking great!

We are fortunate to have a wonderful community space at the Health & Wellbeing Centre, where we run services, groups and activities to bring people together, to reduce isolation and improve wellbeing.

A new shed was on our wish list so that we could store a myriad of items we use at our groups – toys and books for our parent and baby group, crafts and art supplies for our creative groups, and kitchen store items for our community lunches and fundraising events.

Could your workplace or business also help us? All donations and offers of support are much appreciated.

We send our thanks to the staff at Lancer Scott for supporting the valuable work that we do.

02/12/2025

"It was great and energetic!", "everyone loved the music", "it was good fun and it was nice to try something different". These were some of the lovely comments from our clients at Memory Café today after Shannon, our Dementia Support Worker, ran a seated exercise session.

Thank you to all who came along today and to our Volunteers for helping everyone to join in. Devon Memory Cafe Consortium

28/11/2025

Attendance Allowance is a benefit for people who have a disability, and who are over State Pension age, to help pay for personal care and supervision. Dartmouth Caring's support workers have guided many of our clients through the process of applying. If you think you might be eligible, and would like our help, call us on 01803 835384 or email enquiries@dartmouthcaring.co.uk.

Detailed information about Attendance Allowance, including eligibility, can be found at https://www.gov.uk/attendance-allowance

26/11/2025

Welcome new volunteers! This month we have welcomed 3 new volunteers to Memory Café and they are a fabulous addition to our committed team who help make our dementia support group possible every week. Our heartfelt thanks goes to ALL our Memory Café Volunteers for their kindness and their time. This week, everyone enjoyed making Christmas cards together, and enjoyed singing a few festive tunes too 🥰
Devon Memory Cafe Consortium

25/11/2025

Coming up over the next few weeks, we will be enjoying sparkling, shining, glittering Christmas Crafts at our Monday Makers group. Everyone is welcome! 🎄Come along and enjoy some quiet time to get creative. All materials and refreshments are free of charge. Please see our poster for dates and get in touch if you can join us. Enquiries@dartmouthcaring.co.uk

18/11/2025

The next instalment in our prevention of cancer series is about Stomach Cancer and what steps we can all take to reduce our chances of contracting this particular type of cancer.

You can read more about this here: https://www.wcrf.org/preventing-cancer/cancer-types/stomach-cancer/ -your-risk-of-stomach-cancer but the headlines are in the image below.

14/11/2025

Our Offline Gaming Club has been enjoying a Dungeons & Dragons adventure inspired by Cold War political intrigue. The players are uncovering clues, getting their papers stamped, and avoiding the watchful eyes of government agents. They have discovered the secret at the heart of a tyrannical empire, but will they live to tell the tale?

Offline Gaming Club meets on Friday afternoons at 1.30pm. Interested? Call 01803 835384 or email enquiries@dartmouthcaring.co.uk

13/11/2025

Looking for someone to join our team! Are you a whizz at washing-up? Could you help with setting tables and clearing away? Sometimes, the least glamorous jobs can be the most rewarding. We need more help at Souper Thursday so that we can serve more people with freshly-made, nutritious soup over the winter months.

You will be helping to provide a warm welcome and a friendly atmosphere, as well as a bowl of very good food. The time commitment is only 2 hours every Thursday, and this doesn't need to be every week.

Please get in touch to find out more. We are looking forward to you joining us!