Local Support

Devon County Council

Helping you to find the support you need to stay healthy, happy and independent.

Do you face challenges or need advice for a family member?

  • By answering some quick questions about your current situation, we can direct you towards information, advice and services that could help you to live independently and improve your life.

Do you need help with the cost of living?

  • We’ve put together some information for residents in Devon who are struggling to afford to pay for their energy, water, food or other essential items.

Visit the Devon County Council website

Hospiscare Budleigh Salterton and District

Hospiscare Budleigh Salterton and District are your independent local charity funding and supporting end-of-life care in our area.

They pay for all the costs of patients registered with the Budleigh Salterton Medical Centre and Woodbury Surgery who are cared for by Hospiscare’s end of life services.

They cover Budleigh Salterton, Woodbury, Aylesbeare, Bicton, Clyst St George, Clyst St Mary, Colaton Raleigh, East Budleigh, Ebford, Exton, Farringdon, Newton Poppleford, Otterton, Woodbury Salterton and the surrounding villages. If you are registered to either of the Budleigh or Woodbury medical practices and live anywhere in the area, we will pay for your care.

Visit the Hospiscare Budleigh Salterton and District website

National Support

Dementia UK

Dementia UK offers specialist one-to-one support and expert advice for people living with dementia.

Visit the Dementia UK website

Age UK

Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. Age UK believe in a world where everyone can love later life and we work every day to achieve this.

Visit the Age UK website

The Silver Line

The Silver Line is the only free confidential helpline providing information, friendship and advice to older people, open 24 hours a day, every day of the year

Visit the The Silver Line website

Cinnamon Trust

Cinnamon Trust is the only specialist national charity which seeks to relieve the anxieties, problems, and sometimes injustices, faced by elderly and terminally ill people and their pets, thereby saving a great deal of human sadness and animal suffering.

Visit the Cinnamon Trust website