SNAPE GOOD NEIGHBOUR SCHEME
  ☏ 0754  1754  426  

To ensure continuity, please use this phone number to log your task bookings centrally,
rather than arranging with individual volunteers whom you might know.

IN CASE OF SERIOUS EMERGENCY, RING 999 INSTEAD

Our volunteers are neither trained 
nor qualified in safeguarding —
"We are not carers, but we do care!"

Short-term help to Residents of ❋Snape Parish
and Dunningworth (in/by Snape Maltings) —
Simply call the number above
(which is also on your fridge magnet),
leave a message DAY/NIGHT,
and one of our Volunteers will respond
as soon as possible.

Should you want a magnet dropped in to you, just email us your home address.

⬉ To contact us otherwise, please select
   «Administration» above left.

HM Lord Lieutenant's special Certificate of Merit		Assistance Equipment available		Wheelchair Mobility for Snape

WHAT WE DO

Our volunteers will help with a variety of activities.

These are principally —
Lifts and support for doctor / dentist / hospital appointments,
Free collection of urgent medical prescriptions
and
Operating a free-of-charge Meet Up Mondays group session every week.

We also offer —
Befriending
Support with shopping
Gardening (domestic)
TV, PC's and phones (minor adjustments)
Form-filling and administration
Dog-walking or checking on a pet if you are unwell
Other activities as requested and agreed

HOW WE ENSURE YOUR SAFETY

Always be sure that anyone who you don't know, but who acts as if they are a Snape Good Neighbour, carries a valid photo-ID (an example of which can be viewed below) with the logo shown above.  Our genuine Volunteers are, of course, all DBS-checked, and will NEVER object to you checking their identity via the phone number above.  The DBS is the Government's Disclosure and Barring Service, which "enables organisations … to make safer recruitment decisions … especially involving children or vulnerable adults".  

The keen souls on our Meet Up Mondays (MUM) rota always have direct DBS-checked supervision.  
Read more here.

HOW WE'RE SUPPORTED IN TURN WITHIN SUFFOLK

"Be nice to your neighbours" — You can read here about our start-up in May 2019.

Other Good Neighbour Schemes in Suffolk, and their contact numbers, are listed at
w: https://www.communityactionsuffolk.org.uk/projects/suffolk-good-neighbour-scheme/