Help and Advice in Any Language
We are proud to have a diverse team of people on hand to answer your questions and signpost you to appropriate organisations
How can we help?
- Free, drop-in advice sessions
- Translation availiable
- Referrals to other agencies: housing, benefits, schools, money problems, etc
- Hate crime support
- Advice for newcomers to Somerset - opening a bank account, registering with a GP, driving in the UK etc.
- Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Support & Training
Let’s chat. Tell us what support you’re looking for…
Food Vouchers
If you are homeless, or living on a low income, you may be eligible for food vouchers.
We can issue food vouchers if you live in Sedgemoor and support you to access your local food bank if you live elsewhere in Somerset.
We can share information about community gardens and other sources of help.
Translated Resources
You will find lots of translated materials (including about the pandemic) on our resources page. Contact our friendly team if there is anything else we can help with.
Local Resources & Other Organisations
Bridgwater & Surrounding Communities Food and Support Alliance
We’re working with friends in Somerset’s voluntary sector to help speakers of other languages to access the huge range of support through the Bridgwater Food and Support Alliance.
Taunton Food and Support Alliance
Taunton Food and Support Alliance have their new leaflet. The leaflet has contact details to help you find organisations who can support you.
- Priorswood Community Centre
- Citizens Advice
- Link Centre
- Taunton Food Bank
- Open Door
- Salvation Army
- Baby Bank
- Benefit Services
- Village Agents
Find out more by downloading the Taunton Alliance info sheet
Open Mental Health
Open Mental Health is an alliance of local voluntary organisations, the NHS and social care, Somerset County Council, and individuals with lived experience of mental health. Working together their aim is to improve the way people in Somerset receive support with their mental health by providing access to a number of specialist services including NHS support, housing advice, debt and employment advice, volunteering opportunities, community activities, peer support and local exercise groups. Ensuring that people in Somerset get the right support when they need it most.
Open Mental Health hopes the website will provide a platform where people in Somerset can seek advice & find useful information about the services the alliance can offers to support those struggling with their mental health.
You can visit their website at www.openmentalhealth.org.uk
Somerset Household Support Fund
Financial support for vulnerable households which are struggling to afford household essentials
The Household Support Fund is designed to provide short-term urgent financial help to Somerset residents who are struggling to afford household essentials such as buying food, paying for energy and water bills and other essential household items such as beds and white goods.
For more information check bit.ly/SCCSupport22
Free and confidential advice and support
have worries and don’t know who to turn to regarding debts, benefits, housing, employment and more.
Help if you've lost your job
We’re working with Citizens’ Advice to make all their great help available to speakers of other languages. If you’ve lost your job, you’ll find all kinds of help available to sort out your problems and get back into work.
It’s not easy if English is not your first language, and but our multi-linguistic team can help.
