Day opportunities provided through Social Care (Social Services) are available to:

•  anyone eligible under Fair Access to Care (the person falls within set limits, or criteria, set by Social Care. 
• People who are able to either fund their transport or make their own way to the service.

Adult Learning Disability Service

Hillrise Resource Centre, 41 Southbank Road, Hereford, HR1 2SX

Contacts: Ann Clarke, 01432 373200

Part of Herefordshire Council. There are a number of Services available to people assessed as needing them. Assessment is carried out by a Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Community Nurse or other appropriate person.

Website: www.herefordshire.gov.uk/health/index.asp

Adult Learning Disability Service Community Team

Leominster office, Windsor Place, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 8NL

Contacts: 01432 383647

Team comprises: Community nurse: 1 Social workers: 3 Community support workers: 2

Website: www.herefordshire.gov.uk/health/index.asp

Adult Learning Disability Service - Day Opportunities

11 Corn Square, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 8YP

Contacts: Laura Ferguson, 01432 261553

Laura Ferguson is working on the modernisation programme for day opportunities and has overall responsibilities for Day Centres – Widemarsh Workshop and St Owens Centre in Hereford, Marshfield Centre, Leominster and Ryefields, Ross on Wye.

Email: lferguson@herefordshire.gov.uk

Website: www.herefordshire.gov.uk/health/index.asp

Friday Club - Leominster

Partnership between ECHO,, Aspire, Pump Piece and, Marshfield, contact any of the above

Contacts: ECHO; Aspire; Marshfield

Club meets each Friday between 1-4pm at the Methodist Church Hall on Green Lane, Leominster. £1 weekly subscription. Activities include collating a newsletter, massage techniques and flower arranging.

Marshfield

off Ryelands Road, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 8NZ

Contacts: Jonathan Pitts, 01568 614772

Marshfield is a Social Care establishment operating in North Herefordshire. Opportunities include 4 social businesses, 1 community volunteering scheme and a service offering support for social, leisure and well-being. These are: *horticultural project - includes a contract with the Nature Trust to manage the Millennium Green *Plan it Green - information centre and retail outlet promoting environmentally sound products for the home and garden. Includes a working ground source heat pump. *Leominster Trading - produces wooden items for sale, for example horse jumps. they also have a contract with Queenswood to build and install bench seating. *Unit 5 - Bramley Business Park, office equipment recycling business *Paintbox - a shop in leominster town centre selling arts, crafts and stationery items. *Go4's/Recycling - some recycling but recently expanded into community volunteering, such as dog walking for people unable to leave their homes *Options - supports people to attend activities such as golf and swimming

Ryefield Centre

Grammar School Close, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 7ET

Contacts: Tim Jeffries & Carl Rees, 01989 768273

Social Care facility. The building is seen very much as a community resource and consequently rooms are hired by other agencies on aregular basis. ryefields works in partnership with Enviroability, a charitable company whose primary aim is to provide and promote projects which: *benefit disadvantaged groups of people *benefit the community *benfit the environment also operates LeisureLink, offering social and leisure opportunities

St Owen's Centre

Symonds Street, Hereford, HR1 2HA

Contacts: Chris Smith, 01432 355005

Social care facility, Service operates mainly from one site. Other opposrtunities include: * Community Cafe - Tuesdays. volunteers sell sandwiches, tea and coffee made on premises + other pre-pared foords made at St Owens. * Coffee Club - Wednesdays in Tupsley, selling scones and other foods made at St Owens * Voluntary work placements * College links * Holistic Resource - Snoezelen & hydrotherapy pool.

SureStart

Info-in-Herefordshire, 11 Corn Square, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 8YP

Contacts: 01432 383340

For children aged 0 - 5 and their families. Making life better for children, parents and communities by bringing together: *early education *childcare *health and family support. working in Kington, Leominster, Presteigne, South Hereford, Weobley.

Widemarsh Workshop

Wdemarsh Common, Hereford, HR4 9NA

Contacts: Graham Cove, 01432 354259

Available to people with a range of disabilities, predominantly learning disability. Initially set up to provide training in employment related skills in a hseltered environment. The centre is undergoing major change. More details later in 2006.