Community Services

There is a range of community & health services provided by Suffolk County Council at the County Buildings, Street Farm Road in Saxmundham. There is also a Citizens Advice Bureau in Saxmundham, plus information about Samaritans is provided.

Council Services

The general phone numbers are:
Health services, Tel: 01728 602911.
General services, Tel: 01728 403000.

Social services Tel: 0845 0230023.

Environment & Transport Tel: 01728 403066.

Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages
Saxmundham office Tel: 01728 403098.
Deben (Woodbridge) Council Offices, Melton Hill, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 1AU Tel: 01394 444 331 Fax: 01394 383 171

Saxmundham Clinic, includes Orthoptic, Paediatric, Dietary, Chiropody, Child health and Speech therapy clinics. Tel: 01728 602911.

WRVS for Meals on Wheels and Social Car Service. Tel: 01728 603327.

Stonham Housing Association provides housing for people with special needs.

County Land Agent & Valuer Allotments

Citizens Advice Bureau, CAB

The CAB office in Saxmundham is open to personal callers only on:
Wednesdays from 10.00am to 12.00 noon

at the rear of 43, High Street, Saxmundham, IP17 1AJ

The aims of the CAB are to ensure individuals do not suffer through lack of knowledge of their rights and responsibilities or of the services available to them or through an inability to express their needs effectively and equally to exercise a responsible influence on the development of social policies and services both locally and nationally. The service is confidential, free, independent and impartial.
Also there is a CAB at Leiston, Tel: 01728 832193.
See main CAB web site (www.citizensadvice.org.uk) for more information.

Samaritans

Samaritans is available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide. (www.samaritans.org)

Contact details:
UK phone number 08457 90 90 90.
Ireland number 1850 60 90 90.
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Available 24 hours.

Local branches:
Ipswich & East Suffolk, 10am to 10pm, Tel: 01473 211133.
Lowestoft & Waveney, 24 hours, Tel: 01502 500800.

Other Local Voluntary & Community groups

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