St Mary’s and AgeUK Barrow & District have opened a Support Hub at our Living Well Centre in Barrow offering advice and support to those who are self isolating within our community

Support Hub Telephone line: This will be manned 9am – 5pm Monday – Friday Call 01229 444407

A member of the team will be offering telephone support as well as organising practical tasks such as food delivery and collecting prescriptions

Support Hub Drop off point: Living Well Centre, Duke Street, Barrow LA14 1XU

If anyone would like to donate food / essentials which we can make up into hampers for the most vulnerable.

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Barrow.AreaSupport@cumbria.gov.uk This email is open for general enquiries questions or to offer volunteering.

Vulnerable people: Pass direct to most relevant service to save time but also share with council so we can ensure “wrap around” services can pick up extra need. Cc in barrow.areasupport@cumbria.gov.uk and mark “vulnerable person – referred into [Service]”.

Support Cumbria is an official collaboration of partners across Cumbria who are working together to provide community support to residents who are struggling to access basic or essential services during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

This site provides a central point to help coordinate volunteering efforts to support Cumbria residents who may need help.

Support Cumbria website

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Some useful links for you during these difficult times. I will update if anything else comes up.

https://www.gov.uk/…/coronavirus-covid-19-uk-government-res…

https://111.nhs.uk/covid-19

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

https://cumbria.gov.uk/coronavirus/

https://www.barrowbc.gov.uk/promotion-pages/coronavirus/