Active Devon
Active Devon is a community-focused, non-profit organisation dedicated to inspiring and supporting Devon to be active.
We believe movement is central to living healthier, happier and more connected lives whatever your age, ability or background.
Age UK Devon
We’re a local charity working in the community to support older people, their families and carers.
We want everyone to be able to love later life.
Alzheimers Society
Our wide range of support services ensures nobody should have to face dementia alone.
Chagford Cancer Research UK Group
Marion Symes – 07719 644945
Jane Bearder – 01647 433533
Local charity group aiming to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
Their main event each year is the Street Market in August.
Please use contact details above if you would like to volunteer.
Chagford Community and Memory Café
01647432353
annsearson28@gmail.com
A friendly place for people who would like to meet others and have fun.
Our cafe offers a free monthly social session with refreshments for all, including those experiencing memory problems.
When? 1.30 – 3.30pm on the SECOND Thursday of each month.
Where? Jubilee Hall, Chagford, TQ13 8DP
Chagford Conservation Group
01647 432077
PaulHFrost@gmail.com
We are a very friendly group of mainly retired people who meet every first and third Wednesday in the month to carry out a good morning’s work, sometimes a day.
Our focus is to conserve the soft landscape, footways and environment around our town, along with various other projects.
Chagford Cricket Club
War Memorial Playing Fields, Chagford TQ13 8AS
07703 542697
christopherjmount17@gmail.com
Adult & Youth Sections
2 Adult Teams in the Devon Cricket League
Midweek 20 over team
Women’s training session
Youth sections aged between 5-14
Teams for U10,U11 & U13 Mixed
and U11,U13 & U15 Girls
Season: 1st May – 31st August.
Volunteers always sought.
Chagford Health Centre Friends & Patient Group
As volunteers from the patient list we support Chagford Health Centre through occasional fund-raising activities and promote health and wellbeing through community workshops. We link the Health Centre with their patients by raising awareness of patients’ views and concerns.
For contact or to volunteer as a member please leave a note at the Health Centre reception.
Chagford Sanctuary
Together we want to help people from Ukraine find a temporary home and a new start in the Chagford area.
Can you offer accommodation, or your time or your skills or contribute funds to provide a warm welcome to people fleeing the invasion of Ukraine? Please contact Jane Elliott, the project co-ordinator by email at sanctuary@chagfordchurch.co.uk
Chagford Swimming Pool
Rushford, Chagford, TQ13 8DA
01647 432929
info@chagfordswimmingpool.co.uk
www.chagfordswimmingpool.co.uk
Community run open air swimming pool.
Citizens Advice Devon
Ockment Centre, North Street, Okehampton EX20 1AR
Advice line 0808 27 87 999
Advice session times
Tuesdays – 10.00am – 3.00pm
Wednesdays – 10.00am – 3.00pm (debt and money advice only)
Thursdays – 10.00am – 3.00pm
Telephone advice times
Monday – Friday, 9.30am – 4.30pm
Community Links
Access to a range of services and support for families and individuals in Devon and the South West.
Family support, befriending, mental health support, neurodiverse parenting support group, counselling.
Cruse Bereavement Care
0808 808 1677
Grief is a natural process, but it can be devastating. Cruse are here to support you after the death of someone close.
Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust
07858 490885
Free guided walks and conservation volunteer opportunities available. Help us care for our herd of native Dartmoor ponies, carry out practical conservation work at Bellever, near Postbridge. Join our friendly team, full training given.
Devon and Cornwall Police – Citizens in Policing
dcp-citizensinpolicingrecruitment@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk
recruitment-dcp-dp.org/devon-cornwall-volunteers/
Volunteering opportunities with Devon and Cornwall Police in North and West Devon.
Devon Wildlife Trust
www.devonwildlifetrust.org/take-action/volunteering-wildlife
Volunteering with Devon Wildlife Trust is a great way to use your skills to make a difference for Devon’s wildlife.
And you don’t have to be an expert to get involved!
Farm Safety Foundation / Yellow Wellies
A small UK-wide charity dedicated to raising awareness of farm safety and mental wellbeing in farmers.
Aiming to help preserve and protect the physical and mental wellbeing of young farmers and young people moving into agriculture (16-40).
Kindness Hub
Huish, Mill St, Chagford, TQ13 8AR
Free kindness activities for the Chagford community and beyond.
Kindness for ourselves, each other, our community and our planet.
Including meditation, healing circle, gong baths and Transformational Breathwork sessions.
Living Options Devon
01392 459 222
info@livingoptions.org
Offering a range of help and support services for people with a long term health condition, disability and / or who are Deaf, where British Sign Language is their first language.
Men in Sheds Okehampton
www.okehamptonshed.wordpress.com
A meeting place for retired men to get together for a little light work while socialising and making new friends. Volunteering opportunities.
Mind
0300 123 3393
info@mind.org.uk
Mind provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem.
Morecare
07914 853726
secretary@morecarechagford.co.uk
Transport to hospitals, clinics and all other medical facilities.
Prescriptions collected and delivered.
Assistance with other essential welfare needs wherever possible.
We help people who live in Chagford and surrounding area, and those who are registered at Chagford Health Centre.
No charge but donations appreciated.
If you would like to volunteer with Morecare please contact them via their web site.
NEDCare
01647 279211
info@nedcare.org
A community-led charity providing regulated care services across North East Dartmoor.
Helping with everything a person needs to live well and safely at home in later life.
Okehampton and District Community Transport Group
0183755000
manager@odctg.co.uk
Providing transport for the local community through …
- Ring and ride buses – a scheduled service from your home
- Community car service – for individual journeys
- Community bus trips – organised days out by bus
One Small Step
Help, advice & support for losing weight, giving up smoking, reducing alcohol intake or getting more active.
River Teign Restoration Project
07749 867393
geoffteign@gmail.com
www.riverteignrestorationproject.co.uk
Project concerned with helping to reverse the decline in salmon and other migratory fish in the river Teign. Opportunities to help with river watching, citizen science, clearing barriers to migration, reporting pollution, removal of rubbish and some habitat improvement. See website for more information.
Rowcroft Hospice
01803 210800
info@rowcrofthospice.org.uk
Supporting adults with life-limiting illnesses in South Devon.
Scope
0808 800 3333
helpline@scope.org.uk
The disability equality charity in England and Wales providing practical information and emotional support when it’s most needed and campaigning relentlessly to create a fairer society
Stone Lane Gardens
Stone Farm, Chagford TQ13 8JU
01647 231311
Visit website to explore volunteering opportunities.
The Cinnamon Trust
01736 757 900
The specialist national charity for people in their last years and their much loved, much needed companion animals.
Volunteers “hold hands” with owners to provide vital loving care for their pets. They keep them together – for example, they will walk a dog every day for a housebound owner, foster pets when owners need hospital care, fetch the cat food, or even clean out the bird cage.
The Farming Community Network
03000 111 999
help@fcn.org.uk
A voluntary organisation and charity that supports farmers and families within the farming community.
The Samaritans
Freephone 116 123
jo@samaritans.org
Whatever you’re going through, a Samaritan will face it with you. 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The Silverline
0800 470 8090
Trussel Trust Food Banks
Supporting a nationwide network of food banks and providing emergency food and support to people locked in poverty and campaigning for change to end the need for food banks in the UK.
Wellmoor
01647 440775
katie@wellmoor.org.uk
Wellmoor empowers whole community wellbeing by bringing together the expertise, energy and ambitions of local communities to support people of all ages to lead happy, healthy and fulfilling lives.
West Devon Community and Voluntary Services
01837 738133
info@westdevoncvs.org.uk
West Devon CVS supports voluntary groups, charities, social enterprises and other not-for-profit organisations to bring about positive change and build stronger communities.
We also help to promote active citizenship through volunteering.
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Free, confidential support with alcohol, drugs or mental health from local services or online.