A number of people in the community are keen to reach out and assist others where possible within the context of the COVID-19 virus. As the Village Shop team have a current and active website, we thought it made sense to use that platform to help, if we can.
We’ve set this page up in order to provide a simple resource that collects the various community efforts together – things like the village prescription service, how to get help with shopping and home-schooling resource links.
If you need help with…
- Picking up & delivery of your shopping
- Delivering food from local cafes
- Picking up & delivery of medication or prescriptions
- Posting mail
- A friendly call for a chat
- Dog walking
- A host of other things…
Then please click here to email us
Please include your name and telephone number when you email. You will be added to a contact list and provided with a list of people who can help.
If you can volunteer help, click here to email us
Please include your name, telephone number and how you can help. You will be added to a volunteer list being sent out to people needing help.
GDPR Note
Your personal details will only be held and distributed within the small group of community volunteers and only for the period this help is needed.
Other ports of call…
Community Facebook Group
Anyone that’s on Facebook can join this ‘Health & Support for the St Gennys & Crackington Haven Community’ group that has various points of interest and assistance, including people simply happy to have a friendly chat
There is also a Bude based support group covering our area to be found here
General advice around social isolation can be found here
Prescription Service
The prescription service will continue to run as it has up to now, albeit with new volunteers assisting, to allow those over 70 years old to stay home and with strict social distancing procedures to protect all.
You can arrange with Bottreaux surgery to pick up prescriptions from Crackington Snooker Club between 1-3pm Mondays, Wednesday & Fridays.
If you are the high risk category and need to stay at home, then please call the surgery to arrange home delivery, or if your prescription is usually sent to the Crackington Prescription Service, contact them via their telephone number during their opening times, 07932 003 126. Please note, this phone is only manned during the Prescription service opening times. Please do not leave a message, they are not retrieved.
If you are under 70 and would like to volunteer to help with the prescription service, please email Gill Webster
Newspapers
You can place your order and pay account at Wainhouse Post Office. They will give you the Crackington estate collection location.
Please call (Crackington) 230 311 or email Ellen Hawley if you can help with newspaper pick-ups
Home Schooling
The schools should have provided resource materials for parents to keep children going with their lessons as best they can.
Additional helpful and fun resources can be found here
Dog Walking
Anyone having difficulty walking their dogs can email Fran and she will advice and assist as possible within the changing situation
Anything else?
Anyone with further information and resources they have that they’d like to see included on this page can email the shop website team here.
We will endeavour to update the page as often as we can.