This section of the Payhembury Parish Council website is intended to provide useful information to the community on a variety of topics. If there is anything you feel should be included here or that might be useful, please let us know via the Contact Page. Current information includes links to i) road closures, ii) reporting problems to DCC and iii) DCC & EDDC consultations as well as phone numbers and websites for a range of services.
Free, 24-hour phone numbers (& websites)
- Police, Ambulance, Fire Service, Coastguard – 999
- British Gas queries and emergencies – 0800 111 999; website: www.britishgas.co.uk
- Environment Agency Flood Line – 0845 988 1188 (24 hour service) or Type Talk 0845 602 6340
- South West Water queries and emergencies (water and sewerage) – 0844 3462020; website: www.southwestwater.co.uk
- Western Power electricity emergencies (24/7) – 0800 6783 105 or 105; website: www.nationalgrid.co.uk/power-cut-information/power-cut-advice/who-to-contact
- Power cut information / report a power cut – 0800 6783 105; website: powercuts.nationalgrid.co.uk/
- Devon and Cornwall Police – 101; website: www.devon-cornwall.police.uk
- NHS Direct – 111
- Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service – website: www.dsfire.gov.uk
- South West Ambulance Service – website: www.swast.nhs.uk
- Samaritans UK – 116 123 (free for landlines and mobiles); website: www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/
- Crimestoppers – 0800 555 111; website: www.crimestoppers-uk.org
- Childline – 0800 1111; website: www.childline.org.uk/
- NSPCC Child Protection Helpline – 0808 800500; website: www.nspcc.org.uk/
Other Useful Telephone Numbers & websites
- Payhembury In Need Relief Fund – emergency financial help – for further information see Payhembury Village website – www.payhembury.org.uk/payhembury-in-need-relief-fund/
- Ottery Help Scheme – “offering support to local residents where it is needed most in times of illness, difficulty or life-changing circumstance” – website: www.otteryhelpscheme.org.uk/
- TRIP (local community transport association) – 01404 46529, email: admin@tripcta.org; website:www.tripcta.org/
- TRIP ring and ride – 01404 46529; website: www.tripcta.org/services/trip-ring-ride/
- Age UK Devon – 0333 241 2340 / 0845 296 7810; email: info@ageukdevon.org.uk; website: www.ageuk.org.uk/devon/
- Age UK East Devon – www.ageuk.org.uk/devon/activities-and-events/east-devon/
- Citizens Advice Bureau – 01395 265070 (East Devon) / 03444 111 444 (National); website: www.citizensadvice.org.uk
- Councils
- East Devon District Council – 01395 516551 (main switchboard); website: www.eastdevon.gov.uk
- Mid Devon District Council – 01884 255255 (main switchboard); website: www.middevon.gov.uk
- Devon County Council – 0845 155 1015 (main switchboard); website: www.devon.gov.uk
- EDDC Financial Resilience Team (for short term financial aid for heating or food) – 01404 515616; website: www.eastdevon.gov.uk/benefits-and-support
- Exeter (and East Devon) Community Energy (for FREE help with your fuel bills) – 0800 7723617; website: www.ecoe.org.uk
- Jobcentre Plus helpline – 0345 6043719; website: www.jobcentreguide.co.uk/
- Mental Health help and advice:
- Talkworks Mental Health – 0300 5553344
- Parental Minds – 07907 614516
- Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) – 0300 303 7373; website: www.rabi.org.uk/
- Shelter (advice regarding homelessness) – 0808 800 4444; website: www.shelter.org.uk
- The Farming Community Network – 03000 111 999; website: www.fcn.org.uk
- Unite Carers in Mid Devon – 01884 257511; webiste:www.unitecarers.org.uk/