{"id":544,"date":"2026-07-17T16:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/l81084\/?page_id=544"},"modified":"2026-07-17T16:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:12:07","slug":"community-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/l81084\/community-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Community Nursing<\/h2>\n<h4>District Nurses &amp; Community Matron<\/h4>\n<p>If you are unable to attend the surgery for nursing care, the doctor may\u00a0request the District Nurse or Community Matron to visit you at home.<\/p>\n<h4>Health Visitors<\/h4>\n<p>The Health Visitors run a baby and child health clinic at Knowle Clinic.\u00a0 To make an appointment telephone 0117 9190200. They advise on all aspects of child development and health issues up to the age of 5. You can contact them directly by telephone on the above telephone number.<\/p>\n<h4>Pregnancy Care<\/h4>\n<p>When you are pregnant you will receive regular care from your usual doctor and midwife before and after your baby is born.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Financial Advice<\/h2>\n<h4>Talking Money<\/h4>\n<p>We provide free, independent, specialist money advice to individuals and their families. This includes debt, energy debt, benefits and income maximisation advice.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkingmoney.org.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.talkingmoney.org.uk\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To make an appointment, please:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Call 0117 954 3990 or 0800 121 4511<\/li>\n<li>Or email <a href=\"mailto:mail@talkingmoney.org.uk\">mail@talkingmoney.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>WHAM &#8211; Warmer Homes, Advice &amp; Money<\/h4>\n<p>The WHAM project is an innovative model for supporting Bristol and North Somerset\u2019s most vulnerable residents \u2013 giving advice on energy, money, benefits and carrying out home repairs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cse.org.uk\/advice\/how-we-can-help\/refer-your-client-or-patient\">https:\/\/www.cse.org.uk\/advice\/how-we-can-help\/refer-your-client-or-patient<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Benefits<\/h2>\n<h4>Filwood Hope Centre<\/h4>\n<p>At Filwood Hope, our advisors are able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>help you fill in forms relating to benefits<\/li>\n<li>help you appeal if your application for benefit has been turned down<\/li>\n<li>Phone:\u00a007712661241<br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0advice@filwoodhope.org<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Welfare Rights and Money Advice Service<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>We can offer some casework help. This is for\u00a0vulnerable\u00a0people on low incomes, who need help with claims or appeals if they\u2019re missing out or at risk of losing a big part of their weekly income. We particularly aim to help disabled people and full-time carers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bristol.gov.uk\/benefits-financial-help\/welfare-rights-and-money-advice-service\">https:\/\/www.bristol.gov.uk\/benefits-financial-help\/welfare-rights-and-money-advice-service<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Helpline 0117 35 21888. Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings, 9am to 1pm.<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:welfarerights@bristol.gov.uk\">welfarerights@bristol.gov.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Green Spaces<\/h2>\n<h4>Wellbeing walks \u2013 BS4<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/wellbeingwalks\">Wellbeing Walks | Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Join our series of social walking groups in Brislington and Knowle. Run by volunteers our aim is to encourage local people to get active, socialise, share local walking routes and encourage others to do the same.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Wild Walks for Wellbeing Group<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rethink.org\/help-in-your-area\/support-groups\/wild-walks-for-wellbeing-group\/\">Wild Walks for Wellbeing Group (rethink.org)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Walk and Talk?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Walk and Talk is a weekly service set up around Bristol. This offers an opportunity for people to meet in a group, take a leisurely stroll around a local park and connect with others.<\/li>\n<li>We hold two 1 hour circular walks every Wednesday from 10am \u2013 11am and 11.30am \u2013 12.30pm around Bristol with the exception of the Christmas Holidays. Walks are accessible to all mobility levels and there are staff and volunteers available to walk at different paces.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/changesbristol.org.uk\/support\/befriending\/walkandtalk\/\">https:\/\/changesbristol.org.uk\/support\/befriending\/walkandtalk\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Low Cost Exercise<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Currently the Park Centre on Daventry Road<\/strong> is the best option for joining a gym, its \u00a315 a monthly or \u00a33.50 a session.<\/p>\n<p>They are restarting staying steady classes at the Park from January which cost \u00a33.50.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jubilee swimming pool, \u00a319.99 monthly<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pay as you go Gym \u00a3 5.80<\/li>\n<li>Gym and Swim \u00a3 7.20<\/li>\n<li>AquaFit \u00a3 5.05<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Gym Group \u2013 Avonmeads <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a315.99 for basic, \u00a320.99 for extras such as bringing a friend along.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Mental Health<\/h2>\n<h4>Changes: Peer Support for Mental Health<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wednesdays 1.30pm \u2013 3.30pm:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Redcatch+Community+Centre\/@51.4351463,-2.5705371,15z\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xbf53920b3e1f127a?sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj424e02pbuAhVSExoKHY9xBdgQ_BIwC3oECBgQBQ\">Redcatch<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Redcatch+Community+Centre\/@51.4351463,-2.5705371,15z\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xbf53920b3e1f127a?sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj424e02pbuAhVSExoKHY9xBdgQ_BIwC3oECBgQBQ\"> Community Centre, <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Redcatch+Community+Centre\/@51.4351463,-2.5705371,15z\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xbf53920b3e1f127a?sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj424e02pbuAhVSExoKHY9xBdgQ_BIwC3oECBgQBQ\">Redcatch<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Redcatch+Community+Centre\/@51.4351463,-2.5705371,15z\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xbf53920b3e1f127a?sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj424e02pbuAhVSExoKHY9xBdgQ_BIwC3oECBgQBQ\"> Road, Knowle, BS4 2EP<\/a>\u2013 near Broadwalk Centre<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursdays 11.00am \u2013 1.00pm:\u00a0<em>Online<\/em>00pm \u2013 3.00pm:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/St+Cuthbert's+Church\/@51.440112,-2.5538394,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x48718efbe2a292b5:0xef8b00e21e618f99!8m2!3d51.440112!4d-2.5516507\">St Cuthbert\u2019s Church, Brislington, BS4 3PG<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Telephone Befriending &#8211; One-to-one support where a volunteer will be matched with you for a weekly phone call.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/webforms.dizions.co.uk\/bristol_changes\/member\">Sign up here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>NHS Talking Therapies<\/h3>\n<p>If you are suffering from depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, excessive worry or low mood, then NHS Talking Therapies can help.<\/p>\n<p>NHS Talking Therapies Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire works in partnership with the NHS to offer a range of short-term Talking Therapies known as IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) to adults 16-years and over, who live and are registered with a GP in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.<\/p>\n<p>This is a FREE service and you don\u2019t need to visit a GP to get help. For further information please click on the following link:<\/p>\n<p>Website: NHS Talking Therapies &#8211; North Somerset &amp; South Gloucestershire (vitahealthgroup.co.uk)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community Nursing District Nurses &amp; Community Matron If you are unable to attend the surgery for nursing care, the doctor may\u00a0request the District Nurse or&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-544","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/l81084\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/l81084\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/l81084\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/l81084\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/l81084\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/l81084\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/544\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/l81084\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}