Advice Services, Bereavement, Business & Professional, Careers and Job Centres, Charity Organisations, Carers, Community Exchange, Counselling, Families, Farming, Further Education Support, Government Departments, Nursing, Samaritans, St John Ambulance, Tourism, Veterinary Surgeons, Voluntary Services, Work Placements

Advice Services

Age Concern (Hereford): Berrows Business Centre, Bath Street, Hereford. 01432 350483

Access (Ledbury): Roger Hughes, 01531 636006.

Access (Ross): Anthea Penfold 01989 567559

Hereford Access and Shopmobility: James Lawes, 43 Park Street, Hereford, 01432 350765.

Citizens Advice Bureau (Bromyard): 5 Broad St, Bromyard. 0870 126 4091.

Citizens Advice Bureau (Hereford): 1a St Owen Street, Hereford. 0870 126 4091.

Citizens Advice Bureau (Kington): 61 Bridge St, Kington. 0870 126 4091.

Citizens Advice Bureau (Leominster): 11 Corn Square, Leominster. 0870 126 4091.

Citizens Advice Bureau (Ross): 20 Gloucester Rd, Ross-on-Wye. 0870 126 4091.

(CAB) Advice: Tel: 0870 126 4091. Website: www.adviceguide.org E-mail: info@herefordshirecab.org.uk

Hereford Access for All: Jim Lawes, president, 43 Park St., Hereford, 01432 350765.

Herefordshire ABLE Access to Benefit, Leisure and Employment: Office Co-ordinatory: Mrs Jan Roughton, The Warehouse, Coningsby Street, Hereford HR1 2DY, 01432 277770.

Newton Farm Community Association Advice Centre: Contact: Howard Owens, 23 The Oval, Belmont Road, Hereford. Tel: 01432 279116. E-mail: Newtonadvice@beeb.net

Bereavement

Hereford Bereavement Support: Pam & Roy Eames, 01432 761512. Please telephone for further details and assistance.

Business & Professional

Herefordshire Association of Local Councils: Mrs L Wilcox, Mortimer House, Holmer Road, Hereford. 01432 353492.

Hereford City Centre Forum: Secretary, Mrs L Wilcox, 01432 276447.

Hereford City Police CC Group: Mrs L Wilcox. 01432 276447.

Hereford Rural PCC Group: Mrs Linda Wilcox. 01432 276447.

Federation of Master Builders: Sec: Mrs L Wilcox, 01432 276447.

Careers and Job Centres

Employment Service and Job Centre (Hereford): Bath Street, Hereford, 01432 426242.

Ledbury: Bye Street 01531 614949.

Leominster: Lion Court, New Street 01568 686969.

Ross-on-Wye: 1/2 George Place, 01989 793400.

Connexions Hereford: 11 St Owen St 01432 269404

Ledbury: at Job Centre, High Street (Tuesday am) 01531 614955

Leominster: At Job centre, Lion Court, Broad Street (Fridays) 01568 612548

Ross-on-Wye: At Job Centre, 1/2 George Place, Ross (Thursdays) 01989 563037

Charity Organisations

St Michael's Hospice Hereford City Cttee: Mrs Sandra Griffiths, 6 Marlow Drive, Whitecross, Hereford, 01432 271107.

Friends of RNC: Chair, Rachel Swaffield, c/o Royal National College, College Rd, Hereford, 01432 265725.

Herefordshire Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Hfd Branch: Secretary, Mrs B Stokes, Monn-ington Court, Vowchurch, 01981 250237.

Hereford Oxfam Campaigns Group: Fiona Start, Newton St Margarets, 01981 510283.

Treasure Island: Charity Warehouse, 20 Berrington Street, Hereford, Retail Mgr: Cherry Williams, 01432 359799.

Carers

Herefordshire Carers Support: Manager: Margaret James, Mortimer House, Holmer Road, Hereford, 01432 356068.

Carers Action(Take A Break): Jill Jones, The Ryefields Centre, Grammar School Close, Ross-on-Wye, 01989 567443.

Hereford Community Care Alliance: Leominster, 01568 613333.

Community Exchange

Local Exchange Trading System (Leominster LETS): Les Hardy, 01568 613406.

The Wye Exchange (LETS Scheme): Vicky Hinfley, 01544 318937.

Leominster Community Centre:School Road, Leominster, Centre manager Jenny Gough, 01568 616411.

Counselling

'Casper': (Children and Separated Parents): Mr Loverage, 01873 890250.

CLD Youth Counselling Trust Hereford-shire: 3 Offa Street, 01432 269245. Fax: 359132.

Gut Reaction (Support/Self Help for Emetophobes): Sec. Linda Dean, PO Box 70, Ross-on-Wye HR9 5YP. www.gut-reaction.freeserve.co.uk & info@gut-reaction.freeserve.co.uk

Herefordshire CFS/ME/FMS Group: Chairperson: Mrs Vanessa Bursell, 12 Barons Mead, Newton Farm, Hereford, 01432 264478.

Herefordshire Family Mediation: Co-ordinator. Mrs E Hyde, Berrows Business Centre, Bath Street, Hereford, 01432 264087.

Families

Hereford Life Group: Secretary, Hilary Meenaghan, Room 21, 15 St Owen Street, Hereford, 01432 352266.

Hereford Way 2 Go: Di Gosling, The Youth Advice Centre, 15 St Owen Street, Hereford, 01432 341011.

Homestart Hereford: Scheme Manager: Jill Hiscox: Phoenix House, 83 Widemarsh Street, Hereford, 01432 371212.

CLDC Youth Counselling Trust, Hfds: 01432 359132.

Marches Family Network (Working with and for children with disability or chronic illness and their families): Ailsa Robbie, Community Centre, School Road, Leominster, 01568 614908.

Farming

Herefordshire Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group: Development Officer: Margot Porter, The Glyn, Norton Wood, Norton Canon, Hfds, 01597 829298.

Further Education Support

Hereford and Worcester Education Co-ordinating Group: Sylvia Jones, 01432 273738.

Government Departments

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Veterinary Service: State Veterinary Service, Block C, Government Buildings, Whittington Road, Worcester, 01905 763355.

Dept of Social Security: St Nicholas House, 6 St Nicholas Street, Hereford, 01432 363600.

Family Health Service Authority (FHSA): 01905 760000

Inland Revenue: Broadway House, Broad Street, Hereford, 01432 365700, Fax 01432 365800

Department of Transport: HGV Testing Station, Faraday Road, Westfield Trading Estate, Hereford, 01432 267956; Enforce-ment and Traffic Enquiries, 01432 359255.

South Shropshire Housing Association: 111 Corve Street, Ludlow, Shropshire. 01584 877888.

Nursing

British Nursing Association: Michelle Amos, 65 St Owen Street, Hereford, 01432 275910.

Samaritans

Hereford Samaritans: 44A Berrington Street, Hereford, 01432 269000. www.samaritans.org

St John Ambulance

Haydn E Ebbs County Commissioner: 01432 272837. Fax: 01432 263563. E-mail: first-aid@herefordshire.sja.org.uk Website: www.herefordshire.sja.org.uk

Tourism

Shire (APH) The County Tourism Association: Exec. Director: Tel/Fax: 01432 850344/851736.

Tourist Information Centres

Bromyard: Heritage Centre: 1 Rowberry Street, Bromyard HR7 4DX 01432 482038.

Hay-on-Wye: Oxford Road, HR3 5DG 01497 820144. Fax: 820015.

Hereford Tourism, PO Box 44, Leominster, 01432 260621, fax: 01432 260620.

Hereford: 1 King Street, Hereford, 01432 268430. Fax: 342622.

Ledbury: 3 The Homend, Ledbury, HR8 1BN. 01531 636147. Fax: 634313.

Leominster: 1 Corn Square, Leominster HR6 8LR. 01568 616460. Fax: 615546.

Ross-on-Wye: Edde Cross Street, Ross-on-Wye, HR9 7BZ. 01989 562768. Fax: 65057.

Kington: 2 Mill Street, Kington HR5 3BQ. Tel: 01544 230788

Veterinary Surgeons

Bromyard: Freshacre Veterinary Surgery: Panniers Lane,, Bromyard, 01885 483427.

Hay-on-Wye: Coles and Coles: Lamb House, 17 Newport Street, Hay-on-Wye, 01497 820863.

J A O Davies: 3 Oxford Road, Hay-on-Wye, 01497 820676.

Hereford: Belmont Veterinary Centre: 94 Belmont Road, Hereford, 01432 370155.

Brookfield Veterinary Surgery: 1 Old Eign Hill, Hampton Park, Hereford, 01432 357222.

Jinman and Partners: The Laurels Veterinary Centre, 4 Ryelands Street, Hereford, 01432 354433.

Oakdene Veterinary Surgery, Ewyas Harold and Golden Valley, 01981 240333.

Holmer Veterinary Surgery, Roman Road, Hereford, 01432 272468.

The Arrowfield Vetinary Surgery: Butt's Meadow, Hatton Gardens, Kington, 01544 230567.

Ledbury: The Argus Veterinary Surgery: 39 New Street, Ledbury, 01531 633922.

Leadon Vale Veterinary Group: The Veterinary Surgery, Lower Road Trading Estate, Ledbury, 01531 632276.

Griffiths and Stoke: The Veterinary Surgery, The South End, Ledbury, 01531 633141.

Leominster: John Horlock and Associates: 40 Etnam Street, Leominster, 01568 612077.

Archenfield Veterinary Surgery, Archenfield Road, Ross-on-Wye, 01989

562115.

Voluntary Services

Herefordshire Community Council: PO Box 181, Hereford. 01981 250899.

Community Wheels (Community Transport Scheme): Paul Paice, Chapel Yard, Burgess Street, Leominster, 01568 615785.

Council for Voluntary Services (Ledbury and District): Geoff Knock, Salter's yard, Bye Street, Ledbury, 01531 636006.

Hereford Citizens Advocacy: 103-104 East Street, Hereford. 01432 263757.

Hereford Volunteer Centre: Co-ordinator, Angela Legg, 3 St Peter's Close, Hereford, 01432 343932; Pool Farm, Belmont Road, Hereford. 01432 383232.

Herefordshire Carers Support/Herefordshire Young Carers: Kathryn Billington, Mortimer House, Holmer Road, Hereford, 01432 356068.

Herefordshire Lifestyles: Richard Kelly, 15 St Owen Street, Hereford, 01432 277968.

Herefordshire Talking Newspaper: Mr John Bulbeck, 36 Widemarsh St, Hereford, 01981 540178

Hospital Voluntary Services: Mrs E Jones, Co-ordinator, County Hospital, Union Walk, Hereford. 01432 372970.

Relate (Herefordshire): Anna Collum, 1 Daws Rd, Hereford, 01743 344010.

Ring and Ride Transport: Steve, 01531 633503.

Society for Protection of Unborn Children: Miss Anthea Penfold, 44 Nursery Road, Ross-on-Wye, 01989 567559.

The Hereford Guild of Guides (guided walks), Mr RP Preece, 38 Loder Drive, Aylestone Hill, Hereford, 01432 266867.

TOC H: Sec. Hazel Hodges, 31 Holland Road, Leominster, 01568 612320.

The Witness Service, c/o The Magistrates' Court, Bath Street, Hereford, 01562 514130.

Victim Support, Herefordshire: PO Box 103, Leominster, HR6 8YG. 01432 346767.

Voluntary Action north Herefordshire: Barbara Parkinson, Chapel Yard, Burgess Street, Leominster, 01568 611099.

Volunteer Bureaux: Hereford 01432 343932; Bromyard 01885 482422; Leominster 01568 611098; Ledbury 01531 633760; Ross 01989 567653; Countywide 01432 342932.

Work Placements

Workmatch: 10-12 Venns Lane, Hereford, 01432 342379 or 265545.