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Your Town/Area - West Somerset
The following is a guide to selected agencies and organisations operating in towns in Somerset.
Click on an area for further information.
Accomodation, Connexions Centres, Council Services, Family & Children's Centres, Young People's Health Clinics, Hospitals, Job Centres, Leisure and Arts, Libraries, Mind, Police Stations, Social Services, Turning Point, Volunteer Bureaux and CVS, West Somerset Advice Bureau, Youth Centres
West Somerset (includes Dulverton, Minehead, Watchet, Williton)
Accommodation
| |  | West Somerset District Council (Housing advice line), 37 Bleinheim Road, Minehead, TA24 5PS 01643 703 704 | | | | Stonham Housing, Lambrook House, Tregonwell Road, Minehead TA24 5DU |
Connexions Centres
| | | Minehead Vennlands Centre, Vennlands Centre, Ponsford Road, Minehead, TA24 5DX 01643 701900 |
Council Services
| | | Somerset County Council www.somerset.gov.uk
0845 345 9166 | | | | West Somerset District Council www.westsomersetonline.gov.uk
01643 703704 |
Family & Children's Centres
| | | Alcombe Children's Centre, Stephenson Road, Minehead TA24 5EB 01643 700030 | | | | Dulverton Children's Centre, All Saints C of E School, Fishers Mead, Dulverton TA22 9EN 01398 324360 | | | | Little Vikings Children's Centre, Knight's Templar Community School, Liddymore Road, Watchet TA23 OEX 01984 633655 | | | | Williton Children's Centre, Little Horse Shoe, Killick Way, Williton TA4 4QA 01984 635980 |
Young People's Health Clinics
The following services are confidential even if you are under 16. They all provide a minimum level of contraceptive and sexual health advice and treatment.
 Look out for the RESPECT logo which is an award given to health services for the quality of service they offer to young people. Matters such as confidentiality, trust, friendliness of staff, suitability of information are all assessed.
| | | Minehead Clinic (Tuesdays 6.15pm - 8.15pm), Outpatients Department, Minehead Hospital TA24 5LY 01643 707251 | | | | Williton Surgery, Robert Street, Williton TA4 4QE 01984 623701 Phone for appointments or pick up condoms at reception. | | | | Watchet Surgery, 55 Swain Street, Watchet. Call 01984 624365 for appointments or pick up condoms at reception. | | | | West Somerset Community College (Mondays 12.30pm - 1.30pm) Open to students and non-students - term time only. Sports Centre, West Somerset Community College, Alcombe, Minehead, TA24 6AY 01643 708815 |
Hospitals - *Casualty Unit, **Minor Injuries Unit (not necessarily 24 hours)
| | | **Minehead Hospital, The Avenue, Minehead, TA24 5LY 01643 707251 |
Jobcentres
| | | Minehead Jobcentre Plus, 17 The Avenue, Minehead, TA24 5XZ 01643 435800 |
Leisure & Arts
| | | Arts Development, Artlife (West Somerset), Exmoor Business Centre, Tregonwell Road, Minehead TA24 5DU 01643 704661 | | | | Leisure and Community Services Officer, West Somerset District Council, 20 Fore Street, Williton TA4 4QA 01643 703704 |
Libraries - to contact all local libraries contact Libraries Direct 0845 3459177
| | | Local libraries in Dulverton, Minehead, Porlock, Watchet, Williton |
Mind www.mindtws.org.uk
| | | Mind in Taunton & West Somerset, The Market Building, Canal Road, Taunton TA1 1PN 01823 276892 |
Police Stations - to contact all local police stations 0845 456 7000. In emergency ring 999.
| | | Dulverton Police Station and Community Information Centre, 4 Exmoor Gardens, Dulverton, TA22 9HL | | | | Minehead Police Station, Townsend Road, Minehead, TA24 5RF | | | | Williton Police Station, Priest Street, Williton, TA4 4NJ |
Social Services - to contact all local Social Services (Children's Social Care) offices 0845 3459122
Turning Point
| | | Visit Minehead once a week. For venue and visiting times contact 01823 328463 |
Volunteer Bureaux and CVS (See Volunteering for further contacts)
| | | West Somerset CVS, 7 Quirke Street, Minehead, TA24 5TZ 01643 707484 |
West Somerset Advice Bureau
| | | West Somerset Advice Bureau, Market House Lane, Minehead, TA24 5NW 01643 704624 |
Youth Centres
For further information on local youth centres,clubs and projects contact Someset County Youth Service 01823 447120 www.somersetyouth.co.uk
| | | West Somerset Office, Unit 1a South Rd Ind Est, South Road, Watchet, TA23 0HF 01984 633964 |
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