Support groups in the area for you and your family

Age Concern New Forest

Age Concern New Forest aim to provide a range of services that:

• Encourage older people to take part in suitable activities for the many fit and active older people in the area.
• Provide and encourage social contact and friendship for all older people.
• Help to plan the services that older people want and need. Aim to ensure that local Council and Heath Authority know what older people require.
• Encourage older people to become involved in supporting local projects.

Website: www.ageconcernnewforest.org.uk
Tel: 023 8084 1199
Address: Southward House, Beaulieu Road, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton, SO45 4PT

Scope: Equality for disabled people

Scope’s online community is a supportive space where disabled people, their friends and families can chat to people with similar experiences. Once you’ve registered, you can join any discussion or start your own group. Discussion groups cover all sorts of topics, from sex and relationships to socialising.

The virtual coffee lounge is an informal space where you can chat about hobbies, sports, movies, cooking or anything else that interests you.

Website: community.scope.org.uk/

The Dementia Care Hub - Totton

Address: Totton and Eling Community Centre, Totton, SO40 3AP

Support, advice and dementia care training from 10:30 – 12:30 on Mondays (apart from the 4th Monday each month).

Website: www.dementiacarehub.org

Contact Jo Nutt:

• Phone: 07762 557449
• Email: jo.nutt@dementiacarehub.org

General Email: info@dementiacarehub.co.uk

Hythe Huddle

Cornerstone Hythe URC, New Rd., Hythe, SO45 6BR

1st Wednesday of each month, 2pm-4pm

Tel: 02380 207623
Email: office.fm.hrc@gmail.com

Lyndhurst Café

Lyndhurst Baptist Church Hall, Chapel Lane, Lyndhurst SO43 7FG  

1st Thursday of each month, 1.30pm - 3.30pm

Tel: 023 8028 2378
Email: hello@memoryworks.org.uk

Totton Café

Trinity Church, Hazel Farm, Totton SO40 8WU

3rd Thursday of each month, 1.30pm - 3.30pm

Tel: 023 8029 2046

Fenwick Donut Café

Fenwick 2, Pikes Hill, Lyndhurst SO42 7NG 

3rd Friday of each month, 10.30am - 12.00noon

Tel: 07867 505567

Memory Works Group 

Totton Three Score Club, Library Road, Totton, Hampshire, SO40 3RS

Cognitive Stimulation Therapy sessions – must be booked in advance.

Every Wednesday 10.30am -11.30am 

Tel: 07590 503210
Email: hello@memoryworks.org.uk

Parkinson's UK: New Forest Group Meeting

Monthly on the third Thursday, from 14:00 until 16:00 (These meetings do not run in December.)

We offer information, friendship and support to local people with Parkinson's, their families and carers. We also organise regular events and social activities. Join us - and meet other people affected by Parkinson's in your area.

Primary contact: Martin Hall-Patch - New Forest Chair
Tel: 07595 927299
Email: chairman@parkinsonsnewforest.org
Website: www.parkinsonsnewforest.org

Totton Carers Café

Testvale Surgery, 12 Salisbury Road, Totton SO40 3PY 

3rd Wednesday of each month, 1.30pm - 3.30pm

Email: admin@carerstogether.org.uk

Diabetes UK Support group

The Hampshire Paediatric Diabetes Group is a friendly group that supports young people with Type 1 Diabetes and their families & carers in North and West Hampshire. We provide support, continuing education and networking events for the newly diagnosed and for approximately 150 young people with Type 1 diabetes (age 0-22) predominantly under the care of the consultant paediatricians, Dr.Hind,Dr. Priesemann and Dr. Williams and their paediatric teams.

Contact: Gavin Moir
Tel: 07748645198
Website: Diabetes UK Support

Dibden Allotments Fund

A local Charity providing support to individuals living in the Parishes of Hythe, Dibden, Fawley and Marchwood, in the County of Hampshire, who find themselves in NEED, HARDSHIP or DISTRESS and to Organisations with similar values working in the area.

Website: www.daf-hythe.org.uk
Tel: 023 8084 1305
Address: 7 Drummond Court, Prospect Place, Hythe, Southampton S045 6HD

Headway Southampton

Headway Southampton is a local charity based in Totton, that offers support, advice and rehabilitation services to adults with an acquired brain injury.

Their mission is to improve the lives and promote the independence of local brain injury survivors. To provide support and advice to their families, friends and carers and to raise awareness of the life changing effects of brain injury.

Website: www.headway-southampton.org.uk
Tel: 02380 862948

Totton Allotments and Gardens Association

Allotments Association is an active association for allotment gardeners in the Totton and surrounding area, with over 600 members on four sites.

An allotment plot is not all hard work. It is great for healthy exercise in the fresh air; a place to relax and unwind and a place to meet people with similar interests.

Website: tottonallotments.org.uk
Tel: 023 8066 7759

Totton and District Three Score Club

A members' club where the over-60s can meet for social & recreational activities, as well as occasional day trips and holidays. These activities are low key in nature so that all may enjoy them.

The Club is located in Totton between the Library and the Council Offices, next to the car park. Activities take place on weekdays, so if interested, drop in.

Website: www.threescoreclub.org.gridhosted.co.uk
Address: Library Road, Totton, Hampshire, SO40 3RS
Tel: 02380 865355

Totton Stroke Support Group

The Totton Stroke Support Group tries to help all our group members in many activities including social and communication support, outings, meals, games and quizzes, and musical events.

As a 'Time to Talk' group, they place a great deal of emphasis on getting people to talk, both in one-to-one situations, group discussions and personal presentations - which is not easy!

This group meets weekly, on Wednesdays from 1.30pm to 3.30pm.

Website: www.stroke.org.uk/totton-stroke-support-group
Address: Totton and Eling Community Centre, Library Road, Totton, SO40 3AP
Contact Steve Parker: 07833 353351

Waterside Foodbank

Part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. Waterside Foodbank provides three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people.

Website: waterside.foodbank.org.uk
Address: 193-195 Hampton Lane, Blackfield, Southampton, Hampshire, SO45 1XA
Tel: 07768 713329
Email: info@waterside.foodbank.org.uk

Youth and Families Matter

Aim: To meet the increasing needs of children, young people and families through support, training and education.

Vision: To see the growth of wellbeing in our community: relationally, emotionally, practically and spiritually. In practise this means we support individuals – enabling the development of relational and personal skills, promoting safety and facilitating positive contributions to others in our community.

Website: www.youthandfamiliesmatter.org.uk
Tel: 023 8086 0320