Mid Devon Mobility – ‘Keeping Our Isolated Community Connected’

It is a well-known fact that COVID19 is the biggest health crisis we have experienced for generations which has had a major impact on the vulnerable people in our community.  Loneliness and isolation are awful feelings at any point of your life, especially when you have the additional worry of how you are going to get essential items and the financial burden of not being able to work. With a lot of the world trying to return back to more ‘normal’ times, people are forgetting there are still many people having to self-isolate and who are struggling.

The project ‘Keeping Our Isolated Community Connected’ will have an immediate benefit for ANYBODY who is having to isolate through a very difficult period in their lives. If you/or someone you know is having to isolate due to COVID19 and is struggling to get essential services, please get in contact with the MDM team on the telephone number below. The services within the project include:

• Shopping Delivery – ensuring people are able to obtain the essential items they need. The order will be taken over the telephone through to our coordinator (Max 20 Items), who will pass on to the driver to do the shopping and deliver to the client’s doorstep.
• Prescription Collection & Delivery – will be delivered in the same way as above, ensuring people are able to obtain their essential medications.  (small delivery charge)  
• Hot Food Delivery – Delivering hot food directly to the doors of isolating people. (Free Delivery in Tiverton – food only charge) 
• Telephone Befriending – a team of volunteers will contact anybody needing to receive regular, friendly phone calls to people who are struggling to cope with the loneliness caused by the isolation. (FREE Service) 
• Activity Boxes – boxes containing weekly themed activities which will be delivered directly to people’s doors to help alleviate the isolation boredom and provide a ‘talking point’ to share with friends/family/volunteer befrienders.  (small delivery charge)  
• I-Pad Isolation Connection – group Zoom sessions organised and hosted by our Coordinator, which may include a quiz or just a good old chat and catch, giving the opportunity to share experiences and help each other through the isolation.  (FREE Service) 
• Dog Walking – organized and set up by the Coordinator who will allocate a volunteer to provide a regular dog walking service.

Please just give the team a call on 01884 242099 if you would like any more information or to book a service.

** VOLUNTEERS NEEDED ** – Alternatively, if you are the sort of person who likes to help others and have some spare time on your hands or know somebody who might be interested in volunteering, please do get in touch with today!