Pewsey & District Link Service

This volunteer organisation serving the local villages offers transportation and practical help:

Transportation:

  • Hospital Appointments & Visiting
  • Doctor, Clinic & Surgery Appointments
  • Visits to the Chiropodist, Optician or Dentist
  • Visits to the Vet
  • Transport to the Hairdresser, Shops, etc.,
  • Lifts to the Library

Practical Help:

  • Collecting prescriptions or pensions
  • Shopping for the housebound
  • Changing library books
  • Occasional help with small jobs in the house or garden
  • Befriending

Pewsey & District Link are happy to receive enquiries from people personally or through neighbours, doctors, social workers etc., provided that all requests for help are made via the Co-ordinator on the Pewsey Link Helpline 01672 564 930.

If the Co-ordinator is not available, you can leave a message (with your name and telephone number and details of your request) on the answer phone. Please give a minimum of 48 hours notice whenever possible of hospital and other appointments. Although there are no set charges, clients are asked to make a donation, if they can, to help defray the costs of fuel, phone, postage etc. the suggested rate is 45p a mile.