Flooding Advice
Where to find further information:
New booklet - Your Watercourse: rights and roles:
For local weather information including weather warnings visit the Met Office
The Met Office’s Community Resilience website
To sign up for flood warnings: Sign up for flood warnings - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
For river, sea, groundwater and rainfall levels: River, sea, groundwater and rainfall levels
To find out more about preparing for flooding: www.gov.uk/prepare-for-flooding
Wessex Area Water Situation Reports. Monthly reports are produced on Gov.uk
Flood Re has been set up to help those households who live in a flood risk area find
affordable home insurance. For more information contact your insurer or visit:
www.floodre.co.uk
The National Flood Forum provide further advice and support at:
www.nationalfloodforum.org.uk
Flooding - Find out the answers to frequently asked questions: Flooding FAQ
For Property Flood Resilience (PFR) and Flood Plan templates:
BeFloodReady – Property Flood Resilience (PFR) | Helping Reduce Flood Risk
Communities Prepared: Flood warden booklets and online training:
https://www.communitiesprepared.org.uk/
Strawberry Line Cheddar Valley Branch is a group of local people seeking to link Rodney Stoke, Draycott and neighbouring communities with the existing Strawberry Line Multi-user path to allow safe, off-road travel between the villages and the towns to the East and West.
Please follow this link for more information and to get in touch with the group
Drug and Alcohol Advice
Somerset Drug and Alcohol Service
Somerset Drug and Alcohol Service (SDAS) | Turning Point (turning-point.co.uk)
What we offer
We have a range of support options, whether you would benefit from some brief advice to help you reduce the risks, or you require treatment to meet your goal of cutting down or becoming abstinent.
Harm reduction advice and resources (including needle exchange)
Overdose awareness training and naloxone supply
Clinical assessments for detoxification and substitute prescribing
Outreach and engagement (including street outreach, hostels and A&E)
Criminal Justice pathways (for community sentences and people leaving prison)
Women’s specialist workers
Family support and safeguarding
Youth engagement and workshops
Peer mentor opportunities and activities
Aftercare planning and support post-treatment
If you are ready to make the first step for positive change, we are ready for you.
Talk to a member of our team call us on 0300 303 8788 (phone lines open 24/7)
Email us SDAS@turning-point.co.uk
Our services are commissioned by Somerset Council and open to residents of Somerset and anyone registered with a GP surgery in Somerset.