Westbury and District Link Scheme
Westbury and District Link Scheme

Who can use Link?

  • Elderly and disabled people living locally who are unable to use public transport and have no one else they can call on
  • People who need help to get out and about
  • Anyone who has difficulty getting to appointments, or to go shopping
  • Those in areas with poor transport links 
  • People with a disability

Link can help with...

TRANSPORT TO:

  • Doctors and opticians
  • Hospital or dental appointments
  • Visit friends and relatives who are in hospital or housebound

SHOPPING:

  • Taking you to the shops in Westbury
  • Doing your shopping for you if you can't manage it.

PRACTICAL TASKS (as long as a volunteer is available):

  • Changing library books
  • Collecting a prescription
  • Small household tasks (eg changing a lightbulb)

If you need help, call...

01373 859669

 

Your call will be answered by a coordinator who will take details of your request, then contact a volunteer to help you; they will then phone you back to confirm the arrangement.

Please tell the coordinator if you have any special needs - for example if you use a walking frame or wheelchair, or want a companion to come with you; and if possible give us some idea of how long your appointment will take.

 

** NEW!! **

 

You can now also book via email, by completing the form below and including the details shown below.

 

Please give at least 3 working days' notice if you can!

Booking by email:

 

Click on this link to send your email to book@westburylink.co.uk

 

Please check that you have included 

 - your name and telephone number

 - the destination

 - the date and time of the appointment

 

*PLEASE NOTE THAT WE REQUIRE AT LEAST 3 WORKING DAYS' NOTICE

 

The next coordinator on duty will contact you as soon as possible after you send this request, to check the information and enter the details on the booking system.

 

Westbury Link Scheme -

for help with transport, shopping and other practical assistance -

please phone

 

01373 859669

 

Our phone lines are usually open Monday to Friday 9am-1pm. 

 

OR

 

** NEW!!  **

 

Send an email at any time - see details by pressing the button below

 

THE NEXT COFFEE MORNING WILL BE ON THURSDAY

7 DECEMBER 2023 - 

SEE YOU THERE!!

 

THE MONTHLY COFFEE MORNING IS HELD ON THE FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH IN THE HALL OF

WEST END BAPTIST CHURCH,

WEST END,

WESTBURY

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10:00 - 11:30 am

 

Westbury and District Link Scheme is a registered charity.

Registration no: 1069754

The Annual General Meeting will be held on the first Thursday

of October 2024

10:30-11:00 am

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Here is a copy of the Chairman's report for AGM 2023

22-23 AGM report.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [419.9 KB]

For our volunteers - please check out what is on the "Volunteers" tab!

Last updated 201123

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