Mashamshire Community Office provides a host of services from our small building in the old Police Station. From photocopying to shopping in the Blue Light Gallery, from Acorns Pre-School to the Community Library, from borrowing Jigsaws to PC access, and from Town Hall bookings to Tourism and ticket sales. The building is open to the public.
We are open for:
Masham Community Library – Restricted Browsing and Select & Collect (Mon-Fri 10am-12pm). As from the 2nd August 2021 we will be open 10:00am-12:30pm Tue, Thu-Sat. Monday and Wednesday we will be open all day 10:00am-3:00pm .
It’s Volunteers Week 2020 this week – an annual celebration and chance to say “thank you” for the contribution made by volunteers right across the UK. There was never a time to be more grateful and appreciate the value of volunteering than during this COVID-19 crisis.
Throughout the year, Mashamshire Community Office and Community Library depend on the experience and time, generously given, by its team of nearly 30 volunteers. But since the lockdown, an unprecedented number of volunteers have been needed to support folk who were self-isolating or shielded at home. The shout-out for Mashamshire volunteers in March didn’t disappoint – we now have 50-70 wonderful volunteers helping us out. Although our building is closed to the public, there has been lots to do…
With only 30 paid staff hours per week, this would not have been possible without our volunteers. We estimate that during lockdown, our Mashamshire volunteers are contributing at least 248 free voluntary hours each week! Amazing – thank you.
Of course, this isn’t the first time that Masham’s Volunteers have stepped up in a crisis either…. Over 200 year ago, word went out that Napoleon had invaded, and the Masham Volunteers rallied behind Captain William Danby of Swinton Park and marched out to meet the foreign invader. They got as far as Thirsk before they discovered that the beacons had been lit by mistake. It had all been a false alarm! Sadly, we can’t say the same for the current crisis!
How to get involved – now and for the future
All the efforts of Mashamshire volunteers so far have been appreciated and will still be very much needed as the recovery phase develops and beyond. As our community and our businesses begin to work out the new normal and how to repair the damage done by the crisis, Mashamshire Community Office will be there to help. If you would like to get involved by volunteering your time and experience now or longer term, please do get in touch –
Phone 01765 680200 or email info@visitmasham.com.
Read the latest news about Mashamshire Community Office and how we’re adapting to the changing needs of our community during these strange times. Click here to download the bulletin.
MASHAMSHIRE COMMUNITY OFFICE HELP
The Community Office has a list of over 70 volunteers in and around Masham who are available to help with shopping, prescription collection and any other issues. If you are self isolating and unable to go out for food or prescriptions for whatever reason, we can find a volunteer who can help you. If you are isolated at home and just want to feel a bit connected over the phone, we can find someone to chat to.
Please call 01765 680200 if you need help. We are open Mon-Fri, 10AM till 3PM
OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITY ACTIVITY
Groups of volunteers are coming together in many of Masham’s surrounding villages too. If you are initiating some activity to help in the current crisis, please let us know – email: info@visitmasham.com.
Here is a list summarising other community action and support. Click here to view.
More useful information is also listed on our Covid-19 Local Info Page here.
VOLUNTEERING CLARIFICATION
Our Masham Community Office crisis volunteers are local folk who have offered to help collecting prescriptions, shopping etc for ANYONE who is self isolating in our community. This might be because they, or a member of their household, has symptoms of Covid-19, or they may be isolating because their health makes them vulnerable, or they are over 70 and Boris has told them to stay indoors!
The NHS Volunteers are coordinated centrally by them with their focus exclusively on helping people whom the NHS has specifically identified as being vulnerable due to their health conditions – these people are “medically shielded”.
Of course there will be many volunteers who have volunteered for both the NHS and other organisations, but the Community Office volunteers are accessed and coordinated locally and are available to help anyone in the local community who is in need of support.
This page contains a summary of important info relating to Mashamshire in the current crisis. Though currently closed to the public, Mashamshire Community Office staff and volunteers aim to keep this page up to date with useful information. If you see anything that needs updating or wish to add anything please do let us know…
VOLUNTEERING IN MASHAMSHIRE
You can volunteer your time to support your community and help people who are self isolating by fetching prescriptions, food, dog walking or just calling for a chat. E-mail info@visitmasham.com
IF YOU NEED HELP IN MASHAMSHIRE
If you are self-isolating and unable to shop for food or get your prescriptions, please call Masham Community Office on 01765 680200. We can put you in touch with a local volunteer who is willing help. Even if it’s just a chat with someone if you’re feeling isolated, we can find someone with time on their hands!
If you don’t have money to pay for food, either because you don’t have enough or can’t access the money you have you can access emergency help you can call North Yorkshire County Council on 01609 780780 who can direct you to help.
OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITY ACTION GROUPS
We are maintaining a list of other local groups and contacts – click here to view the pdf.
STATUS OF LOCAL BUSINESSES IN MASHAMSHIRE
We are trying to maintain info on how local businesses are adapting to this lockdown. At the moment this is in development but hopefully we’ll have it soon.
AVAILABLE COMMUNITY FUNDING
We have also started to compile a list of potential funding sources during the crisis. Click here for the pdf containing the latest list.
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OTHER USEFUL LINKS:
Government Information and Guidance – click here.
Check if you have coronavirus symptoms – The NHS111 symptom checker is here: NHS111 Checker
The main North Yorkshire County Council website link is here:
https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/coronavirus-advice-and-information
The main Harrogate Borough Council Covid-19 Website link is here:
HBC Covid-19
Citizens Advice Contact Details reminder
Online advice is available
You can contact us by email on our website
Or you can call us and leave a message anytime, we will get back to you when we can:
Harrogate District – 01423 503591 or Craven District – 01756 457222
You may have received a letter from the NHS telling you that you’re clinically extremely vulnerable, or been contacted by your GP or hospital clinician. If this has not happened, contact your GP or clinician after you register with this service. You can find info and register for help here.
If you are not clinically vulnerable but are self isolating and need any help at all, you can always contact local volunteers at Mashamshire Community Office on 01765 680200.
As lids are not provided for recycling bins, please could residents try to weigh down their recycling with the bags of paper on top to stop items blowing out in the wind and help stop the spread of litter in the area? Thank you for your co-operation
The two volunteer lists in Masham have now been combined. The Masham Churches list of helpers with food and shopping has now come together with the list of people helping with prescription collections which is coordinated by Mashamshire Community Office. The combined list of over 70 volunteers around Masham and the surrounding villages are available to help with shopping, prescription collection and any other issues.
If you have volunteered with either group, you may be contacted either by the Church or Mashamshire Community Office to help someone in need near you.
Please call 01765 680200 if you need help.
There are also local volunteer groups emerging in surrounding villages – we will try and keep up with these on our Covid-19 Local Info Page here.
CLARIFICATION
NHS Volunteers are coordinated centrally by them and are focused on helping people who the NHS has specifically identified as being vulnerable due to their health conditions. The local volunteer groups above and coordinated locally and are available to help anyone in the local community who is in need of help.
STAY CONNECTED
With the help of some amazing volunteers, Mashamshire Community Office is communicating news facts and new initiatives to help people in Mashamshire stay connected, with information and with each other throughout this crisis. You can find info via the following:
Stay connected via email by signing up to our email list to receive regular newslettershere. Great info source at least twice a week!
You can access prior issues sent since the start of the crisis here.
Connect with local people and businesses by joining our Facebook Group, Mashamshire Life
Also news items listed on this website here.
KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE FACTS USING THESE RESOURCES.
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You can also find further useful links and information about local initiatives effecting Mashamshire during the crisis here.
This information will be kept updated by Mashamshire Community Office volunteers – big thank you to them!
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