Help and advice - Abingdon on Thames Town Council

ADHD Peer-to-Peer Support Group

A newly created Oxfordshire based ADHD peer-to-peer support group:

Whether you are an adult, parent/carer or a partner of an ADHDer diagnosed or undiagnosed, this is a support group for your ADHD journey.
In-person meetings every other week, alternating between the ‘Adult Journey and the Parent/Carer Journey’.
Meetings are held at: The Abingdon Bridge, 19 Bridge Street, Abingdon OX14 3HR
The adult journey is for adults 18 years and over who are navigating life with diagnosed or undiagnosed ADHD. It is also for partners and close friends of adult ADHDers who are looking for ways to help and support their loved ones.

The parent/carer journey is for adults 18 years and over who are navigating the education and/or home support for their diagnosed or undiagnosed ADHD children.

WhatsApp private group chat for daily support, questions and updates.

Facebook private group with a library of weblinks to supporting organisations, helpful information and members very own ideas, thoughts and hacks that have
worked for them.

Contact Details

To register your interest, book a place in the next meeting or to register to join the private chat groups, please use the following email. the.wandering.minds.collective@gmail.com

Kennington Memory Club

Welcome to Kennington Memory Club, Oxford, a Day Support Centre opened in 2018 for people living with Dementia. Located in Kennington, a village between Oxford and Abingdon, it serves an area of Oxfordshire that includes Abingdon and surrounding villages, as well as those to the South and West of Oxford.

Kennington Memory Club is a registered charity (no. 1179830).

MIND Abingdon Wellbeing Hub

Mental health and well being. Lots of activities in healthy, mindful living, crafts, arts, music.

Abingdon Carousel

Abingdon Carousel Family Centre provides a base from which all kinds of family services can operate, both our own and those provided by other organisations like the NHS. The centre will be for the use of all Abingdon residents.

Addiction Advocates

Addiction Advocates can help you to tackle drug addiction, alcohol addiction and gambling addiction and we also support people who need assistance with anxiety, mental health and depression.

Abingdon Foodbank

North Foodbank Centre & Warehouse: Christ Church, Northcourt Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PL. Open Tuesday & Friday 11am-1pm. Parking available on site, bus stop in walking distance.

South Foodbank Centre: c/o Preston Road Community Centre, Midget Close, Abingdon, OX14 5NR. Open Wednesday 1pm-2.30pm. Parking available on site, bus stop in walking distance.

We need support all year round. Easter, Harvest and Christmas collections are particularly welcome! Supported by companies locally including Waitrose, Co-op and Millets Farm. In need of more corporate support to boost our capacity for purchasing food and household items.

Abingdon Community Larder

Trinity Church Centre, Abingdon, OX14 1DB. Friday 10:00am–10:45am. The Larder will open at 9:30am for refreshments.

Abingdon Community Fridge

Abingdon Community Fridge fights food waste by redistributing surplus food.

HOST Abingdon

Host Abingdon is a group of people who want to open our hearts and, where possible, our homes to the needs of people who have lost everything and need sanctuary. We extend the warm hand of friendship to refugees and asylum seekers who urgently need our help.

St John Ambulance

Meet at 200 Caldecott Road, Abingdon-on-Thames. St John Ambulance 40 High Street, Kidlington OX5 2DN.