Winter Contacts

Published date : 24 December, 2021

My office will be functioning over the festive period (December 23 – January 3) for situations requiring urgent attention. You can call my office on 020 3545 2236 where a member of my team will be available to provide emergency support.

Please find below a list of emergency contact details of services open over the holidays. Please follow Covid-19 guidance and updates from the Scottish Government details of which you can find here: www.richardthomsonmp.com/covid

We wish you a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2022.

Main Contacts:

Police Scotland can be contacted on 101
For EMERGENCY SERVICES only call 999
In a power cut call 105
For a gas emergency call 0800 111 999
Follow Energy Networks on social media for more details on accessing help through winter regarding power outages or gas emergencies
Anything Covid-related contact the Grampian Covid-19 Assistance Hub at www.gcah.org.uk/ or call 0808 196 3384
Older constituents can access information on support for wellbeing at www.ageuk.org.uk/winter
For urgent medical need, contact NHS24 on 111
For mental health support services, contact Samaritans on 116 123 for 24/7 assistance, or contact Breathing Space on 0800 83 85 87
To contact Refuge’s National Domestic Abuse Helpline call 0808 2000 247 or use the live chat Mon-Fri 3-10pm: https://bit.ly/3e8xmHG

Local authority contacts:

Aberdeen City Council - out of hours contacts
- Flooding team - 03000 200 292
Aberdeenshire Council - out of hours contacts
- Housing repairs - 03456 08 12 03
- Homelessness - 03456 08 12 03
- Social work - 03456 08 12 06
- Flood warnings - 03456 08 12 05

British Telecom (BT) - 0800 200 151 from a landline or 0330 123 4151
National Grid Emergency Line - 0800 111 999
SSE Power Distribution - 0800 300 999
Scottish Water - 0800 077 8778

If you require the assistance of a foodbank:

Aberdeen

Aberdeen North Foodbank: 01224 651000

Aberdeen Cyrenians - 62 Summer Street: 0300 030 0903

Aberdeen North Foodbanks: CACHOP and The Mission Church will be open as normal. Tillydrone Community Centre will reopen on 3rd January. Trinity Church will be open from 7th January. If you cannot visit one of the open centres, contact 01224 518936 and leave a message or email [email protected]

Aberdeenshire

Inverurie: 07967 364600

Huntly: 07479 954746

Ellon: 07562 914986

A full list of opening times and locations of Aberdeenshire North foodbanks open during the festive period can be found here - https://aberdeenshirenorth.foodbank.org.uk/locations/

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