When you visit Central Bedfordshire Council’s website (www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk) you would hard pressed to find telephone numbers to contact council officers. This is why I have created this handy list of those all important telephone numbers as you council should be be accessible by all communication means. Here are those number:
Customer Services – 0300 303 8301 – Customer Services should be able to direct you to the right person to speak to within Central Bedfordshire Council.
However, for your convenience here are a selection of direct numbers for various Central Bedfordshire Council Departments:
- Advice Central – Housing, Benefits, Disabilities, Consumers, Employment and more – 0300 300 6666
- Adult Care – services for older people – 0300 300 8303 (including Home Care – 0300 300 8303, Residential Care/care homes – 0300 300 8303, Carers’ helpline – 0300 300 8036)
- Ampthill Library – 0300 300 8053
- Antisocial Behaviour – 0300 300 8302
- Benefits – 0300 300 8306 (including Macmillan Welfare Rights Service – 0300 300 8145)
- Bin Collections – 0300 300 8302
- Bus Passes – 0300 300 8308
- Business Advice and Support – 0300 300 8307 (including Business Rates – 0300 300 8011)
- Children’s services – 0300 300 8304 (including Children with disabilities – 0300 300 8314, Young carers – 0300 111 1919, Youth support – 0300 300 8352 & Parental support – 0300 300 8585)
- Complaints and comments – 0300 300 8301
- Council Tax/Housing Benefit (including discounts and exemptions) – 0300 300 8306
- Housing advice and support – 0300 300 8302 (including Council Housing repairs – 0800 074 0263, Homeless advice – 0300 300 4370 – out of hours – 0300 300 8098, If you are the owner of a property which may be cold, unsafe, in disrepair or lacking basic amenities, contact 0300 300 8767 for advice and possible financial assistance depending on your circumstances including older person or disabled)
- Noise Pollution – 0300 300 8302
- Planning – 0300 300 8307
- Roads, Pavements & Potholes – 0300 300 8049
Schools – 0300 300 8304 (including Free School Meals – 0300 300 8306, School Transport – 0300 300 8339 & Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) – 0300 300 8585) - Social Services – Adults – 0300 300 8303 & Children – 0300 300 8304
- Street Lights – 0300 300 8049
- Trading Standards – 0300 300 8307
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