Essex County Council provides a range of services to care for and protect the people who live in the Braintree District, making it a safer and better place for everyone. They provide services to support children and their families, elderly people and adults and children with learning disabilities, physical disabilities or mental health needs. Click on the links below to access the ECC website for further information:

- Fostering and adoption

- Getting a community care service

- Looking after your health

- Services for children and young people

Further help is available from the voluntary sector; please contact - Braintree District Voluntary Support Agency (tel. 01376 550507) for further information. Alternatively, contact your - local Citizen's Advice Bureaux for more help in finding the most appropriate organisation.

The local Braintree District Social Services office is:

Braintree Social Services
Tabor House
5 Coggeshall Road
Braintree
Essex
CM7 6DB

Tel: (01376) 555400