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Contact Centre: Essential maintenance 6-7 December 2025

Essential maintenance work will be carried out on the Customer Contact Centre phone numbers on the weekend of the 6 and 7 of December 2025. This means that all Contact Centre numbers, including 01824 706000, may experience some disruption during this time. We apologise for this inconvenience.

You can report problems about a variety of things on our 'Report a problem' web page and you can find out a wealth of information on our website.


If you need to make a payment or have a question about a Council service, you can phone our Contact Centre between 8:30am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.

Single Point of Access (SPOA)

If you have any concerns about the welfare of a resident, please contact the Single Point of Access (SPOA) on 0300 456 1000.

Find out more about SPOA

Out of hours emergencies

Social services: 0345 053 3116

All other services: 0300 123 30 68

Please note that calls may be recorded for training and quality purposes.