Wirral Council's emergency contact details over the Christmas and New Year break include numbers for adult and children's social care, flooding, tree falls and any other council-related service.
Christmas bin collections:
Green and Grey bins - households which usually have their green and grey bins collected on Mondays and Tuesdays, the collection day changes will be as follows:
- Monday 25 December – collection now on Saturday 23 December
- Tuesday 26 December – collection now on Sunday 24 December
- Monday 1 January – collection now on Saturday 30 December
Residents are reminded to put bins out by 7am as bins could be emptied earlier than their normal collection time.
There are no scheduled changes to Wednesday, Thursday or Friday green and grey bin collections.
Other numbers and links you may need:
Health
- NHS Direct: call 111
- Arrowe Park Hospital: 01516785111
Utility companies
- United Utilities (water): 03456723723
- British Gas (gas): 0800111999
- SP Energy Networks (electricity): 105
Police and crime
- Merseyside Police (non emergency): 101
- Crimestoppers: 0800555111
- Victim Care Merseyside: 08081753080
- Wirral Council Anti Social Behaviour Team: 01516062020
Transport
- Merseytravel (and Christmas Travel guide below)
- National Rail
- Arriva
Housing and welfare
- Magenta Living: 08081009596
- Pension Credit: 0800 731 0469
- Winter Fuel payments: 0800 731 0160
- Streetlink (to report anyone homeless or sleeping rough (download the app or use the email address)
- Silverline (helpline for older people): 08004708090
- Childline: 08001111
- The Samaritans: 116123
- Domestic violence: 08082000247
Animal welfare: