{"id":37769,"date":"2022-12-20T15:18:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T15:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=37769"},"modified":"2022-12-20T15:18:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T15:18:31","slug":"christmas-greetings-opening-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/christmas-greetings-opening-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas greetings &#038; opening hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-37771 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/WAMES-xmas-2022.png?resize=300%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/WAMES-xmas-2022.png?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/WAMES-xmas-2022.png?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/WAMES-xmas-2022.png?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/180;\" \/>Seasons greetings from all at WAMES<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>WAMES is run by volunteers, many of whom have ME or care for us. We\u00a0 will be taking some time off over the festive period so we can start the new year refreshed (hopefully!).<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>WAMES helpline hours<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"mailto:helpline@wames.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">helpline@wames.org.uk<\/a><br \/>\n0290 2051 5061<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Closed<\/strong>: 23 December &#8211; 2 January<br \/>\n<strong>Reopen<\/strong>: 3rd January<br \/>\nFeel free to email queries and we will reply as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Alternative sources of help<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritans.org\/wales\/how-we-can-help\/contact-samaritan\/talk-us-phone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Samaritans<\/a> can be contacted for emotional support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">English &#8211; 116 123 &#8211; free number (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)<br \/>\nCymraeg\u00a0&#8211; 0808 164 0123 &#8211; free number (7pm-11pm &#8211; check times on the website)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meiccymru.org\/get-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meic Cymru<\/a> &#8211; Children and young people up to age 25 can also contact Meic by phone, email, SMS text and instant messaging.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-19028 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/meic-logo.png?resize=197%2C86&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"86\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/meic-logo.png?w=197&amp;ssl=1 197w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/meic-logo.png?resize=150%2C65&amp;ssl=1 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 197px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 197\/86;\" \/>8am to midnight, 7 days a week<br \/>\nFREEPHONE: 0808 802 3456<br \/>\nSMS TEXT: 84001<br \/>\nIM\/Webchat: www.meic.cymru.org<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecalmzone.net\/how-to-get-through-anxious-xmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CALM<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecalmzone.net\/how-to-get-through-anxious-xmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-37772 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/CALM.jpg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/CALM.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/CALM.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/CALM.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/CALM.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 200\/200;\" \/><\/a> &#8211; Campaign against living miserably &#8211; 365 days a year<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>Helpline 5am to midnight<br \/>\nFreephone: 0800585858<br \/>\nWebchat: www.thecalmzone.net\/<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seasons greetings from all at WAMES &nbsp; WAMES is run by volunteers, many of whom have ME or care for us. We\u00a0 will be taking some time off over the festive period so we can start the new year refreshed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/christmas-greetings-opening-hours\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-9Pb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37769"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37777,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37769\/revisions\/37777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}