Community support

Blackthorn Trust is a charity which provides medical care, specialist therapies and rehabilitation through work placements within Blackthorn Garden. It aims to help people living with mental, physical and learning disabilities. The diverse range of activities offered enable you to acquire new skills and gain confidence to better deal with challenges.…

West Kent Crossroads Care supports people who look after someone. If you are providing care or support to a family member or friend because they are ill, elderly, frail or have a physical or learning disability, the service can help. Crossroads Care aims to help you…

Involve empowers, engages, supports and mobilises the community to enhance the quality of life for local people Involve is a charity working at the heart of the community in Maidstone and beyond offering a range of services to enhance the quality of life for local people. Our…

The rough sleeper team is based in Canterbury and Maidstone and works throughout Kent. Outreach workers will undertake street outreach sessions to locate people who are homeless. We will respond to any calls notifying us of people sleeping rough. We are also trying to prevent…

We offer an information and advice service at the Riverside Centre for older people in the Dover area as well as the following: Hot meals and snacks, Monday to Saturday Transport available from the town and rural areas Bathing services Toenail cutting Hairdressing Hearing aid…

Dimensions in the South region provides a range of personalised support services for people and achieves great outcomes based on our commitments to personalisation.  We are experienced in developing and providing innovative support for people with complex needs and challenging behaviour and we are highly…

Supported living is a way of helping adults with learning disabilities to have the opportunity to live as independently as possible. If you do not want to live in residential care, but you would not be able to cope on your own at home, then…

The Equality and Human Rights Commission is an independent body aiming to eliminate discrimination. The Commission offers information and advice on: Your rights as a user of public services Housing Travel Adjustments for people with a disability Dealing with discrimination

The National Federation of Occupational Pensioners (NFOP) provides help and support to company pensioners via a number of member benefits and services.  It currently has just short of 80,000 members with 170 local groups across the country. Membership is available to anyone in the U.K.…

The purpose of the Trust is the preservation and maintenance of the fabric and curtilage of fourteen medieval churches, with an additional interest expressed in the remains of four ruined churches . The churches all lie south and east of the Royal Military Canal, one…