Information and advice
Home-Start Sittingbourne & Sheppey
Home-Start Sittingbourne & Sheppey provides a unique service responding directly to families’ individual needs providing a lasting and positive impact on the development of children, and health and welfare of families. A carefully selected volunteer, who has parenting experience, will regularly visit a family, in their…
Sanctuary Supported Living
Sanctuary Supported Living offer housing related floating support, which is a free service, funded by Commissioned Services at Kent County Council and the support can last up to 1 year. The service is available to anyone aged 16 and over in Kent who has a…
Alumina
Alumina is a free, online 7 week course for young people struggling with self-harm. Each course has up to 14 young people, all accessing the sessions from their own phones, tablets or laptops across the UK. The courses take place on different evenings of the…
Shaw Trust
Employability and Skills Employability is central to Shaw Trust. Supporting people into the workplace, especially those with complex needs is a vital service – valuable to individuals, families, communities, businesses and the economy. Careers support helps people improve their life chances as they enter and…
SOBS
SOBS (Survivors Of Bereavement by Suicide) is a self-help, voluntary organisation helping those who have been bereaved or affected by suicide. If you have been bereaved or affected by suicide at any point, there is help available and you do not have to be alone. SOBS…
ARD Therapies Ltd
ARD Therapies is a specialist eating disorder service that provides face to face and zoom one to one input. We can support you towards recovery from any type of eating disorder. With our compassionate and understanding approach, we use a range of psychological and practical…
Catching Lives - Canterbury Open Centre
Catching Lives is an independent charity which is dedicated to supporting people who are homeless and vulnerable in Canterbury. Some of the services offered include: breakfast, lunch, referrals to agencies including local food banks use of washing machines and tumble dryers (detergent is supplied) access to…
Mind - South Kent
South Kent Mind offers a varied programme of activities and groups which aim to promote good mental health in a friendly informal and safe environment. Our programme includes social activities, music, conservation and Person-Centred Planning (PCP). Every month we publish on our website, a Wellbeing…
Trans Gender Peer Associates Limited (TGPALS)
TGPALS offers confidential peer mentoring, post-op buddy service and life coaching to transgender, transexual, gender assigned incongruent, transvestite, cross-dresser, intersex, gender questioning or any actual or perceived gender variance. Families and partners are also warmly welcomed. TGPALS also offers Advocacy. Sometimes you may feel you…
Mum2Mum - The Princess Project
The aim of Mum2Mum is to offer friendship and support to mums aged 16-30. Mums are matched with one of our team of volunteer befrienders (who are all mums themselves) who will meet with them on a one-to-one basis at least once a fortnight. Parenting can be a challenge-…