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TENTERDEN SOCIAL HUB & DEMENTIA CENTRE


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Advice & Support for Elderly People, Mental Health and Wellbeing Advice & Support, Transport Services, Digital Inclusion & Skills, Community Services, Physical Wellbeing Advice & Support

Description

Tenterden Social Hub & Dementia Centre provides a range of services at our Social Hub and in our members' homes, so that they can continue to enjoy life and live independently. Our groups and services are: 60+ Group, Dementia Groups, Disability Hub, Daily fresh meals service, Helping Hands at home service, Meals on Wheels, Door-to-door accessible transport, Chiropody and Osteopathy. Conveniently located in central Tenterden, the Social Hub is a great place to make new friends, enjoy a freshly cooked meal and take part in a selection of activities and local outings.

TENTERDEN SOCIAL HUB & DEMENTIA CENTRE, Church Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6AT

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tenterdensocialhub.org/

Sheppey Matters


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Advice & Support for Elderly People, Food Advice & Support, Mental Health and Wellbeing Advice & Support, Family Services, Addiction Advice & Support, Transport Services, Volunteering Services, Digital Inclusion & Skills, Community Services, Physical Wellbeing Advice & Support, Additional Needs & Learning Disabilities Support Services, Financial Vulnerability Advice & Support

Description

Sheppey Matters is a health and wellbeing charity that supports the residents of the Island. We coordinate a wide range of community activities at Sheppey Healthy Living Centre and across the Isle of Sheppey. Our projects include: Sheppey Wheels - Community Transport, Legacy - Providing befriending support to the over 60's, Inspire Me - building confidence within our community, Well-Life - bringing together cooking, gardening and physical activity, Miles and Smiles - an accessible minibus that supports residents to medical and social appointments for those that are disabled, Sheppey FM - 92.2 community radio station and the Sheppey Healthy Living Centre - providing room hire, accommodating initiatives that encompass health and wellbeing in its broadest sense. ADHD Sheppey - Providing support for parents, carers and children. Eastchurch Community Hub - a group that meets on a Wednesday to craft, chat, socialise and learn.

Sheppey Matters, Sheppey Healthy Living Centre, Off the Broadway, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 1HH

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www.sheppeymatters.org.uk/

Kent Coast Volunteering


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Advice & Support for Elderly People, Mental Health and Wellbeing Advice & Support, Transport Services, Volunteering Services, Community Services, Physical Wellbeing Advice & Support

Description

1) We support people to find volunteering opportunities across Dover district, Folkestone & Hythe and Thanet, we share volunteering opportunities on behalf of volunteer-involving organisations (VIOs) i.e. charities, community groups and CICs operating in these areas. We often say we are like a job centre for volunteering. We also support VIOs by bringing them together for Networking and Knowledge sessions, and with bespoke best practice training and resources on the topic of volunteering. At the time of writing this listing, we also run two-in house projects to help alleviate loneliness and isolation, support health and wellbeing - and to support our local health services. 2) A Community Transport Service across Dover district, Folkestone & Hythe and Thanet, with volunteer drivers taking isolated older people who cannot use public transport to essential medical appointments - and where possible to social appointments. This is a membership service. We are always looking for new drivers across all areas. 3) A befriending service across Dover district, Folkestone & Hythe and Thanet. This is called the Good Neighbours Service and usually involves a volunteer befriender making a weekly visit to an isolated older person for tea and a chat. Please check our website to see which areas are taking external referrals and where we need volunteers.

Kent Coast Volunteering, 3 Park Street, Deal, Kent, CT14 6AG

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www.kcv.org.uk/

Compaid


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Advice & Support for Elderly People, Employability Support, Transport Services, Digital Inclusion & Skills, Additional Needs & Learning Disabilities Support Services

Description

Compaid supports disabled, older and other disadvantaged people in and around Kent to realise their potential, helping them to overcome the barriers of social, digital and economic exclusion. We are able to support a range of people, from those with a physical or learning disability, to others with mental health and/or age related conditions. Our team of skilled and dedicated staff and volunteers provide digital skills training, employability support and accessible transport across Kent and Medway, Our services are person-centred. We work with each individual to understand their needs and aspirations, tailoring our services to meet these.

Unit 1 Eastlands, Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, Kent, TN12 6BU

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www.compaid.org.uk/

Ashford Volunteer Centre - Community Car Scheme


Categories

Transport Services, Volunteering Services

Description

We provide a community transport scheme for adults living in the Borough of Ashford who do not have the use of a car and have difficulty using public transport to get to medical and other essential appointments.

Berwick House, 8 Elwick Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1PF

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ashfordvc.org.uk/services

Ashford Volunteer Centre


Categories

Advice & Support for Elderly People, Mental Health and Wellbeing Advice & Support, Information, Guidance & Support for Carers, Transport Services, Volunteering Services, Community Services

Description

We provide a range of services, training opportunities and a friendly volunteer service, helping those who wish to volunteer to find opportunities, and supporting local organisations who wish to find volunteers. In addition we run projects in the district of Ashford, such as a befriending project for elderly people, volunteer transport scheme, DBS service, room hire, mens shed and hospital care navigator service.

Berwick House, 8 Elwick Road, Ashford, Kent, TN231PF

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www.ashfordvc.org.uk/

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