Diversity House

The charity aims to promote community integration, re-integration, social inclusion and cohesion within the Swale and Kent communities. It is our belief that individuals, regardless of their race, ethnicity, age, gender etcetera, should be treated with dignity, respect and adequate opportunities to access services within the community. The charity offers a holistic and person-centred package of care and support for our service-users on issues such as debt management, housing, employment, education, health, and business opportunities. We also run special interest groups, projects, lectures and symposia aimed at informing, educating, inspiring and challenging people in Kent into self-reliance and self-actualisation.

Social Enterprise Kent CIC

Training courses, Business Support, Social Supermarket, Employability Support, School Events, Social Value support, Cost of Living support, Social Prescribing, Cancer Awareness, Energy & Digital Awareness & Wellbeing, Volunteering Opportunities,

Age UK Kent Rivers - Faversham

Independent Living Services, Wellbeing Services and Specialist Dementia Support Services. Independent Living Services include: Gardening, Handyperson, Hot Meals Delivery and Hands 2 Help (cleaning, shopping & collection and transport). Wellbeing Services include:Wellbeing Centre, Wellbeing 2 You, Café Culture, Walking Football/Netball & Cricket, Hula Hooping, Supported Swimming and Armchair Exercises. Specialist Dementia Services include: Dementia Specialist Day Centre, Dementia Specialist 1:1 support and Maintenance Cognitive Stimulation Therapy/Cognitive Stimulation Therapy.

West Kent Recovery Service - Gravesend

Advice, information and individual counselling for anyone who is concerned about alcohol and drug related problems - users, their partners, families and friends. Drop-in facilities, individual counselling. Needle exchange. Acupuncture. Prescribing service.

Mental Health Resource

Mental Health Resource provides safe spaces and person-centred mental health support in our community to help people improve their wellbeing. Our 5 key projects, are: 'The Hub' - a vibrant well-being centre which offers a range of wellbeing activities to improve the lives of anyone living with poor mental health. The 'Serenity cafe' -an out-of-hours crisis café on Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons. 'Reachout' - confidential support groups, in Edenbridge, Paddock Wood and Southborough, which focus on wellbeing in a caring, non-judgemental environment. 'Reachout Youth' – informal and creative sessions, located in Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge, for young people aged 13-19, term time only. 'Assert' - a specialist advocacy service provided to those who are detained (“sectioned”) under the Mental Health Act 1983 and for people suffering mental health issues in the community. Referrals through Kent Advocacy website. Please see website for more information on all our services.

Folkestone Magistrates' Court

This Courts/Tribunals service handles cases around: Crime, Single justice procedure

Kent Law Clinic

Clinic services - Kent Law Clinic exists to provide free legal advice to people who live or work in Kent and cannot afford to pay for legal advice and to educate students studying law at the University of Kent. Primarily, the Law Clinic offers advice in the form of a free Monday evening advice session with a legal advisor. Advice sessions are offered for the following areas of law: • family • housing (e.g. tenancy issues) • wills and probate • civil litigation (e.g. contract disputes, consumer law) If we are unable to offer an Advice Session, in some other limited cases we may be able to offer written or telephone advice. The Law Clinic is more active during academic term times. Our advice sessions run from October to June by appointment. There are no advice sessions between mid June and October but we will try to refer you to other local services. In some cases, we are able to offer extended advice and/or casework. Predominantly this is in the following areas of law: • family • housing • immigration/asylum • welfare benefits We are unable to advise in relation to the following areas of law: criminal, employment, medical negligence and personal injury.

Glaucoma UK

Glaucoma UK is the charity for people with glaucoma. We’re here for people with glaucoma and their loved ones. We campaign to raise awareness so glaucoma is detected early and can be treated, we support people to live well with glaucoma and we fund sight-saving research. We are a membership organisation, and those living with glaucoma are at the very heart of all we do. We support people to live well with glaucoma by providing a telephone helpline, glaucoma support groups, peer support services and widely acclaimed information booklets.

Age UK South Kent - Folkestone

We can help support you with issues such as: Finding help at home/Housing needs/Pensions/Discrimination Health advice/Care Homes/Care at home/Support for carers/Welfare benefits/Family and personal matters/ Utility Bill advice

Healthwatch Kent

We are the independent people’s champion in Kent. We offer free information and signposting for people who need support to navigate the health and social care system. We also actively gather people’s experiences of local health and social care services. We then use these experiences to help improve services for others