SATEDA

Domestic Abuse Service

Medway SENDIASS

The service provides parents/carers, children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities with free impartial information, advice and support which includes: support in relation to education, health and social care; support to express your views, wishes and feelings; support at meetings with schools and the Local Authority; help to complete SEND related paperwork; signposting to other support services. Support is offered via face to face meetings in the home, a community venue or our office, email, or phone contact. Access to the service is by self referral.

Holding On Letting Go

We offer a selection of services for children & families across Kent, Medway and parts of Southeast London who are either facing the death of a loved one or have had someone significant in their life die. We offer post bereavement support programmes for children & young people aged 6 years to 17 years. This is in the form of a non-residential therapeutic weekend programme which provides an opportunity for children to be able to talk about their experiences, thoughts, feelings, emotions and undertake meaningful memory making, using art, craft, music and talking therapies. The children work alongside fully trained volunteers. A two-day parent support programme runs alongside the children and young people’s weekend groups. We hold specialized support programmes for children & young people following a traumatic death. A one-day special focus workshop for children and parents affected by stillbirth and neonatal death for is held twice a year. We offer 6 sessions of pre-bereavement support via individualized sessions, which can be whole family work or for children only, taking place at home, at school, at the GP practice, hospice, hospital, wherever feels most comfortable. Telephone support and advice are available as well as online advice via the website. Referrals can be made by the family member or professionals such as early help, school and GP practices or families can self-refer. HOLG is able to offer bespoke training for schools, social services and other organisations, on childhood bereavement and impact of death on the family.

Medway Council - Social Care

Provide a range of social services assistance for children and families, older people and people with disabilities.

Imago (Formerly Voluntary Action Within Kent)

Supports, promotes and develops local voluntary action and services. Information on a wide range of local voluntary organisations, community and self-help groups. Services and training for voluntary organisations.

Kent Association for the Blind

Services for people who have a visual impairment. Advice, information, training and resource centres, low vision assessments, rehabilitation and community support services. Services are designed to enable people with a visual impairment to be as independent as possible. Provide a professional Transcription Service; run accredited training courses for professionals. We have sight centres in Bromley, Maidstone and Canterbury. The Maidstone sight centre is also the head office.

Maidstone and Medway Cruse Bereavement Support

Support and counselling for anyone who has been bereaved.

Crossroads Care - Medway

Home based respite care for adult and young carers of people with disabilities or terminal illness. Carer support workers give practical support and care, enabling the carer to take a break. Domiciliary service. Dementia crisis support service via referral from GPs. A programme of carer events throughout the year.

Breakeven

We offer support for the gambler, family members and anyone affected by gambling related harms. The aim of our treatment is to provide an opportunity for the gambler to work towards increasing their wellbeing by becoming free of gambling harms. For family members and anyone affected by gambling, we help you to work towards a better understanding of the addiction and offer strategies and interventions to support you. We offer 1:1 support as well as regular group support which include WINGS (Women In Need of Gambling Support, remote), Green Shoots Recovery which is an 8 weeks aftercare group for those who have successfully stopped gambling and require extra supported learning, and the Growth Hub which is a teams support service following on from Green Shoots. Once you contact us, we will work quickly by getting you assessed so we understand the extent of your addiction. Following the completion of a successful assessment you will be contacted by a counsellor usually within a few days. We work fast to get you the support you need without delay. Further details can be found on the website.

Medway Council - Housing Department

Assessment of entitlement to housing for people who are homeless or threatened with homelessness. Housing provided for people considered in priority need of housing. Temporary accommodation may be available while enquiries are made about eligibility. General housing advice and information. Duty officer available out of hours for emergency homelessness enquiries only - 01634 304400.