Welcome to Thanet Health Service Directory, a resource for information on local and national services. To update your listing or if you have any queries, please email directory.thcic@nhs.net
A confidential freephone service for people with dementia, their carers, families and friends.
Across Kent
Tel: 0800 500 3014
Gives employees and employers free, impartial advice on workplace rights, rules and best practice. Also offers training and help to resolve disputes.
Nationwide
Helpline: 0300 123 1100
An international charity that works with women and girls living in poverty.
Nationwide
Tel: 01460 238000
The UK's leading addiction resource website. Help for anyone affected by addiction with advice on both NHS & private treatment options.
Nationwide
Helpline: 0800 014 8033
A panic alarm that gives users the freedom to live independently in their own home. Help on hand 24 hours a day.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 085 8032
We campaign for change, fund research to find a cure and support people living with dementia today.
Nationwide
Dementia Connect Support Line: 0333 150 3456
Works to protect people wherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied.
Nationwide
Tel: 020 7033 1710
Whether you have anxiety, stress, anxiety-based depression or a phobia that’s affecting your daily life, we’re here to help you. Offers a wide range of services.
Nationwide
Tel: 0344 477 5774
Text: 07537 416905
Hot meals on wheels delivered from the oven in our van to your doorstep.
Nationwide
Tel: 01225 637826
Provides short-term health, personal care and rehabilitation support so you can remain in the community.
Across Kent
Tel: 0300 123 0915
Asbestos health check offer free advice and support to those who have worked with asbestos and have being diagnosed with health conditions associated with this work.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 164 6018
Provides practical help to people who have been paralysed by Spinal Cord Injury, supporting them from injury to independence.
Nationwide
Tel: 020 8954 5759
Works to understand and meet the particular health and wellbeing needs of 10-25 year olds.
Nationwide
Helps people to understand the illness, and supports them to take positive steps towards recovery. Also supports family and friends, equipping them with essential skills and advice, so they can help their loved ones recover whilst also looking after their own mental health.
Nationwide
Helpline: 0808 801 0677
Supports and advises people on what they need to do after a death.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 634 9494
Works to understand people’s needs and priorities to get the best outcomes for them.
Nationwide
Tel: 0121 415 6960
Working with prisoners in prison and in the community BLAST delivers a variety of services and programmes for offenders and their families.
Nationwide
Tel: 01753 889190 or 07980 897154
Undertakes breast cancer research and life-changing care.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 800 6000
Zest Community Groups are an activity and social club for older people and people living with dementia or memory problems and their relatives, friends and carers.
Across Kent
Tel: 01227 467272
First Aid courses by the British Red Cross that help you learn the simple skills that could save a life.
Nationwide
Tel: 0344 871 8000
Provides people with the equipment they need at home to live independently. You can hire a commode, toilet seat or toilet frame for £10 a week for up to 15 weeks. Also provides wheelchair hire for anyone over the age of five.
Nationwide
Tel: 01227 864710
Provides you with the support and care to help you at home when you return after a stay in hospital.
Across Kent
Tel: 01622 690011
A small national charity that provides free of charge audio equipment to people who are blind or visually impaired.
Nationwide
Tel: 01622 754757
Taking a stand against suicide by provoking conversation, running life-saving services, and bringing people together so they reject living miserably, get help when they need it and don’t die by suicide.
Nationwide
Helpline: 0800 58 58 58
Provides alarms and equipment that can help a person remain safe and independent at home.
Across Kent
Tel: 01227 862540
Through award winning debt counselling and community groups we aim to release thousands of families from grinding poverty.
Nationwide
Tel: 01274 760720
Designed to help older, vulnerable or disabled people to remain in their own homes, with the knowledge that they always have somebody to help in an emergency.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 304 4428
Provides personal alarms for older people and those in need of extra support at home.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 007 6247
Specialists in live in & daily care. Tailored to your individual needs.
Nationwide
Tel: 020 3904 4520
Here for unpaid carers with expert information, advice and support and to make sure that no matter how complicated your query or your experience, you don't have to care alone.
Nationwide
Tel: 020 7378 4999
Provides Carers with the information and support including a listening ear, signposting, Carer’s needs assessments, drop ins, support groups, social activities, a Carers Hospital Service, support for Young Adult Carers (16-24) and the Kent Carers Emergency card.
Across Kent
Tel: 0300 302 0061
For anyone to share their experiences with each other so that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from their addiction.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 612 0225
Creates change in policy and practice, informed by evidence, and work with partners across England to improve employment, housing, health and communities.
Nationwide
Tel: 020 3829 0113
Helps with challenges including drugs or alcohol, trouble with housing, domestic abuse, or mental and physical wellbeing. Helps people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential. Services are free and confidential.
Nationwide
Tel: 01303 220719
Help young people to understand their own mental health, to equip them to support themselves and those around them, and to empower them to talk more openly about the subject.
Nationwide
Tel: 01635 869754
Helps children and young people (up to age 25), parents and families to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies.
Nationwide
Helpline: 0800 028 8840
To provide a quality freephone service to anyone affected by the death of a child of any age. Callers to the helpline might be parents, grandparents, siblings, other family members, friends or involved professionals.
Nationwide
Helpline: 0800 282 986
Campaigns for policies that will prevent and solve poverty; and provide training, advice and information to make sure families get the financial support they need.
Nationwide
Tel: 020 7837 7979
A free, private and confidential service to help anyone under 19 in the UK.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 1111
An alliance of businesses, working together with mental health experts and partner organisations, so that every workplace will protect, support and create positive mental health for their people.
Nationwide
A day of activity, stimulation, music and fun for a person with mild to moderate dementia.
Age UK Canterbury
Castle Row
Canterbury
Kent
CT1 2QY
Tel: 01227 462368
A day of activity, stimulation, music and fun for a person with mild to moderate dementia.
Age UK Herne Bay
16 Reculver Road
Herne Bay
Kent
CT6 6LE
Tel: 01227 749570
A day of activity, stimulation, music and fun for a person with mild to moderate dementia.
Age Concern Sandwich
The Sunflower Centre
19/21 Cattle Market
Sandwich
Kent
CT13 9AP
Tel: 01304 614237 Sally
A day of activity, stimulation, music and fun for a person with mild to moderate dementia.
Age UK
Longfield Court
St Johns Road
Swalecliffe
Whitstable
Kent
CT5 2SP
Tel: 01227 749570
Provides specialist treatment and support for veterans from every service and conflict, focusing on those with complex mental health issues.
Nationwide
Helpline: 0800 138 1619
Tel: 0800 323 4444 serving personnel and their families
Text: 07537 173683
Supports children and young people in care and care leavers.
Nationwide
Helpline: 0808 800 5792
Text: 07758 670369
An independent charity that gives people the power to speak up and stop crime – 100% anonymously.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 555 111
The Carer and Dementia Crisis Service offers free, practical support, designed to prevent the breakdown of a caring situation that might otherwise lead to a hospital or care home admission.
Across Kent
Tel: 0345 0956 701
Offers adult Carers a chance to step away from their caring role for a few hours each week.
Across Kent
Tel: 03450 956 701
Delivers care and support for anyone living with the challenges of caring for a family member or friend. Helps carers get the extra support they need to live their own lives.
Across Kent
Tel: 0345 095 6701
Helps carers and the people they care for by providing free, practical, emotional and companionship support, as well as expert advice, information and guidance.
Across Kent
Tel: 0345 0956 701
Local contact of national organisation helping bereaved people. Support is free and confidential. May include one to one meetings, telephone support and group support.
Across East Kent & Swale
Tel: 01227 639745 or 07555 385877
National helpline: 0808 808 1677
An independent think-tank to put social justice at the heart of British politics and make policy recommendations to tackle the root causes of poverty.
Nationwide
Tel: 020 3150 2326
Provides emotional wellbeing and mental health advice and support for young people and their families across Kent.
Across Kent & Medway
Tel: 0300 123 4496 for self-referral or on behalf of someone else
Tel: 0800 011 3474 crisis or out of hours support
Text: Kent or Medway to 85258 for 24 hour mental health crisis support via text
Offers one to one, confidential information and deaf advice services. The Kent office is in Bromley.
Nationwide
Tel: 020 8315 2550
Text: 07732 449349
Offers free, confidential support and advice to anyone worried about loans, credit and debt.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 043 4050
Provides specialist dementia support for families through the Admiral Nurse Service. Admiral Nurses help people living with dementia stay independent for longer and support the people caring for them.
Nationwide
Helpline: 0800 888 6678
Support for those affected by or at risk from depression.
Nationwide
Specialist information and advice on all aspects of living with diabetes.
Nationwide
Tel: 0345 123 2399
The Digital Kent team are developing a network of Digital Champions across Kent to support and improve the digital skills of individuals within communities. Digital Champions are volunteers and can be anyone who is willing to support someone with their digital skills and confidence.
Across Kent
Tel: 0300 041 0950
Set up by Digital Kent to provide 1-2-1 support for anyone across Kent who struggles with their digital skills or who wants to get the most out of the digital world and their digital devices. Can connect you with local volunteers to provide personalised digital skills sessions for free.
Across Kent
Tel: 0300 041 0950
Helps people with disabilities in Kent to live more independent lives.
Across Kent
Tel: 01233 633187
Provides free legal advice to disabled people and their carers to ensure that they have access to their rights and justice.
Nationwide
Tel: 020 7791 9800
A Registered Body with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) that offers an umbrella service. Process Standard and Enhanced DBS Checks on behalf of other eligible organisations. Also offers full support throughout the process.
Across Kent
Tel: 01304 367898
To help young people aged 12-25 navigate the issues affecting them the most, from mental health and bullying to identity and relationships.
Nationwide
Tel: 01273 201129
Promotes community integration, re-integration, social inclusion and cohesion within the Swale and Kent communities.
Across Kent
Tel: 01795 420455
A charitable organisation providing confidential self-referral counselling services.
Across Kent
Tel: 01304 204123
Helping young adults leaving foster or residential care to achieve their full potential with exciting and sustainable employment opportunities.
Nationwide
Tel: 0207 620 3000
Helps people with any kind of mental illness to find and sustain paid employment. Does not provide support for accessing volunteering.
Across Thanet, Folkestone, Hythe and Romney Marsh
Tel: 07483 332505
Offers opportunities to rebuild confidence and independence, and help you to rebuild your life after stroke. The service is for stroke survivors (including TIAs/mini-strokes), and families and carers of people affected by stroke.
Across Kent
Tel: 01303 766696
At our groups we encourage socialisation through informal get-togethers, memory clubs, lunches & outings.
Across East Kent
Tel: 01227 730000
A supportive online community where you can be yourself.
Nationwide
Made up of organisations from civic society united in our vision of a UK free of child poverty.
Nationwide
The Kent counselling and talking therapies service is free and available to anyone aged 17.5+ and registered with a GP in East Kent, Dartford, Gravesham, Swanley, or Swale.
Across Kent
Tel: 0300 555 5555
A fellowship of family members and friends affected by another’s abuse of mind-altering substances, or related behavioural problems.
Nationwide
Helpline: 020 7498 4680
Information, facts, news and articles about drugs and alcohol.
Nationwide
Tel: 0300 123 6600
Text: 82111
Patient Transport designed to support you if your medical or physical condition means you cannot use public transport, get a lift, or drive yourself to, and from, your NHS appointment.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 096 0211
A global service offering free practical advice and emotional support to anyone affected by problem gambling.
Nationwide
Offers free information, advice and support for anyone affected by problem gambling.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 8020 133
Supporting bereaved children, young people and families to help alleviate the pain caused by the death of someone close.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 802 0111
A charity that relies on donations to enable them to supply affordable and easily accessible counselling sessions for everyone.
Across Kent
Tel: 01227 634004
Provides mental health support for adults aged 16+. The service is free to use and you do not need an appointment to access the service.
Across Folkestone & Hythe
Tel: 07827 533871
Tinnitus support, assistance with NHS hearing aids, assistive equipment to help you live independently and Deaf Awareness, Lip Reading and British Sign Language courses.
Across Kent
Tel: 01227 760046 or 07512 073841
A Kent-based charity that helps children to cope with the death of someone close to them.
Across Kent
Tel: 0344 561 1511
If you are unable to visit the library because of ill health, disability or your caring responsibilities, friendly volunteers can call at your home on a regular basis.
Across Kent
Youth website of Cruse Bereavement Support. It is a safe place where young people can learn from other young people, how to cope with grief, and feel less alone.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 808 1677
The UK’s only charity focused on the abuse and neglect of older people, with a free helpline for older men, women and their families suffering from the five forms of abuse: physical, psychological, financial, sexual or neglect.
Nationwide
Helpline Tel: 0808 808 8141
We work to prevent avoidable sight loss, deliver excellent support services and enable people to get involved and live independently.
The East Team covers Swale, Canterbury, Thanet, Dover, Ashford and Shepway boroughs.
Tel: 01227 763366
A national charity supporting victims of honour-based abuse and forced marriage.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 599 9247
Offers a range of courses at a reduced fee to help with your mental and physical wellbeing and help you to see the important part that learning can play in your recovery.
Across Kent
Tel: 03000 41 22 22
Offers a range of services, including care and support, how to pay for care, reporting abuse and adult safeguarding.
Across Kent
Tel: 03000 41 61 61
A free service, providing information, advice, support, signposting and training to individuals, families/carers and professionals affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder across Kent and Medway.
Across Kent
Emilymay Miles (Adults): emilymay@kentautistic.com
Wendy Boorman (Children/Young People): wendy@kentautistic.com
Increases access to Carer services and supports health and social care professionals. Provide opportunities for Carers to have their say about local and national issues that affect them.
Across Kent
The programme lasts for 27 weeks. It is designed to help men who feel their behaviour towards their partner has been, or is still, abusive.
Across Kent
Tel: 07956 228 891 or 07718 120870 East Kent
Tel: 07955 039703 West Kent
Tel: 07852 927617 Medway
Kent County Council website where you can report a concern, find out about fostering, get help if your child has special educational needs and get help if you have a disabled child.
Across Kent
Tel: 03000 41 11 11
Promotes volunteering, matching individuals who would like to give something to their community to community-based organisations who need their help.
Across East Kent
Tel: 01304 367898
Transport provided by volunteer drivers to take elderly or disabled people to medical appointments safely and on time.
Across Kent
Tel: 01304 380513
A county council that governs most of the county of Kent. Various services for residents in Kent.
Across Kent
Tel: 03000 41 41 41
Provides services to people aged 26 and above who are deaf, live with hearing loss or dual sensory impairment. Information and advice and assesses your needs to find the right support and the right communication support that suits you best.
Across Kent
Tel: 03000 418 100
Text: 07920 154315
The Blue Badge scheme helps you park nearer to your destination if you have a disability.
Across Kent
Tel: 03000 41 62 62
Help for children diagnosed with deafness, deafblind or a vision impairment. Provides advice and support for the family.
Across Kent
Tel: 03000 418 100
Text: 07920 154315
Provides support to prevent falls and help you recover from a fall. You can be referred by healthcare professionals, or self-refer to take part in exercise classes of between 12 and 36 weeks duration.
Across Kent
Tel: 03000 13 20 22
Delivers support services for adults, young people, children and their families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
Across Kent
Tel: 0800 567 7699
Kent Libraries are family friendly. Free regular activities for babies and children, with free online resources to help with homework for all ages. With libraries all over Kent, find your nearest one by visiting our website or phone us.
Across Kent
Tel: 03000 41 31 31
A resource that helps parents and carers, staff and practitioners to understand emotional wellbeing and resilience, and where to go for support, advice and training for themselves and when supporting young people.
Across Kent
Tel: 0300 123 5205
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in Kent.
Across Kent
Provides a low-cost Telecare Personal Alarm installation and Monitoring Service for anyone that is frail, elderly or disabled.
Across Kent
Tel: 0800 799 9581 or 07496 682502
Provides support to maximise your wellbeing and quality of life, in a way that suits you. Also works with local community services to help you find a creative and realistic response to your needs.
Across Kent
Tel: 03000 42 26 55
Provides practical support, training, and advice to challenge bullying and protect young lives.
Nationwide
Tel: 07496 682785 Parent Advice Line
An online mental wellbeing community. Free, safe and anonymous support.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 05 55 55
Works with separated young refugees and asylum seekers, young people aged 16 to 24 who have arrived in Kent alone and are claiming asylum. Provides them with a safe, positive space and support them to succeed.
Across Kent
Tel: 01227 634320
Dedicated to ensuring that anyone affected by blood cancer receives the right information, advice and support.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 801 0444
A national health and wellbeing charity supporting over 100,000 LGBTQ+ people a month by providing trusted information, advice and various types of support including one-to-one, group and peer-support.
Nationwide
Tel: 020 7738 6872
Provides a low cost Telecare Personal Alarm Service for anyone that is frail, elderly or disabled.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 999 0400
Provides a low cost Telecare Personal Alarm Service for anyone that is frail, elderly or disabled.
Across Kent
Tel: 01303 242615
An audiobook lending charity for those that find their illness, mental health, physical or learning disability affects their ability to read the printed word or hold a book.
Nationwide
Tel: 020 7407 9417
Meets with individuals to discuss issues they are facing with mental health, finance, housing , employment and more. Provides one to one advice and guidance and connects people to support in their local area.
Across Kent
Tel: 0800 567 7699
Provides one to one advice and guidance and connects people to support in their local area.
Across Kent
Tel: 0800 567 7699
Live Well Kent is delivered on behalf of Kent County Council and the NHS by Porchlight and Shaw Trust.
Across Kent
Tel: 0800 567 7699
Offers confidential support to people living with cancer and their loved ones.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 808 0000
Supports men suffering from domestic abuse from their current or former wife or partner (including same-sex partner). The confidential helpline is available for male victims of domestic abuse and violence.
Nationwide
Tel: 01823 334244
Helps people with cancer & their families. Provides free practical nursing care at home & specialist care at hospices. Provides care for all terminal illnesses in Kent.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 716 146 General Queries
Tel: 0800 090 2309 Support Line
Provides refuge and freedom to victims of modern slavery.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 069 9916
With plenty of tools, resources, and stories, Mental Health at Work makes navigating the workplace mental health landscape easy.
Nationwide
Working towards good mental health for all.
Nationwide
Tel: 020 7803 1100
Supports transgender, nonbinary and gender-diverse children and young people until their 20th birthday, as well as their families and professionals involved in their care.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 801 0400
Text MERMAIDS to: 85258
Provides support to your workplace through adapted training and new resources. We will support your organisation to look after the mental health of your employees.
Nationwide
Tel: 020 3928 0760
Provides innovative, life-changing mental health support for individuals and communities.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 107 0160 Kent & Medway
Offers out of hours mental health support to anyone aged 16 or over. No appointment or referral needed.
Across Canterbury
Tel: 07876 476703 or 07483 163953
Opening hours:
Every day (including weekends and bank holidays) 6pm -11pm
Offers out of hours mental health support to anyone aged 16 or over. No appointment or referral needed.
Across Maidstone
Tel: 01622 809 945 or 07484 061684 or 07816 362606
Opening hours:
Every day (including weekends and bank holidays) 6pm -11pm
Offers out of hours mental health support to anyone aged 16 or over. No referral needed. Please note this is a virtual only service currently.
Across Medway
Tel: 07850 901151 or 07808 795036
Opening hours:
Every day (including weekends and bank holidays) 6pm -11pm
Protects people affected by displacement and exploitation, helping them thrive as individuals and recover from their trauma.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 801 0503 Free asylum helpline
Provides advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem.
Nationwide
Tel: 0300 123 3393
Free Suicide Prevention & Awareness training sessions to anyone in Kent and Medway that wants to learn how to support other people when they are in crisis.
Across Kent & Medway
Tel: 01622 692383
A fleet of 5 mobile libraries and they visit many stops across Kent every 2 weeks. If you're a library member you can browse the shelves of our mobile vehicles and pick up reservations.
Across Kent
Tel: 03000 41 31 31
Clear, free, impartial help for all your money and pension choices.
Nationwide
Money Advice Tel: 0800 138 7777
Alcoholism information and treatment centre.
St Martin's Hospital
Littlebourne Road
Canterbury
Kent
CT1 1TD
Tel: 1227 761310
Monthly meetings for people with MS and their carers.
Seasalter Christian Centre
Seasalter
Kent
CT5 4AX
Tel: 07393 349471
Providing information, advice and support for everyone affected by a parent's drinking.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 358 3456
Helps thousands of people build the independence and resilience they need to look forward to their futures by equipping them with skills, advice and support to move on and reduce crime.
Nationwide
Tel: 0300 123 1889
Offers support to adult survivors of all types of childhood abuse, including physical, sexual, emotional abuse or neglect.
Tel: 0808 801 0331
If you have a problem with drugs, we are recovering drug addicts who can help you get and stay clean.
Tel: 0300 999 1212
Specialises in providing free, fast and effective support to survivors of domestic violence and abuse.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 970 2070
Text: NCDV to 60777
Gives free and independent debt advice over the phone and online.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 808 4000
This free 24 hour Helpline, runs in partnership with Women's Aid and Refuge.
Nationwide
Helpline Tel: 0808 200 0247
NHS 111 available via the phone or online. Answer questions about your symptoms.
Nationwide
Tel: 111
Help. support, advice and services.
Across Kent & Medway
Tel: 01634 335095
Free and confidential treatments on the NHS. It can help with common mental health problems like stress, anxiety and depression. You can refer yourself directly to an NHS Talking Therapies Service without a referral from a GP, or a GP can refer you.
Nationwide
Helps and supports those living with Panic Attacks, Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders and other related anxiety disorders.
Helpline: 0300 772 9844
Protects children today and prevents abuse tomorrow, to transform society for every childhood.
Nationwide
Helpline Tel: 0808 800 5000
Tel: 0800 1111 helpline for 18 or under
Supporting care experienced children, young people and adults in vulnerable situations.
Nationwide
Helpline Tel: 0808 808 1001
Support on how to get help if you've experienced abuse, details of services that you can use, advice on keeping safe, and information.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 917 9948
Helpline Tel: 0808 2000 247 free 24/7
Offering a free and confidential service to help you take steps towards a healthier lifestyle.
Across Kent
Tel: 0300 123 1220
Short, local walks designed to help people become active and to get outdoors and meet new people.
Across East Kent
Tel: 0300 123 1220
Provides support to prisoners, people with convictions, and their families.
Nationwide
Helpline Tel: 0808 808 2003
Support service for families and their networks who may be suffering with perinatal mental illness, including prenatal (antenatal) and postnatal depression.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 1961 776
Provides confidential support and advice to young people struggling with thoughts of suicide, and anyone worried about a young person.
Nationwide
HOPELINE247: 0800 068 4141
Helps people facing a terminal diagnosis, and their families, to live well in every moment.
Across Kent
Tel: 01233 504133 Advice Line 24 Hour
Our monthly support groups provide a welcoming, informal space for any bereaved adults in East Kent who are grieving.
In additions we now offer weekly bereavement walking groups, which provide the opportunity for gentle exercise and social interaction in a beautiful tranquil location.
Across East Kent
Tel: 01233 504127 Option 2 Bereavement Support
Our monthly support groups provide a welcoming, informal space for any bereaved adults in East Kent who are grieving.
In additions we now offer weekly bereavement walking groups, which provide the opportunity for gentle exercise and social interaction in a beautiful tranquil location.
Across East Kent
Tel: 01233 504127 Option 2 Bereavement Support
Provides mental health services in schools using an effective therapeutic approach. Advice and support for families and school staff.
Tel: 020 7923 5500
Support, advice and information for homeless and vulnerable people.
Across Kent
Tel: 0800 567 7699
A free service for anyone over 25 who is not currently in employment. The project has now come to a close and will no longer take new referrals but if you have already been referred to Aspirations, we will continue working with you in the usual way.
Across Kent
Tel: 0333 880 2730
Information and support about prostate cancer and other prostate problems.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 074 8383
Provides specialist information and support to all those affected by rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment and all other forms of sexual violence and abuse.
Nationwide
24/7 Helpline Tel: 0808 500 2222
Provides support when needed to the armed forces community, those with disabilities and those who have found themselves unemployed.
Nationwide
Tel: 01622 795900
Supports women and children by helping them to overcome the physical, emotional, financial and logistical impacts of abuse and rebuild their lives — free from fear.
Nationwide
24/7 Helpline Tel: 0808 200 0247
Provide crisis advice and practical support.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 196 7272
Provides ongoing counselling and support and also One Session Therapy designed to tackle a specific issue and see results straight away.
Across East Kent
Tel: 01227 766094
Provides free non-judgmental, specialist advice and information to the public and professionals on issues related to drug use and to drug laws.
Nationwide
Tel: 020 7324 2989
The Helpline for male victims of domestic abuse.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 801 0327
Offers help and support for blind and partially sighted people.
Nationwide
Helpline Tel: 0303 123 9999
Supporting people who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 808 0123
SMS: 07360 268 988
Relay UK: Dial 18001 followed by 0808 808 0123
Provides a comprehensive range of specialist, best practice services to anyone affected by or at risk of sexual violence and abuse. Services are free, independent, and confidential.
Nationwide
Tel: 01926 402498
National Male Survivor Helpline Tel: 0808 800 5005
Text Support: 07860 065187
Dedicated to reducing feelings of isolation and disconnection that can lead to suicide.
Nationwide
Tel: 116 123
We work to improve the quality of life for anyone affected by mental illness.
Nationwide
Tel: 0300 304 7000
Makes sure children keep safe and healthy and helps children to keep learning, making friends, and building their futures.
Nationwide
Tel: 020 7012 6400
Provides practical information and emotional support when it's most needed and campaigns relentlessly to create a fairer society.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 800 3333
Helps seniors and their families by offering compassionate, loving care from fellow seniors.
Nationwide
Tel: 01227 454 900
Helps people who are deafblind or who have complex disabilities to communicate, experience the world and fulfil their potential.
Nationwide
Tel: 0300 330 9256
Helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through advice, support, and legal services.
Nationwide
Helpline Tel: 0808 800 4444
A free, confidential, anonymous text support service. If you are struggling to cope and need to talk, trained Shout Volunteers are here for you, day or night.
Nationwide
Text: 85258
Provides advice and support for Deaf adults and young people experiencing domestic abuse.
Nationwide
Text: 07800 003421
Working to improve the health and wellbeing and promote easier access to healthcare and information for deaf people.
Nationwide
Tel: 020 3947 2600
Text: 07860 033214
Provides bereavement support to children and young people up to the age of 18, their families and those who care for them.
Tel: 07876 232791
Offers peer-led support to adults impacted by suicide loss. Provides safe, confidential environments where people can share their experiences and feelings, giving and gaining support from each other.
Nationwide
Tel: 0300 111 5065
Support covers both regulars and reserves in the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines, the British Army and the Royal Air Force and their families, including anyone who has completed National Service.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 260 6767
Helps people held back by poverty, exploited, abused, dealing with addiction or mental health problems, caught up in crime or a combination of these issues and others. Shows people there is a way to build a better future.
Nationwide
Tel: 020 7708 8000
Provides free debt advice, to help you deal with your debt and set up a solution.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 138 1111
Part of a vibrant global movement for change made up of LGBTQ+ people, our allies, families and friends. Since day one, we've fought for freedom, for equity and for potential.
Nationwide
Tel: 020 7593 1850
Offers confidential emotional support to children, young adults and adults by telephone, email and post.
Nationwide
Tel: 01708 765200
Supports people with mental health problems to improve their well-being and live happier and healthier lives.
Across East Kent
Tel: 01227 788211
A service providing free, independent and expert help and advice for older people on lower incomes who cannot afford to pay for professional tax advice.
Nationwide
Tel: 01308 488066
Offers free, confidential advice to those on low incomes who are experiencing difficulties with their tax.
Nationwide
Tel: 0345 120 3779
Provides elderly and disabled people stay safe in the comfort of their own homes. Having a Telecare Alarm in place means that there is always a way to call for help if you suffer a fall, feel unwell, or need some reassurance.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 635 7000
Improving the lives of care leavers of all ages. Supports care leavers of all ages, improves the current care system and changes for the better society’s perception of people in care.
Nationwide
Tel: 0161 8260214
To relieve the anxieties and problems faced by elderly and terminally ill people and their pets by looking after & caring for all kinds of pets.
Nationwide
Tel: 01736 757900
Support service for young people via an online community, social media, through the free, confidential helpline or the counselling service.
Nationwide
Helpline Tel: 0808 808 4994
Empowers people of all ages to read. Transforms lives for the better through the power of reading.
Nationwide
Tel: 07933 181889
24 hour confidential freephone telephone helpline for older people offering advice, information and friendship.
Nationwide
Helpline Tel: 0800 470 8090
A unique mental health service offering an anonymous and safe support community, moderated by professionals and counsellors.
Nationwide
Provides practical help to people who are struggling financially.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 802 2000
Provides a voice and support for people who are facing stigma and obstacles because of their criminal record.
Nationwide
Provides safehouses and support in the community for survivors of trafficking and modern slavery.
Nationwide
Helpline Tel: 08000 12 17 00
Helps with housing, mental wellbeing, finances and more, plus referrals can be made directly to our Referral Partners.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 802 1212
Provides free support for veterans and their families, including a helpline, Veterans Welfare Service and injury/bereavement compensation scheme payments.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 191 4218
Gives emotional and practical help to people who have been affected by crime in Kent.
Compass House
Tufton Street
Ashford
TN23 1BT
Tel: 0808 168 9276
Support Tel: 0808 168 9111
Helps children, teenagers and young adults (up to the age of 25) find their feet when their worlds are turned upside down by grief.
Helpline Tel: 0808 802 0021
Provides free, confidential support to people experiencing issues with drugs, alcohol or mental health.
Nationwide
A specialist mental health charity, providing free counselling and therapy for women who have experienced domestic abuse.
Nationwide
Tel: 020 7034 0303
A campaign to change attitudes in the workplace, so people who are deaf or have hearing loss aren’t left out or left behind.
Nationwide
Supports young people from age 10 to 35 whose lives have been impacted by cancer.
Across Kent
Tel: 01732 844874
Helps with understanding more about how you're feeling and finding ways to feel better.
Nationwide
Text SHOUT to: 85258
Parents Helpline Tel: 0808 802 5544
Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services (YIACS).
Nationwide
Tel: 0208 772990
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