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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
Family Group meetings are there for anyone whose life is or has been affected by someone else's drinking.
Across Canterbury
Helpline: 0800 008 6811
Specialises in assisting those affected by brain injury, spinal injuries, cerebral palsy and other complex needs.
167a John Wilson Business Park
Chestfield
Whitstable
Kent
CT5 3RA
Tel: 01227 287878
Provides short-term health, personal care and rehabilitation support so you can remain in the community.
Across Kent
Tel: 0300 123 0915
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
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
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
Offers you the option to stay at home with support tailored to meet your needs.
Kent Enterprise Centre
2B The Links
Herne Bay
Kent
CT6 7GQ
Tel: 01227 375706
Helping people live at home with dignity & independence. Care and support services are tailor made to the clients’ individual needs.
Across Kent
Tel: 01233 619 530
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
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
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
Helps 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
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
Offers adult Carers a chance to step away from their caring role for a few hours each week.
Across Kent
Tel: 03450 956 701
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
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 support for people with a learning disability to become as independent as possible and live within the community by offering support with personal care and household tasks.
Across Thanet, Swale & Canterbury
Tel: 01843 808 964
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
Supporting those living with dementia and their carers. A number of informal coffee mornings are held throughout the month across the Isle of Thanet.
Across East Kent
Tel: 01227 730000
A supportive online community where you can be yourself. Getting active is easier said than done so Active Eles happily share tips and advice and they won’t judge you.
Nationwide
Aims to ensure that the views of the public are taken into account when health and social care services are planned for and provided.
Across Kent
Tel: 0808 801 0102
A charity that relies on donations to enable them to supply affordable and easily accessible counselling sessions for everyone.
Across Kent
Tel: 01227 634004
A Kent-based charity that helps children to cope with the death of someone close to them.
Across Kent
Tel: 0344 561 1511
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
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
Online one-stop place to help signpost you to support and services.
Across Kent & Medway
'Positive Steps' has been specifically designed to address some of the barriers to learning that people may face, therefore helping to make the first step into learning more achievable. The scheme includes a distinct set of pathways, onto which referrals are accepted via a link worker, community connector or any health professional.
Across Kent
Aims to make healthy and nutritious food affordable. Provides you with either 10 or 20 products, depending on the membership type you choose.
Across Kent
Empowers you to make smarter travel choices with your health, time, and the environment in mind. Can be through the website or download the app.
Across Kent
Provides customers with a home based care worker who lives with them in their home.
Across Kent
Tel: 01227 788700
Supporting young people to cope better with the pressures of everyday life. A resource that helps young people, parents and carers, staff and practitioners to understand emotional wellbeing and resilience.
Across Kent
Tel: 0300 123 5205
Provides a low-cost Telecare Personal Alarm installation and Monitoring Service for anyone that is frail, elderly or disabled. Helping people stay safe and independent in their own homes.
Across Kent
Tel: 0800 799 9581
A short-term service to anyone over 18 designed to help you achieve your personal goals and enhance your independence at home and in the community.
Across Kent
Tel: 03000 411345
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
If you’re aged 17+ and live in Kent or Medway, Live Well Kent's network of voluntary organisations and charities can support you with various issues.
Across Kent & Medway
Tel: 0800 567 7699
Provides personalised, high-quality care in the comfort of your own home.
Across Kent
Tel: 01304 897514 or 07397 757439
Provides a home-care service that promotes the independence of the elderly, disabled or home-bound individuals by providing assistance with day-to-day activities enabling customers to stay in the comfort their own homes and their personal surroundings.
Across Kent
Tel: 01322 466 578
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
Provides personal care and support in ways that have positive outcomes for service users and promotes their active participation.
Across Kent
Tel: 01227 712300
Provides advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem.
Nationwide
Tel: 0300 123 3393
The lifestyle site for parents and carers of children with additional needs and those who support them.
Nationwide
Tel: 01223 207770
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
Helps and supports those living with Panic Attacks, Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders and other related anxiety disorders.
Helpline: 0300 772 9844
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 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
Provides mental health services in schools using an effective therapeutic approach. Advice and support for families and school staff.
Tel: 020 7923 5500
Harnesses the powerful effects of personal music to help anyone who is affected by dementia, their families and carers.
Nationwide
Tel: 0141 404 0683
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
Offers help and support for blind and partially sighted people.
Nationwide
Helpline Tel: 0303 123 9999
Dedicated to reducing feelings of isolation and disconnection that can lead to suicide.
Nationwide
Tel: 116 123
Works to improve the quality of life for anyone affected by mental illness.
Nationwide
SANEline Tel: 0300 304 7000
Provides practical information and emotional support when it's most needed and campaigns relentlessly to create a fairer society.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 800 3333
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
Support for serving personnel, veterans and their families in their time of need.
Across Kent
Tel: 020 4566 9126
Enhancing health and wellbeing in Kent by spreading life-saving first aid knowledge.
Across Kent
A confidential helpline offering emotional support to any individual on any issue. The Helpline is primarily a preventative service and aims to support people before they reach the point of crisis.
Nationwide
Tel: 01708 765200
Supports people with mental health problems to improve their wellbeing and live happier and healthier lives.
Across East Kent
Tel: 01227 788211
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
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
Empowers people of all ages to read. Transforms lives for the better through the power of reading.
Nationwide
Tel: 07933 181889
Helps with housing, mental wellbeing, finances and more, plus referrals can be made directly to our Referral Partners.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 802 1212
One-to-one care at home helps you stay independent in the home you love.
Across Kent
Tel: 01732 757959
A specialist mental health charity, providing free counselling and therapy for women who have experienced domestic abuse.
Nationwide
Tel: 020 7034 0303
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
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