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
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
A specialist dementia service dedicated to empowering those living with dementia to live well.
Across Kent
Tel: 01474 533990
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
Supports and advises people on what they need to do after a death.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 634 9494
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 free professional debt help through local churches across the UK.
Nationwide
Tel: 01274 760720
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
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
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
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
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
Ask questions, give feedback & suggestions or share any concerns you may have about Westgate. Takes place on the second Saturday of every month between 10:30am - 11:45am.
Westgate-on-Sea Town Council
78 St. Mildreds Road
Westgate-on-Sea
Kent
CT8 8RF
Tel: 01843 836182
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
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
Supports disabled people to lead a more independent life.
Across Kent
Tel: 01233 633187
Provides free legal advice on community care, employment, housing and welfare benefits to disabled people and their carers to ensure that they have access to their rights and justice
Nationwide
Tel: 020 7791 9800
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
Provides advice and information on services available for victims, friends & family, and perpetrators of Domestic Abuse.
Across Kent & Medway
Tel: 0808 168 9276 Victim Support
Helping young adults leaving foster or residential care to achieve their full potential with exciting and sustainable employment opportunities.
Nationwide
Tel: 0207 620 3000
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
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
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
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
Text free: 07860 052906
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
Online one-stop place to help signpost you to support and services.
Across Kent & Medway
This telephone service is available to people in Kent and Medway who need urgent advice about their mental health, or the mental health of a friend or relative. There will be someone to answer your call at any time of the day or night, any day of the week. You do not need an appointment and all calls are free.
Text: "Kent" to 85258 for 24 hour mental health crisis support
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
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
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
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 practical support, training, and advice to challenge bullying and protect young lives.
Nationwide
Tel: 07496 682785 Parent Advice Line
Provides a wide range of adult mental health and learning disability services to people in Kent and Medway.
Across Kent & Medway
Tel: 0800 783 9972
An online mental wellbeing community. Free, safe and anonymous support.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 055 555
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 supports them to succeed.
Across Kent
Tel: 01227 634320
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in Kent.
Across Kent
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
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
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
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, freedom and support to victims and survivors 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
For Kent & Medway see website link below
Offers out of hours mental health support to anyone aged 18 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
This is a walk-in service, there's no need to be referred by your GP or Care Coordinator. Provides information and emotional support for anyone aged 18 or over.
Across Medway
Tel: 07850 901151 or 07808 795036
Opening hours:
Every day (including weekends and bank holidays) 24 hours a day
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
Clear, free, impartial help for all your money and pension choices.
Nationwide
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: 0808 800 8000
The lifestyle site for parents and carers of children with additional needs and those who support them.
Nationwide
Tel: 01223 207770
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
Gives free and independent debt advice over the phone and online.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 808 4000
Specialises in providing free, fast and effective support to survivors of domestic violence and abuse.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 970 2070
Text: NCDV to 60777
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
Offering a free and confidential service to help you take steps towards a healthier lifestyle.
Across Kent
Tel: 0300 123 1220
Provides support to prisoners, people with convictions, and their families.
Nationwide
Prisoners' Families Helpline Tel: 0808 808 2003
Provides help, information and non medical advice about your care and treatment. Also helps with queries, sending compliments or making a formal complaint.
Across Kent
Tel: 01227 783145
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
Support, advice and information for homeless and vulnerable people. The BeYou Project provides safe spaces and advice for LGBTQ+ young people, a group who are particularly at risk of homelessness.
Across Kent
Tel: 0800 567 7699
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
A free 24 hour Helpline with a team of highly-trained, female advisers.
Nationwide
Helpline Tel: 0808 200 0247
Provide crisis advice and practical support.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 196 7272
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
24/7 Free and confidential counselling support via highly trained and experienced support workers who offer free advice and can help no matter what you are going through.
Across Kent
Tel: 0800 107 0160
Text the word Kent to: 85258
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
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
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 the only domestic abuse service that specialises in advice and support for Deaf adults and young people experiencing domestic abuse.
Nationwide
Text: 07800 003421
Provides bereavement support to children and young people up to the age of 18, their families and those who care for them.
Nationwide
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
Meets the need of people seeking advice about the financial issues in later life by ensuring they can find an Accredited Adviser local to them.
Nationwide
Tel: 0333 202 0454
Helps people held back by poverty, exploitation, abuse, 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
A digital mental health charity for children and young people. Offers mental health apps that support various mental health conditions.
Nationwide
Provides free debt advice, to help you deal with your debt and set up a solution.
Nationwide
Tel: 0800 138 1111
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
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
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 information and support to end financial insecurity.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 802 2000
If you have a problem with drugs, we are recovering drug addicts who can help you get and stay clean.
Nationwide
Tel: 0300 999 1212
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, Defence Transition Services and injury/bereavement compensation scheme payments.
Nationwide
Tel: 0808 191 4218
Gives free emotional and practical help to people who have been affected by crime in Kent.
Across Kent
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
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
Advice and counselling network. YIACS also known as ‘early support hubs', providing transformational support for young people all over the UK.
Nationwide
Tel: 020 877 2990
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