Age UK aims to improve later life for everyone with information and advice, services, campaigns, products, training and research. They also provide information and advice for the elderly about benefits, care, age discrimination and computer courses.

• Comprehensive care for the elderly
• Finance, health, housing, community access, isolation etc.
• Social activities

Address: Ashford Day Care Centre, Stanhope road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5RF. To see the location of this service on a map click here.

Telephone: 01233 642094 or to go to the website follow the link: www.ageuk.org.uk

Ashford Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) provide services to adults people living in the community who are experiencing mental health problems.

Address: Eureka Business Park, Eureka Place, Trinity Road, Ashford, TN25 4BY

Tel: 01233 658100

Telephone: 01233 204150 , Fax: 01233 204165 for their website click here or to find out more about Community Mental Health Teams click here.

• Referrals to the CMHTs are usually made directly through a GP
• The intake element of a CMHT acts as a single point of access for all referrals to mental health services that we provide.
• If you are referred to a team they will assess you, signpost and offer short-term treatment as close as possible to your home

www.kmpt.nhs.uk

Contact a Family supports families of disabled children across the UK, whatever their condition or disability. Contact a Family provide information, advice and support. Contact a Family brings families together so they can support each other.

Contact a Family can provide:

• Medical Information
• Information about your rights and entitlements
• Advice and Support
• Parent resources
• Workshops and information sessions
• Parent support groups

They have a free helpline 0808 808 3555 or call: Tel: 020 7608 8700 or email: [email protected]

To go to their website go to: www.cafamily.org.uk

Domestic Abuse Support Services covers Kent and Medway providing advice and information on services for victims, friends & family, and perpetrators of Domestic Abuse and domestic violence.

Find local help to you if:

• You are in an abusive relationship
• A friend of yours is being abused
• If you are a young person
• If you are an abuser
• Or if you are a professional

The Domestic Abuse Support Service means you can search for services to help you in your local area. In addition they have further advice and help on their website: www.domesticabuseservices.org.uk

The Helpline can give support, help and information over the telephone, wherever the caller might be in the country. The Helpline is staffed 24 hours a day by fully trained female helpline support workers and volunteers. All calls are completely confidential. Translation facilities for callers whose first language is not English, and a service for callers who are deaf or hard of hearing are available.

To find out more about this service and go to the website click the following link: www.nationaldomesticviolencehelpline.org.uk

• Are you aged between 14 - 25 years old?
• Is your Eating Disorder starting to take over?
• Worried about how to regain control of your life?

There is free therapy for young adults (aged 14 to 25 years old) with Eating Disorders.We can provide CBT-E therapy for you as well as support for your family and support network.

What is the therapy?

Specialist confidential Eating Disorder counselling using enhanced CBT. CBT-E (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy – Enhanced) uses cognitive and behavioural strategies to overcome eating disorders and addresses the underlying thought processes that keep eating disorders in place. You will receive a personalised confidential program that fits with your type of eating disorder, it focuses on your individual experiences and your personal difficulties.

For Your Support Network:

Support and guidance training sessions for your family members and in fact anyone who supports you - Schools, teachers, social workers,
carers, siblings, close friends - anyone.

For more information see the poster here or to see the leaflet with more information go to: http://www.liveitwell.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Eating-Disorder-flyer-14-to-25-.pdf

Tel: 0845 527 4809 email: [email protected]
www.therapypartners.co.uk

Health Help Now aims to help people find the right service in Kent and Medway for their health needs, especially when they need medical help fast but it is not a life-threatening emergency.

If you require urgent treatment for symptoms which are not listed on Health Help Now, please ring NHS 111.

Health Help Now has been developed with input from local GPs, hospital doctors, and other health professionals. It lists common symptoms and offers suggestions for treatment. The one which works best for most people is listed first and the other suggestions follow in order. Health Help Now then links through to local services, and shows whether they are open or closed and their location.

To find out more follow the link: www.healthhelpnow-nhs.net

Help for Hoarders is an online resource providing information, support and advice for hoarders, and their family and friends.

Help for Hoarders has tools, tips and help for people who hoard as well as a online forum for those wanting to contact people in similar situations.

If you need help and support on hoarding then this is a good place to start.

To find out more go to their website by following the link: www.helpforhoarders.co.uk

Homeless UK is an online resource providing advice and information on services, day centres and hostels. Find services or accommodation if you are having housing problems.

To go to the website click here, or go to the following link: www.homelessuk.org

To search for all services click here.

To search for accommodation click here.

Health Trainers offer free, confidential one-to-one support, to help patients make positive lifestyle changes. They work in the most deprived areas of Kent to reduce health inequalities. They offer up to six free sessions of support, encouragement and practical assistance in local venues. They work with you to establish what changes you wish to make, to develop a personalised behaviour change plan and to provide support and encouragement to enable you to achieve your goals.

Issues they can help you with include:

• accessing local services
• physical activity
• healthy eating
• healthy weight
• stopping smoking
• alcohol/drugs concerns
• reducing stress
• sexual health concerns.

Address: Health Trainer Service, Trinity House, 110-120 Upper Pemberton, Eureka Business Park, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4AZ.
Phone: 0800 849 4000 option three or email: Email: [email protected]

How do you use this service?
You can contact the service direct using the information given above or you can be referred by a GP or healthcare professional.

The Kent Sport website lists sports and activities throughout Kent to help you get more active.

Telephone: 01622 605054 / 605055 or email [email protected] or to go to their website click here, or go to the following link: www.kentsport.org

Be Active is one of the Six Ways to Wellbeing to find out more about how you can Be Active follow the link.

The Live It Well Website has a range of information and advice all designed to support your mental health and wellbeing. Find out about the Six Ways to Wellbeing and what people in Kent are doing to support their wellbeing.

We have information on money and benefits, debt help and advice, mental health services and how to get help in Kent and Medway.

We have a unique database of local support and help that is available in your community.

We have listings for all of the NHS Talking therapy providers in Kent, so if you are struggling find out how you can refer yourself into services here.

• Gives advice and links to other services
• Local focus website, with links to social activities, physical health and things to do in Kent and Medway
• Hosts the Live It Library - mental health recovery stories
• Offers support pages, live online support and local information
• Information on how the community mental health teams work and the mental health system in Kent and Medway
• Supports the Six Ways to Wellbeing and has local suggestions to support these - Connect, Be Active, Keep Learning, Take Notice, Give, and Planet - Care
• Employment , money and debt advice
• Information about personal budgets and self direct support
• Information on carers groups and service user networks
• Information on PTSD
• Information on Housing help and support

We are always looking to improve our website so if you have any ideas about how we can help let us know. To go to the home page go to www.liveitwell.org.uk or to contact Live It Well email: [email protected]

The Live Well Kent service is there to help people improve their mental and physical health and wellbeing. It is a free service for anyone over 17. Some of the things Live Well Kent can help with are:

Mental health and wellbeing

• Understanding and managing thoughts and emotions
• Achieving personal goals
• Accessing therapies and support groups.

Keeping active and healthy

• Healthy living support eg stopping smoking or cutting down on alcohol
• Dance clubs
• Walking groups and sporting activities.

Meeting people

• Volunteering
• Social enterprises and community projects
• Arts, music and culture groups.

Training and work

• Gaining new skills
• Finding the right job.

Everyday living

• Managing money, including debt and benefits
• Housing support and guidance

Live Well Kent’s aim is to connect people with their communities, ensuring they have access to the widest possible range of support and services to meet their particular needs.

So if you are looking for help and support for yourself or someone you know call on 0800 567 7699 or email [email protected] and they talk you through how we can help you and give the support and advice you need. To go to their website go to: www.livewellkent.org.uk

Live Well Kent is delivered on behalf of Kent County Council and the NHS by two charities, Porchlight and Shaw Trust.

The National Self Harm Network offers support, advice and advocacy services to people affected by self harm directly or in a care role.

The National Self Harm Network is an online resource which aims to:

• Support individuals who self harm to reduce emotional distress and to improve their quality of life
• Support and provide information for family and carers of individuals who self harm
• Empower and enable individuals that self harm to seek further support and alternatives to self harm
• Educate service providers and carers on matters relating to self harm, raise awareness, dispel myths and challenge misconceptions through providing information and training
• Resources and information about self harm

Click here to go to their website or follow the link: www.nshn.co.uk

Ross Care Ltd operate in the Shepway, Dover/Deal, Canterbury and Ashford areas. Support can be a one-off, as needed or on a regular basis.

• Assistance with day to day living.
• Provide companionship and support for new situations
• Offer breaks for carers
• Emotional support
• Use of wheelchair accessible vehicle for trips out.

Contact Ross Butcher: Ross Care Ltd, 28 Greenbanks, Lyminge, Folkestone. Kent. CT18 8HG. to see this location on a google map click here.

07967342226/07725112731 or email [email protected]

Social care services help people who are in need of support due to illness, disability, old age or poverty. Social care services are available to everyone, regardless of background. However, social care is subject to rules about your needs and ability. Services can also support the families or carers of people who receive social care.

Services include:

• Support in your own home - helping you live independently in your own home.
• Your options if living in your own home is no longer possible.
• Paying for care & how much your care costs and how to pay for it.
• Caring for other people - help and support for those who regularly care for another person in Kent.
• Disability - services for people in Kent with a disability.
• How to get social care help
• Children in care and looked after children in Kent.
• Adoption and fostering

To find out more or follow the link: www.kent.gov.uk

The Salvation Army work with people who are vulnerable and marginalised they offer practical help, unconditional assistance and support.

• Clubs, support and night shelters for the vulnerable - please contact branch for details

Address: 115 Cudworth road, Ashford, Kent , TN24 0BE. To see the location of this service on a map click here.

Telephone: 01233 643480 or email [email protected].

To see their website follow the link: www.salvationarmy.org.uk

TheSite.org is an online guide to life for 16-25 year olds in the UK. It provides non-judgmental support and information on everything from sex and stress to debt and drugs.

Straight-talking emotional support is available 24 hours a day. There are options for:

• Chatting about anything on moderated discussion boards and live chat rooms
• Browsing over 2000 articles and videos full of trustworthy facts
• Reading about the experiences of other young people in the True Life section
• Asking questions about friends, dating, love or family life to trained advisors – free and confidential

They have information and advice on:

• Sex & Relationships
• Your Body
• Mental Health
• Drink & Drugs
• Housing
• Money
• Work & Study
• Crime & Safety
• Travel & Lifestyle

www.thesite.org