Support organisations

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Organisation	Services	Contact
Connect Well East Kent	Hub team is operational as normal and telephone services are still active. Open Mon, Weds and Fri 8:30am – 6pm. Tues and Thurs 9am – 5pm	0300 302 0178
Carers Support East Kent	The hub team is operational as normal and still offering emotional support. Open Mon, Weds and Fri 8:30am – 6pm. Tues and Thurs 9am – 5pm.	0300 302 0178
Silverline Telephone Befriending Service	24-hour befriending service. It’s a helpline and friendship service for people aged 55 and over. Free, confidential service to share worries and fears. A good sign posting service.	0800 470 80 90
Age UK Thanet	Day services are operational as per government guidance. Hot meal delivery available for £7.	01843 223881
Ageless Thanet	Offering a free telephone befriending Service for people over the age of 50 between the hours of 9am and 5pm. You can contact them via phone, email or on social media (Facebook and Twitter). Ageless Thanet will issuing a guide on how to use FaceTime to stay connected with friends and family during this time. You can find this on all social media platforms.	01843 21005 info@ agelessthanet.org. uk
Cliftonville Community Centre	Open as usual Mon, Tues, Weds and Fri.	Elaine or Paul 01843 221913
St Paul’s Food Bank (Margate)	Open as usual – Thurs mornings 10:30am – 12:30pm.	01843 221913
Thanet Community Transport Association	Offering a personal shopping service and wiling to help anyone who is selfisolating and who cannot get out and about.	01843 602030
Westgate Town Council	The town council is offering a service of volunteers to visit homes within the town to help isolated people to do shopping, walk the dogs, friendly phone calls, picking up prescriptions and general needs. If you know someone who needs this please contact the Town Clerk on the number/email to the right.	01843 836182 townclerk@ westgateonsea. gov.uk
Changing Minds - The Lifeboat project	To establish a phone line for those seeking a friendly chat / video chat if possible. To set up a social media hub for individuals to access for tips on combating loneliness while in isolation. To grow and adapt the project alongside the ever-changing situation to provide support for as many affected individuals as we can possibly reach. They will provide mental health support, advice, anxiety management, food and essentials for the local community throughout the coronavirus pandemic. This will consist of weekly podcasts, videos discussing all things wellbeing, exercise, nutrition and more. To offer free delivery of care packages for those in isolation within the local community, including food, toiletries and entertainment like crosswords, card games, colouring books.	Colin Rouse – colin.rouse@ changingmind skent.co.uk
Best One Westgate	Offering free home delivery services for supplies.	01843 831664
Krusty Kobb bakeries	Offering free home delivery for food to the homes of people who are self-isolating and are unable to get out.	01843 835447
Prentis Greengrocers	Offering free home delivery to self isolated people (fruit and veg etc).	01843 834934
Posillipos restaurant Broadstairs	Is offering to do people’s shopping and deliver it to their home for self-isolated people.	01843 601133
The Kitchen CT9 in Cliftonville	Will deliver any surplus stock they have to people’s homes who are self-isolating.	01843 293376
Birchington Support group	Are offering a free service, which includes shopping locally, walking dogs and collecting prescriptions.	Dave Adams - 07540 813028 or Jan Adams – 07540 812564
Age Concern Deal	Day services are still operational as per government guidelines. Hot meals are £7. Offering food delivery services and hot meal deliveries. (Both are paid for services and will be invoiced at a later date).	01304 372608 – Deal
Age UK Folkestone	Day services are still operational as per government guidelines. Offering food delivery services and hot meal deliveries. Hot meals are costed at £7. (Both are paid for services and will be invoiced at a later date).	01303 279031 - Folkestone
Age UK Herne Bay	Day services are still operational as are all other service which are normally offered. Befriending service is now a telephone befriending service between working hours.	01227 749570
Whitstable Food Bank	Whitstable Umbrella Centre will be providing food parcels during isolation periods and are happy for neighbours/ friends to collect food parcels on behalf of people who are isolating.	01227 274880
Deal Food Banks	St Richard’s Church – Tues 12 – 2pm. Weds Victoria Road 4.30 – 6pm. Fri Trinity Church Union Road 10am -12pm. Foodbank centres open, but no tea or coffee.	01304 728428
Sandwich Food Banks	Thurs Phoenix Centre Jubilee Road – 3pm. Foodbank centres open, but no tea or coffee.	01304 728428
Ashford Age UK	Meals on Wheels (3 meals delivered – to include lunch, tea and breakfast for the following day), shopping, prescription collection, keeping in touch calls, telephone befriending, dog walking.	01233 668765
Aylesham Food Banks	St Finbarr’s Church Market Square Fri 12.30 – 2.30pm. Food bank centres open, but no tea or coffee.	01304 728428
Ashford Vineyard Church	Mon, Tues, Thurs 9 – 12am and last Sat of every month. If in need, please contact the food bank.	01233 331919
Ashford Community Care	Food shopping delivery services Ashford.	Martin Kemp 07732 977417 / 01233 612224
Home help choice	Food shopping delivery services Ashford.	Richard Spinx 07807 177656
Faversham Food Bank	The Gospel Mission Church, Tanners Street. Weds 1.30 – 4pm. Fri 1.30 – 4pm.	07938720604
Folkestone Methodist Church	Sandgate Road, Folkestone. Tues and Fri 2pm – 3.30pm. Please check the website www.shepway. foodbank.org.uk as regular updates will be posted here.	07913573403
New Romney Christian Centre	North Street. Tues 5.30 – 7pm. Please check the website www.shepway. foodbank.org.uk as regular updates will be posted here.	07913573403
Lydd	Hardy Hall, Skinner Road. Fri 6.30 – 7.30pm. Please check the website www.shepway. foodbank.org.uk as regular updates will be posted here	07913573403
Savages Fruit and Veg Lydd	Offering fruit baskets and other vegetables within the Lydd area. Also offering a delivery service.	01797 363280
Kerry’s Kitchen Lydd	A local café, which is making food deliveries within the Lydd area.	01797 321052
Sport England	How to stay active during the COVID-19 period while self isolating	https://www.sportengland .org/jointhemovement

Thank you to the particularly brilliant Justine Norris our Occupational therapist at
the North East Kent Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team for producing this.

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