Key Community, Health & Wellbeing List
Kent Care Services Directory 2025:
https://www.carechoices.co.uk/publication/kent-care-services-directory/
KEY COMMUNITY HEALTH & WELLBEING LIST - JANUARY 2026
MARDEN COMMUNITY CONTACTS
Kent Police Community Officers: PC Chad Maskell and PC George Head
Kent Police Community Support Officer (PCSO): Becky Mount – call 101
All hold occasional surgeries at the Friday Village Café and Marden Village Club
Marden Come & Sing Group: Sessions held Thursday afternoons fortnightly in the Vestry Hall at 2pm. For more information email: [email protected]
Marden Community Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO): Grants available for the relief of financial hardship within the Parish. For more information email: [email protected] or check out http://www.mardenkent- pc.gov.uk/community/marden-parish-council-13394/marden-cio/
Marden Dementia Friendly Community/Living Memories: Email: [email protected] or call Rachel Chacon on 01622 831941 or check out: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dementia/about/
Marden Dentist - Bupa Dental Care: Call 01622 831556 or check out https://www.bupa.co.uk/dental/dental-care/practices/marden
Marden Food Bank: Mondays 10am-12pm in Vestry Hall. Kathy Young – call 0783 4760787 or email: [email protected] or Rev. Nicky Harvey on 01622 831379
Marden Medical Centre: Call 01622 831257 or NHS 111 for non-urgent medical or dental advice (call 111 before visiting A&E) Check out: www.mardenmedicalcentre.nhs.uk and/or https://111.nhs.uk/ or for life threatening emergencies call 999
Marden Parish Church/Office: Rev. Nicky Harvey email: [email protected] or call 01622 831379; Kathy Young email: [email protected] or call 01622 831890 / www.mardenchurch.org.uk/welcome
Marden Parish Council: Parish Clerk - Ali Hooker - email: [email protected] Call 01622 832305 or 07376 287981/ Deputy Clerk - Rachel Weeks - email: [email protected] Call 01622 832305 or 07354 349925 / Admin Assistant – Lisa Stevens – email : [email protected]. Call 01622 832305 Check out: http://www.mardenkent-pc.gov.uk/community/marden-parish-council-13394/contact/
Marden Pharmacy: Call 01622 831495 or check out https://mardenpharmacy.co.uk/ or email: [email protected]
Marden Pre-School: Call 01622 832857 or email: [email protected]
Marden Primary Academy: Call 01622 831393 or email: [email protected]
Marden Play-On: Thursdays 11.15am-12.30pm Vestry Hall – email: [email protected] – for the over 50’s
Marden Sporting Memories: Tuesdays 2.30pm-4pm Marden Cricket & Hockey Club - email [email protected] or call 01622 833053
Marden Walking Group: Local walking group, meeting weekly. Call Steve McArragher on 01622 831007 or Sian Burr on 1622 831106
SEND Help Marden: Tuesdays 9.30am-10.30am Vestry Hall – support group for families with children with special educational needs
HEALTH & WELLBEING
Actively Involved: A Kent service which aims to improve health and happiness for those 55 and over or living with complex health conditions. Check out: Actively Involved for Over 55's or Under With Complex Health Conditions - Involve Kent or call 03000 810005
Age UK Maidstone: Helps with the Cost of Living: Call 0800 678 1602 Welcome to Age UK Maidstone
Alzheimer’s and Dementia Support Services (ADSS): Offers a range of services to people affected by dementia: Call Dementia Co-ordinator line: 0800 035 2221 of email: [email protected]: Alzheimer's and Dementia Support Services
Alzheimer’s Society: 24-hour helpline 0800 500 3014 or Alzheimer's Society
CALM: Campaign Against Living Miserably: Call 0800 585 858
Children & Young People’s Mental Health Services: Children and young people's mental health services - NHS
Children & Young People’s Mental Health Practitioner Mental Health Workshops: Support for young people and their families in the Weald: https://bit.ly/WealdCHW
Compaid: Help disabled, older and vulnerable people to overcome the barriers of social and digital exclusion. Also provides a transport service. Call 01892 834539 or email: [email protected] or check out https://www.compaid.org.uk/
Continuing Health Care: Some people with long-term complex health needs qualify for free social care arranged and funded solely by the NHS. Check out to see if you are eligible: Compass CHC: experts in NHS continuing healthcare funding
Dementia UK Helpline: Call 0800 888 6678 or Get in touch with us - Dementia UK
Domestic Violence & Abuse: 24 hour helpline for both men & women call 0808 2000 247 or check out: Getting help for domestic violence and abuse - NHS
Every Mind Matters: Support for loneliness, anxiety etc. Check out:https://www.nhs.uk/every-mind-matters/
Kent Care Services Directory: KentCareServices
Information, Advice & Support Kent: (IASK): A service for special educational needs and disabilities (separate from SENS). Helpline 03000 412 412 or email [email protected] or check out: https://www.iask.org.uk/
Involve Kent: Provide a range of Social Prescribing Services including supporting carers, connecting people to improve health and wellbeing, Children’s Navigation service Call: 03000 810005 or email: [email protected] or https://www.involvekent.org.uk/
Involve Self-Referrals: For parents, please speak to your GP who will make a referral to the team as required. www.involvekent.org.uk/how-can-we-help/one-to-one-support/support-for-18s-and-over/
JOY app: Directory of local and national services appointed by NHS. https://services.thejoyapp.com/
Kent Connect to Support: https://kent.connecttosupport.org
Kent and Medway NHS Partnership Trust (KMPT): Range of adult mental health and learning disability services in Kent and Medway: Welcome to Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust - Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Kent Safeguarding Children: Home - Kent Safeguarding Children Multi-Agency Partnership
Kent Youth Health: https://www.kentyouthhealth.nhs.uk/
Kooth: Emotional Wellbeing for Young People. Offer online support and counselling for ages 10-16. Check out https://www.kooth.com/ email: [email protected] or Call Young Minds: Childline 0800 1111
Maidstone Everyday Active: Campaign to promote regular movement to improve both physical and mental health: Maidstone - Everyday Active Kent
Mental Health Services: Maidstone Local care mental health team - Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Mental Health Urgent help: call 111 Option 1
Mental Health Matters: Safe Havens: Call 07484 061684 or email: [email protected] or check out: https://www.mhm.org.uk/kent-safe-havens
Maidstone Samaritans: Call 116123 free from any phone or 0330094 5717 or check out: https://www.samaritans.org/branches/maidstone/
Mind Mental Health Advice & Support: Practical tips on managing your money & mental health. Call 0300 123 3393 or text 8646 or email: [email protected] or check out https://www.mind.org.uk/
NHS Patient Transport: Provided by G4S – this a non-emergency patient transport service to local NHS sites for people whose health means they cannot get to or from their NHS appointment in any other way. You can find out if you are eligible for patient transport or book an appointment by calling the freephone booking line on 0800 096 0211 – 24 hours a day. Check out: www.km-pts.co.uk
One You Kent: Health programme to help you lose weight, get active, quit smoking etc at https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/service/one-you-kent/ or call 0300 123 1220 – Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.
Papyrus: UK Suicide Prevention: Call 0800 0684141 or check out: https://www.papyrus-uk.org/
Shelter: 0808 800 4444 https://www.shelter.org.uk/
Shout - Crisis Text Line: Call 0800 107 1060 or Text SHOUT 85258 or check out https://giveusashout.org/
Wellbeing in the Weald: Providing a range of community-based activities in and around Cranbrook and the surrounding area. https://wellbeingintheweald.co.uk/ or email or call [email protected] or 07961 669575
KENT COUNTY COUNCIL CONTACTS
KCC Social Care and Health: Social care and health - Kent County Council - Info on sexual, winter, mental health, ‘One You Kent’, managing a long-term health condition, ‘Release the Pressure’, NHS screening, drug and alcohol support etc.
IMAGO: Support for older people: Maidstone - Imago
Kent Karrier: flexible dial-a-ride service: https://www.kent.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/travelling-around-kent/bus-travel/community-transport/kent-karrier email: [email protected]
Kent Together Cost of Living Support: Cost of living support - Kent County Council
Living Maidstone Family Hubs: (replaces Marden Children’s Centre) Offers advice, support and services to help families from newborn to 19 year olds, or up to 25 year olds with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND): Kent Family Hub - Kent County Council
Mental Health Advice: Mental health - Kent County Council
Urgent Health and Support for Young People: Urgent help and support for young people - Kent County Council
Refer Kent Online directory of groups and services which aims to strengthen referrals for adults and families and for those at risk or suffering hardship: ReferKent - for organisations who support Kent residents - Kent County Council
Release the Pressure: Free confidential support for anxiety, depressions, low esteem, money worries, stress and suicidal thoughts. Release the pressure - Kent County Council
Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND): Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) - Kent County Council
UK Government Household Support Fund Supports vulnerable Kent households in need of financial support: Household Support Fund - Kent County Council
MISCELLANEOUS CONTACTS
Community Transport: Involve: call 03000 810005 / Imago/Dial2Drive Tonbridge: call 0300 777 1200
Digital Kent: Helping people to operate digitally. Sessions being held in Marden Library. https://www.digitalkent.uk/
Disability Services: 0800 121 4433
HMRC: 0300 200 3300
Housing Helplines: Shelter: 0808 800 4444.
Choices: 0800 917 9948.
Victim Support: 0808 168 9111
Kent Community Foundation https://kentcf.org.uk - Grants for small charities
The Lawson Trust: Funding from The Lawson Trust
Kent Fire & Rescue Service (KFRS): Home safety advice. Check out https://www.kent.fire-uk.org/
Live Well Kent: Mental health, money advice, housing concerns: https://livewellkent.org.uk/
Maidstone Borough Council Cost of Living Advice: https://maidstone.gov.uk/home/other-services/cost-of-living-advice
Maidstone Borough Council Tax Support: Call 01622 602557 or check out Council Tax Support - Maidstone Borough Council
Maidstone Citizens Advice: Debt and other advice: 0808 2505 704 or check out https://www.maidstonecab.org.uk/ https://citizensadvicenwk.org.uk/: 0808 278 7810
Other Benefits & Money Advice: Crisis Support – The Ombudsman, Housing, Scams, KSAS, Domestic Violence, Debt Advice, Power of Attorney https://maidstone.gov.uk/home/primary-services/benefits/primary-areas/money-advice
National Debt line: Call 0808 808400 or check out: https://nationaldebtline.org/
Paddock Wood Community Advice Centre: Advice on consumer matters, debt & money, employment, family, housing & homelessness, mental health support – call 01892 838619 or email: [email protected] You can also contact Angus Boucher (Marden resident) on 07759 043721 or email: [email protected] for Benefit form advice, PIP Attendance Allowance, Blue Badge applications
Pension Services: 0800 731 7898
Step Change: Debt Solution Advice: StepChange Debt Charity. Free Expert Debt Help & Advice
Universal Credit: 0800 328 5644
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