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Voluntary organisations
The following is not a comprehensive list of voluntary organisations operating within the District, but represents those groups who have requested to add a link to this website. For further details about voluntary groups in your area, please contact your local Council for Voluntary Service.
If you represent a voluntary group and would like to add a link to our website, contact Simon Davies, Partnership & Project Officer, on 01732 227374 or e-mail sus.dev@sevenoaks.gov.uk. If your group does not have a website and you are interested in setting one up, please read our advice about setting up a community website.
Voluntary groups can be viewed under the following categories:
Umbrella Services to Voluntary Groups
Volunteering
Services and Activities for People with Disabilities
Edenbridge & District Mencap Society - Provides help and support for people with a learning disability, their families and carers.
Contact: 01732 360033 or email:
mencap@tonbridge18fsnet.co.uk Kent Association for the Blind - Supporting sight impaired people to live independent lives.
Contact: 01622 691357, email:
enquiry@kab.org.uk or visit:
www.kab.org.ukThe HORIZON Project - Based in Edenbridge and provides woodwork, decorating and personal & social development for young people and for people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities or mental health difficulties
Contact:
01732 363990, e-mail Angi@westkentymca.org.uk or visit www.horizonproject.co.uk The Parents Consortium - A charitable company who provide services to families, schools, hospitals, children's homes and other organisations who need our support. Our membership is open to all parents and carers who have a disabled child aged 19 or under in the Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley area.
Contact: 01322 668501, Minicom: 01322 667761, email: admin@parentsconsortium.co.uk or visit www.parentsconsortium.co.uk The Simon Paul Foundation - A small charity supporting physically disabled people in North-West Kent to live independently in the community. We are based in Swanley and offer our services to local people free of charge.
Contact: 01322 615 165, email: enquiry@simonpaulfoundation.org.uk or visit: www.simonpaulfoundation.co.uk COMPAID Trust - Provides a range of practical services, using information technology and other resources, to enable disabled adults in Kent to maximise the social, creative and learning opportunities within their lives.
Contact: 0845 094 4632, email: officebureau@compaid.org.uk or visit: www.compaidtrust.org.uk
Services and Activities for Parents and Children
Advice and Counselling
Youth Groups
West Kent YMCA - Helping Young People Build Their Future (01892 542 209)
- supported housing [young men and women aged 16 to 30] (01892 518505)- supported vocational training - young people age 14-19 & vulnerable adults
- social enterprise - furniture warehouses
- inclusion/outreach youth work
- U TURN - training for adults
www.westkentymca.org.uk or email info@westkentymca.org.uk
- Edenbridge Voluntary Transport Service (01732 865353)
- Age Concern Sevenoaks and District (01732 454108) www.ageconcern7oaks.co.uk
- Edenbridge Older Lifestyles Group (01732 700400)
- Alzheimer's & Dementia Support Services - 01474 533990 - www.alzheimers-dementia.org.uk
- Dial 2 Drive (transport for older people) - 01732 469000 - fiona.watkins@vawk.org.uk
- Sevenoaks Volunteer Transport Group (01732 458931)
Other Volunteering Opportunities
07 February 2012
