Community support and advice
United Response Community Network
378 Cheriton Rd, Cheriton, CT19 4DX
Telephone: 07909 882121
Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10am to 3pm
Community Fridge offering free food and provisions that would otherwise be wasted from local shops and supermarkets.
Sunflower House
Foord Road, Folkestone CT19 5AE
The Community Room, 19 The Bayle, Folkestone CT20 1SQ
Telephone: 01303 980661
For more information visit Sunflower House
Provides Warm Welcome drop-in service on Friday 9.30am to 1.30pm, including hot drinks and snacks and emergency weekend food parcels; health and well-being activity; advice surgery.
Works alongside Action on Homelessness.
Leads a pilot project for a home-based cookery skills course - Bags of Taste
Age UK South Kent Coast and the Folkestone Community Hub
The Marigold Centre, 65 Shaftesbury Road, Cheriton, Folkestone, CT19 4NS.
Open 10am – 3pm, Monday – Friday.
Lunch club for over 55s, 12pm Monday to Thursday. Freshly cooked two-course meal - £6.50. Meal Delivery, seven days a week - £7. Also provides access to emergency food (and other essential goods and services) for those in most need.
Age UK Hythe and the Hythe Community Hub
Sanford House, Stade Street, Hythe, CT21 6BD.
Open 9am to 3.45pm, Monday to Friday.
Day centre offering information, advice and support for over 55s, as well as a café and a meal delivery service. Access to emergency food (and other essential goods and services) for those most in need.
Romney Marsh Community Hub
Rolfe Lane, New Romney, TN28 8JR.
Open 9am to 4pm, Monday to Friday.
Provides a range of services including Sunflower Café, hot meal delivery service for the over 50s, from Monday to Friday, with frozen meals available for the weekend. Home support service available for domestic chores and shopping. Access to dementia coordinators
Age UK Lyminge
63 Station Road, Lyminge, CT18 8HQ.
Open Monday to Friday.
A range of services including a day centre providing information, advice, and support for the over 55s, a café open to all members of the community and dementia day care, including lunch provision.
The Rainbow Centre, Folkestone
In addition to food services, the Rainbow Centre provides a range of services for those experiencing hardship, including a Homeless Support Service. For information about these services, please use links on the centre’s website.