External Service Directory
Folkestone & District Mind offers a varied programme of activities and groups which aim to promote good mental health in a friendly informal and safe environment. Our programme includes social activities, music, conservation, our SELF programmes, and Person-Centred Planning (PCP).
There are also a wide range of external organisations that work to support positive mental health in the community:
Finding the Correct Support
Porchlight Community Link
Pointing you in the right direction of other services
www.porchlight.org.uk
0800 567 7699
Mental Health Groups
Folkestone & District Mind
A range of peer-led groups
www.folkestonemind.org.uk
01303 250090Take Off
Groups run by people with experience of mental ill-health
www.takeoff.works
01227 788211SpeakUpCIC
Support & social groups including music, LGBT+ & an online support group.
www.speakupcic.co.uk
01843 448384
Housing
Porchlight Community Housing
Housing support for those with mental health problems
www.porchlight.org.uk
0800 567 7699
Employment
Porchlight & Shaw Trust Employment Services
Personal support for people looking for work who have mental health problems
www.livewellkent.org.uk
0800 567 7699Porchlight Aspirations
Free service to help you rediscover confidence, cope with your mental health problems, and get into work, volunteering, or education
www.porchlight.org.uk/aspirations
0333 8802730
Isolation & Loneliness
Folkestone & District Mind
A range of social activities including Active, Creative, & Social groups
www.folkestonemind.org.uk
01303 250090Porchlight Community Inclusion
A service to help you reconnect with people
www.porchlight.org.uk
0800 567 7699
Therapy & Counselling
Insight Healthcare
0300 555 5555
Dover Counselling Centre
01304 204123
University Medical Centre (Canterbury)
01227 469338
Welfare & Finance
Shepway Citizens Advice
01303 241435
Dementia
Mind doesn’t offer dementia support, but there are a number of local and national organisations that can help:
Pebbles Dementia Cafe
Second Thursday of each Month, 10:30 am – 12 pm
St Peter’s Church hall, Roberts Road, Greatstone, TN28 8RG
01797 364555Kent Dementia Helpline
0800 500 3014
Hythe Dementia Awareness Forum
Meet on 3rd Thursday, at 2 pm at the Council Offices, Stade Street, Hythe.Plus Let’s talk Dementia session in the Library, Stade Street, on the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays 10 am – 12 pmNational Dementia Helpline
0300 222 1122
Alzheimer Society
0330 333 0804
www.alzheimers.org.uk