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 250090
Take Off

Groups run by people with experience of mental ill-health
www.takeoff.works
01227 788211
SpeakUpCIC

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 7699
Porchlight 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 250090
Porchlight 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 364555
Kent 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 pm

dementiaawarehythe@ageukhl.org.uk
National Dementia Helpline

0300 222 1122
Alzheimer Society

0330 333 0804
www.alzheimers.org.uk