Wellness and wellbeing events in the district

July 2025 - Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone

Time and place

2nd July from 10am – 3pm at the Leas Cliff Hall, The Leas, Folkestone, CT20 2DZ

What will be available on the day?

  • Age UK South Kent Coast and Age UK Hythe, Lyminge & Ashford – Providing advice and support for older people in the district
  • Aging Without Children (AWOC) – Providing support and social connections for people aging without children
  • Al-Anon – Support groups for families and friends of alcoholics to share experiences and support each other
  • Amber – Supported housing and homeless support for young adults
  • AnyTek Computer Support and Repair – Help with computer issues including repairs and data recovery
  • Ashford Mediation Service – Help with resolving disputes with neighbours, family or in the workplace
  • Beacon Plus College – Specialist college which supports young adults in preparing for adulthood and increasing opportunities to access employment
  • Better Housing Better Health – Supporting residents to keep warm, stay safe, and live well in their homes
  • Care Anchor – Providing support and compassion to carers in Folkestone, Hythe and Dover
  • Carers’ Support East Kent – Providing carers who look after a relative or friend with information and support
  • Change Grow Live – Support and treatment for substance misuse and wider social issues
  • Christians Against Poverty – Helping families and individuals struggling with poverty
  • Citizens Advice – Helping people with money, legal and other problems
  • Dementia & Me – NHS Dementia support
  • Dentaid The Dental Charity – Providing dental care and health advice to people experiencing poverty or homelessness
  • Department for Work and Pensions Disability Employment Advisor – Employment advice
  • Digital Kent – Improving digital inclusion across Kent, providing equipment as well as assistance with using technology
  • District Food Network – A network of organisations and charities working to reduce food waste or food poverty
  • Dover Counselling Centre – Counselling services for a range of mental or emotional conditions including depression, anxiety, trauma, etc.
  • East Kent Baby Memorial Gardens – Bright and welcoming memorial spaces to remember special babies
  • Environment Agency – Protecting and improving the environment
  • Everyday Active – A hub to find exercise and activities in your area, to improve health and wellbeing
  • Everyone Health – Healthy lifestyle services to improve the health of local communities, including smoking cessation service
  • Folkestone & Hythe District Council Independent Living Officers – Supporting people aged over 60 to live independent lives
  • Future Skills – Helping young people build a better future through learning and building interpersonal skills
  • Gina B Wellness
  • Headway Kent – Providing social rehabilitation to adults with acquired brain injury
  • Home Instead – Home care to enable people to remain in their own homes
  • Home Start Shepway – Promoting the welfare of families with young children
  • IRIS Mobile Sight Centre – Help and advice around eye health and eye tests, from the Kent Association for the Blind
  • Kent Coast Volunteering -  Supporting volunteers and volunteering across the district
  • Kent County Council Active Travel Interventions Team
  • Kent County Council Community Wardens – Making stronger, safer communities through local engagement and interaction
  • Kent County Council Financial Hardship Programme Officer – Advice and support for anyone struggling with the cost of living
  • Kent County Council Obesity Project Officer
  • Kent County Council Social Care Involvement Officer
  • Kent Police – Safety and crime prevention advice
  • Macmillan Cancer Support – Supporting individuals with cancer with physical, emotional and financially assistance
  • Metro Sexual Health – Inclusive health and wellbeing services, including sexual health and youth support
  • National Energy Action – Supporting households in fuel poverty
  • NHS Kent and Medway Vaccine Ambassadors – Providing advice on vaccinations
  • NHS South Xyla Type 2 Diabetes Remission Programme – Personalised support to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes
  • NRS Healthcare – Improving quality of life and independence
  • Oaklands Health Centre Social Prescribers – Connecting patients to non-clinical services to improve their health and wellbeing
  • Olivia Roe Pathways – Psychologist offering coaching to improve mindset, confidence, wellbeing, and more
  • Pilgrims Hospice – End of life care and support for patients and their families
  • Rainbow Centre – Support with homelessness and food poverty issues
  • Rainbow Centre’s Mobile Food Pantry – Social supermarket providing subsidised food and other goods for members
  • Reiki Practitioner Chloe Marchant
  • Rising Sun – Supporting adults and children impacted by domestic abuse
  • Runway Training – Providing functional qualifications
  • Shift Within – Body-breath-mind based courses to support women and children address the impacts of stress through separation and divorce
  • Shivanova / Equator Festival – Arts group supporting diversity through music
  • South Kent Mind – Supporting individuals suffering from mental health problems
  • Sunflower House – Community space supporting individuals needed support and building community through hosting a range of other organisations
  • Thrive By The Sea – Helping women and girls in Kent to access health, fitness and wellbeing activities and education
  • Town & Country Housing – Provider of affordable homes and other housing across Kent
  • Treat Me Right – Empowering and inspiring women to build safer communities, increase economic wellbeing and prevent domestic abuse
  • Turn2Us – National charity providing practical support to people struggling financially
  • Wave Community Bank – Local community bank providing loans and savings accounts to people in a way that benefits the local community
  • Wynsdale Community Connect – Not-for-profit supporting vulnerable individuals and their pets who are in unsafe or poor housing.