Community Support

Getting help and volunteering

Support for voluntary groups and individuals is being offered by district and borough councils across Kent communities.

Find out more about what is happening in your community, how you can access support and how you can volunteer your help via these local authority websites:

Need a different

format?

Full government stay at home guidance is available in easy read and translated versions via theses links:

Stay at home: guidance for households with possible coronavirus (COVID-19) infection

COVID-19: guidance on social distancing and for vulnerable people

Kent Together Service

Kent County Council has set up an online contact centre and helpline to help coordinate support for anyone in Kent who is in urgent need of help during the coronavirus pandemic.

Is is a 24 hour service set up to ensure that resources are directed to where they are most needed and to make sure people who are not already receiving support through existing services get urgent help.

Who it is for?

People can get in touch if they need urgent help with accessing supplies such as food or medication, and do not have support through existing networks .

The phone line can be used to report concerns you have anyone who you think may be in need of urgent help.

If you are vulnerable and have an urgent need that cannot be met through existing support networks, you can contact Kent Together online at www.kent.gov.uk/KentTogether

or by calling on 03000 41 92 92.

How to help safely

The single most important action we can all take, in fighting coronavirus, is to stay at home in order to protect the NHS and save lives.

You should only leave the house for one of four reasons, and one of these is to provide care or to help a vulnerable person. Even when you are doing this, you need to do so safely.

This guidance outlines how you can help and importantly, how to do this safely: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-how-to-help-safely--2/coronavirus-how-to-help-safely