Eat Well Spend Less Wellbeing event comes to Repton

If you need extra support as a result of the cost of living then come along to our Eat Well Spend Less and Wellbeing roadshow on Thursday 21 November from 10am to 2pm at Repton Connect Community Centre, TN23 3RX.

The event brings together a range of partner organisations including frontline NHS staff and Ashford Borough Council officers, outreach organisations and charities, in one easy-to-access place.

As we move into winter it's a perfect time to boost your health and wellbeing. The roadshow offers information from many different services and it could just provide the perfect opportunity for you to get a free health check or find out more about the offer of the One You Shop in Ashford.

We are pleased to let residents know that the NHS Kent & Medway Vaccination Programme will be available at this roadshow with the team administering COVID & Flu Winter vaccines to those eligible.

Come along for advice and information from local services who will be there to support you, your loved ones and help you to potentially save money. It's free to attend and is open to all, simply pop along for all this and more:

• Guidance on shopping, preparing and cooking healthy, nutritious meals
• Information on where and how to access local food banks along with community venues who offer free, pay as you feel or very reasonably priced meals in a social setting
• Recipe bags with all ingredients to make a recipe along with instructions
• Fare Share Kent Family Food Bank food items including fresh fruit and vegetables
• The Hygiene Bank provided hygiene items
• Ashford Borough Council - Safeguarding & Safer Streets and Housing Neighbourhood Team – information and advice. This roadshow takes place during Safeguarding Adults week
• Ashford Borough Council energy advice from our Senior Climate Action Officer
• Ashford Borough Council help and advice on financial/benefit support from our Welfare Intervention Officer
• Ashford Borough Council housing help and advice from our Tenancy Engagement Officer
• Senior Climate Action Officer - Ashford Borough Council -  information and advice
• NHS Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust - offering free health check / MOT’S.  Advice and pathways into One You Services including information on the extensive offer at the One You Shop, Park Mall,  Ashford
• NHS Kent and Medway Vaccination Programme – offering COVID and Flu winter vaccinations to those eligible
• Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust - Oral health advice and guidance.  KCHFT Smoke Free team offering free mouth health screening in November awareness month.
• Metro Kent Young People Sexual Health – information and advice
• Wellbeing Matters Plus & Young Carers– offering and developing community-based opportunities for individuals aged 55 plus or adults with complex health needs – Imago
• Kent County Council Adult Social Care and Health – information and advice on offer
• Citizen Advice in North & West Kent (CANWK) - information about the Kent Advice Hub (KAH) project and how to access advice and support
• Food Friends – volunteer food sharing programme in Ashford  
• KOOTH - Mental Health Service. Information and advice on offer for young people 11-25
• Ashford Mediation Service – advice and information on this free service to Ashford residents
• Bright City Church - Food Bank, Vinnies Diner and Lite Bites lunch and chat
• Sk8side – Young person’s Support, activities and Supper at Sk8side - Information on their offer
• South East Water – advice on saving water and cost
• Mind and Body at We Are With You in Kent – young people mental health information and advice on their offer
• Kent and Medway NHS Talking Therapy – adult mental health information and advice on their offer
• Neighbourhood Watch Ashford District – information and advice
• Family Hub (previously children and youth centre) – information and advice
• Kent Community Equipment Service provider funded by KCC – information and advice  
• Kent and Medway AAA (Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm) Screening Programme, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust – information and advice
• Kent Foundation – information and advice support 18-40 year olds to become entrepreneurs in Kent. Support those on benefits or low incomes to set themselves up, particularly with their 'Ideas to Income' programme.
• Kent & Medway Recovery & Wellbeing College – information and advice
• Kent Fire & Rescue Services – Fire Safety - Save Safely & home safety visits
• Hi Kent - sound support for People Living With Hearing Loss. Information and advice on all aspects of hearing loss from getting an aid, coping with tinnitus, to hearing the television, lip-reading an all issue in between
• Department Works and Pension / Job Centre – advice and information
• Ashford Volunteer Centre – Community Connector – advice and information
• East Kent College - information on the outreach programmes promoting courses that can offer support in employment and upskilling
• Wave Community Bank – information and advice
• Headway Kent – Support for brain injury survivors, their families and carers
• CAP Life Skills – Willesborough Baptist Church – information, advice and how to attend
• MacMillan Crossroads - provide volunteers to support people living with cancer across Kent in a number of ways; from companionship to transport to their healthcare appointments. In addition, we can support accessing grants to help with the financial burden of a cancer diagnosis
• Ashford Borough Citizen Advice – information and advice on their extensive offer
• Kent County Council Financial Hardship Team – information and advice

This project is funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. For more information, visit the UK Shared Prosperity Fund web page at GOV.UK.