Eat Well Spend Less Wellbeing event comes to Singleton Village Hall

If you need extra support as a result of the cost of living then come along to our Eat Well Spend Less roadshow on Wednesday 7 August from 10am to 2pm at Singleton Village Hall, Hoxton Close, Ashford, TN23 5LB.

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

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 providing hygiene items
• Safeguarding & Safer Streets – information and advice
• Energy Advice
• Great Chart with Singleton Parish Council – information and advice
• Ashford Borough Council - Welfare Intervention Officer – help and advice on financial/benefit support
• Ashford Borough Council - Tenancy Engagement Officer – housing help and advice on E-On, Ridge & Cenergist
• 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
• School-aged Immunisation Service Public Health and Prevention, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust – advice and guidance leaflets
• Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust - Oral health advice and guidance
• Metro Kent Young People Sexual Health – information and advice
• Porchlight representatives – gaining feedback for improvement from young people regarding their mental health and if the services they have used have been good or bad. Along with information about other services within Porchlight
• 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 (KCC) Adult Social Care and Health – information and advice on offer
• Citizen Advice project officer – advice and information on Kent Money Advice Hub Project & Perinatal Money & Mental Health projects
• Kent and Medway NHS Talking Therapy – mental health information and advice on their offer
• Food Friends – volunteer food sharing programme in Ashford  
• KOOTH - Mental Health Service – information and advice on offer for young people aged 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
• Health Inequalities Care Coordinator Mid Kent PCN– promote/ raise awareness / information on cancer screening specifically breast, bowel and cervical screening
• Sk8side – Young person support, activities and Supper at Sk8side - information on their offer
• South East Water – advice on saving water and cost
• Neighbourhood Watch Ashford District – information and advice
• Family Hub (previously children and youth centre) – information and advice
• Green Doctors – help and advice on saving costs / bill paying
• Montfort Manor Care Home - promote living well with dementia, guides regarding dementia and looking after a loved one. Also information on their carer’s and friendship café
• Kent Community Equipment Service provider funded by KCC – information and advice
• Ashford and Tenterden Umbrella – connect, companionship and confidence – information and advice on their offer
• Kent and Medway AAA (Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm) Screening Programme, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust – information and advice
• Kent & Medway Recovery & Wellbeing College – information and advice
• Information about - Kent Foundation which supports 18-40 year olds to become entrepreneurs in Kent. A big focus is supporting those on benefits or low incomes to set themselves up, particularly with their 'Ideas to Income' programme.

This project is funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. For more information, visit www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus.