Positive wellbeing
How we can support you
Our highly trained community connectors can support you to live well at home and become part of your community. They challenge the disconnection, loneliness and isolation many people face and support you to reconnect, be active and have purpose – your own way. We can meet you in your home or arrange an appointment by phone or video.
If you are feeling isolated or lonely, then maybe a community connector can help you find positive wellbeing.
Would you like our support?
Our community connectors work in various communities across Kent. If you are looking for positive wellbeing support, or want to refer someone else for support, you can make a referral.
If you can’t find what you’re looking for or need assistance navigating the page, contact us for assistance on 03000 422 065 (10am to 3pm, Monday to Friday).
Championing positive wellbeing
Watch our video which features people in Kent who are championing our positive wellbeing message. Find out how the work that our community wardens carry out helps to re-engage and reconnect people with their local communities.
What's involved
Positive wellbeing provides free, confidential, one-to-one support for up to 12 weeks and can help you:
- improve your wellbeing
- tackle loneliness
- learn a new skill or participate in a new activity
- increase self-confidence and self esteem
- get involved in your community
- take control of a range of situations with support.
The community connector will spend time talking through the issues that matter to you and help come up with solutions, often by linking you to services and people within your local community.
Contact us
Phone 03000 42 20 65 (10am to 3pm, Monday to Friday)
Email positive.wellbeing@kent.gov.uk
I was always sitting at home, until my connector told me about the carers café she set up, now I go out more and meet new friends.
Mrs N
Other support you can access
- Adult social care and health for help if you or someone you care for needs support due to illness, disability, old age or low income
- Age UK provide a wide range of services to help people in later life.
- Citizens Advice Bureau are an independent organisation specialising in confidential information and advice to assist people with legal, debt, consumer, housing and other problems.
- Community wardens will try and help you and your community no matter what the issue. If they don’t have the answer they will know someone who will.
- Fusion Healthy Living Centre offers information, advice and support to residents of Park Wood and the wider Maidstone community. They focus on health prevention and improvement by offering services that promote physical and emotional wellbeing.
- Involve are a charity working to improve health, empower people and communities to live well and tackle the root causes of ill health including isolation, loneliness, disadvantage and frailty.
- IMAGO provide a range of services and projects that support independence, reduce social isolation and create opportunities for adults and adult carers in Dartford, Gravesham, Swanley and Swale.
- Red Zebra provide a range of services in East Kent that enable people to be involved and active in their communities and to remain independent in their own homes.
- Social Enterprise Kent deliver a positive social impact, strengthen communities, empower people and improve lives.