Welcome
We’re on a mission to support local residents to find local community services, activities and support that can really help you.
Maybe you’re looking to meet new people,or you might be wanting to find out about exercise or social clubs, or how to get involved in a local charity.
We ask all the event organisers to make provision for people who are attending for the first time and possibly on their own.
Note for event organisers:
If you are advertising an event, please make sure have provision to welcome people who are coming on their own for the first time.
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Here are just a few of the events taking place in the West Swale area over the comming weeks.
Community Cafe
The Lower Halstow Neighbourhood Watch run a community cafe on the first Saturday of each month from 11.30 - 2.30pm at The Memorial Hall.
It is run by volunteers and as a not for profit venture to keep the prices affordable for all.
Contact Richard Asbury on £07894 792802 if you'd like to meet new people!
Coffee and Chat
St Michaels Church in Hartlip holds a "Coffee and Chat" in the Church on the 1st and the 3rd Wednesday of each month commencing at 10.30am.
It is a drop in for anyone that would like to come for a chat.
Contact phone number is 07801 410074
PubQuiz
Friendly Pub Quiz at The Long Hop pub, Key Street, ME10 1YU
£1 entry
Starts from 8pm
Contact Mike - 01795 471139 or email cllrmikebaldock@yahoo.co.uk
Cllr Mike Baldock
Everyone feels lonely from time to time, but when people are always lonely, they are likely to suffer significant ill health and other negative consequences.
Cllr Mike Baldock has initiated a strategy for starting to tackling loneliness with a focus on preventing people from feeling lonely all or most of the time. It aims to continue the boroughwide conversation on loneliness to raise awareness of its impacts and help tackle its stigma. Just as we understand the importance of looking after our physical health and increasingly our mental health, so too must we look after our social connections and understand that they are key to our wellbeing.
The strategy is for everyone, recognising that loneliness affects people of all ages and stages of their lives. There is no quick fix to tackling loneliness entirely, but there can be a continued momentum and focus on the reality of people’s life experiences.
We want to make sure that Swale West is a place where families, friends and communities support each other, especially at vulnerable points where people are at greater risk of loneliness. We want to develop a culture in our borough where loneliness is recognised and acted on without stigma or shame, so that we all look out for one another.