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Social activities in
Sevenoaks District
Amended November 2021
This local information pack covers:
information and advice about social activities
coffee mornings, afternoon tea, lunch clubs and day centres
befriending
Christmas activities
tea parties and singles parties for older people
memory cafes and social activities for people with dementia
u3a (educational, creative and leisure activities for older people)
visiting and live-in companions
a list of social activities available in each village or town. In bigger villages and
towns, it lists social activities aimed specifically at older people before those aimed
more generally at everyone
Details are subject to change, please check with the organisation concerned. If you cannot find
what you are looking for please contact us as we may be able to help further. Amendments and
additions are also welcome.
We publish other local information packs covering:
Care agencies
Care homes
Health and wellbeing
Help at home
Housing
Legal advice and power of attorney
Memory loss and dementia
Money matters
Transport, travel and leisure
Age UK Sevenoaks & Tonbridge is a registered charity no. 1088213
Tel: 01732 454108. Web: www.ageuksevenoaksandtonbridge.org.uk
1Contents
Information and advice ............................................................................................... 4
Drop in sessions ........................................................................................................... 4
Lunch clubs.................................................................................................................. 6
Day centres .................................................................................................................. 7
Befriending .................................................................................................................. 8
Christmas activities ................................................................................................... 10
Contact the Elderly tea parties .................................................................................. 10
Memory loss .............................................................................................................. 10
U3A ............................................................................................................................ 10
Visiting and live-in companions ................................................................................ 10
Other local social activities ........................................................................................ 16
Ash-cum-Ridley .................................................................................................. 16
Badgers Mount ................................................................................................... 16
Bitchet Green...................................................................................................... 16
Bough Beech ....................................................................................................... 16
Brasted ............................................................................................................... 16
Charcott ............................................................................................................... 17
Chevening ............................................................................................................ 17
Chiddingstone ..................................................................................................... 17
Cowden ................................................................................................................ 17
Crockenhill ......................................................................................................... 18
Crockham Hill .................................................................................................... 18
Edenbridge - social activities for older people ................................................... 18
Edenbridge - other social activities .................................................................... 19
Eynsford ............................................................................................................. 21
Farningham ........................................................................................................ 22
Fawkham ............................................................................................................ 22
Fordcombe ......................................................................................................... 22
Four Elms ........................................................................................................... 22
Godden Green .................................................................................................... 22
Halstead ............................................................................................................. 23
Hartley ................................................................................................................ 23
Hawley ................................................................................................................ 23
Hever .................................................................................................................. 23
Hextable ............................................................................................................. 23
Hodsoll Street ..................................................................................................... 24
Holtye ................................................................................................................. 24
Horton Kirby ...................................................................................................... 24
Ide Hill................................................................................................................ 24
Kemsing - social activities for older people ........................................................ 24
Kemsing - other social activities ......................................................................... 24
Knockholt ........................................................................................................... 25
Leigh ................................................................................................................... 26
Lullingstone ........................................................................................................ 26
Markbeech .......................................................................................................... 26
2Marsh Green ....................................................................................................... 26
Moorden ............................................................................................................. 26
New Ash Green ................................................................................................... 26
Otford - social activities for older people ........................................................... 26
Otford - other social activities ............................................................................ 27
Penshurst............................................................................................................ 28
Polhill ................................................................................................................. 28
Powder Mills ....................................................................................................... 28
Ridley.................................................................................................................. 28
Riverhead ........................................................................................................... 28
Seal ..................................................................................................................... 28
Sevenoaks - social activities for older people ..................................................... 28
Sevenoaks - other social activities ...................................................................... 30
Sevenoaks (Bat & Ball) ....................................................................................... 35
Sevenoaks (Bessels Green) ................................................................................. 35
Sevenoaks (Chipstead) ....................................................................................... 36
Sevenoaks (Dunton Green) ................................................................................ 36
Sevenoaks (Riverhead) ....................................................................................... 37
Sevenoaks (Seal) ................................................................................................. 38
Sevenoaks Weald ................................................................................................ 38
Shoreham ........................................................................................................... 38
South Darenth .................................................................................................... 39
Sundridge ........................................................................................................... 39
Sutton-at-Hone .................................................................................................. 40
Swanley............................................................................................................... 40
Toys Hill ............................................................................................................. 40
Underriver .......................................................................................................... 40
Weald.................................................................................................................. 41
Well Hill ............................................................................................................. 41
West Kingsdown ................................................................................................. 41
Westerham - social activities for older people ................................................... 41
Westerham - other social activities .................................................................... 42
Index................................................................................................................... 44
3Information and advice
Age UK Sevenoaks & Tonbridge
Old Meeting House, 5 St John’s Rd, SevenoaksTN13 3LR
Tel: 01732 454108 (open Mon-Fri 9am-4pm) Fax: 01732 450791
Email: office@ageuksevenoaksandtonbridge.org.uk
Web: www.ageuksevenoaksandtonbridge.org.uk
We provide information about social activities. There are many ways of getting more social contact
to avoid isolation or loneliness. Here are some examples:
Hollybush Day Centre providing lunch and organising optional activities
Lunch clubs to just get a hot meal and have a chat
Drop in sessions such as coffee mornings and strength & mobility classes
U3A. These are a network of local educational, creative and leisure activities for older
people. No qualifications are required or awarded so it’s not like a conventional college.
There are local branches in Edenbridge, Sevenoaks, Swanley and Westerham
Community sheds with access to woodwork and gardening facilities. There is one in
Sevenoaks (Bat & Ball)
Volunteering for charities
Joining clubs, societies or other local groups
Details of these activities and many others appear later on in this information pack. There are also
other ways of getting social contact:
Getting a pet
Going to bingo
Independent Age
6 Avonmore Rd, London W14 8RL Tel: 0800 319 6789, 020 7605 4200 Email:
advice@independentage.org Web: www.independentage.org
Free telephone and email service offering advice on social activities. (A similar service is also
offered by Age UK)
Lifebook
This enables you to record all sorts of useful details which will not only help you to be more
organised but could also be invaluable to a family member or a friend if they need to locate
important information about you in an emergency. You simply follow the step-by-step instructions
to fill in the various sections with your details, contacts and locations of important documents. The
life contacts section deals with recording details of clubs or anything else you belong to. The
LifeBook is available in both a booklet and computer versions. More information from Age UK Tel:
0345 685 1061 Web: www.ageuk.org.uk/lifebook
Community Navigators
Community Navigators may be able to provide information about social activities in Sevenoaks.
Contact INVOLVE Tel: 0300 081 0005 Email: communitynavigation@involvekent.org.uk If you
live in the Swanley area contact IMAGO Tel: 0300 011 1965 Email:
navigation@imago.community
Drop in sessions
You can just drop in. There may be a small charge. Tea and coffee are available. Games,
crosswords and puzzles are sometimes available too. If they take place in a church everyone is
welcome regardless of faith
Brasted Coffee Morning. 3rd Thu of each month 10am-12pm. St Martin’s Church, Brasted
4 Chiddingstone Causeway strength, mobility & balance class. Causeway Hall.
Fortnightly Mondays 10.45am-12.15pm. £3.50. Contact Sue Larken Mob: 07867 648667
Email: suelarken@ageuksevenoaksandtonbridge.org.uk
Cowden strength, mobility & balance class. Village hall. Fortnightly Thursdays 10am-
12pm. £3.50. Contact Sue Larken Mob: 07867 648667 Email:
suelarken@ageuksevenoaksandtonbridge.org.uk
Crockenhill Community Café. All Souls Church, 81 Eynsford Rd. Fridays 10am-12pm.
Contact Brian Tel: 07930 410193
Edenbridge
o Dandelion Cafe. Bridges Centre, High St. 1st Wednesday of every month. Tel:
01732 868186 Email: hello@bridgescentre.org Web: www.bridgescentre.org
o Creative Cafe. Bridges Centre, High St. 2nd Wednesday of every month. Tel: 01732
868186 Email: hello@bridgescentre.org Web: www.bridgescentre.org
o Forget-me-Not café. Venue to be confirmed. For anyone regardless of whether they
have memory issues. Tel: 01732 759854 Email: hello@forgetmenotcafe.org.uk
Web: www.forgetmenotcafe.org.uk
o Strength, mobility & balance class. Eden Centre Fortnightly Thursdays 10.30am-
12pm. £3.50. Contact Sue Larken Mob: 07867 648667 Email:
suelarken@ageuksevenoaksandtonbridge.org.uk
Farningham Friday Cafe. Shand Hall behind Farningham Church. Every Friday 10am-
12pm. Email: farninghamcfc@outlook.com
Four Elms coffee morning (& housing surgery). Village hall. Wednesdays 10am-12pm.
West Kent Housing Tel: 01732 749420
Hodsoll Street pop-up café & information hub. Hodsoll Street & Ridley village hall. 3rd
Thursday of the month. Transport available. Contact Frank Tel: 01732 823175. Organised
by FORK (Friends of Rural Kent Coffee & Information Project)
Kemsing
o Open Door. St Edith’s Hall. Mondays 10am-12pm. Contact Mr J Williamson, 16 Park
Hill Rd, Otford TN14 5QH Tel: 01959 522532
o Coffee morning. Kemsing Library. Tuesdays 10.30-11.30am
New Ash Green
o Carers/Memory Cafe. 2nd Tue of month 10am-12pm. Village hall
o Community Hub coffee morning. 1st Tue of month 10am-12pm. Village hall
Otford
o Coffee morning. St Bartholomew’s church centre. Sundays 11.15am after church
service
o Coffee morning. Memorial Hall, High St. Saturday mornings
o Memory café. Vitality Home Health, The Crown, Otford Pond. 1st Monday of each
month 10am-12pm. Contact Debbie Tel: 01732 755582, 07522 962952 Email:
debbie@vitalityhomehealth.co.uk
Sevenoaks.
o Coffee club. Weald Heights care home, Bourchier Close. 4th Saturday of the month
2-4pm. Contact Amelia Moore Tel: 01732 809380 Email:
amelia.moore2@careuk.com Web: www.careuk.com
o Forget-me-Not café (for everyone including people with memory loss). Knole
House. 1st Friday of every month 10.30am-12pm (in The Hayloft). Tel: 01732
759854 Email: hello@forgetmenotcafe.org.uk Web: www.forgetmenotcafe.org.uk
5 Sevenoaks (Chipstead)
o Coffee morning. Bricklayers Arms pub. 1st Tuesday of every month 10-11.30am
Sevenoaks (Dunton Green)
o Coffee morning. Village hall. 3rd Thursday of each month 10.30am
o Strength, mobility & balance class. Pavilion, London Rd. 2nd Wednesday of the
month 1.30-3.30pm. £3.50. Contact Sue Larken Mob: 07867 648667 Email:
suelarken@ageuksevenoaksandtonbridge.org.uk
Sevenoaks (Riverhead)
o Coffee morning (for people with Parkinson’s). Bullfinch pub, London Rd. 1st
Tuesday of every month 10.30am-12noon. Contact Jackie Hart Tel: 01732 360512
o Seniors coffee morning. Bullfinch pub. Last Thursday of the month 10am. Contact
Riverhead Parish Council Tel: 01732 461278 Email:
clerk@riverheadparishcouncil.org.uk Web: www.riverheadpc.kentparishes.gov.uk
Sevenoaks (Seal)
o Tea Set (afternoon tea & discussion group). Seal Library, High St. 3rd Friday of each
month at 2.30pm. Contact Denise Larkin Tel: 03000 413131
o Talking Village. Birch’s café, High St. Mon 1.45-3pm
o Talking Village. Church hall. Fri 10am-12pm
Shoreham WI community coffee morning. Monthly. Contact Mandy Vickers Tel: 01959
525591
Swanley
o Monday Club. Clocktower Pavilion, Civic Centre, St Mary’s Rd, Swanley BR8 7BU.
Mon 10.30am-12.30pm. Tea & coffee. Run by The Cottage Community (formerly
Age Concern Darent Valley) Tel: 01474 879473 Email:
info@thecottagecommunity.org.uk Web: www.racdv.org.uk
o Thursday Club. Clocktower Pavilion, Civic Centre, St Mary’s Rd, Swanley BR8
7BU. Thu 1-3pm. Tea & coffee. Run by The Cottage Community (formerly Age
Concern Darent Valley) Tel: 01474 879473 Email:
info@thecottagecommunity.org.uk Web: www.racdv.org.uk
Weald CAMEO (Come And Meet Each Other) coffee mornings (for retired people). St
George’s church. 2nd Monday of each month 2.30pm. Tel: 01732 458285. Contact Judith
Howard Tel: 01732 458285 or Shirley Hayes Tel: 01732 463554
Westerham
o Coffee time. St Mary’s church, Westerham Green. Tuesdays 10am-12pm. Contact
Margaret Webb Tel: 01959 563127 Web: www.westerhamparishchurch.org.uk
o Forget-me-Not café (for everyone including people with memory loss).
Congregational Church Hall, Fullers Hill. 3rd Friday of every month 11am-12.30pm.
Tel: 01732 759854 Email: hello@forgetmenotcafe.org.uk Web:
www.forgetmenotcafe.org.uk
Lunch clubs
Run by volunteers from local churches etc. Provide a hot meal and intended for people in their
immediate area. They may be suitable if you have early dementia but not advanced dementia.
Bessels Green Lunch Club. Every Wednesday 12.30pm. Contact Andy Potter Tel: 01732
454921, 07779 562801 Email: andy.potter@bgbc.co.uk
Dunton Green Lunch Club. Meets 1st Wednesday of the month in Dunton Green Pavilion.
£4. Contact Judith Verlinden Tel: 07836 525938 Email: judith.verlinden@gmail.com or Pat
Turner Tel: 07776 468503 Email: patlinda48@gmail.com
6 Fordcombe Lunch Club. Meets 2nd Thursday of the month in Village Hall. Contact Mrs
Kate Hargreave, Dairy House, Coresley Rd, Groombridge TN3 9PH Tel: 01892 861047
Hartley Lunch Club. Wellfield Community Lounge, Wellfield. Last Wednesday of the
month 12.30pm. Contact Jackie West, Community Warden Tel: 07811 271259 Email:
jackie.west@kent.gov.uk or Veronica McGannon Tel: 01474 709023
Kemsing Lunch Club. Meets at St Edith’s Hall on Wednesdays (except August & Xmas).
Transport may be available. Contact Jackie Chisholm, Clement House, High St, Kemsing
TN15 6LZ Tel: 01732 763991, Mob: 07788 756836
Otford Lunch Club. Meets Thursdays 11.45am-1.30pm in Memorial Hall. Transport may
be available. Contact Margaret Nicholson Tel: 01959 524147 or Diana Adams Tel: 01959
523187
Riverhead (Littlecourt Lunch Club). Meets Tuesdays 12-1.30pm in Christchurch United
Reformed Church on corner of London Rd and Kippington Rd. Contact Deirdre Montanaro
Tel: 01732 455435, 07545 161226 or Pam Rankin Tel: 01732 460209
Swanley area. Try the Cottage Community Tel: 01474 879473 or Age UK North West Kent
Tel: 01474 564898
Westerham
o Meets last Friday of the month (except August and December) 11.30am-1.30pm in
Westerham Hall, Quebec Avenue TN16 1BG. £4. Organised by Age UK. Contact
Linda Betts Tel: 01959 561302, 07956 430768
o Meets 2nd Friday of the month 11am-2pm in Westerham Hall, Quebec Avenue
TN16 1BG. £5. Organised by Westerham Town Council . Contact Ann Dumbleton
Email: anndumbleton@btinternet.com
There is also a lunch club in Cudham Tel: 01959 532662. Other lunch clubs and craft groups for
older people are run by local churches or the RVS (Royal Voluntary Service) Tel: 0845 600 5885
Email: kentmedwayhub@royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk
Day centres
Some day centres provide general day care (lunch and activities) and some provide specialist
dementia day care including wellbeing support. They offer a range of optional activities depending
on people’s interests and you can go once a week or sometimes more often. Lunch, tea and
coffee are included. There may also be entertainment by local performers and occasional outings.
Minibus transport can sometimes be arranged providing the person is comfortable with that but
you may need to check if wheelchair users need to be able to transfer. You would usually need to
be visited to make sure it is suitable for you. You can also try it out for 2-3 weeks to see if it’s your
cup of tea. Day centres also offer subsidised personal services to older people. Day centres make
a daily charge; it may be more for dementia activities. There may be a discount if transport is not
required or if going several times a week
Fawkham
o Cottage Day Centre
100 Brands Hatch Park, Scratchers Lane, Fawkham near Swanley DA3 8PU. Mon-
Fri. Transport & lunch provided. Activities include IT learning facilities, chair-based
exercise classes, arts & crafts, knitting, bingo, singalongs, board games, talks etc.
Large wet room for hire. Wheelchair users must be able to transfer for transport. Run
by The Cottage Community (formerly Age Concern Darent Valley) Tel: 01322
668106 Email: mandy@thecottagecommunity.org.uk Web: www.racdv.org.uk
7 Sevenoaks
o Hollybush Day Centre
Hollybush Court, Hollybush Close off Hollybush Lane, Sevenoaks TN13 3UX.
General day care Tuesdays and Thursdays. Activities may include bingo,
interactive TV games, quizzes and reminiscence, sing-a-long. Indoor games
may include bowls, dog racing, guess who’s in the bag, horse racing, quoits,
talk cards and themed activities. Services include aromatherapy, assisted
baths, chiropody, hairdressing, hearing aid aftercare clinic, Indian head
massage, laundry, reflexology, Reiki and visiting opticians. £20 per day
Dementia day care Mondays and Wednesdays. More structured activities in
small groups with trained staff. Clients escorted on transport. £42 per day
Transport is an additional £10 per day. Run by Age UK. Tel: 01732 741558.
Swanley area.
o Try the Cottage Day Centre in Fawkham (see above) or Age UK North West Kent
Tel: 01474 564898
Some care homes may also take people for day care; it is always worth asking. A list of care
homes is available from us.
Befriending
Not having someone to talk to regularly can be lonely and isolating, particularly if you are used to
sharing your home and time with others or prefer more one-to-one contact. We match older people
with a friendly volunteer who shares similar interests and hobbies. You can share your
experiences, talk through ideas, have a conversation or just a friendly chat with a trained volunteer
who will listen to you. It may be suitable for people who are:
living alone
lonely
recently bereaved
living away from family and friends
feel socially isolated
recently discharged from hospital
caring for someone at home
isolated due to disability or illness
Age UK
Edenbridge, Sevenoaks and Westerham areas. We offer a free community befriending
service with weekly visits from a volunteer. This service is mainly for housebound people
over 65 who live alone and have very few or no visitors. For more information Tel: 01732
454108 Email: befriending@ageuksevenoaksandtonbridge.org.uk
Swanley area. Try Age UK North West Kent Tel: 01474 564898
Our national office also offers a free telephone befriending service for people over 60:
You will usually receive a weekly call of about half-an-hour or several short calls at a time
that is convenient for you.
While we're waiting to find a suitable volunteer, we will ring you regularly to make sure you
are OK
We protect everyone's safety by automatically connecting older people with their telephone
friend which means no personal telephone numbers need to be exchanged
If you are interested ring Age UK in Sevenoaks on 01732 454108 and ask us to make a
referral to the Telephone Friendship Service for you.
8Age UK Medway offers Good Day Calls in Kent:
You will receive a morning call of about 15 minutes at a regular time. We will make sure you
are well and have a friendly chat to start the day
It costs £50 for 4-7 calls per week or £35 for 1-3 calls per week
If we are unable to get through after 2 further attempts we will phone a named contact to
check everything is OK. If we are still unable to make contact we will call other services as
appropriate.
We are there to provide reassurance for you and to stop families worrying
If you are interested ring Age UK Medway on 01634 578085 and ask for Good Day Calls
Churches Together in Sevenoaks & District
Free visits from volunteers who are members of local churches
Visits for 1-2 hours every 1-2 weeks for at least 8 weeks
Covers Kemsing, Otford and Sevenoaks including Bessels Green, Chipstead, Dunton
Green, Riverhead and Seal
Please note that volunteers are motivated and inspired by their faith but will in no way
expect you to share it or be in any way interested in it
More information from Margaret Samaranayake & Cres Iverson Tel: 01883 712576. You
can ask Age UK's Information & Advice service to refer you Tel: 01732 454108 or other
healthcare workers or social workers
Community Navigators
Community Navigators may be able to provide telephone befriending. Contact INVOLVE Tel:
0300 081 0005 Email: communitynavigation@involvekent.org.uk If you live in the Swanley area
contact IMAGO Tel: 0300 011 1965 Email: navigation@imago.community
Imago
Telephone befriending Tel: 07786 317228.
Independent Age
6 Avonmore Rd, London W14 8RL Tel: 0800 319 6789, 020 7605 4200
Email: advice@independentage.org Web: www.independentage.org
“If you’re feeling Lonely” explains how to get help if you're feeling down. You can get it from
Independent Age, 6 Avonmore Rd, London W14 8RL Tel: 0800 319 6789, 020 7605 4200
Email: advice@independentage.org Web: www.independentage.org They may also be able to
provide telephone befrienders for people who are lonely, isolated or living alone
Kent Association for the Blind
Tel: 01622 691357 Email: jo.wilkinson@kab.org.uk
Macmillan Cancer Support
Contact Jen Lane or Philip Moore, 170 Tonbridge Rd, Wateringbury ME18 5NS
Tel: 0345 095 6701 Email: enquiries.macmillan@crossroadskent.org
RAF Association
Tel: 0800 018 2361 Email: volunteers@rafa.org.uk Web: www.rafa.org.uk
Volunteer befrienders to visit RAF veterans and their families
Silver Line
Free confidential helpline providing information and advice to older people and telephone
befriending. Tel: 0800 470 8090 Web: www.thesilverline.org.uk
9West Kent MIND
Tel: 01732 744950. Email: hello@westkentmind.org.uk Web: www.westkentmind.org.uk
Befriending for people with mental health problems who would like to increase their social contact,
confidence and wellbeing. You can meet your befriender each week for around 1.5 hours at a
venue in the community such as a coffee shop or gym. Or go for a walk and chat together for 6-18
months. These meetings will take place between the hours of 9am-5pm Monday to Friday.
Christmas activities
There is a Christmas pensioners' buffet in early December at the Westerham Club Tel: 01959
562092
Contact the Elderly tea parties
A local group offers tea parties for people over 75 who live alone and have little contact with family
or friends. One Sunday each month volunteer drivers will take you to and from the party and the
host will give you tea, cake and sandwiches. It’s free and covers the immediate Sevenoaks area in
other words north as far as Knockholt, east as far as Borough Green, south as far as
Hildenborough and west as far as Westerham. The local co-ordinator is Marion Heredia. Tel:
01732 885749, 0800 716543 Email: marionheredia@yahoo.com Web: www.contact-the-
elderly.org.uk
Memory loss
Memory cafes are included in the section above on tea and coffee drop-in sessions. Please see
our separate information pack on Memory loss and dementia for more ideas.
U3A
These are a network of local educational, creative and leisure activities for older people. No
qualifications are required or awarded so it’s not like a conventional college. The sort of activities
they offer may include ambling, art, art exhibitions, ballet, books, bowling, bridge, buses, canasta,
card making, cards, chess, choirs, church building tours, circle dancing, coastal walks, computers,
cooking, country dancing, countryside, creative writing, croquet, current affairs, cycling, dancing,
discovering China, drawing, economics, embroidery, engineering, English novels, exhibitions,
family history, filming, finance, French conversation, galleries, gardening, geology, German
conversation, golf, heritage, history, human behaviour, industrial heritage, iPads, jazz, kayaking,
knitting, literature, local history, London walks, mah jong, meditation, museums, music, novels,
opera, painting, patchwork, philosophy, photography, play reading, poetry, qi gong, quilting,
reading, recorder playing, reiki, rummikub, science, scrabble, sequence dancing, short mat bowls,
singing, singles, Spanish conversation, strolling, table tennis, tai chi, ten pin bowling, ukulele,
video filming, walking, wine tasting, world affairs, writing
Edenbridge u3a. Contact M Ward Tel: 01732 700185 or E Barling Tel: 01732 866186 Web:
www.u3a.org.uk
Sevenoaks - 2 groups
o Knole u3a. Contact Suzi Morgan Tel: 01883 818929
o Sevenoaks u3a. Contact Beryl Mansell Tel: 01959 525010 Web:
www.sevenoaksu3a.org.uk
Westerham u3a. Tel: 01959 565409, 562274 Email: westerhamu3a@hotmail.co.uk
Visiting and live-in companions
A number of care agencies provide companionship but they will charge. This can however be a
way to get somebody to do food preparation or medication supervision who does not need other
personal care.
10Agencies that provide companions who can visit
All About Homecare Ltd
1 Draper St, Southborough TN4 0PG
Tel: 01732 447055, 01892 575499
Email: enquiries@allabouthomecare.co.uk
Web: www.allabouthomecare.co.uk
Contact: Kieron Brennan
Cover Sevenoaks, Westerham and Edenbridge
Can provide both companionship and support to visit friends and activities
The daytime hourly fee is £19.25 with a minimum visit of 1 hour
Braeburn Care
Aurora House, Chiddingstone Causeway TN11 8JU
Tel: 01892 577680
Email: enquiries@braeburncare.co.uk
Web: www.braeburncare.co.uk
Contact: Charlotte Muir
Cover Sevenoaks, Westerham and Edenbridge
Provide visiting care, live-in care, respite care, end-of-life care and companionship
Also specialise in caring for conditions such as dementia, Parkinson’s, stroke, autism and
end-of-life care
Carers receive all relevant basic training and then further in-depth training is sought when
needed for particular clients
Try to keep to a regular carer as much as possible but will also introduce other carers to
ensure clients know other carers who are visiting when regular carer can’t visit
Minimum visit 30 minutes. Package tailored to client’s requirements
Charges vary depending on location
Registered with the Care Quality Commission
Last inspected August 2018
Rated good
Registered with the UK Homecare Association
Callquest for Care Ltd
Millfield Rd, West Kingsdown TN15 6BX
Tel: 0800 211 8500
E-mail: info@callquestforcare.co.uk
Web: www.callquestforcare.co.uk
Contact: Mary-Ann Awa/Alan Wells
Cover Edenbridge, Westerham, Sevenoaks
Personal care, companionship care, respite care, palliative care, end-of-life care, live-in
care, dementia care, holiday escort care, hospital discharge care
Carers receive training
No more than 2 carers are assigned to a service user
Provide calls from one hour to overnight stays
Fees vary from weekday to weekend or bank holiday. Live-in care £987-1400 per week
Registered with the Care Quality Commission
Not inspected yet
Also a UKHCA member.
Caremore Companions Ltd
11Tudor Dean, Homedean Rd, Chipstead, Sevenoaks TN13 2QN
Tel: 01732 453070
E-mail: info@caremorecompanions.co.uk
Web: www.caremorecompanions.co.uk
Contact: Alexandra Ward
Cover Sevenoaks and Westerham
Family-owned company offering general companionship
Provide a friendly but not over-familiar team of trained companions who are fully vetted,
insured and all based locally. Offer written and/or telephone references if required
They match the companions most suitable to the client's requirement and always maintain
the same person and/or team (no more than 2 people) thus offering continuity of care. They
aim to use their initiative but not take over, remaining sensitive to the needs of clients at all
times
There is a minimum one-hour visit as they do not believe anything worthwhile can be
achieved in shorter time periods
Cherished Family Services
Tel: 07877 116466 Web: www.cherishedfamilyservices.co.uk
Contact Abigail Langridge
Cover Sevenoaks, Westerham and Edenbridge
She offers companionship, lifestyle management, day-to-day support with business affairs
and support for family members
Home Instead Senior Care
Shoreham area: Polhill Business Centre, London Rd, Halstead TN14 7AA
Tel: 01959 546228
Email: info.shoreham@homeinstead.co.uk
Web: www.homeinstead.co.uk
Contact: Jag Yogarajah
Cover Shoreham, Longfield and Petts Wood areas
Another office covers Sevenoaks, Edenbridge areas
Provide day care, respite care and end-of-life care. Personalised homecare for older people
that is dignified and reliable. Includes home help, personal care, companionship and
dementia care
Also specialise in caring for conditions such as dementia. They have a number of clients
with varying types and levels of dementia. Their bespoke approach means that they help
everyone in different ways depending on their specific needs
Induction training lasts 3 days before carers start including dementi and covering the basics
of varying medical issues that people may have. They then have ongoing face-to-face and
online training where required which is more detailed based on the client’s conditions.
Training programme is accredited by City & Guilds
Timing is always fixed on an ongoing schedule agreed at the beginning. Same people very
time. Number of carers depends on the number of hours that are required but they focus on
keeping it to a minimum to ensure consistency. Carers are carefully selected to match the
personality of the person they will be visiting
Each visit is a minimum of 1 hour to ensure that the person isn’t rushed. No maximum
length but it depends on availability at that time. Minimum requirement of 4 hours per week
Their services cost £24-26 per hour (as at August 2019). Bank holiday and overnight rates
differ. All prices subject to annual review
Registered with the Care Quality Commission
Last inspected in August 2019
Rated Good
12 Registered with the UKHCA
My Homecare West Kent (part of Kindred Hearts Ltd)
3 Skinners Terrace, Tonbridge TN9 2SP
Tel: 01732 756020
Email: tonbridge@myhomecare.co.uk
Web: www.myhomecare.co.uk
Contact: Lana Siseman
Cover Sevenoaks at present; may expand in near future
Domiciliary care company providing personal care, companionship, domestic care and
escorting to appointments. Also provide night care and live-in care
Some carers are experienced in dementia, Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neurone
Disease, end-of-life care
All carers undergo basic training. More experienced carers undergo further training on
particular conditions such as dementia
Like to ensure that continuity is one of the key concepts in their care keeping carers and
times consistent
Visits start from 30 minutes minimum and can last for a number of hours depending on
client’s needs or wishes
Prices start at £15
Registered with Care Quality Commission
Last inspected May 2019
Rated good in all areas
Parent company is registered with UK Homecare Association
Seniors Helping Seniors
Can help with companionship. £24.60 per hour. Do not provide personal care (help with washing,
dressing, medication etc). Tel: 01732 495665 Email: enquiries@seniorshelpingseniors.co.uk
Web: www.seniorshelpingseniors.co.uk
Agencies that can provide companions who live-in
Bespoke Care Company Ltd
1st floor, Marne House, 24 Mount Ephraim Rd, Tunbridge Wells
Tel: 01892 518400
E-mail: enquiries@bespokecarecompany.co.uk
Web: www.bespokecarecompany.co.uk
Contact: Kirstin Glover
Cover Sevenoaks, Westerham and Edenbridge
They provide live-in assistance and support including companionship
Costs start from £650 per week, depending on care needs
Braeburn Care
Aurora House, Chiddingstone Causeway TN11 8JU
Tel: 01892 577680
Email: enquiries@braeburncare.co.uk
Web: www.braeburncare.co.uk
Contact: Charlotte Muir
Cover Sevenoaks, Westerham and Edenbridge
Provide visiting care, live-in care, respite care, end-of-life care and companionship
Also specialise in caring for conditions such as dementia, Parkinson’s, stroke, autism and
end-of-life care
13 Carers receive all relevant basic training and then further in-depth training is sought when
needed for particular clients
Try to keep to a regular carer as much as possible but will also introduce other carers to
ensure clients know other carers who are visiting when regular carer can’t visit
Charges vary depending on location
Registered with the Care Quality Commission
Last inspected August 2018
Rated good
Registered with the UK Homecare Association
Callquest for Care Ltd
Millfield Rd, West Kingsdown TN15 6BX
Tel: 0800 211 8500
E-mail: info@callquestforcare.co.uk
Web: www.callquestforcare.co.uk
Contact: Mary-Ann Awa/Alan Wells
Cover Edenbridge, Westerham, Sevenoaks
Personal care, companionship care, respite care, palliative care, end-of-life care, live-in
care, dementia care, holiday escort care, hospital discharge care
Carers receive training
No more than 2 carers are assigned to a service user
Provide calls from one hour to overnight stays
Fees vary from weekday to weekend or bank holiday. Live-in care £987-1400 per week
Registered with the Care Quality Commission
Not inspected yet
Also a UKHCA member.
Domus
Domus Live-in Care, 4 Linden Close, Tunbridge Wells TN4 8HH Tel: 01892 512961
Email: info@domus-live-in.co.uk Web: www.domus-live-in.co.uk
Contact: Anita or Bridget
Cover Sevenoaks, Westerham and Edenbridge
Provide a live-in care service including companionship
Average weekly charge is £935
Home Help Companions
Tel: 01403 711 639
Email: julia.arnold@homehelpcompanions.co.uk
Web: http://www.homehelpcompanions.co.uk
Contact: Julia Arnold
Cover Sevenoaks, Westerham and Edenbridge
Live-in care and companionship for elderly people who need help in and around their home.
A long-term companion lives in the elderly person’s home enabling them to enjoy the
independence of being able to live in their own homes for longer and the freedom of going
out for more months or years than they may otherwise be able to
Companions are generally ex-nurses and professional carers. Many specialise and have
qualifications in various conditions
Companions can work in and around the house from 5-12 hours per day depending on
requirements
Companions live-in your home and are employed directly by you. Companions usually
charge £90 - £650 per week depending on hours, skills, duties, qualification requirements,
experience etc. This is paid directly to the companion + tax where relevant. This costs
14about 50% of agency staff as there is no agency commission to pay. However Home Help
Companions charges a one-off fee of £575 (for part-time companions) or 4 x the weekly
salary (for full-time companions)
My Homecare West Kent (part of Kindred Hearts Ltd)
3 Skinners Terrace, Tonbridge TN9 2SP
Tel: 01732 756020
Email: tonbridge@myhomecare.co.uk
Web: www.myhomecare.co.uk
Contact: Lana Siseman
Cover Sevenoaks at present; may expand in near future
Domiciliary care company providing personal care, companionship, domestic care and
escorting to appointments. Also provide night care and live-in care
Some carers are experienced in dementia, Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neurone
Disease, end-of-life care
All carers undergo basic training. More experienced carers undergo further training on
particular conditions such as dementia
Like to ensure that continuity is one of the key concepts in their care keeping carers and
times consistent
Prices start at £15
Registered with Care Quality Commission
Last inspected May 2019
Rated good in all areas
Parent company is registered with UK Homecare Association
Seniors Helping Seniors
Can help with live-in companionship. £24.60 per hour. Do not provide personal care (help with
washing, dressing, medication etc). Tel: 01732 495665 Email:
enquiries@seniorshelpingseniors.co.uk Web: www.seniorshelpingseniors.co.uk
Other organisations offering companionship
Age UK
Our Independent Living Support service can help people who are still able to communicate and
express their needs. We can provide most domestic support within reason:
light housework including hoovering, laundry and changing the bed
shopping and picking up prescriptions
basic gardening
paperwork & correspondence
taking you to the hairdresser or out to visit places
making a sandwich, opening cans, microwaving food, dishing it up and cutting it up
reminding, prompting or encouraging you to eat or drink or take medication
making medical appointments and taking you to them
just having a coffee and a chat
We do not provide personal care such as washing, dressing, cooking, preparing meals,
supervising or physically helping you to take medication. You get the same support worker at the
same time each week so you can get to know them and it is a flexible service so if, for example,
your support worker normally does housework, you can say that you want them to do something
else if you prefer. The time is yours and we charge £18.50 per hour for a minimum of one hour per
week. Tel: 01732 454108.
Close to Hand
15This is an online brokerage service that can put you in touch with someone local to pop in for a
chat and to help with everyday tasks, such as shopping, making a sandwich, collecting a
prescription and helping with housework. It is important to note that home helpers listed on the
website are self-employed and have not been vetted by Close to Hand. Web:
www.closetohand.co.uk
Macmillan Cancer Support
Macmillan are best known for their Macmillan Nurses but they also run the Macmillan Crossroads
Volunteer Service to give emotional and practical support to people living in Kent with cancer (or
their carers). This includes playing board games and companionship. Run by Macmillan Cancer
Support volunteers in partnership with Crossroads. Contact Jen Lane or Philip Moore, 170
Tonbridge Rd, Wateringbury ME18 5NS Tel: 0345 095 6701 Email:
enquiries.macmillan@crossroadskent.org
Other local social activities
Ash-cum-Ridley
See Hodsoll Street. Also try contacting Ash-cum-Ridley Parish Council Tel: 01474 702760,
707164
Badgers Mount
See also Halstead and Knockholt
Badgers Mount WI. Tel: 01892 823813. Web: www.west-kent.thewi.org.uk
Badgers Mount yoga classes. Meet Memorial Hall Wednesday 9.30-11am. Contact Kathy
Taylor (iyenga yoga) Tel: 01959 532339 or Pam Keeper (hatha yoga) Tel: 01732 458930
Badgers Sett ladies social group. Meet Memorial Hall last Thursday in each month Contact
Zena Belton Tel: 01959 534566 Email: socialevents.bmra@gmail.com
Also try contacting Badgers Mount Parish Council Tel: 07452 886977
Bat & Ball
See Sevenoaks (Bat & Ball). Also try contacting Sevenoaks Town Council Tel: 01732 459953.
Bessels Green
See Sevenoaks (Bessels Green). Also try contacting Chevening Parish Council. Tel: 07981
759255.
Bitchet Green
See also Seal
Bitchet Farm Riding School. Contact Mrs Thompson, Bitchet Green TN15 0NA Tel:01732
762196
Also try contacting Seal Parish Council. Tel: 01732 833360
Bough Beech
See also Chiddingstone
Bough Beech Sailing Club. Winkhurst Green Rd, Bough Beech TN8 7AN. Email:
comms@boughbeechsc.org.uk
Also try contacting Chiddingstone Parish Council. Tel: 01892 740753
Brasted
See also Sundridge
16 Bat & Trap games. Summer Tuesday evenings at the Stanhope Arms pub. Contact Roger
Rogowski Tel: 01959 561345 Email: roger.rogowski@hotmail.com
Brasted Bellringers. Meet Brasted Church Fridays 8pm. Contact Catherine Lewis Tel: 01959
563767, 07778 033400 Email: cmlewis339@gmail.com Web: brastedringingco.org.uk
Brasted Boxing Club. Meet at Thames Water Station, Coles Lane, Brasted at 6.30pm on
Tuesday & Thursday, 11am Sunday
Brasted Chart & Toys Hill Cricket Club. Contact Chris Bailey Tel: 01959 562676
Brasted Church Choir. St Martin’s Church. Contact Gloria Toplis Tel: 07751 173800 Email:
gloria.toplis@outlook.com
Brasted Coffee Morning. 3rd Thu of each month 10am-12pm. St Martin’s Church, Brasted
Brasted Invicta Cricket Club. Contact Mr A Payne, 22 Fielding Drive, Larkfield ME20 6TY
Tel: 01732 841585
Brasted, Ide Hill & Sundridge Gardening Society. Contact Julia Ricci Tel: 07818 236566
Email: juliaricci@rocketmail.com
Brasted Society. Contact Bill Chopping Tel: 01732 461531 Email:
bill.chopping@gmail.com or Karina Jackson Email: karina.jackson10@gmail.com
Darent River Preservation Society (DRIPS). Contact Alan Williams Email:
alanwilliams4077@btinternet.com
St Martin’s Heritage Trust. Contact Terry Hope Tel: 01959 563007 or Roger Rogowski Tel:
01959 561345 Email: enquiries@stmartinshbrastedheritagetrust.org.uk
roger.rogowski@hotmail.comWeb: www.stmartinsbrastedheritagetrust.org.uk
Sundridge & Brasted Social Club. 132 Main Rd, Sundridge TN14 6ET Tel: 01959 562807
Email: sabsc132@yahoo.com
Also try contacting Brasted Parish Council. Tel: 01732 455374
Charcott
Try contacting Leigh Parish Council. Tel: 01892 740753 or see Chiddingstone
Chevening
See Sevenoaks (Chipstead)
Chiddingstone
Bore Place. Bore Place Rd, Chiddingstone TN8 7AR Tel: 01732 463255 Email:
hello@boreplace.org Web: www.boreplace.org Organised activities include guided nature
walks, art workshops and family events.
Chiddingstone Causeway strength, mobility & balance class. Meets Mondays fortnightly
10.45am-12.15pm in Causeway Hall. £3.50. Contact Sue Larken Mob: 07867 648667 Email:
suelarken@ageuksevenoaksandtonbridge.org.uk
Chiddingstone Over-60s. Meets at Chiddingstone Causeway Hall in winter and various
venues in summer on 3rd Tuesday of each month 2.30-4.30pm.Contact Mrs Fleming Tel:
01892 870224
Every Step Counts health walk. Meet Castle Inn Tuesdays 11am. Email:
everystepcounts17@gmail.com
Also try contacting Chiddingstone Parish Council. Tel: 01892 740753
Chipstead
See Sevenoaks (Chipstead). Also try contacting Chevening Parish Council. Tel: 07981 759255
Cowden
Cowden & Holtye Club. Meets at Village Hall or private homes.
Cowden & Hartfield Royal British Legion. Contact James Castle Tel: 01892 770 592
17 Cowden strength, mobility & balance class. Meets Thursdays fortnightly 10am-12pm in
village hall. £3.50. Contact Sue Larken Mob: 07867 648667 Email:
suelarken@ageuksevenoaksandtonbridge.org.uk
Also try contacting Cowden Parish Council. Tel: 01342 322568
Crockenhill
Community Café. All Souls Church, 81 Eynsford Rd. Fridays 10am-12pm. Contact Brian Tel:
07930 410193 Email: allsoulscrockenhill@gmail.com
Crockenara (Crockenhill Active Retirement Association). Trips, talks & pub lunches. 2nd
Mon of each month. Village hall. Tel: 07957 117660
Crockenhill Football Club. Contact Steve Cullen Tel: 07702 886966 Web:
www.crockenhillfc.co.uk
Crockenhill WI. Tel: 01892 823813. Web: www.west-kent.thewi.org.uk
Farningham & Eynsford Local History Society. Contact Dr Susan Pittman Tel: 01322
669923. Web: www.felhs.org.uk
Farningham Guitar Club. 1st Thu in month. 7.30-10pm. Village hall. Contact Mr N Sivyer Tel:
01322 666566 Email: enquiries@farninghamguitarclub.co.uk
Line dancing. Wed 2-4pm village hall. Tel: 07958 399290 Email: laurasway@yahoo.com
Pop-up café & information hub. Tel: 01303 813790 Email: coffeeproject@ruralkent.org.uk
Pub quiz. Monday evenings. Chequers pub Tel: 01322 662132
Radio Society (Darenth Valley). 2nd & 4th Wed of the month 8-10pm village hall, Crockenhill.
Contact Mr Wyeth Tel: 01322 663804 Email: info@darenthvalleyrs.org.uk
Royal British Legion Swanley, Hextable & Crockenhill. Secretary H. Chapman Tel: 01322
662548 Email: kath.harry@ntlworld.com
So Let’s Go Running. Meet Wed 7.20pm outside village hall. Web:
www.groups.runtogether.co.uk
Walking into friendship & fitness (Eynsford & Crockenhill Rights of Way Group). Meet
Eynsford Riverside 9.30am Mondays. Also summer Thursday evenings. Contact Mike Riches
Tel: 01322 667654 Email: richesma@aol.com Web: www.canderamblers.org.uk
Also try contacting Crockenhill Parish Council Tel: 01322 614674
Crockham Hill
BACH (Bridge at Crockham Hill). Meet village hall Mondays 7.15-10.30pm. Contact Wynne
Gifford Tel: 01883 712105 Email: wynnegifford@uwclub.net Web:
www.bridgewebs.com/crockhamhill
British Cactus & Succulent Society (Edenbridge Branch). Crockham Hill Village Hall
4th Tuesday monthly except December (3rd Tue) at 7.30 pm. Web: www.bcss.org.uk
Also try contacting Westerham Town Council. Tel: 01959 562147
Dunton Green
See Sevenoaks (Dunton Green). Also try contacting Dunton Green Parish Council. Tel: 01732
462966
Edenbridge - social activities for older people
Bingo Club. Meets Wednesdays 8pm at Royal British Legion, Croft Hall, 13 High St,
Edenbridge TN8 5AB. Contact Sue Chandler Tel: 01732 868178
Bridges Pop-in Centre. 40 High St, Edenbridge TN8 5AJ Tel: 01732 868186 Email:
hello@bridgescentre.org Web: www.bridgescentre.org
o Dandelion café. 1st Wed of month
o Creative café. 2nd Wed of month Tel: 07508 395543 Web:
www.bridgescreativecafe.co.uk
18o Folk music. 1st Tue of month. 12-2pm
o In Stitches knitting & crochet group. 1st & 3rd Tues of month 7.30-9.30pm. Contact Sue
Tel: 07984 618732
o Place of Welcome activities. Fridays 2-4pm
Edenara (Edenbridge Active Retirement Association). Contact Mrs J Asquith Tel: 01732
865177 Email: jlasquith@talktalk.net
Edenbridge u3a. Educational, creative and leisure activities for older people. No qualifications
required or awarded. Contact M Ward Tel: 01732 700185 or E Barling Tel: 01732 866186
Web: www.u3a.org.uk
Forget-me-Not café. Eden Centre. For anyone regardless of whether they have memory
issues. Last Friday of month 10.30am-12pm. Tel: 01732 759854 Email:
hello@forgetmenotcafe.org.uk Web: www.forgetmenotcafe.org.uk
Health walk. Contact Sevenoaks District Council Healthy Living Team Tel: 0300 020 0636
Email: healthyliving@sevenoaks.gov.uk
Probus (club for retired ladies). Contact Gwen Chappell Tel: 01732 863517
Rotary Club of Edenbridge & Westerham. Meet Rugby Club, Edenbridge Tues 6.45pm
Rotary International (Edenbridge Group). Meet Mondays 6pm at HFT, Philippines Close,
Hever Rd, TN8 5GN
Strength, mobility & balance class. Eden Centre Fortnightly Thursdays 10.30am-12pm.
£3.50. Contact Sue Larken Mob: 07867 648667 Email:
suelarken@ageuksevenoaksandtonbridge.org.uk
Also try contacting Edenbridge Town Council. Tel: 01732 865368
Edenbridge - other social activities
Alcoholics Anonymous. Contact Gill Lewis. Email: glewis511@btinternet.com
Astrology (Edenbridge). Contact Mr Peter Crowsley, Crowsleys, Mill Hill, Edenbridge TN8
5DQ
British Cactus & Succulent Society (Edenbridge Branch). Crockham Hill Village Hall
4th Tuesday monthly except December (3rd Tue) at 7.30 pm. Web: www.bcss.org.uk
British Wheel of Yoga. Includes yoga for healthy backs and gentle chair-based yoga. Contact
Mrs L Newstead Tel: 01732 864465 Email: linanewstead@talktalk.net Web:
www.thewisebody.co.uk
Creative Minds crafts & art therapy. Bridges Centre, High St, Edenbridge. 2nd Wednesday
of the month 2-4pm. £5 for materials & refreshments. Tel: 01732 868186 Email:
hello@bridgescentre.org
Eden Christian Trust. Contact Anthony Shipwright, youth worker Tel: 07738 232296 Email:
ect.youthworker@gmail.com
Eden Divers. Meet at The Old Eden pub. Web: www.eden-divers.com
Eden Quilters. Eden Centre. Contact Joyce Staplehurst Tel: 01732 700559
Eden Songsters. Community singing for fun and wellbeing. Open to all and cater for people
with physical or mental health needs and/or carers. Wednesdays 2-3.30pm Eden Centre. Tel:
07708 237415 Email: jacky.hintze@outlook.com
Eden Valley Artists. Contact Cathy Bird Email: weekendarting@gmail.com
Web: www.edenvalleyartists.com
Eden Valley Country Music Club. Contact Glyn Hicks Tel: 01892 870653 or Les Putnam Tel:
01342 850780
Eden Valley Museum Trust. Tel: 01732 868102. Email: curator@evmt.org.uk Web:
www.evmt.org.uk
Edenbridge Allotment Gardens Association. Forge Croft. Contact Peter Dix Tel: 01732
865287
19 Edenbridge & District Astronomers. Contact Tony Roberts Tel: 07956 959281 Email:
tony_a_roberts@yahoo.co.uk or Jenny McGuire Email: jenmcguire@gmail.com
Edenbridge & District Historical Society. Contact Brenda Hillman Tel: 01732 862025 or
Chrissy Stevens Tel: 01732 865634 Email: curator@evmt.org.uk
Edenbridge & District Rifle Club. Contact Trevor Budgen Email: tbudg1@gmail.com Web:
www.edenbridgerifleclub.org.uk
Edenbridge & District Twinning Association. Contact Jean Cust Tel: 01342 850249 Email:
secretary@edta.org.uk Web: www.edta.org.uk
Edenbridge & Westerham Citizens’ Advice (volunteers). Eden Centre, Four Elms Rd,
Edenbridge TN8 6BY Tel: 0808 278 7962 Email: enquiries@edenbridgecab.cabnet.org.uk
Edenbridge Angling Society. Contact Alan Shepherd Tel: 01732 700547 Email:
info@ebas.org.uk Web: www.ebas.org.uk
Edenbridge Bonfire Society. Contact Bill Cummings Tel: 07799 088642 Email:
info@edenbridgebonfire.co.uk Web: www.edenbridgebonfire.co.uk
Edenbridge Chess Club. Meet Fridays 8-11pm at Royal British Legion. Contact Ian Falkner
Tel: 01732 864762
Edenbridge Children's Centre. Volunteering with activities for parents and under-8s. Tel:
03000 420995 Email: edenbridgechildrenscentre@kent.gov.uk Web: www.kent.gov.uk
Edenbridge Cricket Club. Contact Chris Martin Tel: 07891 954089 Web:
www.edenbridge.play-cricket.com
Edenbridge Friendz. For people with learning disabilities. Contact Pauline Collins Tel: 01732
864291 Email: info@kentfrienz.org.uk
Edenbridge Fuchsia & Pelargonium Society. Contact Lorraine Harrington Tel: 01732
700209 Email: lorraineharrington1@hotmail.co.uk
Edenbridge Handbell Ringers. Contact Mrs L Dabrowska, 48 Ridge Way, Edenbridge TN8
6AR
Edenbridge Hockey Club. Contact Julie Partridge Tel: 01732 505616 or 07503 673210 Web:
www.edenbridgehockeyclub.co.uk
Edenbridge Library Reading Group. Meets Edenbridge Library, Eden Centre, Four Elms Rd,
TN8 6BY on 2nd Tuesday of the month 2.30pm Tel: 01622 221121 Email:
edenbridgelibrary@kent.gov.uk Other reading groups can also be contacted via the library –
Bowern Book Club, Thatch Barn Book Club, Edenbridge u3a Book Club, Edenbridge Evening
Women’s Institute and Friday u3a
Edenbridge Men’s Club. 67 High St, TN8 5AL. Open 10am-2.30pm 7-11pm. Tel: 01732
863495
Edenbridge Music & Arts Trust. Contact Mary Elliot Tel: 01732 862418 Email:
mary.emat@btopenworld.com
Edenbridge Players. Tel: 01732 867450 Email: edenbridgeplayers@gmail.com Web:
www.edenbridgeplayers.co.uk
Edenbridge Quilters. Meet 3rd Fri of each month 1.30-4.30pm. Eden Centre. Tel: 01959
577359 Email: paddyandbarry@yahoo.co.uk
Edenbridge Rugby Club. Contact Paul Jenner Tel: 01959 564867 or Peter Lacey Tel: 01732
862636 Web: www.edenbridgerfc.co.uk
Edenbridge Stamp & Postcard Club. Contact Derek Hamilton-Smith Tel: 01732 862561
Edenbridge Strollers. Contact Mr Ian Falkner. Tel: 01732 864762
Edenbridge Town Band. Contact Lucy Gibb Tel: 01732 354432 or 07766 391766 Email:
edenbridgetownband@gmail.com Web: www.edenbridgetownband.co.uk
Edenbridge United Football Club. Contact Keith Gallier Tel: 01732 866001 or 07860 255913
Edenbridge Voluntary Transport Service. Edenbridge & District War Memorial Hospital, Mill
Hill, Edenbridge TN8 5DA Tel: 01732 865353 Email: admin@evts.org.uk
Edenbridge WI (Afternoon). Tel: 01892 823813. Web: www.west-kent.thewi.org.uk
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