Volunteer with the Hythe & Lyminge Community Support Hub
Phone: 01303 269 602
Email: [email protected]
Post:
Age UK Hythe & Lyminge
Sanford House
Stade Street
Hythe
Kent CT21 6BD
Volunteer with the Romney Marsh Community Support Hub
Email: [email protected]
Post:
Romney Marsh Day Centre
Sunflower House
Rolfe Lane
New Romney
Kent TN28 8JR
Volunteer with the Folkestone Community Hub
Email: [email protected]
Post:
Folkestone Community Hub
Three Hills Sports Park
Cheriton Road
Folkestone
Kent CT19 5JU
NHS Volunteer Responders has been set up to support the NHS during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Contact the Hythe Community Support Hub
Phone: 01303 269 602
Email: [email protected]
Contact the Folkestone Community Support Hub
Fill in the form below and email to [email protected]
Phone: 01303 316 186
Contact the Romney Marsh Community Support Hub
Phone: 01797 208 590
Email: [email protected]
The Folkestone Haven is a safe place for adult residents of the District in any form of mental health distress to come and be supported by a team of Recovery Workers.
Drop in without an appointment 365 days a year at 69 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2AF
Email [email protected] or call 01303 761 116
COVID-19 is a new illness that can affect your lungs and airways.
Stay alert
We can all help control the virus if we all stay alert. This means you must:
Do not leave home if you or anyone in your household has symptoms.
The UK has now approved two COVID vaccines and is rolling them out to combat the virus, prioritising the most at-risk groups. It's incredibly important that, when you are offered the vaccine, you take it.
Local residents are being vaccinated at the William Harvey Hospital, the Oaklands Health Centre in Hythe, and soon at the Civic Centre in Folkestone and Lydd Airport in Romney Marsh. You will be contacted when it is your turn.
If you have symptoms, do not go to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital.
Use the 111 online coronavirus service to find out what to do.
Anyone with COVID-19 symptoms, regardless of age, is now eligible for testing. You can either go to a testing site, or get a test delivered to your home.
If you have any questions, you can contact the Coronavirus Testing Call Centre on 0300 303 2713 for assistance (open 8am to 8pm).
Follow the link below to apply for a test:
If you are an essential worker, or live with an essential worker, and have coronavirus symptoms, you should apply for a test via the GOV.UK portal.
If you have any questions, you can contact the Coronavirus Testing Call Centre on 0300 303 2713 for assistance (open 8am to 8pm).
Follow the link below to apply for a test:
If you are symptom free, in Kent you can get a test and help reduce the spread of the virus locally. Two centres in Folkestone & Hythe are offering these tests:
Follow the link below to read more and apply to get tested.
The Government, in consultation with industry, has produced guidance to help ensure workplaces are as safe as possible.
These 14 guides cover a range of different types of work. Many businesses operate more than one type of workplace, such as an office, factory and fleet of vehicles. You may need to use more than one of these guides as you think through what you need to do to keep people safe.
The guidance below lists businesses that can re-open, and those that must remain closed.
The Chancellor has set out a package of temporary, timely and targeted measures to support public services, people and businesses through this period of disruption caused by COVID-19. You may be eligible for loans, tax relief and cash grants.
Use the Government's business support finder to see what support is available for you and your business.
You can claim a taxable grant worth 80% of your average monthly trading profits, paid out in a single instalment covering 3 months’ worth of profits, and capped at £7,500 in total.
The Government has launched a Future Fund to support continued growth and innovation in sectors as diverse as technology, life sciences and the creative industries.
Subject to eligibility, the Fund can issue convertible loans between £125,000 to £5 million to innovative companies, subject to at least equal match funding from private investors.
If you run a business or are self-employed and are concerned about paying your tax due to coronavirus, you can call HMRC’s helpline on 0800 024 1222.
KCC has a dedicated business support line for coronavirus-related issues, delivered by the Kent & Medway Growth Hub.
Call 03333 602 300
More businesses are operating online due to the coronavirus. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published guidance for sole traders and SMEs on moving from the physical to the digital.
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) now advises British people against all non-essential travel worldwide. Travel to some countries and territories is currently exempted.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office have published a list of countries that have been assessed as no longer presenting an unacceptably high risk to British people travelling abroad.
Coronavirus regulations mean that you must self-isolate for 14 days if you return to the UK from a country outside the common travel area.
The government is satisfied that it is now safe to ease these measures in England and has introduced travel corridor exemptions for some countries and territories.
You can find the full list of travel corridors below: