This section of the website will tell you useful services in the Tonbridge area that you might find useful. It also gives you links to other support services that operate at a national level.
In Case of Going Missing Form
Download the ‘In Case Of Going Missing Form’ here from Kent Search and Rescue. This document completed and kept in a safe place will be an invaluable time saver if your cared for friend of relative wanders off and is missing. At such a time, when relatives are anxious and distressed, bringing this information to mind may prove challenging.
Download ‘In Case of Going Missing Form’
Alzheimers and dementia Support Services (ADSS)
ADSS Dementia Co-Ordinators provide much needed support across Tonbridge & Tunbridge Wells Boroughs.
https://www.alz-dem.org/
For more local activities and services, please visit the Dementia Connect website to search for what is available in your area.
Other services
The links to services below are provided by different sources, not by Tonbridge Dementia Friends.
Other cafes and support groups
Cafes and Support Groups. Tonbridge & Malling and Tunbridge Wells
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Social and Activity groups suitable for people with Dementia.
COGS/Therapy
Every Monday
10am Town Lock Tonbridge contact Age UK
Every Tuesday
11am Age UK Wood St, Tun Wells
Every Wednesday
9.30am Crossroads, Christchurch, Prospect Road, Southborough.
Every Thursday
10am Crossroads C.O.G.S at Leybourne Chase Community Centre, West Malling.
Cafes/Social Groups
1st Monday & 3rd Wednesday of each month.
2.30pm Memory Café at Spadework, Spade work, Offham Road,
West Malling.
Every Tuesday
10.30 Tuesday Group at Paddock Wood Day Centre.
1st Tuesday
2pm Dementia Café at Town Lock, Tonbridge Contact Age UK Tonbridge
3rd Tuesday
2pm Memories Café at Showfields Hall, Rowan Tree Rd, Tunbridge Wells
2pm Dementia and Me Peer Group at Town Lock, Tonbridge. Contact Age UK Tonbridge
4th Tuesday
10am Café Town Lock, Tonbridge. Contact Age UK
2pm Dementia and Me at Town Lock, Tonbridge. Contact Age UK Tonbridge
2nd Wednesday
11am Forget me not Café at St John’s Church, London Road, Hildenborough.
10.30 Memory Café, Emerald walk, Sherwood, Tunbridge wells (Off Greggs Wood Road)
2nd & 4th Thursday.
2.30 Bowls Café at Angel Indoor Bowls Club, Ave DU Puy, Tonbridge.
2nd Thursday
2pm Memory Café at East Malling Centre, Chapmans Way, East Malling. ME19 6SD Contact Liz Simpson 07463 222733
3rd Thursday
10.45am Memory Cafe, Chamberlain Court, Mt. Ephraim
3rd Friday
2pm Pembury Memory Café at Pembury Baptist Church Romford Road, Pembury.
Every Friday (except 1st in the month)
10.30am Tuesday Group Paddock Wood Day Centre
1.30 Memory Cafe Paddock wood day Centre
Arts & Crafts
2nd Monday of every month,
2.30 Arts and Crafts group – for people with dementia. A variety of crafts projects including painting, model making, woodwork and collage. Refreshments provided. Spadework, West Malling
1st Tuesday
2pm Dementia and Me Craft Club at Town Lock, Tonbridge Contact Age UK Tonbridge
Music
Every Wednesday:
3.30 Senior Choir at Tonbridge Baptist Church. £5, carer is free.
1pm Senior Choir at Trinity Tunbridge Wells or at Christian Fellowship, Hanover Road
1st Wednesday and 3rd Monday of every month,
3pm until 4.30pm Singing group at Spadework, West Malling.
1st & 3rd Thursday
10.30 Musical memories at Tonbridge Methodist Church.
Sport/Physical activity
1st Monday
10am Wellbeing walk. Paddock Wood Ramblers
Every Tuesday
11.30am Stretch & Move at Capel Morris Hall, RBL Aylesford
Every Wednesday
10am Moving & Music at Trinity Tunbridge Wells Christian Fellowship, Hanover Road
2pm Moving & Music at Tonbridge Baptist Church
11.30am Quiet Swim time Tonbridge Pool (term time only)
10am Walking group – Meet at Spadework carpark - open to everyone. Relaxed, easy walking around the local countryside. (unless the weather is really bad)
2nd Wednesday (From February) and 4th Monday of every month,
2.30pm Music and Movement group – a mainly seated exercise session to music for those living with dementia and their carers. Teas and coffees afterwards. There is a small charge of £3 per couple. At Spadework, West Malling.
Every Thursday
10am Walking Netball at Angel Centre Tonbridge
12pm Dementia friendly Swimming Larkfield Pool (Term time only)
Every Friday
9.30am Accessible Bowling at Tonbridge Angel Indoor Bowls Club
1st & 3rd Friday
2pm Multi sport at Angel Centre
Support Groups
4th Wednesday of every month
Carers Support Group – For anyone who is caring for a loved one with dementia to get support from others in the same situation. 2.30pm until 4.30pm. Tea, coffee and biscuits provided for a small donation at Spadework West Malling
1st Friday
Carers peer support group at Angel Indoor Bowls Centre, Tonbridge. Anyone who is caring for somebody with dementia to get support from others in the same situation. 2.30pm until 4pm. Tea, coffee and biscuits provided
1st & 3rd Friday
2pm Carers Count café, East Malling Village Hall
2nd & 4th Friday
1.30pm Carers group Curran Hall, East Peckham.
Starting soon – more referrals needed.
Over 65 Peer Support group, Spadework, Spadework, Offham Road, West Malling..
Young Onset Peer Support Group – for people with a recent diagnosis of young onset dementia (under 65) to meet others in the same situation and get support, advice and information in a calm and friendly environment.
General Interest
3rd Tuesday
10.15am Young Onset cinema at Chamberlain Court, Mt Ephraim Tun Wells
1st Thursday
10.30am Curiosity Project. The Amelia, Tunbridge Wells.