Medway’s Marvelous Communities There’s a wealth of help and friendships to be made on your doorstep through Medway’s voluntary and community groups and organisations. If you need help in Medway, or simply want to connect more with your community, then support is often closer than you think. Medway has over 1,000 voluntary and community groups, clubs and organisations – supporting interests and needs as diverse as fitness, art, loneliness, men in sheds, carers, finances and so much more. You can find out more about local groups through Medway Voluntary Action’s online community directories - you just need to visit www.mva.org.uk where you will find: •A directory of local groups and organisations (and you can search for what you need based on location or support requirements). • S imply Connect Medway – that can help you
to find activities taking place near you based on your own personal interests (with details for how you can join them). Or if you’re not confident about connecting with a local group by yourself, then you could: • Contact your local GP and ask to speak to their Link Worker supporting social prescribing - these are dedicated staff members who can help you get in touch with community support. • Speak to Medway’s Wellbeing Navigation team who can help you access local support – their contact details are: email: MCCG.CarenavMedway@nhs.net or call: 0300 0111965. Of course, these local groups and clubs often need volunteer support to help them run – and volunteering your time is a great way to make friends as well as to support good causes. Medway charities have a huge number of volunteering opportunities to meet varied interests and time commitments – to find out more about current local volunteering vacancies, you can visit Medway Voluntary Action’s website: www.mva.org.uk/volunteering or drop them a line: volunteering@mva.org.uk. One local organization who are always keen to welcome new volunteers, or people who would like to be befriended themselves, is MVA Befriending Service. MVA Befriending service has been running in Medway since April 2019 and has more
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