Communication Support Service South East Coast

Ashford, Dover and Folkstone

Linda Cowdry

Communication Support Service

Headway House
Wootton Road
Ashford
Kent

TN23 6JS

T: 01233 626262
linda.cowdry@stroke.org.uk

This service covers the areas of Ashford, Dover and Folkestone and provides communication support groups at the following times and locations:  

Monday afternoons 1.30 - 3.30
Newington Village Hall
The Street
Newington
Folkestone
CT18 8AU

Wednesday mornings 10.00  – 12.00
Sunny Corner
Old Folkestone Road
Aycliffe
Dover
Kent 
T17 9EZ

Thursday mornings 10.00  – 12.00
The Swan Centre
Turner Close
South Willesborough
Ashford
Kent
TN24 0BD

Brighton

Maria Litchfield

Communication Support Co-ordinator

T: 01273 267623
maria.litchfield@stroke.org.uk

Canterbury and Swale

Anne Vincent

Communication Support Coordinator

T: 01795 535358
anne.vincent@stroke.org.uk

Communication Support Groups take place at the following times and locations:

Wednesday mornings 10.00 - 12.00
Sheppey Matters
Healthy Living Centre
Broadway
Sheerness
Kent.
ME12 1HH

Monday afternoons 2.00 - 4.00
Thanington Resource Centre
Thanington Road
Canterbury
Kent.
CT1 3XR

Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley

Anne Vincent

Communication Support Co-ordinator

T: 01795 535358
anne.vincent@stroke.org.uk

Communication Support groups held:

Tuesday afternoons 1.30 - 3.30
Age Concern Fleming Day Centre
Clarence Row
Gravesend
Kent
DA12 1HJ

Thursday mornings 10.00 - 12.00
Thatcher Court
North St
Dartford
Kent
DA1 2XJ

East Sussex

Maria Litchfield

Communication Support Co-ordinator

T: 01323 501280
barry.lee@stroke.org.uk

East Sussex

Jayne Fenner

Communication Support Co-ordinator

T: 01323 501280
barry.lee@stroke.org.uk

Part of East Sussex Stroke Support Service.

Communication Support groups held at the following times and locations:-

Weekly on Fridays 1.30 - 3.30pm
The Bexhill Health Centre
Holliers Hill
Bexhill-on-Sea
TN40 2DZ

Herne Bay and Thanet

Carol Emptage

Communication Support Co-ordinator

T: 01843 294079
carole.emptage@stroke.org.uk

Communication Support Group meetings held:

Wednesday 10.30 – 12.30
St Peters Memorial Hall
St Peter's
Broadstairs

Thursday 2.00 – 4.00
Queen Victoria Hospital
Herne Bay
Kent

Maidstone and Surrounding

Freda Rickard

Communication Support Co-ordinator

T: 01622 351963
freda.rickard@stroke.org.uk

This service covers the Maidstone area, providing a Communication Support group at the following time and location:

Monday morning 10:00 - 12:00
Christchurch Hall,
Wallis Avenue,
Maidstone.
ME15 9JT

Medway

Dawn Stevens

Communication Support Co-ordinator

T: 01795 879159
dawn.stevens@stroke.org.uk

This service covers Medway, providing two Communication Support groups at the following times and locations:

Tuesday morning 10:00 -12:00
Age Concern
Woodlands Road
Gillingham
Kent
ME7 2BX

Thursday morning 10.00 - 12.00
The Walter Brice Centre
Tilley Close
Hoo
Rochester
Kent
ME3 9AE

Mid Downs

Helen Simmonds

Communication Support Co-ordinator

T: 01444 248942
helen.simmonds@stroke.org.uk

This service covers parts of West Sussex -Haywards Heath and surrounding villages, Crawley and Horsham, providing Communication Support groups at the following times and locations:

Wednesday morning 10:00 -12:00
The Library
Cuckfield Village Hall
Cuckfield
W. Sussex

Thursday morning10:00 -12:00
Maidenbower Day Centre
Harvest Road
Maidenbower
Crawley

Sevenoaks and Tunbridge Wells

Freda Rickard

Communication Support Coordinator

T: 01622 351963
freda.rickard@stroke.org.uk

Communication Support groups take place at the following times and locations:

Tuesday morning 9:45 - 11:45
The Baptist Church
Bessels Green
Sevenoaks
TN13 2PS

Friday morning 10:00 - 12:00
The Salvation Army
Citadel
Bayhall Road
Tunbridge Wells
TN2 4UT

A Long Term Stroke Support group also meets at this venue on alternate Tuesdays form 2.00 - 4.00 pm.