Working across Thanet, Canterbury, Folkestone, Hythe, Shepway and Dover, Social Enterprise Kent are delivering the exciting 'Let's Get Working' project. Let’s Get Working is a Building Better Opportunities project, funded by the European Social Fund and through the National Lottery Community Fund

'Let's Get Working' is a social prescribing project where we provide intensive , personally tailored and ongoing practical support for disadvantaged people over the age of 16, who are not in work or training due to a disability or long-term physical health condition.

Participants are assigned a dedicated Community Connector who will work closely with them to help them take their next steps towards employment, volunteering, work placements or getting involved in their local community.

Part of the National Lottery Funded 'Fulfilling Lives: Ageing Better' programme, Social Enterprise Kent leads the £3 million Ageless Thanet programme.

Working with 50+ residents, Ageless Thanet is tackling social isolation and loneliness, improving mental and physical health in older people and influencing, both locally and nationally, perceptions of ageing and informing policy on ageing.

Ageless Thanet is working towards achieving the following outcomes.

People aged 50 and over are:

• less isolated and lonely
• actively involved in their communities, with their views and participation valued more highly
• more engaged in the design and delivery of services that improve their social connections.

The programme also aims to support:

• services that improve social connections to be better planned, co-ordinated and delivered
• the development of better evidence about how to reduce isolation and loneliness for people aged over 50, in order to improve the design of services in the future.

Telephone: 01843 210005
e-mail: t.lovelock@sekgroup.org.uk
Address: 3rd Floor, Mill Lane House, Mill Lane, Margate, CT9 1LB

'Lots More to Offer' is a project that provides intensive ongoing support to individuals aged 45 and over who are unemployed people. Our support enables them to get into employment, training, and volunteering. This fantastic project is part of the 'Building Better Opportunities' programme, funded by the National Lottery and the European Social Fund. Social Enterprise Kent leads the project across Kent, which involves providing:

We've recently launched an app for iOS and Android smartphones for job seekers and employers to find and post fantastic opportunities.

Social Enterprise Kent CIC are proud to be working in partnership with The Folkestone Community Work Programme, managed by Folkestone & Hythe District Council, to deliver and part fund the Working Together Employability Project within the Folkestone Community Led Local Development area (CLLD). The Working Together project is also part funded by the European Structural and Investment Fund 2014-20 and aims to support residents within the Folkestone CLLD area to feel more prepared to find work by enhancing their employability skills, become more confident moving forward to achieve their job goals and overall have a positive contribution towards their wellbeing.

Connect Well East Kent is a Kent County Council funded Social Prescribing and Community Navigator programme.  Social Enterprise Kent is working in a new consortia called East Kent Strategic Partnership, including Age Well East Kent (Age UK), Red Zebra Community Solutions and Carers’ Support East Kent, to deliver the 4 year contract.

Covering East Kent, this service will be available to all residents aged over 55 years, regardless of whether or not they are receiving any other services from Adult Social Care. The service will also be available to those under the age of 55 years, who meet the eligibility criteria and have complex needs.

The Community Navigation service is a community resource that aims to improve people’s quality of life, health and wellbeing by recognising that this can be affected by a range of social, economic and environmental factors