Healthy Living Centre Dartford is a friendly, community-led charity providing opportunities to improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities in Dartford. We want to empower individuals to make positive choices by facilitating a wide range of activities to grow skills, confidence and self-esteem.
Our mission is to reduce health inequalities and improve health and wellbeing in our local community in Dartford. We achieve this by delivering and facilitating projects that offer a range of opportunities for training, volunteering, social interaction and community engagement. Volunteers, who take an active role in the direction and delivery of our services, lead the majority of our projects.
Our Goals
- To deliver high-quality community-led services that improve health and wellbeing, particularly in the underrepresented communities within the borough.
- To provide a stable base for community engagement and development opportunities.
- To connect people to unused, surplus and underused land across the borough to grow food and develop a community farm.
Service statistics
100%
of referrals accepted
Categories:
Arts and creative classes
Outdoor activities
Exercise and fitness classes
Advice to businesses and voluntary organisations
Activities for older people
Arts and creativity
Basic necessities (food/clothes)
Connecting with nature
Connecting with others
Getting active
Healthy lifestyle
Information and advice
Mental health
Services for older people
Volunteering
Additional needs catered for:
Wheelchair accessible
Learning difficulty friendly
Physical disability friendly
Dementia friendly