West Kent and Medway Mediation have come together to offer the residents of Medway a chance to gain skills in mediation that will improve neighbour relations, local communications and provide you with a pathway to volunteering and employment. You could even end up with an accredited qualification!

Staff at a Abacus furniture store in Sevenoaks had a glimpse of history when they found what appeared to be an old newspaper lining a drawer.

West Kent Extra (WKE) has joined forces with Golding Vision (part of Golding Homes) to deliver the Starter Packs Project in the Maidstone area.

On 30 May West Kent Extra hosted ‘Urban Elements’ to celebrate the official opening of the HOUSE project in Edenbridge.

Montgomery Court, Liberty Park is situated close to the historic town of Rochester. Specifically designed for people aged 55 and over it offers larger than average two and one bedroom homes with on site facilities which include a kiosk, hairdressers and restaurant.

Buy a home of your own within Sevenoaks district! If you are a current West Kent tenant in the Sevenoaks district, there is a brand new scheme available to help first time buyers who would otherwise struggle to afford to buy a home.

West Kent Extra is hosting URBAN ELEMENTS to celebrate the official opening of the HOUSE project in Edenbridge for young people. The event will be held on Thursday 30 May from noon until 4pm in and outside HOUSE in the Eden Centre.

Our offices will close at 4.45pm on Friday 24 May and will re-open at 8:45am onTuesday 28 May.

West Kent staff will be speaking at Capita's National Conference this year,  held on Thursday 27 June in central London.

From 18 to 24 May, the annual Adult Learners’ Week will be celebrated across the nation, recognising Adult Learner achievements, encouraging further participation and shaping the debate on adult learning. Adult Learners’ Week shares a similar goal to West Kent Extra (WKE) – to encourage training courses that are lifelong learning experiences, and the benefits they will bring.

Housing Minister, Mark Prisk MP, has called for the housing industry to learn from the examples set by local associations like West Kent Housing Association and those featured in a new report. The ‘Build Local’ report shows how to build high-quality new homes in thriving communities, despite the property market slump.

Escaping her abusive husband and being offered social housing, where she could live in safety with her daughter, was a huge relief to Angela – but it wasn’t the end of the story.

Four million children in the UK live in households that cannot afford to replace worn out or broken furniture. Ten million items of furniture are thrown away every year in the UK – three million of these could be re-used.

From 1 April the government has started to introduce the biggest shake-up to the Welfare State in a generation. We are aware that the introduction of a number of welfare reforms, such as the size criteria and the benefits cap, will affect many of our residents. In these tough times with rising prices and where money is increasingly tight we want to offer as much help and support as we can.

The Housing Register will be closing temporarily because Sevenoaks District Council is introducing a new housing policy that will change how people on the Housing Register will be prioritised for social housing from 3 June 2013.

We are delighted to announce that a film commissioned by West Kent Lifeways received the Silver Award for Best Documentary at last weeks IVCAs, narrowly losing out on the top prize.

Our offices will be closed from 3pm Thursday 28 March and will re-open on Tuesday 2 April at 8.45am.

We are happy to announce that Abacus Sevenoaks will open once again on Thursday 21 March after undergoing essential refurbishment work.

We are delighted to announce that we have won the Tenant Participation Advisory Service’s (TPAS) ‘Excellence in Youth Involvement’ award, held on 1 March, for the ‘Swanley’s Hidden Histories’ project - beating five other finalists from the southern region.

West Kent Extra is looking for young people aged between 14 and 19 years who live within the Sevenoaks district who are NEET (not in education, employment and training) to participate in 25 day ‘taster work placements’.

Update to our services, advice and information.

Our new telephone system is back up and running after we experienced a technical fault with our phones this morning.

From Friday 8 March we will be using our new state-of-the-art telephone system to improve your customer experience.

Are you 55 or over and looking to move? Perhaps you want to move to a smaller property or somewhere that is adapted to suit your needs? Then look no further!

February played host to Love Where You Live month at West Kent -bringing people together to help create communities to be proud of.

Forget the Oscars. As far as we’re concerned, the main film awards in town are the IVCAs - International Video Communication Awards.

Please be aware that Abacus Sevenoaks will be closed for two weeks from Monday 4 March for essential refurbishment work.

From 25 February, we will be introducing the first stage of our new technology which will bring some changes to the way we handle your contact with us. We will now be asking new security questions when you contact us by phone or in person.

West Kent Extra is collecting ideas about getting access to training and learning opportunities for our residents as well as learning new skills within their local community.

February is love where you live month at West Kent, where we are looking to bring people together to create communities to be proud of.

We're thrilled to announce that following our assessment visit we've achieved full compliance in all 57 areas, receiving compliance plus in five.

Moat is hosting a number of localised resident community events – and you’re invited! Your resident community event will be taking place on Saturday 2 March 2013 at The Great Hall, Priestfield Football Stadium, Redfern Avenue, Gillingham, Kent ME7 4DD from 10am to 4pm.

We are sorry to announce that the Abacus Furniture Project will is closed today due to the severe weather conditions in the area.

SERVICE UPDATE: 22 January 2013 1pm

We are almost back to normal, but still experiencing difficulties trying to reach some residents. We are trying to our best to reach everyone.

We do not pay £20 compensation for missed appointments in severe weather. If you have an emergency please call 0800 1691122.

Residents have been thrilled to 'discover' Liberty Park.

Are you 55 or over and looking to move? Perhaps you want to move to a smaller property or somewhere that is adapted to suit your needs? Then look no further!

Are you able to lift heavy items and put together flat packed furniture? If so, your help is needed at Abacus Furniture Warehouse in Sevenoaks.

West Kent is happy to announce that Kent County Council have extended our contracts for The Family Advice Project until September 2013.

Our telephone system is not working as it should be. Sorry about that.

West Kent Extra’s (WKE) Starter Packs Project is about to be rolled out in Sevenoaks, followed by further expansion into Maidstone in the spring.