General Online Resources – Thanet local support indicated
Discussion about DNACPR
Planning and recording your wishes at Compassion in Dying
Find a range of support near you at Hub of Hope
Help and advice for carers at Carers UK
Support for carers in East Kent with Carer SEK local
Wedding Wishing Well organise weddings for the terminally ill.
Advice on intimacy for the terminally ill at Marie Curie
Information about death, dying and grief at Dying Matters
Financial support at Turn 2 Us
Grants and loans for people living with cancer at Macmillan
A range of services including community and digital activities, handyman service, household tasks, footcare service and shopping. Please note that fees apply. Ask Cal Thanet local
Support with digital inclusion at Digital Kent local
Books
Mannix, Kathryn, ‘With the End in Mind: Dying, Death and Wisdom in an Age of Denial’, HarperCollins, 2017
Kalanithi. P, ‘When Breath Becomes Air’, Penguin/ Random House, 2016
Yalom, Irvin D. and Yalom, M, ‘A Matter of Death and Life’, Redwood Press, 2021
Gawande, Atul, ‘Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End’, Wellcome, 2015
Dr Wyatt, Karen, ‘7 Lessons for Living from the Dying‘, Watkins Publishing, 2020
Samuel, Julia, ‘Grief Works‘, Penguin Books, 2017
Holecek, Andrew, ‘Preparing to Die‘, Snow Lion, 2013
Food
Shopping service at Ask Cal Thanet local
Support somebody with meals at Meal Train
Affordable food at Kent Community Pantry local
Wellbeing
Men’s support group in Margate and Ramsgate Manspace local
Swimming for mental health at Walpole Bay with More Human local
Community gardening project at Holy Trinity Margate local
Community gardening activities at Windmill Community Gardens Margate local
Angling for wellbeing with Angling Trust (nearest Canterbury and Ashford) local
KCC Home Library Service local
Internet based listening books lending service at Listening Books
Saunas by the sea at Sea Scrub Sauna local
Support group in Margate for people with Parkinson’s at Local Support Parkinsons local
Walk and talk sessions all over Thanet with NHS local
Community transport service with Kent Coast Volunteering local
Apply for a Blue Parking Badge
Nature for wellbeing with Kent Wildlife Trust local
Online listening support with Qwell
Kent talking services with KM Talking Therapies local
Arrange for your pet to be cared for at Cinnamon Trust
Bereavement
Practical help for when someone dies at Bereavement Advice
Supporting youngsters with loss at Child Bereavement UK
Support for those who have lost a child at Child Death Helpline
Finding out how grief may affect children at Marie Curie
Supporting children with grief at Winston’s Wish
Legacy
Bank your voice with I Will Always Be Me
Voice banking for those with motor neurone disease at MNDA
Record your life story at Stories for Life
Write and record your own original song with the Swan Song Project
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