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Ashford Volunteer Centre provide a wide range of services: volunteer brokerage, a volunteer transport scheme, running introductory and inspirational courses to volunteering, a youth volunteering project, Timebank Ashford scheme (neighbours helping neighbours), a  befriending scheme for isolated older people, a men’s shed (for isolated male and  servicemen/veterans in the Borough) and a Macmillan support café for touched by cancer.

Opening times

  • 9am – 5pm
  • Monday – Friday (Transport 10am – 2pm)

Target group

Our vision is to have a society where everyone who wants to volunteer can do so in order to create a better society with stronger communities and supporting those most in need. We have 5 fundamental values, which are woven into our ways of working and our commitment to volunteering. Our values are: passion, pride, humility, honesty and integrity. Our vision is to be a leading charity and the ‘first stop’ for volunteering and connecting communities.

Our befriending service provides a regular visitor to help relieve social isolation and reduce loneliness by providing the company of a volunteer befriender who will visit on a weekly basis for a chat and cup of tea. Volunteers do not carry out personal care, shopping, household chores or a sitting service. The service is for older persons (50+) who live in their own homes, who for various reasons find themselves housebound with few or no visitors, and covers Ashford Borough.

Referral method

Self referral

This information was supplied by Serco Global Services on 1 April 2025.

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