USEFUL NUMBERS
Citizens Advice Bureau — 01622 752420 or 01622 757882
Council tax advice — 01622 602003
We have joined forces with Voluntary Action Maidstone to launch an innovative website to link businesses and community groups in Maidstone.
The Big Exchange website - the first of its kind in Kent - allows charities or community groups to find help and support from local businesses and to develop relationships together. Businesses can post information about what they can offer local groups – from accounting or marketing advice to staff support at fundraisers – whilst community groups can post requests for help.
This is a great opportunity for businesses to make a difference in their communities, raise their profile and boost staff morale. We hope to have 50 businesses and 50 community groups sign up within two years – if you’d like to be one of them, please visit
thebigexchange.org.uk
Housing benefit and general housing advice — 01622 602557
National debtline — freephone 0808 808 4000
Energy Saving Trust - 0800 512 012
Concessionary Travel - 01622 602334
Jobcentre Plus — 01622 702700
Kent Institute of Medicine and Surgery
The state of the art Kent Institute of Medicine and Surgery (KIMS) is set to open in April, providing specialist treatment and boosting jobs in the area. The £85 million hospital will offer advanced care in cardiology, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, complex orthopaedics and surgical oncology. Maidstone council’s Cabinet Member for Economic and Commercial Development, Councillor Malcolm Greer, said: “KIMS will offer specialist treatments, many of which are currently only available in London, saving local people from making long and difficult journeys for treatment. It will bring new jobs,
including high-salaried posts, to the area, and establish training and apprenticeship opportunities for local people. Local suppliers of goods will be used where possible, and we hope to capitalise on the KIMS investment to attract other businesses to the borough.”
Plans for Phase 2 of the KIMS project are currently being considered by Maidstone council. The proposals include a medical schools, university campus, a women’s and children’s hospital and a neuro-rehabilitation village, which could create an additional 3,000 jobs over the next ten years.
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