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Abandoned vehicles
How to report an abandoned vehicle in your area.
Transport and streets | Parking | Parking strategy

Academies
Find out more about the Academies projects in Kent.
Education and learning | Schools, 14-19 and sixth form | Find a school

Active Lives
Active Lives is our ten year vision for Adult Social Care in Kent.
Social care and health | About Social Care | Active Lives - shaping Social Care

Adoption
Information relating to Adoption.
Social care and health | Children | Adoption

Concurrency
About concurrency
Social care and health | Children | Fostering

Adult and Community Education
Welcome to Kent Adult and Community Education section where you will find a wide range of attractive education and training opportunities.
Education and learning | Adult and community education

Kent Carers
Carers look after family, partners or friends in need of help because they are ill, frail or have a disability.
Social care and health | Carers and family support | Carers

Kent Adult Placement Scheme
The Kent Adult Placement Scheme can offer help and support to adults with a learning disability. If you have a learning disability the Kent Adult Placement Scheme can offer you a short break or a more permanent home. You can also find out how to become a carer to an adult with a learning disability.
Social care and health | Carers and family support | Adult placement scheme

Social care and health
Kent County Council provides care services for all ages and stages of life, including older people, disabled people, people with mental health problems and children and families. We offer both residential care and home support, as well as one of the country's most successful fostering and adoption services.
Social care and health

Rates and charges
Kent Social Services publishes annual information booklets containing revised rates and charges, benefit allowances and assessment guidelines.
Social care and health | About Social Care | Rates and charges

What we do
The aim of Kent Social Services is to help the people of Kent live safely and independently in their local communities.
Social care and health | About Social Care | What we do

Substance misuse
Substance misuse is an issue that can seriously affect individuals, families and communities. To help deal with this issue, the Kent Drug and Alcohol Action Team website has been developed to provide comprehensive information and advice about drugs and alcohol.
Social care and health | Health and wellbeing | Substance misuse

Local and ancestry information
Local and ancestry information in Kent.
Community and living | Births, deaths, marriages and partnerships | Local and ancestry information

Animals
Licencing arrangements for the controlled movement of animals.
Business | Licences and street trading | Animals

Apprenticeships
KCC offers a number of apprenticeship schemes for people aged 16 years and older.
Jobs and careers | Jobs | Work placements

Archaeology and development
Archaeological remains are a finite and non-renewable resource, and are often fragile and vulnerable to damage and destruction.
Leisure and culture | Heritage | Caring for Kent's heritage

Archive and local history centres
Introduction to the Archives Service - providing access to the recorded history of the County
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Archive and local history centres

Archives and local history
Information about archives and local history centres in Kent
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history

Archives consulation
Archives consulation
Publications | Leisure and culture

Can I arrange a group visit?
Can I arrange a group visit?
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Collections and research | FAQs

Can I check the details of your holdings remotely?
Can I check the details of your holdings remotely?
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Collections and research | FAQs

Can I get a printout or photocopy of what I consult?
Can I get a printout or photocopy of what I consult?
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Collections and research | FAQs

Cressida Annesley, Canterbury Cathedral Archivist
Cressida Annesley, Acting Manager for Canterbury Cathedral Archives.
Jobs and careers | Jobs | What we do | Career case studies

Guide to the local studies collection: the Centre for Kentish Studies
Guide to the local studies collection: the Centre for Kentish Studies
Publications | Leisure and culture

Healthy history!
Introduction to research of health through the ages.
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Collections and research

I am planning to visit one of the archive centres, do I need to book?
I am planning to visit one of the archive centres, do I need to book?
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Collections and research | FAQs

News from the Archives Service
News from the Archives Service
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | News from the Archives service

Council newspaper - Around Kent
With four editions a year, Around Kent is packed with the latest news and features from across the county council.
News | Council newspaper

Exhibitions and galleries
Kent offers a wide range of galleries, from those with a high profile showing national exhibitions and work by a range of professional artists, to community libraries where artists who are at the start of their careers or talented amateur artists can show their work
Leisure and culture | Arts and entertainment | Exhibitions and galleries

Arts and entertainment
Information about the clubs, societies, exhibitions and galleries across Kent.
Leisure and culture | Arts and entertainment

Ashford Gateway Centre
The Ashford Gateway Centre is an innovative new development in the heart of Ashford's town centre, which brings together a wide range of public services under one roof.
Council and democracy | About the council | Council services in Kent

Self-assessment
Self-Assessment gives people the choice to assess their own care needs or carry out an assessment on behalf of someone else.
Social care and health | Adults and older people | Self assessment

Attendance and Behaviour Service
Kent Attendance and Behaviour Service directly supports schools, parents and young people in providing services on behalf of the LA that deal with bullying, exclusion, school attendance, child employment, school aged parents and looked after children.
Education and learning | Attendance and behaviour service