A-Z

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

How do I know if I would be suitable?
FAQ - How do I know if I would be suitable?
Social care and health | Children | Adoption | FAQ

I'm on my own. Can I adopt a child?
FAQ - I'm on my own. Can I adopt a child?
Social care and health | Children | Adoption | FAQ

My child's birth father is happy with the adoption, so isn't this just a formality?
FAQ - My child's birth father is happy with the adoption, so isn't this just a formality?
Social care and health | Children | Adoption | FAQ

My child's father has parental responsibility - says he won't agree to adoption. Can I proceed?
FAQ - My child's father has parental responsibility and says he won't agree to adoption. Can I proceed?
Social care and health | Children | Adoption | FAQ

What are the children like?
FAQ - What are the children like?
Social care and health | Children | Adoption | FAQ

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

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

Annual operating plan
Annual operating plan for Kent's Libraries, Archives and Museums services.
Publications | Leisure and culture

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

Archive collections
Kent Archives Service holds important collections of documents, books, antiquarian maps, newspapers, photographs and artefacts which have been developed over many centuries.
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Collections and research

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

Archives copying services
Details of the archives copying services offered at CKS and EKAC.
Publications | Leisure and culture

Brief Guide to Collections: the East Kent Archives Centre
Brief Guide to Collections: the East Kent Archives Centre
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 bring a laptop?
Can I bring a laptop?
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

Canterbury Cathedral Archives
Canterbury Cathedral Archives holds the records of the cathedral (including its estates), Canterbury diocese, parishes in the Canterbury archdeaconry, Canterbury City Council, and other organisations, businesses, and individuals in the Canterbury area.
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Archive and local history centres

Centre for Kentish Studies
The Centre for Kentish Studies is the Headquarters for the Kent Archives service. It holds manuscript and printed records for the County of Kent.
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Archive and local history centres

Community history
Kent has hundreds of historic areas and communities and the Service has strong links with many of these helping them not only to look after their own collections but also to research their communities using our collections.
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Community history

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

Guides and finding aids
This section provides access to a variety of guides to the Archives Service and finding aids for the collections.
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Collections and research

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

Herald newsletter
Herald newsletter
Publications | Leisure and culture

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

Kent Archives service targets
This poster details the Archives Service targets for 2008 as well as showing how we performed in 2006/07.
Publications | Leisure and culture

Kent Library and History Centre
Details of the plans for the new Kent History Centre.
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history

Kent Library and History Centre
Details of the plans for the new Kent History Centre.
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Archive and local history centres

Kent on film order form
Kent on film DVD order form
Publications | Leisure and culture

Kent-Virginia historical links
Kent-Virginia historical links
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Collections and research

Loan agreement for the deposit of records
Loan agreement for the deposit of records
Publications | Leisure and culture

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

Surgeons, physicians and apothecaries
Examples of documents relevant to the research of health through the ages.
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Collections and research

The history of health and medicine (sources available at Centre for Kentish Studies)
The history of health and medicine: an introduction to sources available at Centre for Kentish Studies.
Publications | Leisure and culture

Ties and lives
Results from the Ties and lives project.
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Collections and research

Ties and lives - Betto Douglas case study
Ties and lives case studies
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Collections and research

Ties and lives - Earl Stanhope case study
Ties and lives case studies
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Collections and research

Ties and lives - useful links
Ties and lives - useful links
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Collections and research

Ties and lives gallery
Gallery of images relating to the Ties and lives project.
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Collections and research

Ties and Lives resources
Ties and Lives resources available in Kent's archive repositories.
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Collections and research

Ties and lives timeline
Ties and lives timeline
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Collections and research

Women in Kent
Women in Kent
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Collections and research

Women in Kent - Portraits
Women in Kent - Portraits
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Collections and research

Women in Kent - Quotes
Women in Kent - Portraits
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Collections and research

East Kent Archives Centre
The East Kent Archives Centre holds records of local authorities, schools, hospitals, businesses, families and estates, as well as microfilm copies of local census returns for several areas of the County.
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Archive and local history centres

Midwives
Examples of documents relevant to the research of health through the ages.
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Collections and research

Research service
Details of the Kent Archives Service fee-based research service.
Leisure and culture | Archives and local history | Collections and research

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