Coronavirus - Local Services and Contacts

Mrs K Lane, Council Office, Village Hall, Stones Cross Road. BR8 8LT. Answerphone - office open part time

01322 614674        E-mail clerk@crockenhillpc.org.uk    Web site: www.crockenhillpc.org.uk

Sevenoaks District Council has been working hard to establish a volunteer register scheme - both for those wishing to volunteer and also for residents to log or call in with a request for practical assistance. This scheme has been set-up to protect our elderly and most vulnerable by putting in place an identification system. Many of our Crockenhill residents have already signed up as volunteers and have received their lanyards – thank you!

We know many of you are already helping neighbours and this is wonderful. Please continue to do so but if you feel that someone you know may require additional support at some point, or if you are no longer able to help, please do ask them to register their details:

https://www.sevenoaks.gov.uk/requesthelp or by telephoning 01732 227000

If you have not yet registered as a volunteer but think you may be able to help, please click here:

https://www.sevenoaks.gov.uk/communityvolunteer or call 01732 227000

Any volunteer registering will receive a Community Volunteer lanyard with a unique identification number on. The resident being assisted can, if they wish, telephone the Council’s Contact Centre to check the identification of the volunteer.

Crockenhill Parish Council’s Role

All requests for practical assistance will be sent through to the volunteer lead in each area – for us in Crockenhill it is the Parish Council/Clerk. The Clerk will assign each request to a volunteer and contact both the person requesting help and the volunteer.

Swanley Town Council has put in place a system for shopping for emergency groceries, and Crockenhill Parish Council is grateful for their offer to work with them. Further details on the process will be provided to each volunteer when they are first contacted for assistance.

In addition to the request coming through from SDC, we are still operating our Emergency Plan. All those on our list are being contacted every few days to check on their well-being and to see whether they require any further assistance. For some, it is just reassuring to know that they are not alone.

Butchers

Butchers of Brogdale – free local delivery (please order considerately)
https://www.facebook.com/brogdalebutcher/

Farningham Butchers – free delivery (minimum purchase £30 or £5 delivery fee)
https://www.facebook.com/kentbutchers/


Crockenhill's Premier Store is open 7 days a week. We are told that the shop is well stocked with essentials and they have ordered extras of some items.
They have reduced their opening times to:
Mon - Fri 7am - 6pm (closed for lunch 1pm - 2pm) Sat 8am - 6pm and Sun 8am - 12:30pm.

Farm Shops

Watts Farm – free delivery (minimum purchase £50)
https://www.facebook.com/WattsFarms13/

Pharmacies

Hextable Pharmacy- free delivery to residents signed up to the SDC volunteer service only (people needing help)
https://www.facebook.com/The-Village-Pharmacy-239028463218184/

Thales Pharmacy- free delivery to residents signed up to the SDC volunteer service (people needing help) and existing customers requiring their delivery service
https://www.facebook.com/ThalesPharmacySwanley/

Monday-Saturday 8am-8pm

Sunday 10am-4pm

NHS staff priority access Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8-9am

Monday-Saturday 7.30am-9pm

Sunday 10am-4pm

Elderly and vulnerable priority access every day 7.30-8.30am.

The stores will also be setting aside essential products for NHS workers, which can be accessed on production of an NHS card.

Monday-Saturday 8am-8pm

Sunday 10am-4pm

Key workers in the NHS, Police and Fire Sevice priority access Sunday from 9.30-10am