Welcome to Parkwood This sheet provides useful information about the area that you have just moved into. Further information about all of Medway Council’s services can be found at www.medway.gov.uk, by calling 01634 306000 or by writing to Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham. You can also visit the Chatham contact point located at Riverside, Dock Road, Chatham ME4 4SL. Schools in Parkwood: Park Wood Infants and Juniors 01634 234625 Deanwood PET School 01634 231901 St Augustine Catholic Primary School 01634 371892

Further Education: MidKent College Medway Campus Medway Road Gillingham Kent ME7 1FN www.midkent.ac.uk Phone: 01634 383000

Medway Connexions 205 – 217 New Road, Chatham. 01634 845936 www.connexionskentandmedway.co.uk

Local youth clubs: Parkwood Youth Centre Parkwood Green, Deanwood Drive, Parkwood, Rainham ME8 9PN. Phone: 01634 233846 Leisure centres and play areas:

Splashes Leisure Centre, Rainham. Deanwood Drive play area, Parkwood.

Your local library:

Rainham Library Birling Avenue Rainham Gillingham Kent ME8 7LR Phone: 01634 231745

Places of worship/Community Centres: St. Matthews Church, Drewery Lane Parkwood Christian Fellowship (Baptist), Parkwood Green St. Augustine of Canterbury R.C Church, Deanwood Drive

Citizen’s Advice Bureau 0844 826 9709 - Helpline 01634 888182 - Debt and Housing Advice advice@medwaycab.cabnet.org.uk

Kent Police To report a non-urgent crime or discuss a local police matter call Kent Police on 01622 690690. Local police station: Medway Police Station, Purser Way, Gillingham, Kent ME7 1NE Local contact point: 1-3 Station Road, Rainham, Kent ME8 7RS

Your waste collection day is TUESDAY Refuse will be collected every Tuesday and should be placed outside your property in black sacks. Recycling collections are made fortnightly, also on Tuesdays. Please use the blue sacks provided. Use the pictures below as guidance for what to place in your recycling:

Medical contacts:

The Parkwood Health Centre Long Catlis Road Parkwood Rainham Kent ME8 9PR

Phone: 01634 337632 Rainham Healthy Living Centre

103-107 High Street Rainham Kent ME88AA Phone: 01634 337706

DentaLine For dental emergencies and urgent symptoms during evenings, weekends or bank holidays you should telephone the DentaLine Call Centre on 01634 890 300 during the hours of 6pm to 11pm evenings and 8.30am to 1.30pm Saturday and Sunday mornings.

Medway On Call Care When your GP is closed – in the evening, at night, during the weekend and on bank holidays – NHS Medway is responsible for offering an out-of-hours GP service. MedOCC can be contacted on 01634 891855.

Medway Maritime Hospital Windmill Road, Gillingham, Kent. ME7 5NY Further information for NHS services in Medway can be found at www.medwaypct.nhs.uk or by calling 01634 335020.