Providing care and support services in Kent for 30 years.

We provide services for people with a range of mental health problems, personality disorders, autism spectrum disorders and learning disabilities. Our services include 1-1 support, residential services, community support services, plus care and support for individuals with highly complex needs.

“A Day in the Life”

Watch our 2023 Video by Matt Murphy entitled “A Day in the Life”. Meet Dene and John and hear about the excellent work they do at Avondale. Although the job is difficult sometimes, it is always rewarding. We’re always on the look out for more wonderful people like them to join our team.

We’re passionate people.

These are just a few things that make us tick.

  • People are at the centre of what we do – both service users and our team.

  • Getting active in our community is very important to us and reaps huge benefits for our service users.

  • We like to think of ourselves as trail blazers!

Carol and Les Jeffs started Avondale over 30 years ago as a family run business that’s passionate about wellbeing, happiness, and development.

We encourage and celebrate everyone’s differences and ideas – we believe this provides a unique, high-quality service that’s always evolving for the better.

A few kind things people have said about us…


“Support workers take pride in their work and its clear they really care about their service users”

“You have made a huge difference to my life. I don't know where I would be without your support”

“You can't ask for a better company. I can't thank Avondale enough for their support. I give all the staff a 'BIG' thank you”

“Always there, helpful and thoughtful”

“Over the years the company has helped me out massively, especially the directors. They helped me to get my wonderful flat and settle in nicely”


”The support workers are really nice, and I feel like they genuinely care”

“I'm lucky to have Avondale to look after me”

“Caring and passionate staff do their best to meet my needs”

“In the early days of my support the company helped me to get out of a very dark place, and have helped me become more independent and sociable”

“You have made a huge difference to my life. I don't know where I would be without your support”

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