Guests and How to Apply
If you are thinking about applying to become a guest at Pilsdon, please read our Ethos leaflet.
If you think Pilsdon might suit your present needs you can print out our application form, fill it in and send it to:
The Guardian
The Pilsdon At Malling Community
27 Water Lane
West Malling
Kent ME19 6HH
Please click on the link below to open up a copy of the form in ".pdf" format. This can be printed out and completed by hand or you can send it as an attachment to our email address, which you will find on the form.
Information that you give on this form will be treated as confidential unless it is clearly necessary to share it to protect your health and safety or the health and safety of others. Applicants must make sure that they do not fill out the Referral Form.
If you are referring someone else to come here you can download the Referral Form here:
Alternatively you can request further information by letter or by phoning us on 01732 870279. When you have read the information, if you are still interested in coming to Pilsdon at Malling you should write to the Guardian, describing your circumstances and asking to come to the Community for a trial visit of three days. If you have reading and writing difficulties, you can do what is necessary by phone and with a referrer's help.
Trial visit
If all goes well and we feel that you are likely to fit into the Community and contribute to its life, a date will be fixed for your trial visit: three nights stay at no cost to you other than your transport. We prefer you to make your own way to us by public transport. We can pick you up from the West Malling rail station if you have heavy luggage or we can give you directions for the 5-10-minute walk.
By the time of your trial visit we will have taken up references. One of these will be a medical reference. If you are on prescribed medication this should be described, giving the reasons for the medication. Your doctor will also be expected to give a prognosis and reasons why the sheltered community life of Pilsdon at Malling is likely to suit you (this information is required to justify our Housing Benefit application.)
Offer of a place
We aim to make Pilsdon at Malling a safe place for those who live here. We do not accept people who have a history of, or convictions for, sexual abuse, arson or non-drug/alcohol related violence.
There is a daily pattern of prayers (optional), meals (complusory), work and recreation. Everyone is expected to assist to the best of their ability with any work required. This is a dry house and the consumption of alcohol or illicit drugs on or off the premises is not allowed. Pilsdon is not a detoxification or treatment centre and does not accept people on methadone or similar prescriptions.
If your application or referral and trial visit are successful and you still feel that life at Pilsdon will suit you, an offer of a place will be made at the end of your visit. Your arrival to take up this place will depend on the availability of bedrooms but we will hope to welcome you as quickly as possible.
