About Us
The Kent Appropriate Adult Service provides accredited volunteers to advise and assist juveniles and vulnerable adults being dealt with under Police and Criminal Evidence Act procedures within the Kent Police Area, when parents or carers cannot attend.

The role of the appropriate adult is:

• to advise the person being questioned;
• to observe whether or not the interview is being conducted properly and fairly;
• to facilitate communication with the person being interviewed.

The service has been operational since 1987 and is provided by the Young Lives Foundation under agreements with Kent County Council and Medway Council.

There is close liaison with the two local authorities and with Kent Police, all of whom are represented on the service’s inter-agency liaison group. Requests for attendance are made by Kent Police via the Kent County Council contact centre.

Our volunteers attend custody suites across the Kent Police Area. The suites are located at Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone, Maidstone, Margate, Medway, North Kent, Sittingbourne and Tonbridge. We have a particular need at this time for volunteers who can attend Margate, North Kent, Sittingbourne and Tonbridge

For further information please contact us using by telephone or e-mail, or alternatively use the contacts page above.