The aim is to help individuals with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and those with mental health to find companionship, friendship and love. Our Saturday morning email features the very best news and exclusive content from our team of reporters. A Cornwall dating service wants to help people with disabilities find lasting love and companionship.

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A dating agency designed to give adults with learning disabilities a better chance of finding love is set to be launched near Herne Bay. Care worker Holly Leadbetter decided to create Aiding Love after witnessing the difficulties many of her clients experience when trying to meet new people. She says that, currently, adults with learning disabilities living across the district have few opportunities to socialise with new groups of people and meet potential suitors.

Ms Leadbetter knows of several couples who have met because they have been supported by the same companies, or attended the same day services or schools – but says many have not been so fortunate. The care worker founded the dating service – which will be open to people across the Canterbury district and Thanet – after one of her clients suggested the idea.

Ms Leadbetter says users will be matched with another person once a month and be able to attend regular events. Read more: All the latest news from Herne Bay. Listings service brought to you by KentOnline for local businesses who are offering services during the Coronavirus pandemic. Coronavirus is devastating families across the country. Here we pay tribute to those who have died from the virus in Kent.

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