The Downswood community centre, Maidstone. ME15 8XG, is owned by Maidstone Borough Council and has been leased and managed exclusively and successfully by volunteers from the Downswood community association (DCA), since the opening in 1990. The DCA receive no regular funding whatsoever to run and operate the centre, income for this is raised from hiring fees, fundraising events and the goodwill of all our fantastic volunteers.
