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Dartford School Boys Make Face Shields for Front Line Workers

May 1, 2020 | in children, Coronavirus, COVID-19

Two year seven pupils at The Leigh UTC in Dartford are supporting front line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic by making 3D printed face shields for their local community Students Max Leachman and Harley Sands, who attend The Leigh UTC on Brunel Way, are putting their Engineering skills to work printing 3D print face…

Kent Community Foundation Announces KCF Coronavirus Emergency Fund

March 23, 2020 | in Charity, Clients, Fundraising, Grants, Hero, Kent, volunteers

The impact of Coronavirus, COVID-19 within the charitable sector in Kent will be unprecedented and Kent Community Foundation has responded with a new Emergency Fund With immediate effect Kent Community Foundation will be supporting charities and community groups facing extreme difficulties or closure, as the impact of government measures to reduce the spread of the…

The Coco Club raises funds for Charity

February 17, 2020 | in Artists, Blog, Charity, Clients, Devizes, Event, Fundraising, Hero, London, Taxi, The Coco Clu, veteran, Wiltshire

On 15 February The Coco Club in Devizes raffled an original picture by renowned artist John Hammond to raise funds for the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans Artist John Hammond kindly donated the original artwork to The Coco Club to raise funds for a charity that is very close to their hearts –…

On Valentine’s Day Married London Cabbies Announce their Commitment to Get Fit and Climb Mount Kilimanjaro to Raise Funds for Children’s Charites in the UK and Tanzania

February 13, 2020 | in Blog, Charity, children, Countryside, Event, Fundraising, Hero, Kilimanjaro, London, Taxi, volunteers

London Cabbies Stuart Lockhart 47 and Lynsey Lockhart 45 married in July 2019 in Scotland. Stuart has been a cabby for 16 years and Lynsey for 8 years and they met in their roles as cab drivers. Recently they climbed in the Atlas Mountains as part of a holiday to Morocco and they were hooked…

Children’s Mental Health Week, 3-9 February

February 3, 2020 | in Charity, children, Clients, Event, Grants, Kent

Set up by children’s mental health charity Place2Be, Children’s Mental Health Week shines a spotlight on the importance of children and young people’s mental health. The theme of this year’s Place2Be Children’s Mental Health Week is Find your Brave, supported by HRH The Duchess of Cambridge www.royal.uk/duchess-cambridges-message-mark-place2be-children%E2%80%99s-mental-health-week-2020 Josephine McCartney, Chief Executive, Kent…

Kent Community Foundation is delighted to announce an additional £2.65 million funding for good causes in Tonbridge and Malling

January 29, 2020 | in Charity, Clients, Fundraising, Grants, Kent

The £2.65 million donation to Kent Community Foundation will support charities, community groups and social enterprises representing the 130,000 people living in Tonbridge and Malling and will be called the High Hilden Fund. Bill Wass, Chair of the High Hilden Fund panel, said, “The High Hilden Care Home was a much-loved local facility in…

Young Carers Awareness Day

January 24, 2020 | in Advice, Charity, Clients, Event, Grants, Hero, Kent, volunteers

Young Carers Awareness Day raises awareness of the challenges faced by young carers and campaigns for greater support for them Young Carers Awareness Day is an annual event, taking place on 30 January 2020. Kent Community Foundation is delighted to financially support many young carers and charities that support young carers, throughout the year and…

London’s Shortest Cabbie Set to climb Africa’s tallest mountain

January 23, 2020 | in Charity, Clients, Event, Fundraising, Hero, Kilimanjaro, London, Taxi

This year London’s shortest cabbie Claire Zazzara plans to lose four stones, get fit and climb Mount Kilimanjaro, while raising money for the London Taxi Driver’s Charity for Children Claire Zazzara, 46, has been a London Cabbie for eight years. At only 4ft and 10 inches she is proud to be London’s shortest cabbie. Over…

600 Hundred Disadvantaged and Special Needs Children Party in London

January 23, 2020 | in Charity, Clients, Event, Fundraising, Hero, London, Quote, Taxi, volunteers

On Sunday 19 January, the London Taxi Drivers Charity for Children hosted its annual Mad Hatters Tea Party for over 600 disadvantaged and special needs children, at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane The children were entertained with a disco and live music from Britain’s Got…

Blue Monday Debt Advice

January 21, 2020 | in Advice, Blog, Charity, Clients, Debt, Kent

The third Monday in January is known as Blue Monday due to a combination of post-Christmas blues, cold dark nights and the arrival of credit card bills For many in Kent, 20th January, the third Monday in January, will be just another day living with the continual worry about the financial pressures they are under.…