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Taxi Charity Supporter Completes 40km Wandeltocht

October 20, 2020 | in Annual trip, Blog, champion, Charity, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dunkirk. WWII, Event, Hero, Kent, spirit, Taxi, veteran, Visit

The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans would usually be in The Netherlands each September with a group of veterans for the annual Wandeltocht in Oosterbeek, where over 30,000  walk a selection of routes, to remember the Battle of Arnhem, in 1944, when over 1,700 British and Polish soldiers and airmen lost their lives. This year…

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World Mental Health Day 10 October

October 6, 2020 | in Advice, Blog, champion, Charity, children, Event, Grants, Hero, Kent, volunteers

Ahead of World Mental Health Day, Kent Community Foundation is highlighting some of the charities and groups who are working with their local community to help those with mental health needs     Josephine McCartney, Chief Executive, Kent Community Foundation, said, “Mental health issues affect one in four people at some point in their lifetime,…

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Charities in Kent receive £2m in Emergency COVID funding

October 1, 2020 | in Blog, champion, Charity, children, Clients, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Fundraising, Grants, Hero, Kent, volunteers

Since March, grant maker Kent Community Foundation has awarded over £2 million in emergency funding to individuals, charities and community groups across Kent and Medway who have either been affected by, or are working with, those who have been affected by the pandemic Over 600 grants totalling just over £2m have been awarded to organisations and…

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Kind-hearted Cabbies Drop off Backpacks to Local School Children

September 20, 2020 | in Charity, children, Coronavirus, Fundraising, London, Taxi, volunteers

Cabbies from the London Taxi Drivers’ Charity for Children have been distributing “school starter packs” to children returning to the classroom this September Over 1,000 backpacks containing stationery essentials are being distributed to a number of schools teaching disadvantaged and special needs children across London and the South East. The idea to help welcome children…

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Bromley Mayor presents “Olympics” trophies to Orpington learning disability athletes

August 13, 2020 | in Bromley, Care home, champion, Charity, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Event, Kent, Orpington, Sportstar, Students

Councillor Hannah Gray, the Mayor of the London Borough of Bromley met with Orpington’s own ‘Olympians’ this week to present the trophies on the final day of their 10-day Olympic Challenge. Twenty-three residents at Cabrini House, a collection of three homes for residents with learning disabilities, in Healy Drive, Orpington, took part in the sporting…

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London Cabbie Takes on New Role to Support the Front line

August 10, 2020 | in Blog, champion, Charity, children, Clients, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employment, Fundraising, Hero, London, spirit, Taxi, volunteers

As work dries up in London, cabbies are temporarily turning to other work London Cabbie, Lianne Rolls, 46, from Poplar, has been working at Chase Farm Hospital, for the Enfield GP Federation COVID-19 Clinical Assessment Centre delivering Oximeter machines, which monitor patient’s oxygen levels via a video call, taking medication to patients isolating at home…

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