National Tree Week, is the UK’s largest annual tree celebration, marking the start of the winter tree planting season During National Tree Week, Kent Community Foundation is promoting the Phillips Fund which supports projects in Kent and Medway, that aim to protect, conserve and enhance the use and character of the rural landscape and its communities through…
Social Enterprise Day is an opportunity for organisations supporting the social enterprise movement to raise the profile of their own work, whether as market-builders, investors or champions of the sector Since 2012 Kent Community Foundation has loaned £1.675m to 40 social enterprises in Kent and Medway through its Kent Social Enterprise Loan Fund. The Kent…
Mother and daughter artists Lélia and Lyora Pissarro painted their lion sculptures in London in July for the ‘Lions of Windsor 2019’ public art trail, which saw a giant pride of supersized lion displayed across Windsor and the surrounding region from August to October to celebrate Queen Victoria’s 200th anniversary. The Pissarro lions were displayed…
Beautifully photographed WWII veteran’s portraits will be on show in the “3945 Portraits Project” exhibition at the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum Photographer Glyn Dewis designed the 3945 Portraits Project to honour and remember surviving WWII Veterans by photographing as many of them as is possible, to provide both the veterans and their families with classic,…
Spadework works with adults with learning difficulties, (who are called trainees), to develop their independence and personal skills, through social interaction with the community. They were awarded grant’s totalling £6,300 from Kent Community Foundation to support the work they do with over one hundred adults from the local community. Kent Community Foundation supported the pumpkin…
On Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 November 2019 the Lions of Windsor pride will be on display in Windsor Yards at the “Lions Roar Goodbye” allowing lion fans to say their farewells to the beautifully decorated lion and cub sculptures and choose which they may like to bid for at the charity auction. This will…
In September 2018 a group of London Cabbies, including Daren, John and Brian decide on a mammoth challenge to lose weight, get fit, climb Kilimanjaro and raise money for The Taxi Charity www.taxicharity.org One of the cabbies Daren Parr has written this moving account of the last push to reach the summit of Kilmanjaro The…
After delighting thousands of lion fans from all over the world this summer, it’s time to say farewell to the Lions of Windsor and Maidenhead pride After three months delighting fans of all ages, the Lions of Windsor & Maidenhead sculpture trail will end on 27 October and the life-sized…
On 30 July, the press met some of the amazing lions that will form the Lions of Windsor art trail from 10 August until 27 October 2019. ITV London filmed the event – www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5q4ajspujk and Gary Cooper from Square Freedom Photography www.squarefreedomphotography.com took some amazing pictures. Find out more here www.lionsofwindsor.org
A visit to Retreats For You, a thatched 17th century writing retreat in Devon will give you time to be creative Nestled in the sleepy village of Sheepwash in North Devon, Retreats For You offers you a home from home run by TV Presenter and Author Debbie Flint. Writers need a space to be creative…