Charity Diagrama Foundation, which has pledged to support an African school visited Kenya to see what help was needed. David McGuire, Chief Executive, Diagrama Foundation accompanied by Marina Rubio, Head of Professional Standards took two eight-hour flights to Kenya, followed by an eight-hour drive from Nairobi, to visit the Rusinga Friends Spotlight School in Homa…
Outdoor Studios CIC received funding from Kent Community Foundation to provide art sessions for young carers. Outdoor Studios CIC facilitates artist-led workshops for creative experiential learning exploring environment, landscape and place, and the advancing impact of climate change. They received a total £4000 towards art sessions for young carers, in Ashford, Folkestone, Sittingbourne and Canterbury,…
A family has donated an Abi Cooling Cot to the Chestnut Tree House Hospice in Arundel in memory of baby George. Families who suffer the tragedy of stillbirth will be able to spend precious time with their baby at the Chestnut Tree Children’s Hospice in Arundel thanks to the donation of an ‘Abi Cooling cot’…
Grant-Maker, Kent Community Foundation has supported a marine conservation educational project for young people in Folkestone. Big Blue Foundation received £4,449.00 from Kent Community Foundation’s Environmental Fund to deliver a marine conservation educational project to young people in Folkestone and purchase seven kayaks. The charitable organisation applied for funding for their conservation project, in the…
A new book ‘A Chance for Change’ explores the important topic of what fair justice could mean for children and young people, through a collection of thought-provoking essays and creative reflections. Published by the charity Diagrama Foundation, with funding from the Monument Fellowship, it is hoped that ‘A Chance for Change’ will open important dialogue…
Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust is proud to announce a new scheme that will enable free school visits to The Historic Dockyard Chatham for up to 900 students from high pupil premium schools in Medway. This has been made possible through the generosity of £14,213 from The Charles Burnett III Memorial Fund, administered by Kent Community…
The baby loss charity Abigail’s Footsteps has donated an Abi Cooling Cot to the Leicester Royal Infirmary Hospital in memory of baby Jasmine. Families who suffer the tragedy of losing a baby will be able to spend precious time with their baby at the Leicester Royal Infirmary thanks to the donation of an ‘Abi Cooling…
Voluntary adoption agencies across the UK have joined forces to find more adoptive parents for children with additional needs who are waiting for a family. Children with additional needs wait an average of 11 months longer* in care than their peers and voluntary adoption agencies are urgently looking for people who can offer them a…
As the UK faces an overwhelming fostering crisis with over 100 children a day entering the care system, Diagrama Foundation is appealing for new foster carers. The UK is facing an unprecedented fostering crisis as current foster carers are simply not able to meet the daily demand to support the number of children entering the…
The Albert Burns Children’s Trust Fund has awarded £3,000 to Headway Kent Ltd, a charity which supports young people with an acquired brain injury. The Albert Burns Children’s Trust Fund, one of the ninety philanthropic funds administered by Kent Community Foundation, has this month announced funding totalling £47,500 for eight grassroots organisations. One of the…