Elderly

David McGuire, the Chief Executive of the charity Diagrama Foundation is asking for better access to NHS dental services for care home residents. David McGuire, the Chief Executive of Diagrama Foundation is asking for a review of access to NHS dental care for the residents of care homes across England after a report released by…

Born on 21 June 1924, WWII veteran Robert ‘Robbie’ Larnach from Lybster near Caithness in Scotland died on 26 February 2023 aged 98. One of seven brothers he was conscripted  in 1942  and served with the 25th Field Regiment Royal Artillery. He landed on Sword beach on D Day +15 on his 20th birthday and…

The Diagrama Foundation Care Centre in Clacton on Sea has appointed Sabina Mach to the post of Care Home Manager. Sabina is well known to the residents, their families and the Edensor staff  as she  joined the care home  in February 2010. The fifty-bed care home for the elderly with nursing and dementia needs is…

In 2022 WWII Veteran Roy Maxwell was in Normandy for the D Day commemorations with the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans. On 5  June the charity brought a group of WWII veterans to a service at Pegasus Museum and after the service Roy met Anthony Lang and his son and spent some time chatting together…

On 21 March, grant makers Kent Community Foundation will be offering advice and information about funding at a clinic in Sevenoaks. Experienced grant makers Kent Community Foundation will be holding a funding advice and information clinic at Mencap Hall in Sevenoaks on 21 March for community groups and charities who need financial support. Natalie Smith,…

2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans. One man who has been associated with the charity for almost all of those years is  Len Sheppard, 93 from Albany Park. The Taxi Charity was formed seventy five years ago in 1948 and  just a few years later London cab driver Len…

New Million Pound Fund To Support Good Causes in Kent Kent Community Foundation is delighted to announce that applications are now open for grants from the new Charles Burnett III Memorial Fund. The Fund, in memory of Charles Burnett a generous philanthropist who lived near Lymington in Hampshire will support small grassroots charities across Kent…

A new report from Kent Community Foundation details the positive impact grants totalling £4 million have made across the county in the last year. A report from grant makers Kent Community Foundation reveals that the grant makers distributed over £4 million to community groups and charities across the county in the financial year 2021/2022. A…

Funding from Kent Community Foundation will enable Food Friends to expand their service. Food Friends is a registered charity working to combat loneliness and isolation through food and friendship. They run a meal sharing initiative which connects people who love to cook and are willing to share an extra portion of their home-cooked food with…

WWII Veteran Albert Wiltshire, who served with Combined Operations in the Royal Navy in WWII died on 16 September at the age of 99. Albert Wiltshire 99, from  Rotherhithe was married for fifty years, before losing his wife in 2012, they had two children, four grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Conscripted as a wireman (an…