Kent Community Foundation, the Kent Lieutenancy Office, Ashford Volunteer Centre and Kent Volunteers are inviting charities and voluntary groups from across Kent to a special webinar, offering expert guidance about applying for The King’s Award for Voluntary Service (KAVS), the highest national honour given to local volunteer groups in the UK. The online webinar, hosted…
Care Leavers Week 28 October – 3 November
October 28, 2024
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National Care Leavers’ Week allows the public, professionals, carers, decision-makers and the media to come together, celebrate care leavers and raise awareness of the issues in the care system. Statistics reveal that in England 83,840 children were in care on 31 March 2023 and the latest figures reveal that 1 in every 141 children is in…
On Thursday 7 September, Kent Community Foundation had the pleasure of naming a boat, at a ceremony held at the Medway Watersports Centre in Gillingham. The three Medway Watersports boats had all initially been given number identification but the trust decided that their power boats deserved names. They asked Kent Community Foundation if they might…
