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…
Charity Hands of Hope has received investment from Kent Community Foundation to increase the capacity of their commercial operations ‘Hope Farm Organics’ helping them move towards long-term sustainability. Earlier this year Hands of Hope applied to Kent Community Foundation for support from the Kent Social Enterprise Loan Fund (KSELF) to extend their successful fresh produce…
The renovation and remodelling of the Frittenden Memorial Hall was celebrated at a drinks event on 14 October Guests at the drinks reception included Tim Bull DL, Helen Grant MP for Maidstone and The Weald, Kent Community Foundation, and many residents from the village who chatted over drinks and enjoyed entertainment by local Abba tribute…
Kent Community Foundation has awarded £9,180 to Sport On Your Doorstep CIC to support families in the Stanhope area. Community focussed organisation, Sport on Your Doorstep, applied to Kent Community Foundation for funding to provide residents of Stanhope in Ashford with a weekly youth programme and a Fit and Fed initiative during the school holidays.…
A Kent Community Foundation grant of £5,000 has enabled Thanet Iceberg Project to provide 35 beds for disadvantaged children who had previously been sleeping on the floor. Thanet Iceberg Project applied to Kent Community Foundation for funding to help provide beds for low-income families in the Thanet area as part of their Loft Project and…
Great Big Green Week celebrates community action to tackle climate change and protect nature. Kent Community Foundation is committed to supporting projects which protect Kent’s beautiful countryside and coastline and address social issues which are intertwined with environmental impact. During Great Big Green Week, they are highlighting the financial support that is available for charities…
Robert Sackville-West, DL, speaks about why charitable giving today is more important than ever before, and how working with Kent Community Foundation is the easiest way to make a difference to local communities across Kent. Like many philanthropists, Robert is very concerned about the developing cost of living crisis affecting people across his home county. …
Kent Community Foundation is holding a free advice clinic for voluntary organisations and community groups who support children and young people in Thanet. Kent Community Foundation has been funding organisations across Kent and Medway for over twenty years. Last year they awarded funding totalling £4m to charities and community groups across the…
A £5,000 Kent Community Foundation grant will enable The Countryside Alliance Foundation to provide their Fishing for Schools initiative in three Kent schools. Thirty students from three schools will be nominated to participate in The Countryside Alliance Foundation Fishing for Schools scheme thanks to £5,000 funding from Kent Community Foundation. Thirty disadvantaged young people aged…
The latest gift to the Port of Dover Community Fund takes their total pledge to support good causes to over £1million. Kent Community Foundation has been funding organisations across Kent and Medway for over twenty years, one of the Funds they administer is the Port of Dover Community Fund. Since 2015, when the fund opened,…