East Kent Freemasons donate an Abigail’s Footsteps’ Abi Cooling Cot to Medway NHS Foundation Trust. A vital piece of equipment that allows parents to be able to spend precious time with their baby after they have died has been donated to Medway NHS Foundation Trust by baby loss charity Abigail’s Footsteps following a donation from…
WWII Veteran Roy Smith’s passport renewal was collected just in time for him to travel to the Netherlands for Dutch Liberation. It was touch and go whether WWII Veteran Roy Smith from Sittingbourne would be able to travel to the Netherlands with the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans when his passport renewal got held up…
Silverback Projects CIC in Dover has received £1,975 to offer woodland activities to help families under stress. Kent Community Foundation has awarded Silverback Projects CIC a grant of £1,975 for a series of eight family Silverback Wild Ways sessions that will help them develop knowledge of the woodland and work on improving their self-awareness. The…
Grants from Kent Community Foundation will allow communities across Kent to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. In January Buckingham Palace announced that The King and The Queen hoped the Coronation Weekend would provide an opportunity to spend time and celebrate with friends, families and communities. Kent Community Foundation was delighted to…
On 24 April, car fanatic JJ, who is supported by the charity Diagrama Foundation, was invited to fulfil a lifetime ambition to experience the speed of racing around Brands Hatch. On 24 April JJ visited Brands Hatch so that he could experience the thrill of being driven around the Brands Hatch circuit at high speeds…
The Kent baby loss charity Abigail’s Footsteps has donated an Abi Cooling Cot to Poole Maternity hospital in memory of baby Andrew thanks to his mum Natalie Warren. Families who suffer the tragedy of stillbirth will be able to spend precious time with their baby at Poole Maternity Hospital thanks to an ‘Abi Cooling cot’…
A £3,750 grant from Kent Community Foundation will enable the charity Friends Together to open a new bereavement group in Tonbridge. Friends Together is a grass roots bereavement charity supporting the communities of West Kent. They applied to Kent Community Foundation for financial support to open a new group in the Tonbridge area to meet the…
A £5,000 grant from Kent Community Foundation will enable The Princess Project to expand its services into Tonbridge. The Princess Project has been successfully working with and supporting disadvantaged mums and their families in Kent for the last 11 years. A Kent Community Foundation grant of £5,000 will enable them to help more mums by…
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…
2023 High Sheriff of Kent Awards announced at an event in Maidstone. On 22 March invited guests joined the High Sheriff of Kent 2022/23, Russell J Race Esq JP DL, at the Mercure Great Danes for an evening reception to learn which charities and community groups had been recognised with a 2023 High Sheriff Award.…