The Learning Journey Fund offers funding for charities in Kent to discover new ways to improve their organisation’s performance. Charities and community groups across Kent and Medway are encouraged to apply for £2,000 funding from the Learning Journey Fund, which was established in 2022, to allow charitable organisations to discover new insights and gain inspiration…
The Rochester Bridge Trust has pledged £100,000 to support charitable projects which will enrich the lives of people living in Kent and Medway The Rochester Bridge Trust has been providing passage over, under or across the River Medway from medieval times to the present day. It has pledged £100,000 to be administered by experienced grant-makers…
Experienced grant maker Kent Community Foundation has appointed Angela Davis as Head of Finance and Governance. Davis joins Kent Community Foundation after a career in finance and business management. She has devoted the last twenty five years of her working life to the voluntary sector, where she has held strategic financial positions in health and…
Funding from Kent Community Foundation will enable novice and experienced sewers to keep stitching. Rochester based Sew In CIC received £2,000 from grant makers Kent Community Foundation from the Medway and Swale Community Chest Fund to support their ‘core costs’ including accounting, public liability insurance, venue hire and marketing costs. This funding has enabled Sew…
Diagrama Adoption joins agencies across the country to encourage more people to consider adoption. On Wednesday 15 January 2025, Kent based Diagrama will be among the voluntary adoption agencies taking part in Big Adoption Day 2025; a day designed to highlight the importance of finding loving adoptive families while sharing the benefits of adopting through…
David Ward, the Founder of Abigail’s Footsteps has been awarded an MBE from His Majesty King Charles III in the New Year’s Honours list David Ward and his wife Jo launched Abigail’s Footsteps in 2010, one year after losing their daughter Abigail. Abigails’ Footsteps is a baby loss charity which provides support and counselling for…
Funding from Kent Community Foundation has allowed charities and community groups to spread a little Christmas cheer. Experienced grant-makers Kent Community Foundation has awarded £3.8 million in funding to charities across the county this year. This Christmas their vital funding will help many charitable organisations spread some Christmas cheer. Two groups that successfully applied for…
Funding from Kent Community Foundation has helped Shapeshifter Productions to provide Smiling Sessions at Care Homes in Dover and Folkestone. Kent Community Foundation was approached by Shapeshifter Productions for funding for their “Smiling Sessions” initiative which combats loneliness bringing senior citizens together through song. Funding for the project meant the charity was able to deliver…
The High Sheriff of Kent, Dr Gill Fargher and Kent Community Foundation celebrated Kent’s charitable organisations at an event in Ashford. A ‘Causes That Matter’ event on Monday 11 November, hosted by The High Sheriff of Kent, Dr Gill Fargher and Kent Community Foundation celebrated the strengths of the voluntary sector in Kent and Medway. At the…
On 19 November, WWII veteran Peter Smoothy will celebrate his 100th birthday. On 6 June 1944 Peter Smoothy was one of the 156,000 allied servicemen that took part in the Invasion of Normandy as part of Operation Overlord. Peter was one a crew of 99 on a Landing Ship Tank LST 215 which headed across…