The charity Diagrama Foundation hosted training sessions as part of an €80,000 project funded by the European Union Erasmus + Programme. The E-PROFID Project will develop a training package for Care Workers who support people with disabilities, (especially those living in residential centres) while aiming to change public perception of disability. The project was awarded…
Kent Community Foundation has initiated additional financial support with the introduction of a Cost-Of-Living Uplift Fund. With major concerns about organisations across Kent being able to continue providing their vital services during the cost-of-living crisis, Kent Community Foundation has taken the decision to initiate an automatic monetary uplift on funding, to give charities and community…
The Gatwick Foundation Fund will reopen on Monday 28 November to support community projects in Kent, Surrey and Sussex After being suspended during the pandemic, The Gatwick Foundation Fund is relaunching with grants of up to £10,000 for local organisations in Kent, Surrey and Sussex that support young people, improve health and wellbeing, tackle social isolation…
WWII Arnhem veteran Peter Colthup had a very special 100th birthday celebration when he was presented with two medals for his part in Operation Market Garden. On 18 November, the day after Peter’s 100th birthday, friends joined him at his home in Whitstable as he was presented with the Dutch Liberators Medal and the 75th…
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…
This September Diagrama Foundation met with organisations from Italy, Belgium, and Spain at the University of Salerno in Italy to progress their €80,000 E-Profid project funded by the European Union Erasmus Plus Programme. Between 19 and 23 September, representatives from Diagrama Foundation met their Erasmus funded E-Profid project partners in Italy. This was the third…
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…
HM Lord-Lieutenant of Kent, The Lady Colgrain, hosted an event with Kent Community Foundation to celebrate the vital work of Kent’s grassroot charitable organisations. HM Lord-Lieutenant of Kent, The Lady Colgrain, hosted a Causes That Matter event with Kent Community Foundation to celebrate the brilliant, often unseen, and vital work that Kent’s grassroots organisations are…
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.…