The Albert Burns Children’s Trust Fund has awarded £3,000 to Headway Kent Ltd, a charity which supports young people with an acquired brain injury. The Albert Burns Children’s Trust Fund, one of the ninety philanthropic funds administered by Kent Community Foundation, has this month announced funding totalling £47,500 for eight grassroots organisations. One of the…
£400,000 from the John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust will allow Kent Community Foundation to offer multi-year funding to thirteen organisations across Kent and Medway. Thanks to the generosity and vision of the John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust, £400,000 has been made available to Kent Community Foundation to be used to support thirteen organisations. With running…
Charities and Community groups in Kent are invited to apply to Kent Community Foundation for grants of up to £75,000 from a new Infrastructure Support Fund. The funding for the new Infrastructure Support Fund has been provided by Kent County Council and will be awarded to charities, community groups and CICs to support existing, dormant…
The Wards Charitable Fund, which is administered by Kent Community Foundation, has donated £49,000 to fourteen foodbanks across the county. The foodbanks each received £3,500 the week before Christmas to provide food for those struggling to feed their families. This donation is part of a pledge from Wards and their parent group Arun Estates that…
New Million Pound Fund To Support Good Causes in Kent Kent Community Foundation is delighted to announce that applications are now open for grants from the new Charles Burnett III Memorial Fund. The Fund, in memory of Charles Burnett a generous philanthropist who lived near Lymington in Hampshire will support small grassroots charities across Kent…
A new report from Kent Community Foundation details the positive impact grants totalling £4 million have made across the county in the last year. A report from grant makers Kent Community Foundation reveals that the grant makers distributed over £4 million to community groups and charities across the county in the financial year 2021/2022. A…
With a country wide shortage of foster carers, is now the time to make a new Year’s Resolution for 2023 that won’t only change your life, but will change the life of a child too? With over 70,000 children in care in England, Diagrama a not-for-profit fostering agency is asking people to consider making an…
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…
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 non-profit is helping people across Thanet to make better food choices Non-profit Bags of Taste know the challenges faced by those living in poverty to make better food choices and purchase affordable fresh produce. They offer a Mentored Home Cooking course for vulnerable adults so that people who are living in poverty can be…