Press Releases

Kent Community Foundation is pleased to have teamed up with Made By Sport to offer sports clubs and organisations in Kent and Medway the opportunity to apply for a grant to support young people as they start to recover from the effects of the latest lockdown The coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact on…

On the anniversary of the first lockdown grant-maker Kent Community Foundation announces that it has distributed £5.1million in pandemic support grants to 1583 organisations and families across Kent and Medway           Kent Community Foundation is delighted to announce that it has given out £5,100,000 to charities, community groups and families facing…

The charity Diagrama, which supports vulnerable people through residential care, adoption and fostering across the south east of England has recently moved its Head Office into a new office in Kent Space, Chatham. The office will house Diagrama’s finance, HR, fostering and adoption administration, marketing, and communication teams. Sue McGowan, Director, Kent Space, said, “When…

Residents at Cabrini House in Orpington have completed an upcycling project to turn old filing cabinets into garden planters When the charity Diagrama, moved into a new office in Kent Space in Chatham, they had a few filing cabinets that were no longer required. The residents of Cabrini house in Orpington, the charity’s home for…

Care provider Diagrama Foundation to take over from April 1, 2021 Diagrama has been awarded a 5-year contract for the management of a supported living service for adults with learning disabilities in the London Borough of Bromley. From April 1, Diagrama will manage the service for 35 people across 9 different homes throughout the borough.…

Arun Estates, Parent Company of Wards Estate Agents in Kent, has given financial support to ill children for eighteen years and in that time have awarded over £10 million   Josephine McCartney, Chief Executive, Kent Community Foundation, said, “Kent Community Foundation has been administering charitable funds for Arun Estates since 2003 and we are delighted…

When the UK went into the first Coronavirus lockdown on 20 March 2020 no one could have predicted that a year later the country would still be facing so many restrictions. The Taxi Charity has been looking back on the past year.   The Taxi Charity was with a group of veterans in Oosterbeek in…