Ashford

John Christie, from Folkestone, challenged himself with a 722-mile solo walk from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea to raise funds and awareness for Abigail’s Footsteps. His epic challenge raised enough to donate an Abi Cooling Cot to the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent.  Abi Cooling Cot’s keep babies at a cooler temperature…

A charitable fund set up in name of an Ashford entrepreneur passes the £500k funding milestone. The Frank Brake Community Fund, which was established through Kent Community Foundation in 2019, has over the last five years awarded more than half a million pounds in funding to small charitable organisations across the district of Ashford.  …

Outdoor Studios CIC received funding from Kent Community Foundation to provide art sessions for young carers. Outdoor Studios CIC facilitates artist-led workshops for creative experiential learning exploring environment, landscape and place, and the advancing impact of climate change.  They received a total £4000 towards art sessions for young carers, in Ashford, Folkestone, Sittingbourne and Canterbury,…

All Saints Church in Biddenden has received £2,500 from Kent Community Foundation for their Community Take Away Pantry. The Parish Church Council of All Saints in Biddenden, applied to Kent Community Foundation for funding to support their Take Away Pantry, based in their small rural community, to help support those who are struggling and hungry.…

Kent Community Foundation is delighted to have received a £15,000 donation to support young adults in Ashford Ashford Youth Trust which has been supporting local youth clubs and enabling young people to become community leaders has donated £15,000  to Kent Community Foundation to support projects that  empower young people in Ashford. The Trust recently took…

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.…

During National Allotments Week,  Kent Community Foundation is highlighting their Amity Allotment Fund. The Amity Allotment Fund, forms part of Kent Community Foundation’s environmental strategy and   distributes grants of up to £7,500 to encourage the expansion of existing allotments or the creation of new sites throughout Kent. Opened in March 2022, the Amity Allotment Fund…

Ashford and Tenterden Umbrella has received £5,000 from Kent Community Foundation to cover some of the associated costs of keeping their vital service in the heart of Kent open. Ashford and Tenterden Umbrella has been supporting elderly, vulnerable, disadvantaged, and disengaged members of the local  community for 31 years and although they aim to keep…

Kent Community Foundation is holding a free advice clinic for voluntary organisations and community groups based in Ashford. 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 thirteen districts, with over £370,000 being awarded to…