Since The Port of Dover Fund opened in 2015, they have awarded over £1.3 million to good causes within the Dover community. Leading grant maker Kent Community Foundation has been funding organisations across Kent and Medway for over twenty three years. One of the Funds they administer is the Port of Dover Community Fund. Since…
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. …
Since 2022, Kent Community Foundation has distributed half a million pounds to good causes through its Micro funding programme. Introduced in early 2022, the Micro funding programme awards grants of up to £2,000 to charities and community groups with an annual income under £75,000. In the past two years over 250 organisations have been…
The London Array Community Fund, managed by Kent Community Foundation will provide additional funding for the charitable sector in Thanet The annual £40,000 London Array Community Fund is now open for applications from small charities and community groups in Thanet. Grants of up to £5,000 are now available for applicants working within one or more…
On 5 March five charities received awards from Nadra Ahmed CBE DL High Sheriff of Kent. On 5 March invited guests attended a ceremony at the Commissioner’s House, Chatham Dockyard, to hear Nadra Ahmed CBE DL High Sheriff of Kent announce the recipients of the 2024 High Sheriff Awards. During the event, Josephine…
Kent Community Foundation announces a new Eco Coaching Programme for charities. A new Kent Community Foundation Eco Coaching Programme will help charitable organisations develop skills and confidence to promote their early-stage ideas, projects and ways of working to improve their environmental impact. The programme, led by experienced local coach and presenter Liu Batchelor, is open…
Kent Community Foundation is delighted to award eight organisations a share of almost £460,000 from their Kent County Council funded Infrastructure Support Fund. The Infrastructure Support Fund opened in March with £600,000 from Kent County Council to support charities, community groups and CICs with existing, dormant or new infrastructure projects. The first awards totalling…
Last year, Kent Community Foundation awarded just over £4.5 million to over 700 community groups across Kent and Medway. Based in Ashford, experienced grant makers Kent Community Foundation has announced that in the financial year ended April 2023, it awarded just over £4.5 million in more than 880 grants, to over 700 grassroots organisations working…
Silverback Projects CIC in Dover has received £1,975 to offer woodland activities to help families under stress. Kent Community Foundation has awarded Silverback Projects CIC a grant of £1,975 for a series of eight family Silverback Wild Ways sessions that will help them develop knowledge of the woodland and work on improving their self-awareness. The…
Kent Community Foundation has awarded £45,000 from the Ukrainian Support Fund to organisations that are supporting Ukrainian Refugees in Kent. The Ukrainian Support Fund launched in 2022 with funding from the Masonic Charitable Foundation to help local charities and community groups supporting Ukrainian refugees’ social integration into the UK. Kent Community Foundation has distributed £45,000…