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…
A four-year-old boy from Sevenoaks has received a grant from the Wards Charitable Fund to provide a wheelchair mount for his eye gaze computer. Four-year-old Frank who uses an eye gaze computer communication aid will be able to use it more regularly thanks to a new mount which means he can use his computer when…
Kent Community Foundation has awarded funding to provide Christmas food hampers for families living in poverty in Edenbridge. In October Kent Community Foundation received an impassioned plea from Friends of Holcot for an additional £1,000 to provide Christmas hampers for disadvantaged families in the Edenbridge community. The charity Friends of Holcot has been working with…
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…
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…
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.…
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…