Kent Community Foundation recently visited two charities in Folkestone to observe, how matching those who want to help, with those who need the help, makes such a difference to community projects. Kent Community Foundation trustees Melissa Murdoch DL and Robert Sackville-West DL recently visited Locavore Growing Project run by Custom Folkestone CIC and The Folkestone…
WWII Normandy veteran Roy ‘Smudger’ Smith from Sittingbourne in Kent died in hospital on Friday 23 June, he was 97. Roy Smith is survived by his two daughters, Linda Harvey and Teresa Rising, five grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Roy was born in November 1925 in Sittingbourne, Kent, the second youngest of seven children. From…
£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…
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…
Between 19 and 23 June, the UK will celebrate and raise awareness of the essential work of the third sector during Small Charities Week. Over the last twenty one year’s Kent Community Foundation has awarded almost £60 million to small charities and community groups across the county. Last year, Kent Community Foundation awarded just…
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…
Charities and community groups are invited to a free information and advice session in Margate hosted by Kent Community Foundation. On 20 June, experienced grant-makers Kent Community Foundation, who have distributed almost £60 million to good causes across the county, will be offering advice and information about funding. The session at Margate Caves Community Education…
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…
Grants from Kent Community Foundation will allow communities across Kent to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. In January Buckingham Palace announced that The King and The Queen hoped the Coronation Weekend would provide an opportunity to spend time and celebrate with friends, families and communities. Kent Community Foundation was delighted to…
On 24 April, car fanatic JJ, who is supported by the charity Diagrama Foundation, was invited to fulfil a lifetime ambition to experience the speed of racing around Brands Hatch. On 24 April JJ visited Brands Hatch so that he could experience the thrill of being driven around the Brands Hatch circuit at high speeds…