Abigail’s Footsteps, the Kent-based baby loss charity, marked another significant milestone in its 15-year journey with the official opening of its new offices complete with a dedicated counselling room on Monday 28 July 2025. The ribbon was cut by The Lady Colgrain, His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Kent, during an intimate afternoon event, where the new…
Kent Community Foundation awards financial support to buy food and essentials for the homeless. Open House Rochester supports people who are living alone or homeless by providing shelter, food and friendship in a peaceful and safe environment. The project aims to develop a sense of community and understanding including guests, volunteers and donors. They received…
Funding from Kent Community Foundation will enable novice and experienced sewers to keep stitching. Rochester based Sew In CIC received £2,000 from grant makers Kent Community Foundation from the Medway and Swale Community Chest Fund to support their ‘core costs’ including accounting, public liability insurance, venue hire and marketing costs. This funding has enabled Sew…
Children from St Andrew’s School in Rochester have donated £440 to the Kent Community Foundation Fund for the Environment In May St Andrews School in Rochester celebrated ‘Earth Day’ and enthused by the lessons they had learnt, raised money through a series of ecological activities to donate to the Kent Community Foundation Fund for the Environment which…
Kent’s grassroots charities and community groups came together on 2 February to celebrate their work Kent Community Foundation hosted a ‘Causes the Matter’ event with John Weir JP, The High Sheriff of Kent at the Rochester Corn Exchange on 2 February to celebrate the work that small grassroots charities and community groups are doing across…