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Obituary – Roy Smith 28.11.1925 – 23.6.2023

June 30, 2023 | in Annual trip, Arnhem, Cab drivers, Cabbies, Charity, D Day, Dad, Dutch Liberation, Elderly, Father, Kent, London, Normandy, obituary, Operation Market Garden, Sittingbourne, south east, Taxi, The Netherlands, The Taxi Charity For Military Veterans, Tribute, veteran, Veterans, volunteers, WWII

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…

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Kent Community Foundation Garden Party

July 20, 2022 | in Ashford, Celebration, Charity, community groups, Event, funding, Grants, Kent, Kent Community Foundation, Medway

            On Thursday 14 July, 70 guests attended Kent Community Foundation’s Summer Garden Party at Doddington Place Gardens near Sittingbourne. Guests enjoyed strawberries and cream and a selection of tempting cakes in a marquee within the beautiful private gardens. Guests heard about the positive impact funding has made to the…

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Film Club for the Elderly in Swale

January 28, 2022 | in Charity, community groups, Elderly, Event, funding, Fundraising, Grants, Isolated, Kent, Kent Community Foundation, volunteers

A grant of £4,800 from Kent Community Foundation will be used by Swale Community and Voluntary Services to fund initiatives including their popular film club Swale Community and Voluntary Services (Swale CVS) has been running a transport and befriending service for older people in the local community for over twenty years. They have been supported…

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