Community Grants Scheme offers share of £150,000 to Dover district groups
The 2021 Winter Community Grants Scheme is open for Community groups who benefit the local area to bid for grants from £100 up to £2,000 once again, as part of…
Love Grace Handbag Appeal sees Canterbury supporting women suffering from domestic violence and abuse
A special appeal in the memory of Grace Millane has seen almost 100 handbags filled with toiletries and donated to women who are suffering from domestic violence and abuse. Grace…
Apply now for award of up to £20,000 for ‘not-for-profit’ organisations in Canterbury
Applications are now open for a variety of city council grants which support not-for-profit organisations to make positive improvements to the local community. Strategic grants support organisations that are already…
£80,000 Summer Community Grants handed out to 81 projects in Dover – Is yours included?
Dover District Council has allocated nearly £80,000 in funding to 81 different community and voluntary groups across the district as part of its popular Summer Community Grants Scheme. The scheme…
Royal St George’s golf caddies raise £8,000 for Alzheimers ward at Deal hospital
Caddies at Royal St George’s Golf Club, which is hosting The 149th Open this week, have not only spent the last three years preparing for golf’s original major to return…
Sheppey man to lose his ‘lockdown’ locks raising cash for 6-year-old Maidstone girl with multiple disabilities
Mia May and Bas White Six-year-old Mia May from Maidstone has a genetic disorder which leaves her blind and unable to speak or walk. Retired courier Bas Waite, 63, from…
Children’s charity golf day in Kent raises more than £4,200
Jane Beedle, Bake Off series seven finalist and a long-time support of the charity entered a team along with husband Ray and friends Simon Lilywhite and Zung Tang Bennett Thirteen…
‘No Face Masks’ allowed for World Naked Bike Riders in Folkestone
The 7th annual Folkestone WNBR is scheduled to take place in Folkestone on Saturday 31 July 2021. Riders will gather on the Green at Shearway Rd CT19 4RH at 1.00pm…
Cooking up cash for Whitstable RNLI
Members of the Canterbury Inner Wheel Club, Sheila Cragg, Treasurer Tina Sloman, President Pauline Pybus, President and Philippa Davies present the cheque for £1685 to RNLI Education Liaison Volunteer Gerry…
Ann’s Folkestone to Dymchurch and back marathon takes to the road
Ann McGovern A charity champion’s marathon effort is back on the road – after Covid forced her to put the brakes on. Ann McGovern, a dementia associate practitioner at the…