News Archive

  • December 16, 2014

    Local Charity in the Running to Benefit from BBC’s Celebrity Mastermind

    Andy McConnell, BBC Antiques Roadshow’s glass expert since 2005, is taking part in Christmas Celebrity Mastermind, with the life and work of Joe Cocker as his chosen subject. Christmas Celebrity Mastermind is a ten programme mini series that will air… Read More

  • December 8, 2014

    Charity Show Will Help Raise Prostate Cancer Awareness

    The Roger De Haan Charitable Trust has made a donation that will help the Prostate Cancer Support Association (PSA) promote a charity show designed to raise awareness for their local work. The PSA, whose Kent office is in Canterbury, will… Read More

  • November 23, 2014

    Improvements to Tayne Centre in Lyminge “Well on the Way”

    Funds for continued renovations to the Tayne Centre in Lyminge have been boosted by a £10, 000 pledge from the Trust. Development to the centre is already underway with the recent opening of a new kitchen and refurbished toilets. The… Read More

  • October 20, 2014

    BBC Expert Helps Raise Funds for Local Charity

    A charity that helps adults with physical and sensory impairments in Kent and Sussex has announced plans for new fund-raising events in 2015. This follows a successful afternoon hosted by BBC TV’s Antiques Roadshow expert Andy McConnell at The Grand… Read More

  • May 1, 2014

    Still Time to Register for 2014 Folkestone 10K Run

    The popular 10k event is back for the 3rd consecutive year on Sunday 25th May 2014.  The first two years saw fields of over 600 runners complete this run. Again with over 200 pre-registered entrants it is gearing up to… Read More

  • March 11, 2014

    Work Begins to Create New Park for Folkestone’s Creative Quarter

    Contractors have moved on site to begin transforming part of Folkestone Town Centre into a new park, designed to be used by all sections of the community. The area known as Payers Park will be extensively landscaped and redesigned so… Read More

  • January 29, 2014

    Folkestone Coastal 10K 2014

    The Roger De Haan Charitable Trust is again supporting the popular Folkestone Coastal 10 kilometre run which takes place on 25 May 2014. Last year’s race was a great success, with 650 runners participating, raising £38,000 for good causes that… Read More

  • April 25, 2013

    National Acclaim for Community History Project

    The excavations that took place at the site of the Roman Villa on Folkestone’s East Cliff in 2010 and 2011 as part of the archaeology project A Town Unearthed won the Current Archaeology magazine rescue dig of the year award for… Read More

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