June 11, 2020
Fundraising towards The Saltwood Lads’ Club Development Project is continuing via Just Giving whilst community activities are on pause as a result of COVID19-related social distancing requirements. The Roger De Haan Charitable Trust has pledged £10,000 towards the required £150,000… Read More
June 9, 2020
The 1st Lyminge Scout Group is set to have its leaky and uninsulated roof fixed during the summer. The group had raised its target of £23,000 and had contracted a builder to undertake the works just before the coronavirus outbreak…. Read More
February 6, 2018
ARTiculation, the national public speaking competition that encourages young people to look, think and speak about art, held its Kent Regional Final at Folkestone Quarterhouse on Wednesday 31 January. Artist Adam Chodzko adjudicated the winner to be Skai Campbell ,… Read More
December 20, 2017
ARTiculation, the national public speaking competition which encourages young people to look at, think and speak about art, attracts over a thousand entrants in England every year. The organisers have announced that the event will return to Kent in early… Read More
July 12, 2017
Over the weekend of 8-9 July, the trading ship Queen Galadriel and ketch Faramir, training ships of the fleet of Cirdan Sailing Trust, visited Folkestone as part of the “Sailing Voyage” 2017, the third in a series of educational programmes… Read More
June 8, 2017
A new play area is being created at Folkestone’s Radnor Park, and is expected to open in time for the summer holidays. The new equipment will be located next to the recently opened Radnor Park Tea Room and close to… Read More
February 1, 2017
Grandmentors, a volunteer project that matches volunteers aged 50+ with care leavers for regular mentoring sessions, has launched in Folkestone, Kent. The project, which recently received a grant from the Roger De Haan Charitable Trust, is run by national charity… Read More
January 19, 2017
A young singer and dancer from Hythe will appear on prime time television on Saturday 21 January in “Let it Shine”, currently part of BBC1’s Saturday night schedule. The programme features young performers who compete for a place to be part of… Read More
December 19, 2016
The Wing at Capel-le-Ferne has been chosen as Project of the Year at the 2016 Kent Design and Development Awards. Having won the prize for best building in the Commercial, Industrial and Retail sector, it was voted as the overall winner… Read More
September 16, 2016
This weekend (September 16,17,18) offers a final opportunity to see an exhibition of work that resulted from a young persons’ project run by an east Kent charity that offers support for people who suffer from domestic violence and abuse. Rising… Read More