May 7, 2020
The charity Hope for Tomorrow has received £10,000 funding from RDHCT towards the costs of purchasing a new body for their East Kent mobile cancer care unit, ‘Caron’. Based at Kent and Canterbury Hospital, the unit was launched in 2013… Read More
April 2, 2020
The Folkestone Haven has been designed to support adult (18+) residents of Folkestone and Hythe District in a self-defined mental health crisis. In light of the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID- 19), the Folkestone Haven will be opening on 6th April as… Read More
December 19, 2019
The Roger De Haan Charitable Trust has awarded a grant of £10,000 to Kent Autistic Trust to help fund its Family Support service. KAT provides information, advice and support to those affected by Autism, including parents and carers, reaching around… Read More
November 30, 2019
Hundreds of people gathered at an arts event with a difference at Westgate Hall in Canterbury in mid November. Organised as part of Bright Shadow’s “Zest” programme, Zest Together celebrated the coming together of groups from across east Kent whose… Read More
June 20, 2019
A new project has been launched by Folkestone Rotary Club, working in conjunction with Citizens Advice and Kent Coast Volunteering, that aims to help families deal with problem debt and turn their lives around. Money Matters Folkestone provides support for people… 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
December 15, 2016
A capacity audience packed into the Royal Albert Hall on 7 December 2016 to mark CLIC Sargent’s annual Christmas concert. Run in conjunction with music and education organisation Young Voices, the occasion featured a choir of 1500 children performing alongside professionals including popular X-Factor contestant Melanie Masson. The event has… Read More
November 29, 2016
A series of free workshops will be on offer at Newington Community Centre to give local people the opportunity to try out new kinds of music making. People United are hosting a series of fun music making and singing… 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
June 27, 2016
Franky is a Marie Curie nurse, one of a group of highly trained professionals who provide help and support to people and their families in the later stages of terminal illness. Franky took part in an interview with Sarah Hagues… Read More