News Archive

  • February 19, 2025

    Musical Walkabout

    The Musical Walkabout were able to run its Coastal Project through the summer of 2024 with the help of funds from RDHCT. The Walkabout works with people with dementia, their carers and health and social care professionals to enjoy music… Read More

  • April 22, 2021

    Emmaus Dover celebrate re-opening of shops

    Emmaus Dover is pleased to announce its shops have re-opened and they are accepting donations again. The charity receives 50% of its income from retail sales and national lockdown meant their shops at Archcliffe Fort and Ashford high street had… Read More

  • September 16, 2020

    Arts projects continue at pace in New Romney

    Despite COVID-19 pressures, IMOS Foundation projects have continued at pace. The charity is also hoping to welcome an artist from Portugal during their two-week period of quarantine to stay at the Artist in Residence accommodation. Projects that have been progressing… Read More

  • May 14, 2020

    Town Sprucer responds to COVID-19

    The Town Sprucer has continued to provide its invaluable service to the community across Folkestone despite the coronavirus pandemic. Following social distancing rules and wearing relevant PPE, Peter and a core team of eight volunteers spend the day litter picking… Read More

  • May 11, 2020

    Folkestone Coastwatch Needs You!

    RDHCT has provided a grant of £2500 to Folkestone Coastwatch to help fund its annual running costs. Folkestone Coastwatch is part of the National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) which assists in the protection and preservation of life at sea and along… Read More

  • May 7, 2020

    New funding towards replacement for mobile cancer care unit

    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

  • December 15, 2016

    Young People’s Cancer Support Charity CLIC Sargent Celebrates Christmas

    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 7, 2016

    Villagers Welcome New Facilities at Evington Hall

    A packed Evington Hall in Hastingleigh welcomed Sir Charles Jessel to mark the completion of upgrades to the hall’s amenities at one of the community’s regular coffee mornings. Sir Charles was a founding trustee of the charity that runs the… Read More

  • October 10, 2016

    Further Funding for Folkestone Town Sprucer

    The organisers of the Town Sprucer Team in Folkestone have announced that the future of the scheme is secure well into 2017, thanks to an £8,000 donation from the Roger De Haan Charitable Trust. The Trust has increased its support… Read More

  • October 4, 2016

    Young People’s Public Speaking Competition Focuses on Art and Architecture

    Dates have been announced for the spring 2017 heats of ARTiculation, the national public speaking competition run by the Roche Court Educational Trust which invites sixth form students to give a short presentation on a work of art, artefact or… Read More

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