February 19, 2025
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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