Some Donations by The Trust in 2018
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Trustees of The Roger De Haan Charitable Trust meet to consider applications five times a year. Most of the Trust’s support is focused on charitable activity in and around Folkestone, Hythe and Romney Marsh and other parts of south east Kent.
In 2018, donations have already been made to many community organisations and charitable causes. They include:
Kent Mining Heritage (Betteshanger Park): £15,000
Grandmentors: £15,000
MIND: £11,325
Folkestone Baptist Church (Community District Warden): £31,441
Folkestone Baptist Church (Well-Being Café): £31,216
KRAN (Kent Refugee Action Network): £9,000
New Romney Bowls Club: £12,500
CLIC Sargent (support for young people in local area undergoing treatment for cancer): £10,000
St Peter’s Church, Folkestone (Repair and Restoration): £16,000
Saltwood Cricket Club: £2,000
Screen South: £10,000
Deal Festival: £10,000 (towards education programme)
Pilgrim’s Hospice: £10,000
Kent Association for the Blind: £5,000
Mission Aviation Fellowship (based in Folkestone): £2,500
Wye Village Hall: £5,000
St Nicholas Church, Newington: £5,000
Hythe Rotary “Round the Houses”: £1,200
Folkestone Coastal Run: £1,500
Hythe Festival: £6,000
Armed Forces Day: £5,000
Jam on the Marsh (arts festival): £10,000
The Trust is also providing all of the funding to build the new multi storey indoor Urban Sports Park, currently under construction in the centre of Folkestone. When this opens in 2019 it is expected to be the first of its kind in the world, and will be owned and run by the independent charity Shepway Sports Trust.