The 2021 Kent Charity Awards Finalists & Winners

 

Kent Charity of the Year 2021 – Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex

Special Recognition Award – The Hygiene Bank

 

CARE CHARITY OF THE YEAR 

Crossroads Care Kent – Winner

Carers First 

Abigail’s Footsteps 

Hypo Hounds

 

CHILDREN’S CHARITY OF THE YEAR 

We Are Beams – Winner

Child’s Vision 

Children and Families Ltd 

Dandelion Time 

 

DISABILITY/MENTAL HEALTH CHARITY OF THE YEAR 

West Kent Mind – Winner

Kent Association for the Blind 

Bright shadow 

Mid Kent Mind 

 

LARGE CHARITY OF THE YEAR 

Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex – Winner

Aspens Charities 

CXK 

 

COMMUNITY CHARITY/PROJECT OF THE YEAR 

SATEDA – Winner

Catching Lives 

Dover Smart Project 

Folkestone Youth Project

 

BEST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY 

Pilgrims Hospices – Winner

Find a Voice 

Dads Unlimited 

Curlys legacy  

The Hygiene Bank 

 

BEST USE OF VOLUNTEERS CHARITY OF THE YEAR 

One Big Family, helping the homeless – Winner

The Young Lives Foundation 

Nourish Community Foodbank 

Louie’s Helping Hands

 

ANIMAL, ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE CHARITY OF THE YEAR 

Kent Wildlife Trust – Winner

Big Cat Sanctuary 

Brogdale Collections 

Wildwood Trust

 

START-UP CHARITY OF THE YEAR 

Curly’s Legacy – Winner

The Hygiene Bank

Dads Unlimited

 

TRUSTEE OF THE YEAR  

Geoff Willcox – Maidstone Mediation & Reparation Scheme – Winner

Sally Howells – Making Miracles

Kate Bosley – Kent Association for the Blind

Joan Morris – Holding on Letting Go

 

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR  

Elaine Barnett  – Domestic Abuse Volunteer Support Services  – Winner

Vic Golding – Kent Wildlife Trust

Lorraine Foster – Wildwood Trust

Karen Dhanecha – Young Lives Foundation