Past Awards

2023 Winners and Finalists

In a glittering ceremony at the Mercure Hotel in Hollingbourne on Thursday, September 21st, charities from across Kent came together to celebrate each other’s successes at the 8th Kent Charity Awards.

WINNERS

  • Kent Charity of the Year – Spadework
  • Trustee of the Year – Clive Reddihough, Hi Kent
  • Volunteer of the Year – Emma Thomas, The Hygiene Bank (Small Charity)
  • Volunteer of the Year – Bradley Russell, Porchlight (Large Charity)

  • Care Charity of the Year – Kenward Trust

  • Best use of Volunteers Charity of the Year – SERV Kent

  • Disability and Mental Health Charity of the Year – The Fifth Trust

  • Large Charity of the Year – Hospice Care for Children

  • Community Charity of the Year – Catching Lives
  • Animal and Environment Charity of the Year – Kent Wildlife Trust

  • Children’s Charity of the Year

    • Winner – Embracing Arts
    • Winner – Dandelion Time

FINALISTS

TRUSTEE OF THE YEAR

  • Clive Reddihough, Hi Kent
  • Marilyn Hodges, Young Lives Foundation
  • Peter Feacey, Ashford Volunteer Centre

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR

  • Emma Thomas – The Hygiene Bank
  • Bradley Russell – Porchlight
  • Karen Stewart -Young Lives Foundation
  • Cathy Gundry – Demelza
  • Bill Hickmott – Kent Wildlife Trust

  • Gareth Johns – Community Lifesavers

CARE CHARITY OF THE YEAR

  • Kenward Trust
  • Making Miracles
  • Carers First

BEST USE OF VOLUNTEERS CHARITY OF THE YEAR

  • SERV Kent
  • Pathways to Independence
  • Demelza Hospice Care for Children

DISABILITY & MENTAL HEATH CHARITY OF THE YEAR

  • The Fifth Trust
  • Spadework
  • ADSS

  • Disability Assist

LARGE CHARITY OF THE YEAR

  • Demelza Hospice Care for Children
  • Kent Wildlife Trust
  • KASBAH

  • AMAT

COMMUNITY CHARITY OF THE YEAR

  • Catching Lives
  • Reform, Restore, Respect

  • Rubicon Cares

CHILDREN’S CHARITY OF THE YEAR

  • Embracing Arts
  • Dandelion Time
  • Curly’s Legacy
  • Children & Families

  • Life & Soul

ANIMAL & ENVIRONMENT CHARITY OF THE YEAR

  • Kent Wildlife Trust

SPECIAL JUDGES’ AWARDS

  • We Are Beams – Garden Project
  • Francis Osei-Appiah – Reform, Restore, Respect
  • Nora Setterfield – Thanet Disabled Riding Centre
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