Kent Charity Awards finalists announced!

We are delighted to announce the finalists for the 2021 Kent Charity Awards.

In a turbulent year that has seen many charities having to change their working models to fit in with COVID-19 restrictions and also having to run their charity on reduced funding, we were bowled over to receive such a bumper amount of entries. The organisers would like to say a huge thank you to everyone that entered and also to our judges who we know have had an incredibly difficult time in whittling this down to just 35 finalists.

CHILDRENS CHARITY
We Are Beams
Child’s Vision
Children and Families Ltd
Dandelion Time

DISABILITY/MENTAL HEALTH
Kent Association for the Blind
West Kent Mind
Bright shadow
Mid Kent Mind

LARGE CHARITY
Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex
Aspens Charities
CXK

COMMUNITY / CHARITY PROJECT
Catching Lives
SATEDA
Dover Smart Project
Folkestone Youth Project

SOCIAL MEDIA
Pilgrims Hospices
Find a Voice
Dads Unlimited
Curlys legacy
The Hygiene Bank

CARE
Abigails Footsteps
Carers First
Crossroads Care Kent
Hypo Hounds

BEST USE OF VOLUNTEERS
One Big Family – helping the homeless
The Young Lives Foundation
Nourish Community Foodbank
Louie’s Helping Hands

ANIMAL
Big Cat Sanctuary
Brogdale Collections
Kent Wildlife Trust
Wildwood Trust

START UP CHARITY
The Hygiene Bank
Curly’s Legacy
Dads Unlimited

 

We would also like to say a huge thank you to everyone that nominate someone into our Trustee and Volunteer of the Year category.  Our finalists are:

Trustee of the Year

Geoff Wilcox – Maidstone Mediation & Reparation Schem
Sally Howells – Making Miracles
Kate Bosley – Kent Association for the Blind
Joan Morris – Holding on Letting go

Volunteer of the Year

Vic Golding – Kent Wildlife Trust
Elaine Barnett – Domestic Abuse Volunteer Support Services
Lorraine Foster – Wildwood Trust
Karen Dhanecha – The Young Lives Foundation

The Kent Charity Awards are kindly sponsored by:  Kreston Reeves, Diggerland, CC Works, Kent County Council, Medway Council, Brachers, Financial Advice and Services, The Kent Community Foundation, Amey and KM Media Group.