Charities
Each year we support local charities through fund raising
Dates for your diary
Open garden Tenterden
1st May
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Walk and sing 11th June
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Charities
Our charity for 2020/21/22 is Slide Away. Slide Away offers support to children and young people in West Kent who have been bereaved of a family member or friend. They also support children and young people who have a parent or sibling with a life limiting illness.
Previous years fund raising:
In 2019 we raised £3,830 for Hearsay which is a Maidstone charitable trust providing counselling, help and support for children and families affected by a range of disabling conditions.
In 2018 we raised £3,098 for Home-Start Ashford & District who provide support for families with at least one child under the age of five who may be experiencing a wide range of difficulties.
In 2017 we raised £2,818 for Hayley's Heroes who offer a helping hand to young adults with cancer.
In 2015 and 2016 we raised £2462 for 2 charities:
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Dandelion Time - Kent’s charity for children and their families fragmented by trauma, abuse and neglect; and
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The Blackthorn Trust - a charity which offers medical care, specialist therapies and rehabilitation through work placements.
In 2014 we raised £2,455 for Fegans.