Kent Charity Awards 2018 winners announced

The Kent Charity Awards 2018 Gala evening was held last night at the Priestfield Stadium in Gillingham.

Showcasing the best charity work performed by companies and individuals alike we can now share the winners and finalists of the Kent Charity Awards 2018:

 

OVERALL Charity of the Year:

Seashells Children and Families

 

Community Charity of the Year

Catching Lives 

Seashells Children and Families

Safer Kent WINNER

 

Children’s Charity of the Year

Dandelion Time

Holding on Letting Go

Beanstalk

We Are Beams  WINNER

 

Supporting Charity of the Year

Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service

YouCan Youth Cancer Support

Crossways Community WINNER

Space 2 Be Me

Care Charity of the Year  

Ellenor’s WINNER

The Kent Autistic Trust 

Pilgrims Hospices

 

Voluntary Charity of the Year

Broadstairs Town Team’s, Town Shed

The Family Trust  WINNER

Compaid

The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust 

 

Animal Charity of the Year

NSARDA

The Big Cat Sanctuary 

Second Chance Animal Rescue WINNER

Trustee of the Year

Kerry Millett – Broadstairs Town Team – WINNER

Colin Thacker – YouCan Youth Cancer Support –

Debbie McSwiney – Debbie was one of the founding members of Holding On Letting Go.

 

Volunteer of the Year

Diana Hill – Victim Support – WINNER

Caroline Williams Jessel – Dandelion Time –

Wendy Daws BEM – Kent Association for the Blind –

There was also a new award this year:

Outstanding Contribution To Kent! The Big Cat Sanctuary

 

The glittering awards evening is a celebration of the hard work that charities, voluntary groups, volunteers and trustees do in Kent.

The evening, hosted for the first time by ITV Meridian’s presenter, Amanda Piper, will be packed with, entertainment, awards presentations, cash prizes and a 3 course banquet!

The awards are sponsored by: Kreston Reeves, Furley Page, MidKent College, Southern Water, CAF Bank, Kent County Council, Medway Council, CC Works, Kent Community Foundation, Diggerland, Southeastern and The Kent Messenger Group.  The 2018 gala awards evening welome reception will be sponsored this year by Arriva.

The sponsors would like to thank all the charities that entered this year and also to everyone that has nominated someone into the Trustee and Volunteer of the Year categories.  The judging process is always very difficult and if you have not made it through as a finalist this year, we very much hope this will not put you off entering the awards again in the future.

For more information about the awards and each of the finalists please see the website http://kentcharityawards.com

 

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