Over 2,000 rural homes and business are getting next generation, gigabit capable broadband due to investment from the Kent Top-Up Voucher Scheme and the Government’s Rural Gigabit Voucher Scheme. This builds upon the 95% of Kent properties that can already access an ultra-fast or superfast broadband connection. The scheme was launched to fund broadband improvements…
Kent Fostering, the largest and most experienced fostering agency in Kent are urgently seeking new foster carers. The need for foster carers in Kent is higher than ever, particularly due to the additional challenges and pressures on families coping with the pandemic. The number of children in need of either short term or longer-term foster…
Multi-agency efforts to provide people caught up in the cross-Channel traffic disruption in Kent with food, water and facilities is continuing over the Christmas period. On the M20, Kent County Council, with the help of Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) partners and organisations including the Salvation Army, aid agency Khalsa Aid and South East Water, continues…
Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) agencies continue to work closely with central government to manage the ongoing traffic disruption in the county. The priority of all partners, including Kent Police, Kent County Council and Highways England, and the Department for Transport, is to keep people safe and look after those who are stuck in queues as…
Kent Fostering Service is calling on residents to consider offering Emergency Bed Foster Care to vulnerable children. The scheme provides a haven for children and young people, aged between 0 and 17, who need an immediate place of safety at a time of crisis. It was developed to provide swift, emergency support to children who…
Kent County Council (KCC) employees, in partnership with the Young Lives Foundation, have raised approximately £17,000 to provide Kent Care Leavers with a gift this Christmas. The Corporate Parenting Christmas Appeal 2020 was launched within KCC on 5th November with the aim of raising £10,000 to fund a £5 gift for each of the council’s…
A new £180k fund has been launched to help voluntary organisations in Kent adapt to the new normal post Covid-19. The Strategic Recovery Fund is being administered by Kent Community Foundation on behalf of Kent County Council (KCC) and offers grants of between £5k and £10k to support voluntary organisations to develop and adapt their…
KCC welcomes the government announcement that targeted asymptomatic testing is being offered to secondary schools in Kent before Christmas. Roger Gough, Leader of Kent County Council said: “Schools have worked hard to provide high quality education to school children throughout the pandemic and we remain concerned about the high and increasing case numbers in Kent…
New powers have been given to Kent County Council to help keep roads in the county clear of illegally parked HGVs. For the first time, KCC will be allowed to clamp and issue penalty notices to drivers in Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone and Hythe, Maidstone, Swale and Thanet. The new powers will come into effect…
Kent County Council (KCC) Leader, Roger Gough, and Cabinet Member for Integrated Children’s Services, Sue Chandler have announced that as at 9.00am today (7 December) KCC resumed receiving new arrivals of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) into the council’s care with a warning that a long term solution still needs to be implemented to avoid overwhelming…
HelpToCare, an app created in Kent has been shortlisted for the System Led Support for Carers Award at the 2020 Health Service Journal Awards, recognising its outstanding contribution to healthcare. Commissioned by the Kent and Medway Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) the app has been shortlisted despite tough competition from over 1000 entries. The project…
This week, the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Adults Board (KMSAB) is supporting the Ann Craft Trust (ACT) National Safeguarding Adults Awareness Week (Nov 16 – 22). People across the nation are being urged to join councils, police, charities, and agencies in raising awareness of abuse, how to recognise it, report it and get support. Each…