The SHAPE project, which aims to tackle youth exclusion, antisocial behaviour and disadvantage, is currently running in its third year in Shepway. The project is a partnership between Shepway Community Safety Partnership, Shepway District Council and Gillingham FC community Trust and has received £3,000 funding from KCC members Hod Birkby, Bob Neaves and Frank McKenna.…
Shepway held its first dementia conference to help raise awareness about the condition locally. Participants at the conference had an opportunity to learn what a dementia friendly community is; what a dementia friend is and what the recognition symbol is and how it will be used across Kent. Everyone attending would also have an opportunity to become…
A valuable opportunity for young new artists to exhibit their work in a pop up gallery in Folkestone was made possible thanks to a £1,104 KCC Members Grant from Hod Birkby and Bob Neaves. This is the second exhibition of its kind run by Threads, a local CIC based in Folkestone. It was created out…
The Dover Road Community Hub has received a boost in funding thanks to a £2,000 KCC members grant from Hod Birkby and Bob Neaves. The Community Hub is a new project run by the Shepway Community Safety Partnership at the Early Years Children’s Centre in Folkestone and helps integrate Roma families into their community. The project is…
The Shepway Men’s Shed has been given a boost with new equipment thanks to a community grant from Kent County Council. The Shed project supports ex service personnel which includes a large proportion of Gurkhas. The ‘Shedders’ expressed a wish to learn DIY and basic woodwork skills, but the equipment they had access to needed…
The Activities, Respite, Rehabilitation and Care Centre (ARRCC) in Folkestone is benefitting from new computer equipment and a new FoodWise project thanks to a £4,240 KCC Members grant from Bob Neaves, Frank McKenna and Hod Birkby. The funding has made a real difference to the town’s ARRCC, which supports adults with physical disabilities and learning difficulties.…
Shepway held its first youth conference in June supported by a £5,000 KCC members grant from Carole Waters, Bob Neaves, Hod Birkby, Martin Whybrow and Frank McKenna. The conference which focussed on drugs education, gun and knife crime and child sexual exploitation was attended by 300 year nine pupils from six schools across the district. “I attended the Community…
The Folkestone Youth Project has been given a boost with new resources to help support young people thanks to a community grant from Kent County Council. The Folkestone Youth Project (The Shed) have been able to expand their preventative education resources and work with children and young people aged 10-25 thanks to the KCC grant.…
The Bayle Residents Association has installed a new bench at the Bayle Pond thanks to a £300 KCC members grant from Bob Neaves. The old bench had sadly been vandalised and needed to be replaced. The Bayle Pond area is a quiet but popular space for residents and visitors to come and sit and reflect and providing seating…