St Anthony’s School in Thanet was recently awarded the Kent School Award for Resilience and Emotional Wellbeing. This Award has been developed by HeadStart Kent, which is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund. The Award recognises and celebrates everything schools do to support young people’s emotional wellbeing through a whole school approach. Achieving the…
Kent County Council (KCC) has launched an eight–week consultation about the future of services for older people at Minnis Community Hub. KCC has been exploring the way forward for the day service at Minnis Community Hub and now seeks the views of service users on the future of services that are delivered at the centre.…
Kent County Council’s partner, Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS), has issued an update on the ongoing fire at Westwood industrial estate in Margate. The blaze, which started more than a week ago on Saturday, September 15, is expected to require firefighters to have a presence on site until late October. Today KFRS released two videos offering…
Thanks to a grant from Thanet county councillors, Pilgrims Hospice can now provide music therapy sessions for patients and their carers. A KCC Combined Members Grant for £1,059 allowed staff at the hospice to buy a digital piano and other musical instruments for staff and patients to use at small music workshops and larger group singing…
Thanet’s RAF Air Cadets can now enjoy improved IT facilities to help them complete their exams thanks to community grant funding from Kent County Council. Roger Latchford, local Member for Birchington & Villages has supported 438 (Thanet) Squadron with a grant of £1,651 to purchase much needed laptops and computer notebooks, enabling them to connect…
The Pilgrims Hospice in Thanet has a large outside garden space but staff were becoming increasingly concerned that it wasn’t being used by patients and their families, carers and friends as often as they would like. In order to encourage greater use, they wanted to provide more accessible seating areas, lighting to make the gardens…