Local care recipients praise caregivers’ dedication throughout the pandemic
Home Instead Dartford is celebrating extraordinary client satisfaction scores, with 100% of clients saying that their caregiver has kept them safe during the pandemic. The outstanding results come a year into one of the toughest crises the social care sector has ever...
YMCA CALLS ON COMMUNITY TO SLEEP OUT TO RAISE AWARENESS OF YOUTH HOMELESSNESS
For the very first time, YMCA Thames Gateway will come together with 11 other YMCAs across England to take part in a mammoth virtual Sleep Easy event on Friday, 26 March, with the aim of raising vital funds to help tackle the root causes of youth homelessness. And so,...
Nominate your Dementia Hero in Kent
Individuals and organisations in Kent who have gone the extra mile to support people affected by dementia over the past year could be recognised at a prestigious national awards ceremony.Nominations are now open for Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Heroes Awards 2021...
Public Voting Is Open! Taste of Kent Awards 2021 Launches
Today marks the opening of the Taste of Kent Awards 2021 public voting. Produced in Kent’s flagship event celebrates the best in food and drink that Kent has to offer during an exclusive awards ceremony which, situation permitting, is planned to take place late...
Homeschooling tips from a My Bluewater Tutor
Written by Samantha Ryan, My Bluewater Tutor I suspect, like me, your first thought about your children at the moment is to manage their personal safety and to keep them away from any kind of contact with Covid-19. After all, that’s why they are home from school and...
Performing and Production Digital Arts Facility gets the go ahead at North Kent College
North Kent College welcomed the news that funding from the government’s Getting Building Fund (GBF) was approved for six more projects in the county late last year. Among the projects approved was North Kent College’s ‘Performing and Production Digital Arts Facility’...
HOW TO KEEP YOUR DOGS AND CATS COSY IN WINTER
As temperatures across the country plummet, Battersea is offering advice to dog and cat owners to help keep their much-loved pets warm this winter. Anna Hemmings, Centre Manager at Battersea Brands Hatch said: “Just like humans, some of our pets will need a little...
Dartford Youth Council raise £325 as part of festive fundraising walk for ellenor
By Sanya Sunil, Secretary of the Dartford Youth Council Over the past few weeks, fourteen Dartford Youth Council members participated in a 1k+ festive fundraising walk to raise money for ellenor, a local charity providing hospice care for people of all ages whilst...
“You have the skills we need!” Says local care company boss
A local care company is urging jobseekers from all walks of life to bring their valuable skills to the care sector. As the pandemic brings unemployment and an uncertain future for the job market, Home Instead, which has 50 care roles to fill, is urging local people to...
Dartford Borough Council backs the Government’s new Kickstart scheme, aimed at helping young people find job placements
Dartford is taking drastic steps to tackle unemployment rates which have increased across the country during the pandemic. 16-25 year olds have been directly impacted, and in some areas, are currently facing the prospect of long-term unemployment. Dartford Borough...
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