Charities In Medway

Medway Family Church Trust is a Christian Charity. Primary activities are Sunday worship,evangelism, children's teaching groups, work in the community including mother and toddlersgroups, fellowship groups, elderly persons meeting group, youth group, marriageencouragement courses and others as noted in the Annual Report.

We use community development to tackle long standing health and social inequalities. The Centre houses a community radio station, recording studio, caf+®, GP practice and community rooms used by the diverse communities that make up the Medway towns. Sunlight delivers services directly and uses community development to support individuals and groups to make positive changes to their communities.

** IN LIQUIDATION **ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS,IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF MUSIC

Main areas of activity1. Delivery of Touring Activity2. Promoter and Volunteer Engagement3. Delivery of Artistic Development

Help in the Community is the charity responsible for Medway Foodbank, which operates as part of the Trussell Trust, a national network whose aim is to end UK food poverty. Clients access the foodbank via a voucher system. Vouchers are issued in over 100 partner agencies across the Medway towns. These are redeemed in one of 9 centres, open over 6 days of the week.

To do charitable activities to help enforce christian values in the community

Ideas Test work in Swale and Medway and supports communities to lead more creative lives and feel better about themselves and where they live.

PWCA is primariliy set up to provide Social Welfare & Education activities within the Parkwood Area. This includes a number of activities such as; Pre-School Nursery, Dancing Classes, Keep Fit, Slimming Classes and a number of internal groups (such as Camera, Organ, Radio enthusiasts groups).

We undertake religious activities in accordance with the Christian Faith, holding services and mid-week activities for children, young people & adults also providing nurturing & support.We also run a Christian Debt Centre, coffee mornings and a Lunch Club. Various Community Groups use our premises including people with learning disabilities, cookery classes, Pre School and mental health needs.

The operation and management of two Anglican Churches within the Parish, this includes the operation of a church sponsored Pre-school.

The charity operates only within the County of Kent and Medway

object is to provide pre-school education and after school care.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND

Disability Assist for Independent Living provides and promotes enabling independent living services to disabled people in Kent and Medway. It offers advocacy, peer support, advice, information and a range of support and assistance services which facilitate their independence as full and equal citizens in all aspects of life and the wider community.

Parkwood Pre-school CIO is open for children from the age of 2 years to 5 years. We have been an OFSTED rated Outstanding Pre-school since 2009.

To maintain, restore and preserve Fort Amherst and Lower Lines Park. To make the Fort and Lower Lines Park available as a public amenity and education facility. To provide benefit to the socially disadvantaged through training, education and work experience.

Regular public worship open to all. Pastoral work, visiting the sick and bereaved. Teaching Christianity. Taking of religious assemblies in schools. The provision of youth activities with a Christian ethos. Promotion of Christianity. Promoting the whole mission of the church. Provision of activities for senior citizens, parents and special need groups. Supporting other charities.

The promotion of efficiency of the Armed Forces and in particular the Corps of Royal Engineers.

CPRE Kent, the countryside charity, exists to promote the beauty, tranquillity and diversity of rural England by encouraging the sustainable use of land and other natural resources in town and country.

Home-Start Medway offers support, friendship and practical help to parents with young children. We recruit and train volunteers, who are usually parents themselves, to home-visit families who have at least one child under five. Our volunteers offer parents informal, friendly and confidential support. Home-Start Medway supports parents in order to help give children the best possible start in life.

To provide a safe, stimulating educational and childcare provision for 2 to 5 year olds to explore and learn through play.

-Diversity House promotes community integration, re-integration, social inclusion and cohesion within Swale and Kent.It is our behalf that individuals, regardless of thier race,ethinicity, age gender etc. should be treated with dignity, respect and given adequate opportunities to access services within their communities.

We run drama groups, singing and music projects, a professional Theatre Company, accessible film club and other creative activities for children, young people and adults with learning disabilities and autism in Kent & Medway. We celebrate difference, challenge perceptions and support people to shine in their own way. We nurture friendships, develop confidence, advance skills and improve wellbeing.

Provision of sheltered housing for the elderly

To advance the education and development of children with a particular (but not exclusive) focus on disadvantaged children and their families, for the public benefit, by providing support, advocacy and services that complement those available in school, both within and outside of the school day.