Apr 20, 2019 | General News, Honours and Awards Ceremonies, Kent County Events
Kent’s finest have been honoured by The Queen with the presentation of their British Empire Medals (BEM). The 11 recipients, named in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List, were chosen for their outstanding and dedicated community work and public...
Mar 14, 2019 | General News, Kent County Events
Charities who are in desperate need of help and willing volunteers keen to give their time can now be matched online thanks to a new and simple initiative. Kentvolunteers.org.uk is able to match charitable organisations looking for help with suitable volunteer...
Mar 11, 2019 | General News, Kent County Events
The Lord-Lieutenant of Kent has launched a volunteering campaign and website to encourage the people of Kent to help each other. Speaking at his annual Civic Service, held this year in All Saints Church, Maidstone, Viscount De L’Isle, the Queen’s representative in the...
Mar 8, 2019 | General News
The ship’s company of HMS Kent, the Type 23 Frigate with close affiliations to the county, gave guests a warm welcome during her visit to Dover in March 2019. Eight Deputy Lieutenants of Kent joined Mayors from the Cinque Ports and representatives of Kent County...
Feb 8, 2019 | General News
The Lord-Lieutenant, Viscount De L’Isle MBE visited Tonbridge-based company Atom Group on Thursday 24th January to present The Queen’s Award for Enterprise to Maverick Drinks, the distribution arm of Atom Group. Maverick Drinks won the award in the International...
Dec 21, 2018 | General News
Teston War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday where Lieutenant Colonel Richard Dixon TD DL unveiled a plaque and gave a short address on behalf of the Lord-Lieutenant. Paul Auston DL about to lay a wreath on behalf of the Lieutenancy of Kent at the Sittingbourne...
Dec 21, 2018 | General News
Deputy Lieutenant Dr Bhargawa Vasudaven joined the Mayor of Gravesham Councillor David Hurley as chief guests at Diwali celebrations which took place at the Civic Centre in Gravesend on 10th November 2018. The event, organised in partnership by Kent Equality Cohesion...
Dec 20, 2018 | General News
Deputy Lieutenant Air Marshal Christopher Nickols CB CBE DL enjoyed Kent County Council’s launch of this year’s Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. The event, to mark the beginning of the Remembrance period in Kent, was held at County Hall, Maidstone on 1st...
Dec 12, 2018 | General News, Honours and Awards Ceremonies, Kent County Events, Royal Visits
HRH The Duke of Kent presented staff at JTA (Jon Tibbs Associates Limited) with the highly prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade 2018 at the company’s head office in Kent on 1st November. It was announced in April that JTA, the world’s...
Nov 9, 2018 | General News, Kent County Events
Viscount De L’Isle, Lord-Lieutenant of Kent, attended the launch of The Queen’s Own Buffs The Royal Kent Regiment digitized records to be held in the University of Kent. Robert Sidney, a forebear of Lord De L’Isle, was the first Colonel of The Buffs from 1665 to...
Nov 8, 2018 | General News, Kent County Events
Five trees have been planted in the grounds of Margate’s historic Tudor House as part of the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy project. The project was launched in 2015 with an appeal to all 53 Commonwealth nations to take part in tree planting to mark Her Majesty’s long...
Oct 31, 2018 | General News
The Sittingbourne Maritime Cadets and Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Caroline Goodwin, hosted a Trafalgar Night Dinner at the Coniston Hotel, Sittingbourne on the 20th October to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar and to commemorate the immortal...
