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Duke of Kent’s visit to the County, 9th November, 2017
Royal British Legion 70th Festival of Remembrance, Margate, 3rd November 2017
Square Pegs honoured with Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, 23rd November, 2017
Square Pegs, a youth arts organisation for people with special needs aged 7-25 exists for young people who don’t fit in with mainstream activities because of learning or communication difficulties. The group which started 12 years ago, were very proud to receive the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in November, the only organisation in the […]
Royal British Legion 70th Festival of Remembrance, Margate, 3rd November 2017
The Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Kent, Mr Richard Oldfield DL, representing the Lord-Lieutenant, addressed the audience at the Royal British Legion’s 70th Festival of Remembrance held at the Winter Gardens, Margate, on 3rd November. The Royal British Legion is recognised as the national custodian of Remembrance and led the Festival of Remembrance with the Band of the Corps […]
Remembrance Sunday, 12th November 2017
The Lord-Lieutenant and Peter Blackwell DL were in attendance at two of the many Remembrance Sunday Services held throughout the County on 12th November. The Lord-Lieutenant attended the Remembrance Sunday Service held at Rochester Cathedral, before attending the wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph in the High Street and taking the Salute at the March-past. […]
Duke of Kent’s visit to the County, 9th November, 2017
HRH The Duke of Kent visited three very different venues when in Kent on 9th November – Folkestone’s New Museum HRH was greeted by the Lord-Lieutenant and escorted on a tour of Folkestone’s impressive new museum at the Town Hall which The Duke of Kent officially opened on 9th November by unveiling a commemorative plaque. […]
KCC Civic Launch of the 2017 RBL Poppy Appeal, 25th October, 2017
KCC Civic Launch of the 2017 RBL Poppy Appeal, 25th October, 2017
The Kent County Council Civic Launch of the 2017 RBL Poppy Appeal was held at County Hall, Maidstone, on 25th October 2017. Among the invited guests was Mr Bill Cockcroft DL representing the Lord Lieutenant of Kent, The Viscount De L’Isle MBE. The Royal British Legion is the UK’s leading Armed Forces charity, providing financial, […]
British Empire Medal Investiture, 17th October, 2017
Abbeyfield Kent Society Golden Anniversary Service, Canterbury, 10th October 2017
Abbeyfield Kent Society Golden Anniversary Service, Canterbury, 10th October 2017
The Lord-Lieutenant, greeted by Zach Miles, Abbeyfield Kent Society Chairman, and Leon Steer, Abbeyfield Kent Society Chief Executive, was in attendance and taking a reading at the Golden Anniversary Service of the Abbeyfield Kent Society held at Canterbury Cathedral on 10th October. The Service celebrated the Society’s fifty years of caring for the older people of […]
