Kent Arts & Wellbeing - News

Posted: July 22nd, 2022

    We are pleased to have been in receipt of a grant from the Kent County Council Building Back Better Fund  to develop a capability to provide remote support…

Posted: April 10th, 2022

Kent Arts and Wellbeing(KAAW) is delighted to be part of the Veterans Places, Pathways and People project in the Southeast of England, in Partnership with Veterans Outreach Support (VOS). Thanks…

Posted: April 10th, 2022

Kent Arts and Wellbeing are grateful to Kent County Council for support through the Building Back Better Fund. During the latter stages of the pandemic, with high community infections rates, …

Posted: April 9th, 2022

Kent Arts and Wellbeing have been delivering this project on behalf of Age UK Thanet with funding from the Armed Forces Covenant Trust Fund - Positive Pathways. Working with Espression…

Posted: April 9th, 2022

Kent Arts and Wellbeing are completing a successful series of art courses for over 55 s in Maidstone. The courses have been delivered by local artist Christie Grant and are…

Posted: April 9th, 2022

This project is delivered by Espression Arts, with support from Kent Arts and Wellbeing, and is funded by the Colyer Foundation Family Trust The project aims to reduce loneliness and…

Posted: April 9th, 2022

This project involves Age UK Canterbury, Espression Arts as creative deliverer, and Kent Arts and Wellbeing. Funded  by a grant of £4500 from Canterbury City Council and  £5000 from  Kent…

Posted: April 3rd, 2021

Together with Age UK Thanet we are pleased to announce that they  have been awarded a grant from The Armed Forces Covenant Trust’s Positive Pathway Programme. The successful proposal “Thanet…

Posted: December 11th, 2020

Home is where the heart is’ is a project bringing  cheer to some of Canterbury’s older people who live in sheltered housing schemes or other care settings. Lovely hand-crafted postcards…

Posted: August 11th, 2020

  Every picture speaks a thousand words and this is no exception: Mrs Margot Sawyer, from Herne Bay, was ‘thrilled and gob-smacked” to receive an 8-page, birthday card, lovingly crafted…

Posted: May 1st, 2020

The award-winning ‘Our Work of Art’ programme with its network of 40+ creative volunteers is set to continue its valuable befriending work.  The volunteers (aged 50-70+) are supporting older, frailer…

Posted: January 30th, 2020

  Our Work of Art project volunteers co-deliver the 2020 new creative volunteer Training. Buzzing with ideas and questions, 12 new creative recruits attended  the Our Work of Art 2020…