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Episode Synopsis
kmfm has teamed up with Kent Reliance to launch ‘Project Kent’, an exciting hands-on community
based project. Kent Reliance wants to help projects that are in need; whether it be a scout hut that
needs repairing, a community garden that needs restoring or a soup kitchen that needs refurbishing,
Kent Reliance want to get involved and help out.
Kent Reliance are a bank who specialise in offering their customers savings accounts; with
branches across the south east Kent Reliance ‘concentrates on offering award winning savings
accounts’, providing their customers with the best deals.
kmfm and Kent Reliance want to help make an impact within the local community. Both based
within Kent, they want to give back to the community and what better way to do it than to have the
public decide which projects are the most in need.
Launched in the first week of July, nominations took place over 2 weeks with the process ending on
Sunday 16 th July. During the week commencing Monday 17 th July the judging panel, consisting of the
KM Media group, kmfm presenters and representatives from Kent Reliance, have gone through over
100 nominations to decipher who the finalist(s) were to be. The process involved visiting various
nominations to view them first hand, take pictures and further inquire about their requirements and
what works needed to be carried out. This allowed us to decipher which nominations we could
realistically help leading to us deciding who our finalists were.
After the publics’ overwhelming response to ‘Project Kent’ we are happy to announce that we have
chosen our final projects!
Farthing Corner Community Centre, Rainham, ME8 8RZ
Based in Rainham, this community centre was built over 30 years ago by local residents. The charity-
run community centre welcomes over 100 children and adults each week, housing various clubs
ranging from dance classes to Rainbows. Unfortunately, due to changing needs, clubs have left the
premises and gone elsewhere affecting the centres usage capabilities. Over time the centre has
fallen into disrepair and is desperately in need of a makeover. The kitchen, used as a prepping area,
is dated and needs to be refurbished to allow the space to be used more efficiently; the bathroom is
old and start to become damp, needing to be updated to make it fresh and vibrant. The changing
facilities are also cramped and in need of some structural alteration to make it open-planned and
more usable by those who attend the centre. Updating the community centre would encourage new
groups to use the area as well as welcome back old groups into the space; membership would also
increase meaning the centre would be used and enjoyed by more people.
Keep listening to kmfm and watching our social media pages to find out about our final projects and
how they get on.
based project. Kent Reliance wants to help projects that are in need; whether it be a scout hut that
needs repairing, a community garden that needs restoring or a soup kitchen that needs refurbishing,
Kent Reliance want to get involved and help out.
Kent Reliance are a bank who specialise in offering their customers savings accounts; with
branches across the south east Kent Reliance ‘concentrates on offering award winning savings
accounts’, providing their customers with the best deals.
kmfm and Kent Reliance want to help make an impact within the local community. Both based
within Kent, they want to give back to the community and what better way to do it than to have the
public decide which projects are the most in need.
Launched in the first week of July, nominations took place over 2 weeks with the process ending on
Sunday 16 th July. During the week commencing Monday 17 th July the judging panel, consisting of the
KM Media group, kmfm presenters and representatives from Kent Reliance, have gone through over
100 nominations to decipher who the finalist(s) were to be. The process involved visiting various
nominations to view them first hand, take pictures and further inquire about their requirements and
what works needed to be carried out. This allowed us to decipher which nominations we could
realistically help leading to us deciding who our finalists were.
After the publics’ overwhelming response to ‘Project Kent’ we are happy to announce that we have
chosen our final projects!
Farthing Corner Community Centre, Rainham, ME8 8RZ
Based in Rainham, this community centre was built over 30 years ago by local residents. The charity-
run community centre welcomes over 100 children and adults each week, housing various clubs
ranging from dance classes to Rainbows. Unfortunately, due to changing needs, clubs have left the
premises and gone elsewhere affecting the centres usage capabilities. Over time the centre has
fallen into disrepair and is desperately in need of a makeover. The kitchen, used as a prepping area,
is dated and needs to be refurbished to allow the space to be used more efficiently; the bathroom is
old and start to become damp, needing to be updated to make it fresh and vibrant. The changing
facilities are also cramped and in need of some structural alteration to make it open-planned and
more usable by those who attend the centre. Updating the community centre would encourage new
groups to use the area as well as welcome back old groups into the space; membership would also
increase meaning the centre would be used and enjoyed by more people.
Keep listening to kmfm and watching our social media pages to find out about our final projects and
how they get on.
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