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4 great outdoor volunteering opportunities in Kent

Monday, June 17, 2019 Words: Cathy White. Photos: Manu Palomeque

Billy Thompson and volunteers at The Retreat Animal Rescue (photo: Manu Palomeque)

If you love being active and out in the fresh air, there are plenty of ways you can combine both with helping your community

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Day in the life of a Kentish furniture conservator

Monday, June 10, 2019

Furniture restorer Yannick Chastang (photo: Manu Palomeque)

Yannick Chastang on parental influence, a youthful calling and his passion for conservation

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Collecter of the Year Awards 2019: meet last year's Kent Collector

Wednesday, June 5, 2019 Words: Sarah Sturt. Photos: Manu Palomeque

$Angela Clark at home with a fraction of her button collection (photo: Manu Palomeque)$

Wondering whether to enter this year's competition to find Kent's Best collectors? Take inspiration from 2018 winner Angela Clark

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How running has helped these Kent people

Monday, May 20, 2019 Words: Lisa Rye. Photos: Manu Palomeque

Kieron Fosher in Kings Hill leads members of the RIOT'ers (Running Is Our Therapy) in a run around in Kings Hill (photo: Manu Palomeque)

Wherever you go in Kent you'll find people just like us pounding the streets, parks and waterways. So why are we all running?

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May 2019

Day in the life of a bridal seamstress from Kent

Wednesday, May 8, 2019 Words: Caroline Kings. Photos: Manu Palomeque

Nicola Leverington, The Wedding Dress Surgeon (photo: Manu Palomeque)

Nicola Leverington, aka the Wedding Dress Surgeon, on achieving the perfect fit and her new training courses

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May 2019

Jamie Cullum: 'The left-field jazz that you can dance and lose yourself to is what Cheltenham does well'

Thursday, March 14, 2019 Katie Jarvis

Jamie Cullum will be showcasing songs from his new album at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival - and it's going to be emotional

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Danny Boyle to mark 100th Armistice Day on Folkestone beach

Monday, October 22, 2018

Filmmaker Danny Boyle at Folkestone’s Sunny Sands (photo: Tabatha Fireman/Getty Images for 14-18 NOW)

The film director is inviting people around the UK to mark Armistice Day at the beach

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November 2018

William Golding: inspired in Kent

Monday, September 10, 2018 Words: Stephen Roberts. Photos: Manu Palomeque and courtesy of Judy Carver

William Golding playing the piano c. 1928 (he got the job at Maidstone Grammar School because of his music qualifications)

Did William Golding's years as a schoolteacher in Maidstone help inspire his classic novel, Lord of the Flies?

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September 2018

Hockey player Grace Balsdon: from Chilham to the Athletics World Cup

Tuesday, May 8, 2018 Compiled by: Sarah Sturt. Pictures by: Simon Parker, Rebekah Taylor and Frank Uijlenbroek

Kent hockey player Grace Balsdon (photo: Rebekah Taylor)

Kent hockey player Grace Balsdon on playing for England at July's Athletics World Cup, growing up in Chilham and healthy food swaps

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May 2018

Pam Ferris in 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'

Tuesday, December 13, 2016 Sarah Sturt

Kent-based actress Pam Ferris is voicing the part of Grandma in a new adaptation for TV this Christmas of a children's classic. Words by: Sarah Sturt. Pictures: Channel 4 Television

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December 2016

ellenor charity: caring at Christmas

Monday, December 10, 2018 Words: Sarah Sturt. Photos: Manu Palomeque

Mascot Ellie joins Father Christmas and ellenor staff including Linda Coffey (third from left) and Tanya Ring (far right) (photo: Manu Palomeque)

Kent Life looks at the contribution ellenor makes to patient care at Christmas, in the hospice and through its community palliative care teams

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December 2018

Hospice charity ellenor: 3 families' stories

Tuesday, June 12, 2018 Words: Sarah Sturt. Photos: Manu Palomeque

Andrew Turnbull and his sons Maxwell and Lucas (photo: Manu Palomeque)

Kent Life meets three families with young children being supported by the hospice charity ellenor

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June 2018

Calor launches £50,000 national grant scheme for rural communities

Friday, March 2, 2018

Rural communities throughout the UK could be eligible to receive funding via the Calor Rural Community Fund from energy provider Calor

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Born to run: rescued greyhound and owner become jogging companions

Tuesday, January 16, 2018 WORDS BY: REBECCA DURRANT PICTURES BY: MANU PALOMEQUE

Keen marathon runner Jane Wren and her rescued Greyhound on Hythe seafront

A shared love of running has sparked a special bond between a retired greyhound and his devoted owner from Hythe who never intentionally set out to find a canine jogging companion

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January 2018

ellenor: helping families facing terminal illness

Tuesday, March 28, 2017 Words by: Sarah Sturt. Pictures by: Manu Palomeque and courtesy of ellenor

Volunteers enjoy a well-earned cuppa in The Green

Kent Life's chosen charity ellenor gives vital care in all settings for babies, children and adults and it's reliant on your continuing generosity to be able to continue to help thousands of families facing terminal illness in Kent each year

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April 2017

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