Our charity

Our charity
i care funding helps to provide services or items that will enhance patient care and boost patient and colleagues’ morale. Registered charity number 1139134.

Donate

Fundraise for us

Or visit our Just Giving page for more details.

From additional equipment, which the NHS isn’t able to fund, to helping to say thank you to our volunteers, every penny you give helps. Your generosity helps to support our community hospitals and the 70 or so services we provide for the community in Kent and Medway, East Sussex and parts of London too.

Charity icon We work with local communities and volunteers who want to raise money for the charity and with our colleagues if they want to contribute or get involved. We also accept donations and legacies.

Kent Community Health Charitable Fund, known under the working name of i care, is governed by a board of trustees and advisors.

If you would like to donate, are planning a fundraising event or just have a question about our charity, we would love to hear from you.

Or, if you are part of a community group or organisation and would like to hear from us about i care, we would be happy to come and talk to you.

How can I donate?

Perhaps a friend or family member has received great care from us and you’d like to donate to our charity as a way of saying thank you? Maybe you’d like to set up a regular donation to our charity to help us improve our services for you and other patients in your community, or perhaps you simply love your local NHS and want to show your support for what we do?

You can make a one-off donation or setup a standing order to give to our charity on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis.

Online

The easiest way to donate is online via our JustGiving page. It only takes a few minutes and you can give just once or set up a regular donation.

Just giving page

By cheque

Write a cheque to Kent Community Health Charitable Fund and post it to:

i care, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, Trinity House, 110-120 Upper Pemberton, Eureka Park, Kennington, Ashford, Kent TN25 4AZ.

Unless you tell us otherwise, your donation will go into i care’s general fund and will be spent where it is most needed. Don’t forget, we’ll need your full name and postal address so we can acknowledge your donation.

By text

Text ICARE plus your donation amount to 70480

For example, to donate £10 text ICARE10.

Five per cent of your donation will go towards our text giving partner Donr, but please don't forget to Gift Aid your donation so we get more than the full amount.

Find out more

Give the Gift of Play

The ‘Gift of Play’ is our children’s charity appeal.

Could you support our children’s therapies teams in Kent and East Sussex by buying from our Amazon wish list? Toys and activities for children are needed for our physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy teams. All toys and games will go directly to our teams so that they can start to help children on their caseload to reach their therapy goals straightaway.

Please take a look at our wish list and if you would like to buy something, simply order and pay online and we’ll do the rest.

Find our wish list on Amazon

Fundraise for i care

You can help to improve the lives of the patients and NHS staff, by running your own fundraising event.

No matter how much money you raise, or how big or small your donation, we are always grateful. It is a tremendous help to our patients and to the health and wellbeing of the teams who provide our patients’ care.

If you would like to raise funds for our general fund, any of our appeals, or a specific cause or service you care about, we would love to hear from you.

Just let us know when and how you are planning to raise the money, as well as the type of event you are organising. Don’t forget if you need any help or advice, please contact us – we would be happy to help.

Tips for fundraising:

We can help you advertise your event on our website and in our magazine
If children are going to be involved in the event, please make sure they are supervised at all times. Children are not permitted to collect money for the charity.
Do not carry out house-to-house collections or collect money in the street for the charity, as a special licence is required for these activities.
Please make sure you have first aid cover if you are organising a larger event. We can give you contact information for St John Ambulance or British Red Cross.
If you intend to run a raffle on behalf of the charity, please contact us so we can go through the requirements with you.
You will also need to contact us about special licences (such as playing music or selling alcohol), food hygiene regulations and public liability insurance.

We are so grateful for the support you give. We want to be sure you know we are here to help and guide you through any fundraising activity, so please feel free to contact us at any time. Honestly, we won’t bite.

Legacies and wills

Legacies are often given to show appreciation to a particular service or member of staff who cares for someone at the end of their life. You can choose to make a gift, in the form of a legacy, to our charity in your will. Your legacy can be used solely for the hospital or service you were treated by, or you might prefer the money to be used more widely across a range of our services. That decision is up to you.

Contact us

kchft.charity@nhs.net
0300 790 0506

Facebook /KentCommunityHealth
Twitter @NHSKentCHFT

Or write to us at:

i care
Communications Team
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
The Oast
Unit D, Hermitage Court
Hermitage Lane
Maidstone
Kent ME16 9NT

Thank you.