Our Charity Work
Each year we nominate a charity and raise funds through events, raffles and donations:
Our 2024 Charity is Abigail’s Footsteps.
Our 2023 we supported the Ellenor Hospice in Gravesend.
Ellenor are undertaking a building project to extend their size to help more people. The club were delighted to be able to support such valuable work.
Martin Kingman (KEC Chairman) presenting the cheque to Mac Cheema and Sue Piper of Ellenor.
Due to Covid we did not have a charity for 2020 or 2021. But with the restrictions easing, in September 2022 the KEC Annual Golf Day raised a staggering £5,040 for the local charity Compaid.
David Forge of KEC presents a cheque to Stephen Elsden of charity Compaid.
Our nominated charity for 2019 is the Young Lives Foundation.
The Young Lives Foundation (YLF) is an independent children’s charity established in 2007. YLF is dedicated to delivering quality services tailored to ensure we achieve effective outcomes in the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people
Our nominated charity for 2018 is CROP – Citizens Rights for Older People.
Based in Lenham, Kent their aim and objective is to leave an older person stronger and more able to cope than when they first came into contact with them.
Our nominated charity for 2017 was Go Ability Trust (previously known as The John Graham Trust):
They aim to empower adults with special learning needs by developing their independence and life skills. Further details can be found here: Leaflet for Kent Executive Club.
Our nominated charity for 2016 is Holding On – Letting Go,
Holding On Letting Go is a Charity, which supports bereaved children, young people, (6-16) and their families and carers in Kent and Medway who have experienced the death of an important person in their lives.
Previous Benefactors:
Kent Search and Rescue – our 2015 nominated Charity.
UPDATE: At our Charity Dinner held at the Henguist Restaurant, Aylesford on Wednesday 6 April 2016, Kent Search and Rescue Director of Operations, Paul Lewis MBE was presented with a cheque for £1,000 from Martin Kingman Chairman of the Kent Executive Club. Martin was so impressed with the work KSAR did that he is now a qualified search technician with them!
Kent Search & Rescue is a member unit of The Association of Lowland Search and Rescue(ALSAR). ALSAR is a charitable organisation dedicated to assisting the emergency services in the search for missing persons. ALSAR’s national role is to coordinate adequate arrangements for Search & Rescue services in the Lowland areas of the United Kingdom.
At a local level Kent Search and Rescue have established excellent liaison links with the Kent Police Authority, Kent Ambulance Service, Kent Fire Service and HM Coastguard, and we are now registered with the Kent Voluntary Sector Emergency Group (KVSEG) and included in the MEP. Our members are spread right across Kent, giving us the broadest level of cover across the county, although we are always looking to recruit more volunteers as Kent is a large county and local knowledge can be extremely helpful for a successful search.
Our nominated charity for 2014 was the Kent Association for the Blind.
They a registered charity providing comprehensive support services for people with sight impairments in Kent, Medway and Bromley. They have six rehabilitation teams around the region and three Sight Centres. They provide free, specialist support for children and adults, including those who have learning disabilities and those who are deafblind. This support enables people to be independent and to exercise choice and control over their lives. This is achieved by tailoring their services to people’s needs: no two people’s needs are the same, so each person’s rehabilitation programme must take into account their unique requirements.
“Our supporters make all this possible and we can only deliver services of the highest quality because of them. Without their generosity our work could not continue.”
Our nominated charity for 2013 was split between a number of local hospices. The Hospice in the Weald, Tunbridge Wells, The Wisdom Hospice at Rochester and The Pilgrims Hospice at Canterbury. They all carry out excellent work around the county and it was decided that we would support 3 hospices across the county rather than in one geographic location.
Our nominated charity for 2012 was the Caldecott Foundation who provide care for the most vulnerable children in the UK who have suffered cruelty and neglect. They provide a full range of care services including Assessment, 52 and 38 week Residential Care, Education, Therapy and Fostering and are based in Ashford, Kent. This year marks their centenary year and we are delighted to be supporting them.
Our nominated charity for 2011 was The Maidstone Museums Foundation
Although the Museum is operated by Maidstone Borough Coucil, funds are still needed to raise funds for the conservation of nationally important collections and for the acquisition of new artefacts and specimens.
By supporting the Maidstone Museums’ Foundation KEC is helping to preserve a unique part of our local heritage.
Our charity for 2010 was The Heart Of Kent Hospice.
The Heart of Kent Hospice specialises in providing palliative care for the people of Maidstone and the surrounding local communities and like all hospices they are always deserving of your support.
Our charity for 2009 was The Kent Air Ambulance.