insideKENT Magazine Issue 88 - July 2019 | Page 168

CHARITY
DOMESTIC ABUSE CHARITY SCOOPS
Kent Charity of the Year
ACCOLADE
AT A GLITTERING GALA DINNER AT LEAS CLIFF HALL IN FOLKESTONE ON
THURSDAY 13TH JUNE NEARLY 300 REPRESENTATIVES FROM KENT’S
CHARITABLE SECTOR GATHERED AS COMMUNITY CHARITY, OASIS
DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE WAS CROWNED KENT CHARITY OF THE YEAR
2019. THE AWARDS EVENING WAS HOSTED BY SANGEETA BHABRA FROM
ITV MERIDIAN NEWS.
Oasis Domestic Abuse Service has supported people affected
by or at risk of domestic abuse for over 22 years. They offer
a comprehensive range of services in Thanet and Dover,
including two refuges for women and children who have
been forced to flee their homes.
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Now in its fifth year, the Kent Charity Awards has grown
from strength to strength and, as in previous years, the
judges were staggered and delighted by the great diversity
of charities and voluntary groups there are in Kent, each
one working hard to make the lives of others better.