Annual art exhibition and sale
in aid of five Kent charities:
Sevenoaks Mencap   Rethink   MacIntyre
The FIFTH Trust   CARE Edenbridge

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The Charities

Since the Kent Painters' Group began over eighteen years ago, it has raised and distributed more than £188,000 to mental health and handicap charities in Kent. It is hoped that in 2009 it may reach £200,000.

RETHINK severe mental illness
(formerly National Schizophrenia Fellowship)

RETHINK exists to help people with severe mental illness, their families and carers. Locally, the Sevenoaks Carers Support Group organises meetings for carers, with speakers, for ten months of the year and represents RETHINK on local committees involved with mental health issues. They also offer support to the local RETHINK housing project, and help sufferers and carers in many different ways.

www.rethink.org
Registered Charity: 271028

Sevenoaks Mencap

Samples of our artists work - click to enlarge...
 

Sevenoaks Mencap supports people with learning disability; their families and carers. They promote understanding of members’ capabilities and needs by the community, which includes co-operation and planning with Social Services and Health Authorities. The Sevenoaks Mencap Committee is responsible for the smooth running of local activities and for fund raising to support them. The Committee are most grateful for the financial help given by the Kent Painters Group.

www.mencap.org.uk
Registered Charity: 222377

The FIFTH Trust (Family Investment For The Handicapped)

The FIFTH Trust is the umbrella Charity to six independent homes in the Canterbury area, the oldest of which opened seventeen years ago. Altogether there are now about 70 adults that benefit. The workshops have grown as new homes have been opened and residents moved in. KPG support is used to help pay for art and pottery materials, and other equipment.
Registered Charity: 328496

MacIntyre

MacIntyre is a national charity that provides learning, support and care for more than 700 children and adults with learning disabilities, at more than 120 MacIntyre centres. In Kent there are two – at Wateringbury and Sevenoaks. KPG donations will provide facilities and additional resources.

www.macintyrecharity.org
Registered Charity: 250840

CARE Edenbridge

CARE is a registered charity that is dedicated to supporting people with learning disabilities throughout their daily lives. In several locations in the UK CARE provides a range of supported accommodation, training and work opportunities, all specifically tailored to individual need. At Edenbridge there is individual accommodation and 3 group homes for 60 residents aged from 22 upwards. KPG donations have previously bought considerable quantities of workshop equipment such as a sewing machine, weaving equipment, trolleys for the garden centre and musical equipment as well as outdoor sports and leisure kit and a snooker table.

www.care-ltd.co.uk
Registered Charity: 250058