Editors make their choice for 2016

The results are now in for the winning good causes selected to be KM Charity of the Year 2016.

Newspaper editors from across Kent have been deliberating which group or organisation they will be supporting throughout 2016.

Charities and good causes were invited to bid for the title in nine areas of the county covered by the Kent Messenger Group. This year Kent Online and KMTV have also pick a charity to champion for the next 12 months. Take a look at our winners below:

Ashford (Kentish Express)

FareShare

Folkestone (Kentish Express)

Action for Children (Folkestone Early Years)

Dartford, Gravesend (Messenger)

The Parents Consortium

Maidstone (Kent Messenger)

Dandelion Time

Medway towns (Medway Messenger)

Medway Youth Trust

Sheerness Times Guardian

Event Marshalling Unit Sheppey

Sittingbourne (Messenger, News Extra)

Demelza Hospice Care for Children

Thanet (Thanet Extra)

RAF Manston Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum

Canterbury district (Kentish Gazette)

Pilgrims Hospices in East Kent

Deal, Dover (East Kent Mercury)

Pegasus Playscheme

Kentonline website (Kent-wide)

Starlight Children’s Foundation (Kent division)

KMTV (Kent-wide)

Starlight Children’s Foundation (Kent division)