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)
Folkestone (Kentish Express)
Action for Children (Folkestone Early Years)
Dartford, Gravesend (Messenger)
Maidstone (Kent Messenger)
Medway towns (Medway Messenger)
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)
Kentonline website (Kent-wide)
Starlight Children’s Foundation (Kent division)
KMTV (Kent-wide)