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Together we make a difference!

Inspire Schools Educational Foundation is a registered charity trading as KM Charity Team and Inspire Schools that delivers literacy, road safety and walk to school initiatives to support schools, families and children – as well as supporting the charitable sector by staging collaborative fundraising events which any cause can use to boost their fundraising. Find out more about us here.

Visiting one of the four sections of this website will let you view news stories and video reports on the events and services the KM Charity Team stages each year. Below are a sample of the latest reports published. Click one of the picture buttons above to visit a section to see the full details. To find out more about the KM Charity Team click the links at the base of this page.

3D Recruit launch Firewalk Buster's Charity Firewalk launched by 3D Recruit

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Dockyard Be the Boss Alexandra takes up post at Boss of Historic Dockyard Chatham

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Green travel takes 304,000 cars off road

Children taking part in Inspire Schools’ green-travel scheme Active Wow achieved a stunning 640,000 car-free journeys this academic year, taking 304,000 vehicles off the road. The figures, which represent a 30,000-journey increase on the previous year, were revealed during a...

Posted On 11 Jul 2019

, By Ben Skelton

Buster Awards 2019 Annual awards for reading reward scheme Buster's Book Club

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Green School Awards Launched! 19/20 We have officially opened up the Green School Awards for academic year...

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Green-travel stars walk in explorer’s shoes

Children from a Kent primary got to walk in the shoes of the Victorian explorer who founded Thanet’s Powell-Cotton Museum after winning a county-wide green-travel challenge. Pevensey class...

Posted On 16 Mar 2020

, By Ben Skelton

KCF promote COY Kent Community Foundation is a champion for KM Charity of the Year

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Joanna story time at Castilion Aquarius Class win green travel challenge

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Last chance to give teachers awards thanks

There are just a handful of days left in which to submit nominations for the 2020 Kent Teacher of the Awards. Once the nominations deadline passes on Sunday, March 1, the judging organisations will then begin the labour of love of selecting the winners. And one of those...

Posted On 24 Feb 2020

, By Ben Skelton

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Charities share Big Quiz jackpot

Good causes are set to share £3,000 raised through the Medway heat of the KM Big Charity Quiz on Friday (March 6). Staged at Chatham’s St George Hotel, the quiz attracted 27 teams, with the...

Posted On 09 Mar 2020

, By Ben Skelton

4×4 heroes join forces with children’s charity

A Kent group of hardy rescuers have forged a partnership with a charity dedicated to child wellbeing and literacy. South East 4×4 Response, which saves motorists trapped by extreme weather...

Posted On 10 Dec 2019

, By Liz Nicholls

Charity Team’s festive Channel crossing give-away

As a seasonal thank-you to its supporters and beneficiaries, the KM Charity Team is giving away a free group ticket for a return Channel crossing with ferry operator DFDS. The prize is valid...

Posted On 03 Dec 2019

, By Ben Skelton

Simon standing down as charity CEO

After two decades at the head of one of Kent’s most influential charities, Simon Dolby is to stand down as its Chief Executive. Mr Dolby founded Inspire Schools, which trades as the KM Charity Team, in 2000 and built it into a major force in the education and charitable...

Posted On 19 Jul 2019

, By buster

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Flower power

I’d have to say I never used to be much of a gardener: I always thought it was a bit too much like hard work. And while the results are great – a nice lawn for playing football on, for example – I always thought it was best if I left that work to an expert. Like Phil. Phil is mad...

Posted On 01 Aug 2019

, By Ben Skelton