EVENTS | kingsdownfriends

UPCOMING EVENTS:

There are no upcoming events. Fundraising for the play park is now completed.

PAST EVENTS:

GRAND OPENING SUNDAY 17th MARCH 2019 2pm

KINGSDOWN PLAY PARK, RINGWOULD ROAD

Following the third and final phase of outdoor gym equipment being installed, Friends of Kingsdown Play Park celebrated with a grand opening event.

The sun shone for us and it was lovely to see so many families and supporters come along and enjoy the afternoon. We offered complimentary teas and coffees from The Moveable Feast Cafe (Real Deal Roasters), Solley's ice-cream, delicious homemade cakes, sweet bags from the Lollipop Ladies and a bit of celebratory fizz for the grown-ups!

There was a spot of official ribbon cutting, a representative from Fresh Air Fitness showed us how to use our new gym equipment and we revealed the new funders' appreciation board!

A great afternoon was had by all!

FAMILY HALLOWEEN TRAIL 31st OCTOBER 2018

KINGSDOWN VILLAGE HALL, UPPER STREET

The return of our popular Halloween event this year was held at the village hall. A big thank you to all the houses that took part and to the many families who came along to support us. We raised an incredible £560!

WHOLE SCHOOL SPONSORED WALK 19th-21st SEPT 2018

KINGSDOWN & RINGWOULD PRIMARY SCHOOL

Our whole school sponsored walk in June 2015 was a great success. The children embraced the event with great enthusiasm and in total, they walked 523 miles raising an incredible £1,700 to be split between The National Autistic Society and FKPP.

This year, the event was back! This time raising funds for the school charity Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association and FKPP. Again embraced with great enthusiasm, the children raised an impressive £1,182.50 to be split between the two causes.

A big thank you to everyone who sponsored this event.

NEARLY NEW CHILDREN'S & BABY SALE, 28th APRIL 2018

WESLEY HALL (TRINITY CHURCH) UNION ROAD, DEAL

Thank you to everyone who came along and grabbed a bargain again at the return of our popular nearly new children's and baby sale held on Saturday 28th April.

Lots of clothes, toys, books and equipment, large and small, for ages 0-12yrs were on offer. With admission just 50p and refreshments available, shoppers left happy with bags a plenty!

We raised a further £275.25 to go towards Phase II of the park.

CHARITY COFFEE MORNING 17th MARCH 2018

THE RISING SUN, CLIFFE ROAD, KINGSDOWN

A huge thank you to everyone who made it along to our coffee morning! Thank you so much to Dan and Toni at the Rising Sun for having us and keeping the teas and coffees flowing. Thank you to all you lovely cake bakers out there and to everyone who kindly donated a raffle prize to us especially The Kings Head, Ubeauty, The Deal Bookshop and The Rising Sun. We raised a further £371.38 towards the park! THANK YOU!!

"NAME FESTIVE TED" STALL 7th DECEMBER 2017 KINGSDOWN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS FAIR

Congratulations to 3year old Betsy Jones from Kingsdown who guessed the name of our "Festive Ted" at Kingsdown & Ringwould Primary School's Christmas Fair on Thursday 7th December. A big thank you to The Hair Gallery (Church Path, Deal) for supplying a complimentary cut and finish for the lucky parent (Mrs Charlotte Jones) who put a roof over ted's head! Thank you of course to everyone who paid our stall a visit; we raised £46.

A NIGHT AT THE RACES 11th NOVEMBER 2017

CENTRAL PARK STADIUM, SITTINGBOURNE

A big thank you to Phil Zammit for organising this event on behalf of FKPP. A full coach left the village at 5pm on Saturday 11th November for a complete evening’s entertainment at the greyhound racing in Sittingbourne!

For an all-inclusive price of just £30 per head, the return coach from Kingsdown, admission to the stadium, race card, a basket meal, two pints or two house spirits with mixer and a £1 tote bet was included. We held a prize raffle too with the winners announced (over all the singing!) on the return journey home.

An impressive £392 was raised.

HALLOWEEN TRAIL 31st OCTOBER 2017

KINGSDOWN VILLAGE HALL

Our popular Halloween event this year was held at the village hall. A big thank you to all the houses that took part and to the many families who came along to support us. We raised an incredible £590!

CHARITY COFFEE MORNING 15th SEPTEMBER 2017

THE BRIDAL BOUTIQUE OF JULES

Thank you so much to Jeska McGeehan for hosting a coffee morning at her beautiful bridal boutique in support of Kingsdown Play Park.

Thank you to everyone who came along and supported us and for all the lovely cakes and raffle prizes kindly donated.

An amazing £170 was raised. Thank you!

BARROW OF BOOZE RAFFLE 22nd JULY 2017

Congratulations to Cheryl Chettleburgh on winning our barrow of booze!

A huge thank you to everyone who donated to our barrow or bought a raffle ticket or two. We raised a fantastic £1,218.41! Many thanks to the Kingsdown Rocks committee too for supporting our charity again at their event.

GARDEN PARTY @ GARAGE SAFARI 7th MAY 2017

Thank you to everyone who came along to the return of our Garden Party at Kingsdown's eighth annual Garage Safari all day from 9am on Sunday 7th May.

So many local parents and villagers paid us a visit to sample our homemade cakes, sweets galore, nearly new toys for sale, music and some placed bids on our auction for 'The Beast'!

An amazing £463.42 profit was made and a further £500 was donated to us from the Garage Safari organisers which gave us an overall profit of nearly £1,000 to go towards the redevelopment of the play area.

RUSS MEAD'S MARATHON RUN 9th APRIL 2017

Kingsdown villager and Pre-school parent Russ Mead ran the Brighton Marathon on Sunday 9th April. He had chosen to donate his sponsorship money to two village charities - Kingsdown Pre-school and Friends of Kingsdown Play Park. Both charities greatly benefit local children and we are extremely grateful for all the sponsorship Russ has received on our behalf.

Including gift aid, Russ raised over £1,100 to be split between Pre-school and FKPP. An incredible effort and result. A huge thank you to Russ and to everyone who sponsored him.

OPEN HOUSE COFFEE & CARDS 22nd MARCH 2017

Thank you to everyone who popped in to check out Rossie's lovely cards, gift wrap, stationery and more! With donations received from the coffee and cake, proceeds from the raffle and 10% from Rossie's card sales, we raised over £150!

NEARLY NEW CHILDREN'S SALE 25th FEBRUARY 2017

Lots of shoppers grabbed a bargain at our nearly new children's and baby sale on Saturday 25th February at Kingsdown School.

Lots of clothes, toys, books and equipment, large and small, for ages 0-12yrs filled the hall.

Admission was 50p and refreshments were available.

Booking a stall cost £10 and overall the event raised £250 towards the park.

QUIZ & CURRY NIGHT 19th NOVEMBER 2016

Following the success of last year's Quiz & Chilli Night, Friends of Kingsdown Play Park invited villagers to test their knowledge and their taste buds at a fiery evening of quiz and curry! Ten teams of up to 8 people joined us on Saturday 19th November at Kingsdown & Ringwould Primary School. Tickets were £8 per person which included team entry, curry, rice and a selection of classic Indian cuisine sides and nibbles! A vegetarian option was also available. There were prizes for the winners and we also held a hot curry challenge for those who thought they could beat the heat!

The evening was a huge success and raised £642.60.

HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREAT 31st OCTOBER 2016

Our popular Halloween event this year was held back at the Kings Head pub. A big thank you to all the houses that took part and to the many families who came along to support us. We raised £393.50!

SCARECROW TRAIL 18th SEPTEMBER 2016

Lots of families gathered in the sunshine to follow our Scarecrow Trail in aid of new play equipment for the village park. The trail led them via a series of clues from the Village Hall up to Kingsdown Park where the final clue to the trail could be found on a scarecrow family!

The event featured a best-dressed scarecrow competition. With lots of creative entries, it was a tough decision for judge Reverend Cathy Sigrist from St. John’s Church, Kingsdown. Kingsdown Toddler Group scooped first place with their Mr Tickle entry, with Sam and Ella Pleasance and Jemima and Arabella Bailey’s team effort of scarecrows coming in a close second.

Back at the hall, homemade cakes were served while the children enjoyed harvest-themed art and craft. Meanwhile, donations of food were collected for Deal Food Bank.

Thank you to Reverend Cathy and to all our hard working and enthusiastic committee and friends, who baked cakes or gave up their time to make sure the afternoon was such a success. We really appreciate the support of all the families who came along, and Deal-based Lollipop Ladies who supplied all the trail prizes.

BARROW OF BOOZE 23rd JULY 2016

Congratulations Mr Martin Jones on winning our barrow of booze!

A huge thank you to everyone who donated to our barrow or bought a raffle ticket or two. We raised an incredible £1,073.00!

COLOUR RUN 12th JUNE 2016

A team of Mums from Kingsdown (Charlotte Jones, Lisa Dennison, Julia Siddans, Laura Kingsland, Amanda Jacques, Raeanne Nightingale and Leanne Earl) took part in the Kent Mercury’s 5km Colour Run at Betteshanger Country Park on Sunday 12th June.
The Colour Run was great fun and a brilliant opportunity for us to raise funds. A big thank you to everyone who sponsored us. We raised in the region of £500.

MAY DAY FETE 1st MAY 2016

Thank you to EVERYONE who came along and supported our May Day Fete and a big thank you to the sunshine too! It had been 15 years since Kingsdown last held a traditional fete and we felt privileged to bring it back to the village for all to enjoy. We were so overwhelmed by all the community support we received and we just can't thank you all enough. Without our sponsors - Smugglers Records, Oasis Pools, C&L Plumbing Services, Kingsdown Water and Marshall & Clarke - we couldn't have pulled it off so a super big thank you to them. Thank you to all our wonderful community groups who took part and thank you to all the other stallholders who joined us for the afternoon. Everyone's stalls looked great (and very busy!). Thank you to all our budding May queens and princesses too and a huge congratulations to Shannon Cartwright and Bailey Blacker, Kingsdown's new May Queen and Princess 2016! Thank you to all the brilliant local businesses who donated such amazing raffle prizes, to Southern Counties Rosettes for donating so many beautiful rosettes and to Kentish Flowers for the kind donation of the May queen and princess crowns. We made an incredible profit of over £2,000 so THANK YOU!!!!

OPEN HOUSE COFFEE & CARDS 10th MARCH 2016

Thank you to everyone who popped by to check out Rossie's lovely cards, gift wrap, stationery and more! There were plenty of homemade cakes, great coffee (kindly donated by Real Deal Roasters) and a small raffle. Rossie donated 10% of all orders placed on the day and through her website: https://www.phoenix-trading.co.uk/web/rossiecharnley/ and the event raised £180 in total.

SANTA'S GROTTO 12th DECEMBER 2015

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a trip to see Santa! So, we asked him to visit Deal Farmers' Christmas Market on Saturday 12th December to make sure no-one would miss him. With a successful pre-booking system in place set up by two willing elves, the Grotto was almost a sell-out with 70 children paying Santa a visit.

Santa helped us to raise £200!

QUIZ & CHILLI NIGHT 14th NOVEMBER 2015

Friends of Kingsdown Play Park invited villagers to dust off their sombreros to test their knowledge and their taste buds at a fiery evening of quiz and chilli! Twelve teams of up to 8 people joined us on Saturday 14th November at Kingsdown & Ringwould Primary School. Tickets were £7 per person which included team entry, chilli, jacket potato and nibbles! A vegetarian option was also available. There were prizes for the winners and the best dressed team and our fabulous raffle included a star prize of a weekend for two in the Lake District!

The evening was a huge success and raised £768.12.

HALLOWEEN TRAIL 31st OCTOBER 2015
On behalf of the Kings Head, FKPP held this year's village Halloween Trail from the Village Hall in Kingsdown and a fantastic £261.00 was raised for the park. A big thank you to all the houses that took part and to the many families who came along to support us.

SCARECROW TRAIL 27th SEPTEMBER 2015

Our Harvest inspired afternoon of family fun proved very popular.

On Sunday 27th September between 1pm and 3pm, starting from Kingsdown Village Hall, we held an exciting scarecrow trail to follow through the village, discovering the clues to win a prize.

With art and craft activities in the hall on everyone's return, tea, a great selection of homemade cakes and a raffle, there was something for everyone!

Lots of children made their own scarecrow at home and brought it along to enter our best dressed scarecrow competition!

We raised over £300 of which £71 proceeds from our Harvest Hamper raffle was donated to Deal Area Food Bank.

BARROW OF BOOZE RAFFLE 25th JULY 2015

Congratulations Mr Richard Siddans on winning our barrow of booze!

A huge thank you to everyone who donated to our barrow or bought a raffle ticket or two. We raised a fantastic £851.00!

GARDEN PARTY 10th MAY 2015

Thank you to everyone who came along to our first fundraising event held on Sunday 10th May.

Friends of Kingsdown Play Park held their very own Garden Party at Kingsdown's sixth annual Garage Safari all day from 9am.

So many local parents and villagers paid us a visit to sample our homemade cakes, sweets galore, nearly new toys for sale, music and tried their hand at our play park treasure hunt game!

An amazing £476.94 profit was made and a further £250 was donated to us from the Garage Safari organisers which gave us an overall profit of over £700 to go towards the redevelopment of the play area.