Word from the Chair: Looking Ahead to 2025 and Beyond!
We’re excited to announce a refresh for our charity as we head into the new year! With the appointment of Chair for 2025 and the addition of several passionate new board members, we’re more focused than ever on achieving our goals and strengthening our ties to the community.
Our new board is dedicated to creating a more collaborative, community-driven approach, and we’re eager to increase participation in events and activities that truly benefit local people. We believe in the power of working together, and we’re committed to supporting local needs through initiatives that bring everyone closer.
Our goal is to make the Community Centre the heart of the area—open, welcoming, and a space for all. We’re focused on building partnerships and fostering collaboration with other local organisations, ensuring that the centre continues to be a valuable and cherished resource for years to come.
We invite everyone to get involved—whether by joining one of our community-run events, volunteering, or sharing your ideas and suggestions for the future. Your support is key to making our vision a reality.
Here’s to an exciting and thriving future together!
St. Radigunds Community Centre Company Ltd.
St Radigunds Community Centre (STRCC), is located in the ward of St. Radigunds in the Dover District. Managed by a limited not for profit company and charity of the same name, it was built as a result of a collective of people from within the local residential and business community coming together in 1995 to develop and build a Community Centre and a local 80-place nursery to serve the local community.
The Centre has been a valued and well-used resource for the communities living in and around Dover since its completion in 2003. It sits in its own grounds with a private car park. The first floor is currently leased to Kent County Council as a Children's Centre and Royal British Legion Industries is also based here. Since 2018 a new board has been established who truly represent the community, and have its interests at heart, above and beyond any personal motive for involvement. The Board has worked hard to start providing services again and improve the fabric of the centre, seeking the support of the Town and District Councils to deal with immediate repairs and the services of West Faversham Community Association (WFCA), to act as advisors to assist them in a review of its charitable strategy for the coming years.
In late 2019 they successfully secured funding to support a staff team. The charity owns the buildings and have a long-standing lease of the land on a peppercorn rent with Dover District Council.
A new 3 year plan is looking at the current needs of the ward and identifing a realistic set of priorities designed to support the community and provide stability and sustainability so the Charity can continue to be at the heart of its community for many years to come.
"We are really proud of what we can now offer our community, and it means so much when residents get involved with our activities. Please pop in to find out more, or just to say hello! Without you telling us if we are getting it right we cannot keep improving our service to you."
Susan Jones, HND, MCMI
CGI, Centres Manager