We would like to thank all those who came along and supported our first charity fundraising event, a quiz held at the Platt Memorial Hall. We raised £830, all of which will purchase much needed workshop kit for the City of Rochester School, a specialist provision for young people with autism. It was a fun evening, enjoyed by all who attended.

Additional thanks to all those who donated some great prizes for the raffle The Wright Event; Leeds Castle, Kent; Leeds Castle Falconry & Wildlife Team

The Fundraising team had a great day at the Sheppey St George's Day event with the public supporting out tombola, Spin the Wheel game and purchasing some of the St George's Day cakes made especially for the occasion. It was good to welcome so many people to our stall.

We would like to thank the Sittingbourne Christmas Lights and Sleigh Round group for their generous donation of £250 towards our funds. Our members enjoy supporting the Sittingbourne Christmas Light switch-on event along with the sleigh rounds each year. It has become the highlight of a very busy year as we draw to a close our event season prior to Christmas. We are looking forward to supporting you again this year.

Despite an overcast day, our fundraising team had a successful day at the Heritage Transport Show at Detling Showground. It was a great opportunity for the public to see some of our volunteers vehicles along with the kit we carry for different deployments.

We would like to say thank you for the very kind donation given to us by Borden Wives, a group which includes ladies from both the parishes of Borden and Tunstall, following a talk given by two of our responders on our charitable works across the communities of Medway and Kent.

The fundraising and the event teams were busy all day at the Sittingbourne Christmas Lights event with record crowds attending the tombola and cake stalls. Thank you to all who came to support us, it was an amazing end to our fundraising season. An event enjoyed by all.

Members of South East 4x4 Response joined other emergency service groups at Littlestone to support the RNLI Emergency Services Day. Our volunteers shared what we do as an emergency service along with fundraising to support our equipment needs.

Thank you to Steph and Paul from Todd & Co who have kindly donated a bundle of custom embroidered items to go towards our fundraising. Todd & Co is a family run embroidery business based in Thanet who specialise in workwear and school uniforms.

In spite of the heat, the fundraising team supported the Armed Forces Day event at The Historic Dockyard, Chatham, this week. We had fantastic feedback from both the public and organisers. A great day had by all with the grand total of £1639 raised to start our fundraising year.

One of our winter deployments this year was in and around the village of Yalding, owing to flooding in the area. The residents are always incredibly generous with cups of tea, biscuits and cake to those responders manning road closures during floods. This week, our Chairman, David Mills, assisted by responders Stuart and Cameron, gave a talk to the community about the support we offer within the wider area of Kent and with the emergency services. The Parish Council showed their gratitude by presenting the group with a generous donation of £500 which we were delighted to receive.