Recipients benefit from direct fundraising support and have their profiles raised through KM Group newspapers, kmfm radio and websites. The Kent and Medway Charity Team annually seeks nominations for each of the local areas covered by the KM Group.

Once nominations close each year, editors in every community choose one charity to support throughout the coming year. This involves fundraising events and publicity in newspapers, radio and on both the KM Group’s websites and the KM Charity Team’s sites.

During the nomination window, you can tell us about your charity or organisation and why you feel you would benefit from being the editor’s choice and let us know how you would make the most of this opportunity.

The KM Charity Team will stage a variety of activities and events across Kent to support KM Group charities of the year. Events include:

• Fundraising. We will stage brain and brawn challenges such as the KM Abseil, KM Big Bike Ride, KM Colour Run, record breaking KM Big Quiz nights and our annual Busters Firewalk. All of these could earn your charity funds. 
  
• Profile. KM Group news teams will provide publicity through KM Group newspapers, websites and kmfm radio stations.

The KM Charity Team is hoping for active charitable partners who will make the most of the opportunity being named as KM Charity of Year will present. Charities nominating themselves for consideration should consider:

• How they can help promote the events staged by the KM Charity Team directly to their own members, supporters and corporate sponsors. How they support the fundraising events on the day.

An evaluation panel meets to make the selection, ensuring the KM Charity of the Year for each area is notified in November. The KM Charity of the Year period runs for the calendar year.

Deadline to apply for closes in October.

Editors make their decision in November.

Charities of the Year are announced on this website in November. Successful charities invited in to be briefed in December.