# KENT COUNTY RAYNET

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1177899
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** April 11, 2018
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1177899


## Contact

- **Address:** 26 Albany Hill, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, Kent
- **Postcode:** TN2 3RX
- **Phone:** 07973 640095
- **Email:** enquiries@kentraynet.org
- **Website:** www.kentraynet.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROTECT HUMAN LIFE AND PROPERTY BY ASSISTING THE WORK OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE GROUPS TO HELP TO PROTECT COMMUNITIES IN KENT FROM THE EFFECTS OF NATIONAL AND LOCAL DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES HOWEVER CAUSED BY:(1)PROVIDING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT TO: THE EMERGENCY SERVICES, NATIONAL AND LOCAL AND GOVERNMENT, VOLUNTARY EMERGENCY RESPONSE GROUPS, ORGANISATIONS PROVIDING VITAL SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS;(2)PROMOTING THE RECRUITMENT OF LICENSED RADIO AMATEURS AND OTHERS TO VOLUNTARY EMERGENCY RESPONSE GROUPS AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS; AND FURTHERING THEIR EDUCATION IN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS, AND OTHER SKILLS RELEVANT TO PROTECTING THE PUBLIC.

**Activities:** We work with Raynet amateur radio groups in Kent and Medway, who provide emergency support to humanitarian organisations; and to Category 1 and Category 2 organisations specified in the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, ie the emergency services, central and local government, and essential utilities.  We help provide communication services, equipment, and training.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Economic/community Development/employment, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency, Recreation
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Kent
- Medway





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| COLIN JOHN BOWMAN |  | Dec. 1, 2017 |
| Robert Harry Wiles |  | Oct. 1, 2019 |
| Robert John Argent |  | Nov. 11, 2024 |
| Taylor Galloway |  | May 10, 2018 |




