In 1907, the Chulkhurst Charity was amalgamated with other local charities with similar purposes, to form the Biddenden Consolidated Charity, still functioning as a registered charity.
Thirteen separate charities were combined in 1921 and then in 1953 further amalgamation went on with the Trott's almshouses, John Lanes Charity and the Charity of George Spicer combining to form the current United Charities.
When I arrived I went to speak to some of the ex-addicts who now spend their Saturdays supporting homeless drug users at Recovery Cafe, a scheme set up by UFO (a branch of the drug and alcohol treatment charity Addaction) that aims to form local communities to allow members to support each other.
In 1995 the struggles of Nepalese industrial trainees brought together migrant workers, religious charities and human rights groups to form the first Joint Committee for Migrant Workers in Korea.
It went public in 1991, and in 2003 Kimmel stepped down as chief executive (he still serves as chairman) and later used most of his Jones stock to form his charities.
So, the ability to form a charity, the ability to influence official decision-making, the ability to participate in issues that affect their daily lives.
Their response was to form a charity called Invisible Children, for whom he has worked ever since, with the aim of trying to bring Kony to justice.
It merged with the young people's filmmaking charity, First Light in September to form Film Nation UK and is funded by a number of organisations including the British Film Institute, which awarded £26m lottery funding Jane Fletcher, schools support director at Film Nation UK, said film watching, understanding and making was a fantastic opportunity, and also a cultural entitlement.
As a grad student at Harvard five years ago, Karen Tse drafted a business plan for an impossible dream: She wanted to form a charity to push defendant rights in China, a booming market where political enemies are thrown in jail and suspects are urged to confess to avoid a beating.
