A charity which supports young people in business is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a networking event.

Kent Foundation, which gives free advice to youthful entrepreneurs, already has a guestlist of 150 people for its A Blast! evening.

Business owners, professionals and business start-ups are invited to attend at Oakwood House in Maidstone on Thursday, October 8.

Alex Auger, founder of fruit juice maker Think Press, based in Lordswood, Chatham, has a Kent Foundatoin mentor and went to last year’s A Blast! event.

She said: “The structure and atmosphere of the event were fantastic.

“I quickly found I had things in common with lots of the young entrepreneurs that I met, and the more experienced business people were more than willing to give me advice and point me in the direction.”

Kent Foundation director Paul Barron said: “In my 8 years with the Foundation I have met many potential, enthusiastic and inspirational young business people, who have been able to develop their ideas in to sustainable businesses.

“The demand for business support amongst Kent’s young people continues to grow and in line with this we continue to develop our services to remain relevant.”

For details visit www.kentfoundation.org.