Kent County Council - Home Library Service

The Home Library Service

Your local Kent County Council Library has a team of volunteers who deliver and collect library items to and from customers’ homes. This free service is called The Home Library Service.

Home Library Service customers are entitled to longer loan periods and it’s not just about books. Items that can be loaned include CDs, spoken word cassettes, CDs, DVDs and also large print books.

Many people benefit from joining The Home Library Service. Some of our customers, for instance, find it hard to leave their home because they have to care for another family member. Some customers are elderly or suffer with ill health, whilst others may be new parents who need the service for a few months until they get back on their feet.

This service would not be possible without our wonderful team of dedicated volunteers and we are always looking for more people to support The Home Library Service. If you think you could spare a few hours a week and would enjoy making a difference to people’s lives, why not think about becoming a Home Library Service volunteer or volunteering for one of the many other volunteer roles that we can offer?

Visit:  the KCC website here, phone us on 03000 41 31 31, or next time you visit your local library ask for more information and an application form.

Our volunteers delivering the Home Library Service are screened for this role.

Daren Kearl
Community Development Librarian, Canterbury & Swale
Libraries, Registration & Archives
Kent County Council
Internal: 7000 1548
External: 01622 221548
Website:  www.kent.gov.uk/libs

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Christmas at the Crown

Christmas Eve Party with Disco & Karaoke from 8:00pm till late.

New Year's Eve Party with Disco & FREE Buffet from 9:00pm till late.

Christmas Menu

Available from the 16th until the 22nd of December

Two Courses     £12.95

Three Courses  £14.95

Starters

Prawn Cocktail

Carrot & Coriander Soup

or Paté & Toast

Mains

Roast Beef or

Roast Turkey Dinner

Served with all the Trimmings

Dessert

Apple pie

Berry Flapjack Crumble

Christmas Pudding with Cream or Custard

To Follow

Coffee & Mince Pies

To book or for more info, please call: 01634 233896

Annmarie

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The Three Tuns Christmas Market

Upchurch Matters
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Swale Borough Council - Christmas 2013 Waste Collections

The table details the changes in arrangements for waste collections over Christmas week 2013 (week commencing 23rd December 2013).

As you will note some collections will take place earlier than the usual collection day.

Jonathan Longley

Contracts Manager (Operations)

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Free Microchipping from Dogs Trust

Dogs Trust have just started a huge chipping campaign to run with the new government announcement that from the 6th April 2016 all dogs will have to be microchipped. Dogs Trust have new roaming chipping teams who will be offering FREE microchipping across the UK.

We are currently looking to book in events for the rest of the year and next. We can join in with any events that you already have running and we can run our own. We are happy to work outside in estates or open areas as we have a gazebo we can set up. We will also work in community halls/centres or anywhere available.

We will be advertising each event in local papers to ensure we get the maximum turnout, but any help from you to make sure that the whole community hears about the event will be greatly appreciated. We want to reach as many dogs and people as possible that would normally not have the opportunity to have this service.

If you would be interested in holding an event in your community then please don’t hesitate to contact me to talk about dates/times etc.

I hope to hear back from you soon

Best wishes

Ione Onslow
Email:  ione.onslow@dogstrust.org.uk
Website:  www.dogstrust.org.uk
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Thank You to Upchurch Scout Group

Hollie Honeyman from Upchurch Scouts has been chosen with two other Explorers to represent the Sittingbourne and Milton District Scouts at the World Scouting Jamboree Japan 2015.

This will be a gathering of tens of thousands of Scouts and Explorers from all over the world. This will be a life changing experience for Hollie. She would like to thank the Upchurch Cubs and Scouts for holding the Christmas Cup Cake Bake Off to help raise money for this appeal.

Find out how you can be part of the Christmas Cup Cake Bake Off  Here

Hollie Honeyman

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