Victim Support Need Your Help

We need volunteers to help us offer our service

We need your help. Victim Support also work in partnership with Kent Police. The Victim Support charity is built on our volunteers - without them we couldn't continue to do all the positive work for victims of crime.

We offer emotional support and advice to victims suffering as a result of criminality.As a Victim Support volunteer, you will be trained to support victims from the first time you meet them until they feel strong enough to move forward on their own. You will listen to their concerns and make sure that their needs are met. If you can spare one or two hours a week of your time to help us, you will be providing a valuable service to your community.

You don't need qualifications or previous experience of this kind of work to volunteer for Victim Support. All you need is the willingness to help, and a little time. Age matters so you will need to be 18 and over in order to take on certain roles.

If you are able to volunteer, we will have to do a check with the Disclosure and Barring Service, this is for the protection of the victims and witnesses we help. Training is given, and any travel expenses incurred when working for us are reimbursed.

Website: www.victimsupport.org.uk

Kent Community Messaging

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Vacancy - Weekend Cleaner

We are currently looking to recruit a Weekend Cleaner to join our busy and hard working team.

If you are interested please call Carol on: 01795 842840

The Street, Lower Halstow, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 7DY

Email: info@thethreetunsrestaurant.co.uk

Carol Haines

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Upchurch Best Kept Garden 2015 - The Winners

This years overall winners were Mr & Mrs Friend for their beautifully
presented garden in Beckenham Park.

Gardens, in all parts of Upchurch, were viewed on either the 17 or 18th of July and the judges decided as follows:- 

In the FLOWERS category:-

PRIZE WINNER – Mr & Mrs Friend at 56, Beckenham Park

Highly commended – Mrs Joan Lewin at 21, Drakes Close

In the MIXED FLOWERS/SHRUBS category:-

PRIZE WINNER – Mr & Mrs Panter at 16, Wilks Close

Highly commended – Mr & Mrs Boakes at 97, Chaffes Lane

In the SMALL/HANGING BASKETS/TROUGHS category:-

PRIZE WINNER – Mr Paviour & Ms Head at Myrtle Cottage 6, The Street

Highly commended – Mrs Packer at 11, Chaffes Terrace

The overall prize winners were judged to be Mr & Mrs Friend for their beautifully presented garden in Beckenham Park. As overall winners they will be presented with THE BARBARA WEBB MEMORIAL ROSE BOWL which they will keep until next year’s overall winner is announced.

Prize winners will invited to collect their prizes at the Horticultural Show in the village hall on the afternoon of 12th September at 3:30pm, but everyone is welcome to visit the show which is open from 2:00 pm till 4:00pm.

Gerry Lewin

Tel: 01634 366113 or Email: lewing135@btinternet.com

On behalf of the Upchurch Horticultural Society and the Parish Council.

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Upchurch Village Fete Day - Feedback

Upchurch Village Fete Committee
Email: upchurchfete@outlook.com
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Swale Borough Council - Members Localism Grants

I have been given an allocation of £2,400 in the civic year 2015/2016 to be awarded to local community projects. If you are a village organisation and would like financial support for a project then please contact me to see whether I can assist. Please bear in mind that I represent the Ward of Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch and you will be unsurprised to learn that I am unlikely to allocate the whole amount to one organisation. Please note that my colleague, Cllr Wright, has a similar allocation in this Ward and we often ‘double-up’ on an application.

Looking forward to hearing from you - Cllr Gerry Lewin 135 Oak Lane ME9 7AY.

Telephone: 01634 366113 or Email: lewing135@btinternet.com

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Summer Produce Sale and Crafts

Liz Mouland
Friends of St. Margaret's, Lower Halstow

Website: www.thesix.org.uk

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