Outline Planning Application for Residential Development of 41 Houses at Land off Jubilee Fields, Upchurch

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Planning - Application Summary

19/501773/OUT | Outline application for residential development of 41no. two, three and four bedroom houses. (All matters reserved except for access). | Land Off Jubilee Fields Upchurch Kent ME9 7AQ.

The deadline to submit comments on this planning application is Monday the 6th of May 2019.

The application will be on the agenda and discussed at the Upchurch Parish Council - Planning Committee meeting to be held on Wednesday the 1st of May 2019 at 7:30pm in the Committee Room at Upchurch Village Hall.

Link to planning application >> http://bit.ly/2XBhll8

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Medway and Swale NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups - Respiratory and Urology Services Workshops

Redesigning outpatients in Medway and Swale

Invitation to a series of workshops: respiratory and urology services

Medway and Swale NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups and Medway Foundation Trust need your help to improve outpatients’ facilities.

Are you living with a respiratory condition in Medway or Swale?

Do you use urology services?

Do you care for a family member who attends either respiratory or urology outpatients appointments?

Do you work on the frontline of delivering these services?

You are invited to attend either of the following events:

Outpatients respiratory services workshop

Date: Wednesday 1st May 2019

Time: 1:00pm registration, 1:30pm start, 4:30pm ends
Venue: Priestfield Stadium, Redfern Avenue, Medway, Kent ME7 4DD

Outpatients Urology services workshop

Date: Wednesday 8th May 2019

Time: 6:00pm registration, 6:30pm start, 8:30pm ends
Venue: Avenue Tennis, Featherby Road, Gillingham, Kent ME8 6AN

These co-design events will bring together people who use services and their family carers with clinical staff and NHS commissioners. They follow a workshop on neurological services in March and are part of a wider redesign of services in Medway and Swale - the Medway Model - bringing more services out into community settings, improving how strands of the system work better together and making better use of resources.

The current outpatient model within the NHS across England has been described as “obsolete”. In the past ten years, the number of outpatient appointments has doubled, meaning we need to address our services to ensure we are meeting the needs of the patients. Across the local system, there is the opportunity to work collaboratively and to focus on what matters most to patients and their families.

At the workshop we will look at the current pathways of care, identify elements which can be improved and look at possible solutions. These might include moving some outpatients services into community locations, supporting patients to have more control over their care or making more use of new technology.

To secure a place at the respiratory workshop, please register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/outpatients-respiratory-services-workshop-tickets-60049360253

To secure a place at the urology workshop, please register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/outpatients-urology-services-workshop-tickets-60049470583

There are a limited number of places so please register as soon as possible.

If you are interested in getting involved in the redesign of outpatients services for either respiratory conditions or for urology but are unable to attend this workshop or if you have any queries about the programme, please Email: medway.communications@nhs.net

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The Three Sisters - Great British Spring Clean

The 7 volunteers collected a lot of rubbish between them.
Just look at some of the things they found!

Volunteers joined Gail and Bernard at The Three Sisters Pub on Saturday the 20th of April to help them litter pick Otterham Quay Lane and the surrounding area.

Their equipment was supplied by Swale Borough Council C/O Vikki Sedgwick, Environmental Projects Officer.

The couple plan to repeat their clean up again in late summer, so please let them know if you're interested in taking part.

Well done everybody - Great job!

To find out more, visit >> www.keepbritaintidy.org

#GBSpringClean

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Upchurch Horticultural Society - Spring Plant Sale

Sponsored by: Upchurch River Valley Golf Course Ltd

PLANT SALE

UHS will be holding its Spring Plant Sale in the Paddock

On Saturday 4^th May 2019 starting at 8:30am

A wide range of plants available at reasonable prices

50p stall for bargains

Ample parking in the Paddock

Sean Barry - Upchurch Horticultural Society

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The Kent Association for Local Councils Community Awards 2019

Ray receiving his award from

Upchurch Parish Council Chairman, Tyrone Ripley.

Award

Congratulations to Ray Kemsley, this year’s very worthy winner of the Kent Association for Local Councils - Community Award for Upchurch.

The annual KALC - Community Awards are to acknowledge and give recognition to those who have made a significant contribution to their local community.

Upchurch Parish Council Chairman, Tyrone Ripley presented Ray with his award at this year’s Annual Parish Meeting, held in Upchurch Village Hall on Thursday the 18th of April 2019.

Thank you Ray, and to all this year’s nominees for everything you do for our village.

Nomination

Ray Kemsley moved to Upchurch in the 1960’s as a young police officer to take up residence in the police house in Oak Lane with his wife Brenda. He was the village ‘Bobby’ and for many years provided that essential public protection and service role.

Ray joined the One O’clock Club within the village which still meets each week to this day and has for over 40 years been an integral part of village life. The Club was the heart of the village social scene in the 1970’s and 80’s arranging village dances and social events in the village hall, including the renown New Year’s Eve dances.

Ray has at various times over 50 years been involved with most of the village institutions usually as a Committee member and often as Chair. He was instrumental in delivering the Fireworks Display in the ‘Paddock days’. Ray has chaired the Parents and Friends of Holywell School (PFHS) and was always found flipping burgers at their events, including the village fete.

Ray helped establish the Twinning Committee on which he still undertakes the annual exchange of school children with Ferques and this year arranged for our Parish Wreath to be laid at Ferques’ Memorial Service. He is a member of Upchurch Active Retirement Association and until its recent demise took part in the monthly paper drive for the scouts. He was on the most recent Fete Committee and performs sidesman duties at St Mary’s.

Ray also chaired and published the Upchurch Village Appraisal.

Ray is always there for the residents of the village, often visiting the elderly, taking them to appointments or doing odd jobs to help out and in his spare time Ray runs annual charity events at the Golf Club.

Ray’s greatest contribution to the village and residents, has been his dedicated service as a Governor at the village school. Ray started as a Governor when his daughters were at the school in the late 1970’s, around the time the then new school opened in Holywell Lane. During the past 40 years Ray has served as Chair of Governors several times and has Chaired every Committee at one time or another. Ray drove the project to finance and construct the new Library Wing which the school named the ‘Kemsley’ Wing in his honour. Two generations of children going through our village school, that’s over 1200 children who received the education they enjoyed in the buildings continually updated and equipped because Ray has devoted his life to that purpose.

So on behalf of UPC, and the residents of Upchurch, Thank you Ray for your selfless and tireless contribution to our village.

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Tenor Bell at St. Mary's Will Ring Out in Solidarity with Notre-Dame

Joining Cathedrals and Churches across the country, the Tenor Bell at St. Mary's Church, Upchurch will be tolled for 7 minutes this evening, Thursday the 18th of April 2019 at 7:00pm.

This is part of a nationwide mark of solidarity following the devastating fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral on Monday which caused the main spire and roof of the building to collapse. People across the globe are now mourning the damage.

Paris's famous Notre-Dame Cathedral has been one of the French capital's most famous landmarks since it was built 850 years ago. Notre-Dame, which translates in English as "Our Lady", has played a role in key moments of history and captured the imagination of people around the world, drawing an estimated 13 million visitors a year.

A major symbol of the Catholic faith, the cathedral contains revered relics, including the crown of thorns said to have been worn by Jesus before the Crucifixion.

Don't forget to listen out this evening.

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