Happy 100th Birthday Marjorie

🎂 💯 Happy 100th Birthday Marjorie 💯 🎂

Wishing Marjorie Lacy a very happy belated 100th birthday.

Thanks to Pat for these lovely photos, taken on Marjorie's birthday on Saturday the 17th of August.

Pat New

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Please Complete The Kent and Medway STP Survey to Help Them Improve Cancer Care

The Kent and Medway Sustainability and Transformation Partnership

The NHS, social care and public health in Kent and Medway are working together to plan how they will transform health and social care services to meet the changing needs of local people.

The Kent and Medway Sustainability and Transformation Partnership has been set up by local health and care leaders. They are focussed on how best to encourage and support better health and well-being, and provide improved and sustainable health and care services, for the population of Kent and Medway.

The Partnership is a collaboration of all NHS organisations across Kent and Medway, Kent County Council and Medway Council, all of whom are involved in the planning, provision and delivery of health and social care services in this area. The Partnership oversees the development of the health and care sustainability and transformation plan for Kent and Medway.

The plan aims for a radical transformation in the people of Kent and Medway’s health and wellbeing, the quality of the care they receive, and the sustainability of the system.

Their ambition is to put local people at the heart of services, helping people to stay well and independent in their own homes and communities and avoid being admitted to hospital.

What do you think of cancer care in Kent and Medway?

The NHS Long Term Plan, published in January 2019, made a commitment to improving cancer care, diagnosis and survival rates by 2028.

The Kent and Medway STP is working hard to improve cancer services in Kent and Medway. They also want to make sure the people helping someone through cancer diagnosis and treatment feel supported.

If you have had cancer, have cared for someone who has had cancer or have been invited to take a routine screening test for cancer, they would be grateful if you could complete their survey and tell them what you think of their plans to improve cancer care.

Please complete the survey at: www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/K8D5TY8

Or download the easy read survey at: www.kentandmedway.nhs.uk/download/6802

If you have any questions or would prefer to complete a paper version of the survey, please Email: comms.kentandmedway@nhs.net

The survey closes on Friday 13th September 2019.

Read more about The Kent and Medway Sustainability and Transformation Partnership on their website, here: www.kentandmedway.nhs.uk/workstreams/cancer

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Swale Borough Council - Environment Grants Scheme Reopens

Local environmental projects could get a £5,000 boost from the proceeds of litter fines.

Swale Borough Council has reopened its environment grant scheme, to support community projects and organisations that help deliver on environmental objectives.

The £15,000 fund is paid for from the income from littering and fly-tipping fixed penalty notices.

This is the second time the fund has been open, and the previous scheme offered up to £1,000 per project from a pot of £5,000. This paid for projects such as beach cleans, wildlife surveys, litter bins, planters and supporting and waste education schemes for children.

Cllr Tim Valentine, cabinet member for environment at the council, said:

“Whilst we’d obviously prefer people not to drop litter or fly-tip waste, it’s satisfying that the extra money we receive from the fixed penalty notices is used to help improve the local environment.

I’m pleased that we are able to announce that the budget available for Environment Grants has been increased to £15,000, and the maximum application has been increased to £5,000.

In June the council declared a climate and ecological emergency. Making space for nature is priority of our action plan. We want the money to help local community groups or charities improve the local environment in some way, and I’m looking forward to seeing what projects we can support.”

The maximum grant for any one project is £5,000 and only one application can be submitted by an organisation in each financial year.

The scheme is open until 28th February 2020, and application forms and guidance notes are available at: www.swale.gov.uk/environment-grants

Swale Borough Council

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Charity Cricket Match in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support

Mixed teams of locals from the village will be playing in a charity cricket match held at Upchurch Cricket Ground, Holywell Lane at 12:00pm on August bank holiday Sunday the 25th.

Entry is £3.00 per person - children FREE.

There will be a BBQ and a raffle, with prizes kindly donated by Annmarie from The Crown at Upchurch.

Please come along and support the match, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

Thank you 

Everybody welcome!

Paul Tandy

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The Three Tuns - Kentish Beer & Cider Festival

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Full Bar Menu Available Daily 12pm - 9pm
Roast Dinners Available Sunday 12pm - 9pm

Event Beer Glasses will be available with a £3.00 refundable deposit to encourage and support using less plastic in Lower Halstow or you can keep them as a souvenir.

Please make use of the additional parking at the bottom of Lapwing Drive in the ‘Brickfields’ car park, kindly made available by the Parish Council.

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

Telephone: 01795 842840
Email: info@thethreetunsrestaurant.co.uk

Website: www.thethreetunsrestaurant.co.uk

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Medway Council Planning Policy Update - Make Your Voice Heard

Medway Council has recently updated its programme for preparing the new Medway Local Plan.

They are now working to publish the draft plan later this year, so they can take account of the outcome of a major bid for infrastructure funding. You can see the updated timetable for the new local plan in the Medway Local Development Scheme here (Click on LDS document).

The council is working on a number of documents to support the local plan. This includes planning for town centres. They are publishing draft masterplans and delivery strategy documents for Chatham, Gillingham and Strood for comments.

Medway Council is consulting on these documents from 16th August to 30th September 2019. They welcome your comments and will take these into account in drawing up final versions of the plans. You can view the information online here.

You can also view copies of the documents at Chatham, Gillingham and Strood libraries and at the council's offices at Gun Wharf during normal opening hours. You can find details of the opening hours and locations of the libraries here.

The new local plan will set out how Medway Council seek to protect and strengthen the environment. They have prepared some early work on a draft Medway Green and Blue infrastructure Vision and welcome your comments and ideas from16th August to 30th September 2019. This will form part of a wider strategy document.

The council has also published a Housing Delivery Test Action Plan. This sets out how the council will help lo boost rates of housebuilding in Medway. You can view the plan here.

The council welcome any comments that you may have on the action plan.

If you have any queries, please Email the Planning Policy Team at: futuremedway@medway.gov.uk Telephone: 01634 331629

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