CANCELLED - The English Festival at Riverside Country Park

The English Festival

The English Festival returns to Riverside Country Park, Lower Rainham Road ME7 2XH on Saturday 18th April 2020, between 11:00am and 5:00pm.

The free fun-packed day out for the whole family marks St George’s Day with activities celebrating the most iconic and ironic of English traditions.

This year's attractions and activities include:

• Dragon Show

• Falconry Display

• Car Display from Southern Mini Owners

• Crazy Golf

• Punch and Judy

• Land Train

• Dizzy O'Dare presents Falconry Dismay

• Shire Horses

• Bingo Tent

• Medway Lindy Hoppers

• Music and Pirate Workshops

• Live Music

Getting there

Park and ride

£1 per person for a return. Children under 16 go free. From the University of Greenwhich, Medway Campus - look for the yellow park and ride signs. It runs from 10:00am to 6:00pm.

Park and walk

£3 per vehicle at Bloors Wharf (bottom of Bloors Lane, off Lower Rainham Road) and enjoy a pleasant 15-minute walk to the event along the river path.

Parking on-site

£5 with limited spaces available. Parking will be aimed primarily at Blue Badge holders.

Look out for local road signs.

For more information, visit >> www.medway.gov.uk/englishfestival

Upchurch Matters

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St. George's Day Supper at The Three Tuns Lower Halstow

Reservations essential. Get in quick, limited tables available.

Please telephone to book.

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

Telephone: 01795 842840
Website: www.thethreetunsrestaurant.co.uk

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New Social Prescribing Service to Launch in Medway

Abigail Oborne believes that social prescribing’s buzzword status shouldn’t detract from the real and significant impact it can have on people’s lives.

Social prescribing enables health professionals to refer someone to a link worker. A link worker will then help that person to create their own ‘social prescription’ to improve their health and wellbeing. This may be doing an activity, getting advice or joining a local social group or club.

Newly appointed as Community Project Officer for Social Prescribing, Abigail is excited about our new social prescribing service for the over 65s, Better Connected, which will launch in mid-March;

“We know that older people are socially isolated but out in communities, this can be quite a hidden problem.

I’m really looking forward to seeing the Better Connected service help isolated older people rediscover their place in society and make those all-important social connections.”

A key part of Abigail’s role will be to deliver training to allied health professionals, Medway’s voluntary sector and council staff to help them understand what the Better Connected service offers and how to refer into it.

With her background in community engagement for the Pilgrims Hospices in Canterbury, Abigail is really looking forward to working closely with Medway’s voluntary and charity sector.

“There is incredible support out there for older people in Medway and I’m really excited to work with organisations to find new ways to fill any gaps.”

If you or your organisation would like to find out more about social prescribing and how you can refer into the Better Connected service, please Email: healthimprovement@medway.gov.uk

For launch news and updates, follow A Better Medway on Twitter and Facebook

Upchurch Matters

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Please Complete the Upchurch Village Hall Survey

We would like your views on the Village Hall to help us decide how best to improve its facilities, activities and services.

Please complete the survey using the following link, there are only 10 questions and will take less than 5 minutes to complete.

Link >> www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SQ8GMSS

Thank you on behalf of the Upchurch Village Hall Management Committee.

David Steward

Chairman UVHMC

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Latest POLICE.UK Crime Data for the Area - January 2020

Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch

Here is a brief summary of the crime information for the past 2 months:

	December 2019	January 2020
All crime	34	42
Anti-social behaviour	5	7
Bicycle theft	0	0
Burglary	1	2
Criminal damage and arson	7	11
Drugs	0	0
Other crime	2	1
Other theft	3	3
Possession of weapons	0	0
Public order	0	1
Robbery	0	0
Shoplifting	0	2
Theft from the person	1	0
Vehicle crime	1	4
Violence and sexual offences	14	11

Please visit: www.police.uk for more information including outcomes for these crimes and contact information for your local policing team. Lower Halstow and Iwade Here is a brief summary of the crime information for the past 2 months: December 2019 January 2020 All crime 33 25 Anti-social behaviour 8 10 Bicycle theft 0 0 Burglary 1 4 Criminal damage and arson 4 1 Drugs 0 0 Other crime 0 0 Other theft 1 0 Possession of weapons 0 0 Public order 0 1 Robbery 0 0 Shoplifting 0 0 Theft from the person 0 0 Vehicle crime 2 1 Violence and sexual offences 17 8 Please visit: www.police.uk for more information including outcomes for these crimes and contact information for your local policing team. Upchurch Matters

Funeral Arrangements for Joan Hitchen

The funeral for our mother Joan Hitchen will be held at 2:00pm on Monday the 16th of March at Garden of England Crematorium, Sheppey Way, Bobbing ME9 8GZ and afterwards at Upchurch River Valley Golf Course, Oak Lane, Upchurch ME9 7AY.

If anybody wishes to join us, please phone 07958 520962 to say you will be attending.

Thank you

Daughters, Jill and Janet

Jill Kean

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