Giant Penguin to Raise Money for Children with Cancer and Medway Hospital

“Hi all,

I’m the founder of My Shining Star Children's Cancer Charity and as you can imagine, we have been hit badly due to Coronavirus.

Myself and our neighbours have erected this HUGE penguin to raise a smile and say thanks to our wonderful NHS! ❤️ 🌈

We will leave a charity bucket outside should anyone be able to donate anything at all. Funds will be split between children with cancer and of course the amazing Medway Hospital who are working so hard in very difficult circumstances.

We are on Chaffes Lane, the penguin is a magnificent sight, if you are on your daily walk, I am sure your children will love him!

Stay safe all xxx ❤️ 🌈”

Anita Marinelli

Website >> www.myshiningstar.co.uk

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Thank You NHS

My Shining Star Children's Cancer Charity has a huge new Superman banner up in Chaffes Lane thanking our wonderful NHS for all that they do.

Look out for it when you’re passing 🌈

Read more about their great work at >> www.myshiningstar.co.uk

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Swale Borough Council Business set to Resume - Virtually

Swale Borough Council will resume holding meetings next week.

Meetings such as cabinet and planning committees had to be cancelled after the Government imposed lockdown restrictions to reduce the spread of coronavirus.

As part of the Coronavirus Act 2020 the Government has given permission to councils to hold virtual meetings so important decisions can be discussed and made public during the lockdown.

Swale’s first such meeting is set to take place on Wednesday, 22nd April, when cabinet will discuss issues such as CCTV, new toilets for Minster Leas and the council’s response to climate change.

This will be followed by a virtual meeting of the planning committee on Thursday, 30th April.

Leader of the council, Cllr Roger Truelove, said:

“The coronavirus outbreak has meant we have all had to adapt to new ways of living and working so we can keep ourselves, and each other, safe.

Here at the council, officers have adapted remarkably well to remote working, and now the government has made it possible for us to legally resume council meetings online.

Elected members have a responsibility to represent their residents - and important decisions still need to be taken about our services.

We have been looking at ways in which we can resume meetings in public so members and officers can discuss proposals while observing social distancing.

This will help improve our ability to get back to normal once the lockdown is lifted.

However, to get to that stage means we must continue to observe the rules on staying at home, social distancing and self-isolating where required.”

The meetings will be held via Skype. Members of the public and the press who want to attend the Cabinet meeting virtually should email their details to democraticservices@swale.gov.uk, or call 01795 417330, by 4:00pm on Tuesday 21st April 2020. They will then be sent joining instructions for the meeting.

Swale Borough Council

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A Village of Sails

“To sail, to sail, to sail away,

With tug of wind to freedom.

In craft hand nurtured night and day,

Fine painted, sealed and ship-shape.

Be'times to live a' brink the water,

With boats to watch, repair and fashion.

On tussocked perch with slipway down,

To eat, sleep and breathe the passion.

A quiet life off beaten track for me,

With church a' Sunday and neighbourly.

Timbered hearths you glow to see,

And ever a wind to lap a greeting.

In wood to live, in wood to pleasure,

Amongst trees a' plenty to walk at leisure.

A village ever a home to be,

And each day, anew, a port.”

William J. Little

Editor - The Gabriel Church Supplement

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Happy Easter

Happy Easter 🌷🐇🥚🌼

This year feels very different with families unable to be together and many worried about the future.

Unable to gather, the best way we can come together now is in our fight against this awful virus.

Please stay at home this Easter and save lives.

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Road Closure: A2 - Newington High Street - Temporary Minibus Shuttle Timetable to the Villages

Medway operator ASD Coaches is running a temporary minibus shuttle between the villages and TESCO - Rainham, where it connects with Chalkwell 326/327 bus services.

Kent County Council made the order to temporarily prohibit through traffic on various roads in Swale for essential gas main upgrade work which includes the full closure of the A2 - Newington High Street, beginning Thursday 2nd April with an estimated completion date of Wednesday 29th April 2020.

The shuttle service will finish when SGN complete their works and the A2 is fully reopen.

Click timetable to enlarge.

Chalkwell 326/327 buses are still operating on a temporary timetable and via the M2 Motorway. They need feeder minibuses at TESCO - Rainham so that people from Newington, Lower Halstow and Upchurch can change onto the main buses in order to access Sittingbourne and Medway.

The temporary Chalkwell 326/327 timetables have been posted in the bus shelter in Horsham Lane, Upchurch.

More info at:

www.chalkwell.co.uk/timetables/326-327-328

Tel: 01795 423982

www.asdtransport.com
Tel: 01634 726412

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