Thank You from Foodbank Co-ordinator Gill Gay and Swale Foodbank

Our car full of love.

That love laid out after we emptied our car.

Amazing what you can get in a little Venga!

The empty shelves (especially the milk shelf) before

we arrived with Upchurch's gifts of love.

God bless you all for your love and care.

Like us, you probably count your blessings every time you go to the fridge or the food cupboard and find all that you need.

Your generosity means there are now families that will also count their blessings too.

Thank you

We will be collecting again on Wednesday the 5th of May.

Keep well - Gill and Ron ❤️

Gill Gay - Foodbank Co-ordinator

Email: gilliangay99@yahoo.co.uk

Latest POLICE.UK Crime Data for the Area - February 2021

Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch

A brief summary of crime information for the past 2 months.

40 crimes are shown on the map in February 2021 including:

5 Anti-social Behaviour

3 Burglary
2 Criminal Damage and Arson

3 Other Theft

3 Public Order

2 Vehicle Crime

20 Violence and Sexual Offences
2 Other Crime

38 crimes were shown on the map in January 2021.

Not all crime that occurs is shown on the map.

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

A brief summary of crime information for the past 2 months.

31 crimes are shown on the map in February 2021 including:

8 Anti-social Behaviour

2 Criminal Damage and Arson

1 Other Theft

3 Vehicle Crime

16 Violence and Sexual Offences

1 Other Crime

33 crimes were shown on the map in January 2021.

Not all crime that occurs is shown on the map.

Please visit: www.police.uk for more information including outcomes for these crimes and contact information for your local policing team.

Upchurch Matters

Emergency Road Closure - The Street, Lower Halstow

Please note: This road closure is already in place.

It will be necessary to close The Street, Lower Halstow from Friday 2nd April 2021 for up to 15 days.

The road will be closed between the junctions of Vicarage Lane and School Lane.

The alternative route is via Breach Lane, London Road A2. Sheppey Way, Old Ferry Road, Raspberry Hill Lane and Sheerness Road.

This is to enable burst water main repairs to be carried out by Southern Water.

KCC 24hr Contact Centre: 03000 418181

For details of roadworks see: https://one.network

Kent County Council - Highways, Transportation & Waste

CANCELLED: Urgent Road Closure - Sheerness Road, Lower Halstow

Please note: This closure has been cancelled due to ongoing Southern Water works requiring a road closure in the vicinity.

It will be necessary to close Sheerness Road, Lower Halstow from Monday 12th April 2021 for up to 1 day.

The road will be closed between the junctions of Vicarage Lane and Basser Hill.

The alternative route is via Vicarage Lane, Wardwell Lane, Church Lane, Iwade Road and Basser Hill.

It is planned that the road will be closed between 09:30 hrs and 16:30 hrs.

This is to enable drainage works to be carried out by Kent County Council.

KCC 24hr Contact Centre: 03000 418181

For details of roadworks see: https://one.network

Kent County Council - Highways, Transportation & Waste

Swale Borough Council - Restart Grant Scheme and UK Community Renewal Fund Open for Applications

Restart Grant scheme opens for applications

Swale Borough Council has opened the restart grant scheme for applications.

The restart grant scheme supports businesses in the non-essential retail, hospitality, leisure, personal care and accommodation sectors with a one-off grant, to reopen safely as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.

To be eligible for the grant, your business will need to be trading on the 1st April 2021, registered for business rates and in the non-essential retail, hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care or gym sectors.

You must make a new application through the Grant Approval website to receive this grant. Register or login, with the details which you used before, to apply at: https://grantapproval.co.uk

If you are eligible for the grant, you will receive:

• A one-off grant of up to £6,000 in the non-essential retail sector.
• A one-off grant of up to £18,000 in the hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care and gym sectors.

If you have any queries or an issue with error messages on your application, please Email: ndrgrants@swale.gov.uk

There will also be funding available in this phase of the roadmap through the Additional Restrictions Grant scheme. We are currently waiting on final guidance from the government. We will let you know when the scheme launches and how you can apply through this e-bulletin, on social media and through our website.

UK Community Renewal Fund - open for applications

The government has announced a new UK Community Renewal Fund to support people and communities most in need across the UK to pilot programmes and new approaches to prepare for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

The Fund has identified Swale as one of 100 priority areas and could provide mostly revenue funding to significant projects which aim to test new approaches to four investment priorities - investing in skills, supporting people into employment, helping businesses to develop their potential and investment in communities and place.

Kent County Council (KCC) has been designated by the government as the lead body and is tasked with undertaking a call for bids, which it must shortlist for each district, prior to submission to government by June.

The call for UK Community Renewal Fund (UK CRF) bids is now live on the KCC website. This link provides access to details about the Fund and the application form: www.kent.gov.uk/ukcommunityrenewalfund

The deadline for applicants to submit bids to KCC is 9:00am on Tuesday 4th May 2021.
To try and help co-ordinate bids which are hoping to deliver in Swale, Swale Borough Council is asking those looking at bidding to let us know along with an outline of the project. Please Email: economicdevelopment@swale.gov.uk

Workshops

To support potential applicants, KCC is hosting two UK CRF workshops via zoom on:

• Tuesday 6th April 2021 between 10:30am and 12:30pm.
• Thursday 8th April 2021 between 2:00pm and 4:00pm.

To sign-up to attend a workshop Email: UKCommunityRenewalFund@kent.gov.uk and make the Email subject line ‘Attend UK CRF workshop’.

Swale Borough Council

NOW HOME: Biggles is Missing From Ham Green

Thank you

Abigial Yarrow - John Davies