Vehicle Number Plates Stolen - Newington

Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch Ward

Crime Number: 46/158298/22

Between 10:00am on Tuesday the 9th of August and 11:00am on Sunday the 14th of August, somebody stole both number plates from a vehicle parked in High Street, Newington.

If you have any information that could help investigators please contact Kent Police on telephone number 101 and quote the relevant crime number above.

For more information on crime prevention visit: www.kent.police.uk

Kent Community Messaging

Urgent Road Closure - School Lane, Iwade

It will be necessary to close School Lane, Iwade from Monday 22nd August 2022 for up to 5 days.

The road will be closed at School Lane.

The alternative route is via School Lane, Ferry Road, Sheppey Way and Stickfast Lane.

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

KCC 24hr Contact Centre: 03000 418181

For details of roadworks see: https://www.kenttraffic.info

Kent County Council - Highways, Transportation & Waste

The Three Tuns Lower Halstow: Kentish Beer & Cider Festival 2022 - August Bank Holiday Weekend

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Additional parking can be found at the bottom of Lapwing Drive in the Brickfields car park, kindly made available by Lower Halstow 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

Upchurch Cricket Club: Outdoor Cinema Night - Grease

Book your tickets via Email: upchurchcricketclub@outlook.com

They’re going a Grease Lightning ⚡️

Please show your support and come down for a great movie 🎬 🍿

Graham Young - Upchurch Cricket Club

Tackling Food Waste with Co-op and Caboodle

Empowering retailers and communities to tackle unnecessary food waste, by making it easier than ever to redistribute fresh, nutritious, surplus food from supermarkets, cafés, and retailers out into the community.

The Co-op and Microsoft have teamed up to help reduce food wastage, launching a new technology platform Caboodle, which, is set to save hundreds of thousands of tonnes of edible food from being thrown away.

The new platform will allow supermarkets, cafés and restaurants to connect with community groups and volunteers to redistribute surplus food.

Caboodle is open to charities and community groups of all kinds, from foodbanks and family support networks to youth groups, schools and more.

Volunteering opportunities are highlighted through its online noticeboard and those who want to volunteer to help redistribute food can enter their postcode to find a local group they’d like to work with.

Community groups

Are you a community group looking to access surplus food from your local retailers? Register today to start your Caboodle journey.

How it works

To start collecting food from Caboodle retailers is relatively simple:

1. Sign up

Register your community group to share food through Caboodle.

2. Schedule

Book regular or ad hoc collection dates with local retailers.

3. Collect

Pick up food from your local retailer.

Get Started at >> https://group.thecaboodle.co.uk/eligibility

It only takes 8 - 10 minutes.

Become a volunteer

Are you looking to volunteer with a community group to help collect and redistribute food? Connect with local community groups near you through Caboodle.

Find out more at >> https://group.thecaboodle.co.uk/volunteer-hub

Let's Caboodle to make good food go further!

Sally Butcher - Member Pioneer for Upchurch and Bobbing

Email: sally.butcher@coop.co.uk

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

Dear Upchurch,

This photograph doesn't show the whole picture of how amazing our August Upchurch collection for Swale Foodbank was.

Richard Divers' 7-seater car was absolutely packed. Both the passenger area and the boot. He again said that he was amazed by your generosity!

While donations from other areas are beginning to slow down because people are fearful, Upchurch is being more generous - Bless you, all ❤️

There is a real sense that you are saying to those who are struggling, don't worry - we are here - we have got this. We also had some cash donated to us to pass on so the Foodbank can buy items they are short of. 

Father God, we pray that the food donated today carries your blessing. May it nourish those who are struggling, and may it alleviate a small part of the anxiety they have about how they are going to cope.

Amen. 

We will be collecting your foodbank donations again at the bus stop opposite the church on Wednesday the 14th of September between 10:30am and 11:30am.

Thank you all so much 😀

Gill Gay - Foodbank Co-ordinator
Email: gilliangay99@yahoo.co.uk