Latest POLICE.UK Crime Data for Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch Ward - January 2023

Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch Ward

25 crimes are shown on the map in January 2023 including:

3 Anti-social Behaviour

1 Other Theft

1 Public Order

4 Vehicle Crime

14 Violence and Sexual Offences

2 Other Crime

53 crimes were shown on the map in December 2022.

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

Car Transporter Stolen - Newington | Digger Windows Smashed - Upchurch

Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch Ward

Crime Number: 46/39577/23

Between 22:30 and 23:30 on Monday the 27th of February, somebody stole a Ford Transit car transporter, EY07***, from Orchard Drive, Newington. It had a white Vauxhall Corsa, BT12***, on the back. They were in a black Nissan. The police have the registration and are continuing their investigations.

Crime Number: 46/39336/23

Between 20:30 on Sunday the 26th of February and 08:51 on Monday the 27th of February, somebody smashed 3 windows of an 8-tonne digger at a building site in Poot Lane, Upchurch.

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

Update on Warmer Place and The Rainbow Café

Thank you to everyone who came along and supported us as we tried out our Warmer Place for the community at Upchurch Village Hall.

Also, a special thank you to the Village Hall Management Committee, Upchurch's Co-op and Swale Borough Councillor Richard Palmer, who all gave generously to enable us to open this monthly place of friendship without cost.

Sadly for various personal reasons, we will be unable to open our Warmer Place in March and April.

But we are considering reopening The Rainbow Café once again after Easter.

God bless you all ❤️

Gill Gay and the team from St Mary's and Uplift Churches

Upchurch Village Hall - AGM

Upchurch Village Hall Management Committee

Annual General Meeting

Thursday 13th April 2023 at 7:00pm in the Main Hall 

The Upchurch Village Hall Management Committee is a group of volunteers drawn from village organisations who give up their time to maintain and run the Village Hall on behalf of the community.

The AGM is a chance for village residents to find out what has been happening during the past year and hear about our plans for the future.

The meeting is open to all, so put the date in your diary and we hope to see you there!

Thank you

Upchurch Village Hall Management Committee

Website: www.upvh.co.uk

Temporary Road Closure - Yaugher Lane, Hartlip

It will be necessary to close part of Yaugher Lane, Hartlip from Monday 15th May 2023, with estimated completion by 26th May 2023.

Yaugher Lane, Hartlip will be closed between the junctions of Meresborough Lane and Matts Hill, to the extent indicated by signs and barriers on site.

The alternative route is Place Lane, Warren Lane, Matts Hill Lane and vice versa.

The closure is required for the safety of the public and workforce while duct works are undertaken by Openreach.

For information regarding this closure, please contact Openreach on: 0800 023 2023, who will be able to assist with the scope of these works.

KCC 24hr Contact Centre: 03000 418181

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

Kent County Council - Highways, Transportation & Waste

Christmas Market at Upchurch Village Hall - Amount Raised and Thank You

Gerry Lewin, Elspeth Baecke, Alison Lewin and David Steward, in St Mary’s Church,

announcing the amount raised by the Christmas Market held in 2022.

Thank you to everyone involved in the Christmas Market held at the village hall on Saturday the 10th of December 2022.

The market, organised by the Village Hall Management Committee, was a fundraising event for the St Mary’s Church Bell Tower Restoration Fund with refreshments provided by Upchurch WI and included a visit from Santa in his sleigh with giant reindeer, courtesy of Upchurch Parish Council.

The final amount raised on the day is £602 👏🏼

A big thank you to:

Organiser Gerry Lewin and the Village Hall Management Committee members who helped organise and run the whole event and staffed the raffle and to Upchurch WI for running the kitchen and kindly donating their profits.

All sponsors of the raffle:

BOOM hush Theatre Productions

The Crown at Upchurch

Overbury Estates

Joe's Bows

Tinx Fluid Art

Theia Glass

All Vehicle Services

Upchurch Players

The Three Tuns Lower Halstow

Upchurch's Co-op

Also to:

Kay Suzanne Creates for the poster artwork

Upchurch Matters and The Gabriel for publicity

The wonderful stallholders

Upchurch Parish Council for inviting Santa to visit us

And anyone else I have missed!

A JustGiving fundraising page has also been published to help towards the restoration.

Please visit the link to donate >> www.justgiving.com/campaign/upchurchbelltower

Thank you

Alison Lewin