April 2025 Edition of The Gabriel - Upchurch Village Magazine

The Gabriel team has gained access to their printing and collating machines and are cautiously optimistic that normal production and door-to-door deliveries can resume with effect from the May issue.

Editor Dave Candy would like this month's parish magazine to reach the residents, and we are pleased to help by making it available to read online.

Could you volunteer to help produce The Gabriel?

Please read the April edition online to find out how you can help the team.

Visit the link to read the magazine in PDF format: www.upchurchmatters.co.uk/Gabriel-April-2025.pdf

Email: upchurchgabriel@gmail.com

Upchurch Matters

Window Smashed - Upchurch

Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch Ward

Crime Number: 46/48888/25

On Saturday, the 22nd of March, around 14:55, somebody smashed the window of a residential property in Oak 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

Wilf Busbridge 1938 - 2025

Wilf Busbridge

Wilf sadly passed away on Monday the 10th of March, aged 86. He will be sadly missed by his loving wife Marian, son Simon, daughter Kerry, and all his family and friends.

Born in Lower Halstow in 1938, Wilf moved to Drakes Close in Upchurch as a young child, where his sister still lives today.

Wilf's funeral will take place at 1:00pm on Wednesday the 23rd of April, at Garden of England Crematorium, Sheppey Way, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8GZ.

Please visit Wilf's obituary: www.funeralguide.co.uk/obituaries/132429

Thank you

Kerry Geer

Vehicle Stolen - Upchurch

Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch Ward

Crime Number: 46/48173/25

Between 8:00pm on Sunday the 16th of March and 7:52am on Monday the 17th of March, somebody stole a black Vauxhall Insignia, YO17***, from a driveway in Halstow 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

Upchurch Choral Society - Come and Sing Day

For more information, please contact Upchurch Choral Society Secretary Liz Walters.

Email: kbl.walters@talk21.com

Telephone: 01634 361897

Upchurch Parish Council - Schedule of Meetings in 2025

This is to inform you of the schedule of meetings for Upchurch Parish Council in 2025.

The next Full Council Meeting is Thursday, 3rd April 2025, at 19:30 at Upchurch Village Hall.

The Annual Parish Meeting - a public meeting that provides a platform for local groups and residents to come together to discuss community matters is Thursday, 10th April 2025, at 19:30 at Upchurch Village Hall. 

The May Full Council meeting, the Annual Meeting of the Council, is on Thursday, 1st May 2025, at 19:30. Due to the local elections taking place on this day at Upchurch Village Hall, this meeting will take place at Holywell Primary School, Forge Lane, Upchurch.

The schedule of meetings from June onwards will be agreed at the Annual Meeting in May.

Upchurch Parish Council meets on the first Thursday of each month at Upchurch Village Hall at 19:30.

Thank you

Nina Henley

Clerk and Proper Officer to Upchurch Parish Council

Tel: 07798 600696

Email: clerk@upchurchparishcouncil.gov.uk

Website: www.upchurchparishcouncil.gov.uk