Live Music at Upchurch Village Hall

Upchurch Village Hall. Picture courtesy of Kim Taylor Photography.

End this year's Village Fete Day at Upchurch Village Hall listening and dancing to

Singer and Guitarist Mick Harris

On Saturday the 20th of June

7:30pm for 8:00pm

Organised in aid of B U G S the Upchurch based Mobility Scooter Charity

Tickets are £5.00 and are available from:

Bob Goodon (B U G S) on: 01634 360517 or

Terry Lewis (Village Fete Committee) on: 07740 676703

Please bring your own drinks and nibbles

Terry Lewis
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Upchurch Horticultural Society - Spring Show

(In conjunction with the Village Fete in the Paddock opposite the Shops not the Village Hall)

Saturday 20th June 2015

If you have seen the Allotment Challenge programme on TV recently then come and see the Upchurch version.

It's easy to show and display your produce and flowers and you don't need to be an expert just an ordinary person.

Opening time is 11:30am upon completion of judging.

Exhibitors staging to be completed by 10:30am.

Prize giving and auction of produce starts at 3:45pm.

If you wish to join or enter a class contact Steve the Society Secretary on: 07703 339290 / 01634 373723 or Email: slaming@tycoint.com for more information.

Steve Laming

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Newington Festival - Annual Tug-of-War

Richard Thompstone
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UpARA - Latest Schedule of Events

David Powell - Chairman
Email: davidrpowell5@hotmail.co.uk
Telephone: 01795 843550
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Upchurch WI - Centenary Village Defibrillator Project

This year the Women’s Institute will be celebrating its Centenary and as a branch of East Kent, Upchurch are no exception with 40+ members meeting monthly in the Village Hall. The committee and members are united in wanting to do something to mark the occasion and would like to provide, with your help, a Defibrillator for our village and the community.

We have started the ball rolling by informing the Parish Council of our plans as we value their support and yours and we have been in touch with The Community HeartBeat Trust who have provided us with a Project Guide on a Community Public Access Defibrillator. Other rural areas are already realising the importance of these projects and how it can reduce the constraints on ambulance services. The cost of this would be in the region of £2500 and already donations have been promised towards this target.

Over the next few weeks we will be writing to organisations to see if they would like to contribute in some monetary way. This doesn’t have to be a huge sum although that is always welcome. You could hold a raffle, coffee morning or any fund raising event. If we all pull together we can achieve what might seem an impossible task to some, but for our community here in Upchurch, we know we can do it. A Defibrillator can be a lifesaving piece of equipment that you now see in many public places and who knows – it might be one of us who are in need one day.

The Defibrillator will need to be sited in the centre of the village and will be in a locked, weatherproof cabinet. Several local venues have been identified and individuals will be contacted with regards to their thoughts and participation. As a WI we are planning to host an open session in the next few months when we will be explaining this in more detail so please keep a look out for further information.

We do hope that you are as enthusiastic as we are and can offer your support and even consider coming along to one of our meetings which are held in the Village Hall on the 2nd Tuesday of every month barring August. We are just like Marmite, you will either love us or hate us but you don’t know until you try!

In the meantime, if you would like to contact us with regards to any of the aforementioned, please ring any one of the following;

Carol Williams (President of Upchurch WI - 01634 924231)
Gill Holland (Committee Member - 01634 366114)
Jan Bunting (Member - 01634 375109)

WI Website: www.thewi.org.uk

The Community HeartBeat Trust Website: www.communityheartbeat.org.uk

Thank you all for taking the time to read this. Goodbye for now.

Upchurch WI

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Distraction Burglaries in Kent

Please see below - A gentle reminder:

Water Board Artifice

Between the 23rd and 24th of March there have been a number of burglary artifice offences. All of the offences have 2 suspects that claim to be from the water board. They mention the need to locate the stop-cock. Offences are mainly on East Division in Deal, Dover, Canterbury on the 23rd and Ashford and Faversham on the 24th.

Distraction burglary/artifice is where the offenders trick or dupe the occupant or distract them, allowing the other person they are working with to gain access to the property and commit burglary. The elderly are particularly vulnerable to distraction burglary.

Please be vigilant. Be cautious, representatives from water, gas and electric companies rarely visit without appointments. If you are unsure do not answer the door.

If in doubt, keep them out.

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 Police Neighbourhood Watch

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