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Sunday 26 July 2020

Please Nominate Holywell School to win £5,000 in National Book Tokens

WIN £5,000 for your school!

Please nominate Holywell School to win £5,000 in National Book Tokens to spend on their School Library - and if your entry is picked, you'll also get £100 of National Book Tokens to spend on yourself!

The prize draw closes at 11:59pm on Friday 31st July 2020. Winners will be contacted by Email.

Only one entry per person will be accepted. Entrants may not win more than one prize, but multiple entrants may nominate the same school.

The more nominations Holywell receives, the higher their chances of winning - so please get nominating at the link here >> www.nationalbooktokens.com/schools

About National Book Tokens

National Book Tokens have been inspiring book lovers since 1932. They work with their charity partners at World Book Day, Book Aid International and Read for Good - and through the thousands of people who give National Book Tokens as gifts and rewards to children and young adults each year - to encourage a lifelong love of reading among children everywhere.

Accepted in 1000s of bookshops, online and on eBooks, National Book Tokens are the perfect way to reward and inspire.

Thank you

Upchurch Matters

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Saturday 25 July 2020

Swale Borough Council Deep Cleans Roads to Improve Air Quality

Swale Borough Council has deep cleaned the roads and pavements in the borough’s five Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) to improve air quality.

As well as the usual level of cleansing to remove litter, leaves and debris and clear back the edges of weeds, council contractors Biffa worked to jet wash the tarmac in Newington, Ospringe, East Street and St Pauls Street in Sittingbourne, and Teynham to reduce the dangerous particulate matter deposited in the road from recirculating into the air.

Cllr Tim Valentine, cabinet member for the environment at the council, said:

“Deep cleaning the roads in our air quality management areas is important for eliminating the damaging particulate matter that is deposited into the road by traffic.

The dangerous matter can be deposited from vehicle brake pads, tyre wear, tail pipe exhaust emissions and various materials - mud, dust and other particles - attached to vehicle tyres.

When the deposits build up along the road, they can recirculate into the air every time a vehicle moves over them, which intensifies the pollution in an area already under a heavy burden.

We spend more than £1m each year on street cleansing services, street patrols to pick up litter and emptying more than 800 litter bins and 350 dog bins across the borough, and have now allocated additional funds to trial this extra service to reduce these dangerous particulates that can damage people’s health.”

For more information about air quality visit: www.swale.gov.uk/air-quality

Swale Borough Council

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Friday 24 July 2020

Please Sponsor Upchurch Colts FC Under 13s

Who would like the opportunity to sponsor Upchurch Colts FC Under 13s for just £20?

As we all know it’s been a tough few months and we appreciate money is tight, however we are trying to fundraise for our club.

For the price of £20 per go or £50 for three goes, the winner would have their business name printed on the team tracksuits.

Pick a team and Email me: katiemfc@hotmail.com

Please give me two back-up teams in case your chosen one has already been taken.

To be paid by cash or PayPal: katiemfc@hotmail.com

Thank you

Katie Kemlo

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Thursday 23 July 2020

Swale Borough Council Asks Local People for Their Input on Council Matters

Local communities will now have greater involvement in council decisions after a date was set for the first round of area committee meetings at last week’s annual council meeting.

The four area committees - Eastern, Sittingbourne, Sheppey and Western - will help give local people their say on council matters.

The first meeting will be the Western committee on 1st September, followed by Sittingbourne on 8th September, Sheppey on 22nd September and Eastern on 29th September.

Cllr Mike Baldock, deputy leader of the council, said:

“Area committees give local councillors a chance to reconnect with the public and bring valuable local insight to council decision-making.

We plan for the first round of area committee meetings to take place in September, however we now need to consider how we get the committees off the ground while taking social distancing rules into account.

Once off the ground, committees will draw up work programmes to improve quality of life in their areas and enable local insight to be brought to bear on issues being decided by the cabinet or the whole council.

Following consultation with the public late last year, we’ve decided on four areas - Eastern, Sittingbourne, Sheppey and Western - to allow for the nuances of town, country and coast to be fairly represented.

Honest and open dialogue with the public is a key priority for us, and we’re excited to get the first round of committees up and running”

The four committees will be made up of all the councillors representing wards in the following areas:

• Eastern - Abbey, Boughton and Courtenay, East Downs, Priory, St Ann’s, Teynham and Lynsted and Watling wards.

• Sheppey – Minster Cliffs, Queenborough and Halfway, Sheerness, Sheppey Central and Sheppey East.

• Sittingbourne - Chalkwell, Homewood, Kemsley, Milton Regis, Murston and Roman.

• Western - Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow, Borden and Grove Park, Hartlip Newington and Upchurch, the Meads, Woodstock and West Down.

Swale Borough Council

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