Deadline for Applications Extended for the Co-op Local Community Fund

Apply for the Co-op Local Community Fund

The Co-op supports projects that make communities fairer for everyone.

Co-op members have raised over £85m for nearly 30,000 local projects since the Local Community Fund began in 2016.

To be eligible for funding, you must be a not for profit group and deliver a project to benefit your local community.

If successful, you will be part of the Local Community Fund for 12 months from 23rd October 2022 to 21st October 2023.

You can encourage Co-op members to support your local cause, and the more members that shop at the Co-op, the more money your project will receive.

You will find out if your application has been successful in October 2022.

If you are successful, you will receive your funds in November 2023.

To apply, you need to join the Co-op online community centre, Co-operate and send your application by the new extended deadline of Sunday the 12th of June 2022.

Check to find out if you are eligible and apply at: coop.co.uk/causes

Become a Co-op member and choose a local cause to support at: coop.co.uk/membership

Our current 3 local causes are:

1st Upchurch Brownies and Guides

Upchurch Support Network
Upchurch Village Hall

Sally Butcher - Member Pioneer for Upchurch and Bobbing

Email: sally.butcher@coop.co.uk

Jubilee Songs of Praise at St Mary’s Church, Upchurch

Join us for Jubilee Songs of Praise at St Mary’s Church, Upchurch on Sunday the 5th of June at 10:30am. 

Followed by coffee and cake.

Elspeth Baecke

Parcel Stolen - Hartlip

Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch Ward

Crime Number: 46/100793/22

Between 11:30 and 23:30 on Thursday the 12th of May, somebody stole a recently delivered parcel from a doorstep in The Street, Hartlip.

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

Swale Borough Council: Jubilee Bank Holiday Weekend - General Waste and Recycling Wheelie Bin Collections

Swale Borough Council wheelie bin collections are not affected by the Jubilee Bank Holiday Weekend.

Please leave your wheelie bins out for collection on the usual day.

To check your collection days, visit: www.swale.gov.uk/my-collection-day

Upchurch Matters

Upchurch WI Cake Stall at The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacons

Wendy Pitts - Upchurch Women's Institute

UpARA - Jubilee Fundraising Open Afternoon in Support of the DEC Ukraine Appeal

As part of The Queen's Platinum Jubilee 2022 celebrations, UpARA is holding a Jubilee Fundraising Open Afternoon in support of the DEC Ukraine Appeal at Upchurch Village Hall between midday and 4:00pm on Friday the 3rd of June.

There will be a variety of entertainment, plus tea, coffee, cake, baguettes, books and jigsaws on sale, raffles and fun fundraising activities.

UpARA would love to see as many people as possible - members, non-members, villagers, even if you just pop in and buy a cup of tea or a raffle ticket - the aim is that every pound spent will be sent to the appeal.

If you can donate a cake (bought or homemade to sell by the slice), please bring it along, or Email: uparaupchurch@gmail.com to bring it earlier. Books and jigsaws will also be on sale, so if you have anything to donate, please bring it on the day - thank you.

There will be a quiz in the evening after, where other village groups and organisations will be entering teams to win the coveted title of 'The Biggest Brains in Upchurch'.

If your village group or organisation would like to enter a quiz team, please Email UpARA at: uparaupchurch@gmail.com

ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TOWARDS THE DEC UKRAINE APPEAL

Upchurch Matters