News and Local Events Time and Tides -- A local history and community arts project Money has been awarded to the ICON Theatre recently by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Medway Council to run a local history and arts project focussing on the villages of Cuxton, High Halstow and Upnor and anyone with an interest in the area. The project is called Time and Tides and offers a chance for local communities to research their local history and take part in arts and drama activities. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wainscott Village Sign
The long awaited village sign for Wainscott has now been installed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frog Island Pond, Upnor -- An Update, May 2011 There has been a frustrating few months with the pond. Despite discussions with Medway Council and agreement on a plan of action starting in April, it appears the emails got lost. There has also been a reorganisation of the Greenspaces department with someone else responsible for areas like our pond.
I have resent the emails to them and had a site meeting in early May to discuss the pond and next steps. Now that we are moving from spring to summer it is not the best time to do anything that could affect the wildlife and Medway Council have some high priority work on their country parks that has to be finished first. The plan when this work is complete is :-
Longer term plans would be a path on the a shore line and a dipping stage – finance permitting. Chris Fribbins ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Speech and Language Drop-In Sessions A series of free drop-in sessions are taking place across Medway. At the sessions, speech and language therapists from Medway Community Healthcare will be there to help and advise you. Parents who have any concerns about their children's speech and language skills are invited to come and meet local specialists at a series of free drop-in sessions taking place across Medway. At the sessions, speech and language therapists from Medway Community Healthcare will be available with valuable advice and tips on encouraging children, aged up to 5 years old, to develop their language and communication skills. "Communication skills are a critical part of every child's development and parents play a vital role in helping develop their children's skills. This is particularly important where parents may have concerns about their child's speech or language skills,” explained Pranali Shah, children's speech and language therapist at Medway Community Healthcare. This year, the National Year of Communication, has seen a focus on increasing the understanding of the importance for children and young people to develop strong communication skills. Each year, Medway Community Healthcare's children's speech and language therapy team support around 700 local children and their parents. The drop-in sessions, being held at Children's Centres in Medway (see link below), are an informal chance for parents and their children to talk through any concerns and discuss ways to help their children develop more confident communication skills. For more information, visit www.medwaycommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/speech -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TIME AND TIDES Do you live in or near Upnor? Got an unusual story about your village or a hidden artistic talent? Taking inspiration from the BBC4 series Michael Wood’s Story of England we’re helping communities to investigate their hidden histories and unique stories from their village's past. The findings will be presented artistically through drama, recordings, artwork, music, talks, workshops and events that the community can come together and enjoy. To find out more about the project, get involved or register your interest, contact Nancy on: 01634 813 179 nancy@icontheatre.org.uk www.timeandtidesproject.blogspot.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Better Medway Campaign Features Our Parish
A Better Medway is an exciting new campaign for everyone living or working in Medway to help us all make small but significant changes to lead healthier and longer lives. We are delighted that, as a part of the launch advertising, our parish locations (Wainscott allotments and a snowy Upper Upnor) with local residents feature on two posters. You can join in A Better Medway by pledging to make a small change that could make a big difference to your health and well-being at www.abettermedway.co.uk. There are grants of up to £5,000 available for voluntary or community groups in Medway who would like to champion an event or idea to make leading a healthier lifestyle easier. The activity would support communities in Medway to eat healthily, prevent and stop smoking, get active, drink sensibly or cope with stress. Maybe you would like to hold a roller skating party, cookery classes or tango classes. Email Manjit Sohal on manjit@kentcf.org.uk or call 07812 555024. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Medway Bus Operator's Timetable All of Medway’s bus timetables are now available in a new free booklet. This user-friendly booklet contains the timetable information for all operators’ services including Arriva, ASD, Chalkwell, Kings Ferry and Nu-venture. It
is available from all of Medway’s Contact Points and libraries. Timetables can also be downloaded at www.medway.gov.uk/buses.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Call to Arms The Medway Fuse Festival urban art production which involved the people and iconic sites of both Upnors in Summer 2009 is now available on the internet.
Carers’ Line Medway is a free service that is provided by Care First, an independent organisation, on behalf of Medway Council. Trained counsellors are available to provide support for carers who need to talk to someone about a range of issues connected with their caring responsibility, including family and personal problems, bereavement and health-related issues. Care First also has information specialists who can help with issues such as debt management, housing and consumer issues. The telephone counselling service is available 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Carers who want counselling support or who just want to talk about an experience or situation they are finding difficult to manage can contact the team of fully trained counsellors in confidence. Carers can talk to a counsellor on the phone or through a webchat facility from Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm. They can also receive up to six free sessions of face-to-face counselling, if needed. Carers living in Medway can access this service by phoning 0800 1974517. Counselling is also available online at www.care-first.co.uk. To obtain the username and password, please email counsellingforcarers@medway.gov.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Community Grants Available
See an information flyer
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help People Help Each Other - A Public Competition Kent Connects are running a competition for members of the public to come up with ideas on how to improve public services. Do you have an idea on how to make your local area a better place to live using technology? Do you want to win the chance for your idea to be turned into reality and win up to £3000 in prizes? This competition is to stimulate collaboration between public services, entrepreneurs and communities to develop innovative ways of using technology to improve their neighbourhoods…and we need your ideas! Here are the two sub-challenges: 1. Help people help each other in your neighbourhood 2. Make it easier for you to report issues to your council To submit your idea and for a lot more information: Go to http://bit.ly/submityouridea -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposed Development at Lodge Hill, Chattenden Land Securities plc have produced an information pamphlet about the proposed development. See the pamphlet in PDF format. [File in PDF, needs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Plans for the proposed mixed-use development by Land Securities PLC of the previous MOD land at Lodge Hill were on public display for public consultation as follows: 10am to 1pm – Cliffe Men’s Social Club, Symonds Road, Cliffe, Kent ME3 7SS 3.30pm to 6.30pm - High Halstow Village Hall, High Halstow, Kent Thursday 26th November 2009 4pm to 7pm – Hoo Village Institute, 25 Main Road, Hoo St Werburgh, Kent ME3 9AA Friday 27th November 2009 4pm to 7pm – Sports Hall, Chattenden Community Centre, Swinton Avenue, Chattenden, Kent ME3 8PH Saturday 28th November 2009
See the Consultation Poster. [File in PDF, needs
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Click here to visit our informative web page about T.S. Arethusa and The Shaftesbury Homes. A list of the servicemen casualties from Wainscott during World War II (1939 - 1945) has been compiled. Visit it here. or telephone 01474 822676. More specific webpages of particular interest... ~~ Click here to go to... Community Safety and Neighbourhood Watch... ~~ ~~
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