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Police Neighbourhood Surgery

The next Surgery is on Wednesday 21st July 2010 between 15:00 to 17:00 hours at Hilltop Primary School, Hilltop Road, Wainscott.  Do come along and talk in confidence to PCSO Mandip Clare about any issues or concerns you may have about your local neighbourhood.

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Free Family Fun in Upnor

image of The Doctor's Daughter poster

Stunning outdoor theatre for all ages at Upnor Castle when "The Doctor’s Daughter" performs on Sunday, 13 June 2010 from 4 to 6pm*.  Performed by students of Drama, Applied Theatre and Education at London’s Central School of Speech and Drama the production is created especially for Fuse Medway Festival.  Set in the 1940s against a wartime backdrop, it is a love story with a mischievous twist. A comic tale of trickery and infatuation, this interactive family show is packed with cheeky banter and colourful characters.

Enjoy the activities and bring a picnic for the first hour and then sit down to watch the performance. Entry is free…bring something comfy to sit on and all children must be accompanied by an adult. Join us for all the fun of the fair, with lively games, music and
dance.

*Booking is essential at Upnor Castle as space is limited. Please phone 01634 338319 to book, for more information or if you have access needs. Limited parking.

Fuse is Medway’s annual free arts festival. For the full line-up visit www.fusefestival.org.uk or phone 01634 338319.

A previous event by Medway Council Arts Development Team and Library Service in Upnor was on Wednesday 7th April from at Upnor Castle and involved art and craft, storytelling, puppetry, magic tricks and balloon art.  For more information please call 01634 338319.
photograph of a previous Family Fun Day

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A Better Medway Campaign Features Our Parish

image of poster produced by A Better Medway showing Wainscott allotment holdersimage of A Better Medway poster photographed in a snowy Upnor

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.

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Hilltop Swimming Pool Opens 22 February
 

The Hilltop Swimming Pool reopened during week beginning Monday 22 February after extensive refurbishment. It is available to hire by swimming clubs, youth associations or schools.

Please contact Mrs Kay on 01634 710 312 or email pool@hilltop.medway.sch.uk .

 

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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
 
The booklet has been put together as part of Medway's Local Transport Plan strategy, in partnership with Arriva, to improve public transport information.

For more information, please email transport.planning@medway.gov.uk

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Frindsbury Extra Women's Institute

The W.I. meetings are held on the second Monday of every month at the Memorial Hall, Holly Road, Wainscott at 7.30pm for 7.45pm. New members are welcome to come and see what we get up to!!

2 0 1 0   MEETINGS
 

February 8th - A talk by Lakeland.

March 8th - Maureen Utting will speak about the Witness Care Service.

April 12th - Birthday Party.  Local celebrity Paul Harris will speak about Unusual Variety Acts.

May 10th - Annual Meeting and Resolutions.

June 14th - Mel Rees will speak about My Life and Other Setbacks.

July 12th - Judie Abbott talks about the Life of a Lady Cruise Director.

August 9th - Meet for a pub crawl in Upnor.

September 13th - Betty Copplestone speaks about My Life as a Tour Guide.

October 11th - Pat Trott on Mountmellick - The Making of a Book.

November 8th - The Pudding Club - easy to make puddings by the FEWI members.

December 13th - Christmas Come Dine With Me.

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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.Link to the Call to Arms video

The Neo Futuristic Collective worked with local residents to produce this video. (Photographs and more information about A Call to Arms will be found part way down the linked page.)


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Calling all Carers in Medway: Sharing your problems is only a phone call away


Carers can now share their problems with trained counsellors by either the click of the mouse or a telephone call.

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

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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 Link to Adobe PDF Reader]

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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:  
Wednesday 25th November 2009

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
10am to 1pm – All Saints Parish Hall, Church Green, Frindsbury, Kent ME2 3HE

4pm to 7pm – Hoo Village Institute, 25 Main Road, Hoo St Werburgh, Kent ME3 9AA

Friday 27th November 2009
10am to 1pm – Stoke Village Hall, Mallard Way, Lower Stoke, Kent ME3 9ST

4pm to 7pm – Sports Hall, Chattenden Community Centre, Swinton Avenue, Chattenden, Kent ME3 8PH

Saturday 28th November 2009
10am to 2pm – The Lodge, top of Lodge Hill Lane, Chattenden, Kent ME3 8NE.

 

See the Consultation Poster. [File in PDF, needs Link to Adobe PDF Reader]
Any enquiries about the public consultations or exhibitions, please call 0845 683 2544 or visit the web site at www.lodgehill.info


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The Villager Rural Bus Excursions


For the latest Out and About newsletter and details of all the bus excursions available, click here.

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Upnor Residents' Association

For a while, the Parish Council provided website space to host the Upnor Residents' Association website. But since August 2009, they have launched their own, brand new one. Visit it now. [Note: website account currently suspended, May 2010.]

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The Shaftesbury Homes and T.S. Arethusa at Upnor

Click here to visit our informative web page about T.S. Arethusa and The Shaftesbury Homes.

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Lower Upnor Riverside Project
 
See the Lower Upnor Village Green scheme. An exhibition showing the Masterplan for this Project was previously held at the CHURCH of St PHILIP & St JAMES UPNOR ROAD. Click here for more information.

Scheme received Outline Planning Permission from Medway Council, Autumn 2009

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Parish & Local History Records

Are you searching for old parish records? Researching your family tree? Interested in local history? Then click here for more information.

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Wainscott WWII Casualties

A list of the servicemen casualties from World War II (1939 - 1945) has been compiled.   Visit it here.

In memory of The Fallen from Wainscott and surrounding area, a Wreath from the Parish Council was laid by Councillors on 11th November 2009 at the War Memorial within the Memorial Hall. Members and Leaders from the Brownies were also present for this important occasion.

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Memorial Hall Refurbished
photograph of the refurbished Memorial Hall which is available to hire
Frindsbury Extra Memorial Hall, Holly Road, Wainscott has been refurbished inside and a disabled access ramp installed. An ideal venue available for meetings, receptions, parties and other gatherings.
For more details and to hire, please contact the Memorial Hall booking clerk, Freda Atkinson on 01634 719426. Go to Memorial Hall web page.

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Parish Allotments
photograph of the parish allotments which may be available to rent
The Parish Council provides a small allotment site in Wainscott. From time to time, allotment plots become vacant. For more information on how to apply, click here.

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Local Environment, Walks and Footpaths

photograph of Lower Upnor from Upnor Castle
The Parish, being mostly in a rural setting, has a good number of marked public footpaths. This web page has a map and ideas for walks along the footpaths.
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Please inform the Webmaster in advance of any parish or community events to be listed here.
Email: webmaster@frindsburyextra-pc.gov.uk

or telephone 01474 822676.


More specific webpages of particular interest...

~~ Click here to go to... Community Safety and Neighbourhood Watch... ~~

~~ Click here to go to... T.S. Aretheusa & The Shaftesbury Homes... ~~ 
~~ Click here to go to... WWII Wainscott Casualties... ~~
~~ Click here to go to... Two Brothers Remembered... ~~
~~ Click here to go to... A Parish pub, naval battles and Trafalgar celebrations... ~~

~~ Click here to go to... Parish Allotments... ~~


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