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| Chilham Parish |
| Check out the self funding locally run Chilham Parish website to find out loads of useful and interesting information and anecdotes about the parish and its local history. |
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| Enjoy Chilham |
| Check out the Enjoy Chilham website for more information on Chilham and its local businesses. |
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| Chilham's Future |
| Check out the Chilham's Future Delivery Board website to find out what they are doing to revitalise Chilham Square. |
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| Chilham Village Hall |
| Check out the Chilham Village Hall website to find out the facilities available and how to book. |
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| Old Wives Lees Village Hall |
| Check out the Old Wives Lees Village Hall website to find out the facilities available following the recent refurbishment and how to book. |
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| Chilham School |
| Check out the Chilham St Marys CofE Primary School website to find out their latest news and useful information for prospective parents. |
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| Chilham Nursing Association |
| The object of this charity is to relieve in cases of need, persons resident in the parishes of Chilham, Godmersham, Challock and Molash who are sick, convalescent, disabled, handicapped or infirm ... provided that neither the National Health Service nor the Social Services is not bound by statute to meet such assistance. |
| If you are aware of any person who could benefit from this charity, please contact Rev Chris Duncan on 01227 730235. |
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| Chilham United Charities |
| These charities are for the benefit of any needy person in the parish of Chilham - including Old Wives Lees and Shottenden. |
| Anyone aware of a person living in the parish who could benefit should contact Rev Chris Duncan on 01227 730235. |
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| Wealden Wheels |
| Following promising usage of this scheme in 2009 and 2010, the parish council decided to fund extending membership for another year – at the last count 22 groups and families have enrolled to use this service and average usage is 2 bookings per month. |
| They operate 3 vehicles: |
| 1) a 15-seater custom-built Vauxhall Movano, with a tail lift for wheelchair access and removable seats that allows transport for up to 3 wheelchair-bound passengers or folded wheelchairs |
| 2) a 9-seater Ford Tourneo, again with removable seats for additional space |
| 3) a 7-seater Volkswagen Caddy, with disabled access via a rear ramp. This vehicle is owned by East Kent Strokes and is managed by Wealden Wheels on their behalf. It is available for hire to all members. |
| For more details contact Wealden Wheels on 01233 840000. |
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| Free Information and Advice Service from Age UK |
| Age UK offer Information and Advice, predominately to those aged over 50 covering: |
-Benefit Information, Advice & Form-Filling Service for Benefits such as Attendance Allowance, Pension Credit, State Pension and many more
-Information & Help applying for Heating Grants
-Help finding Trusted Tradesmen or Free Handyman services in your area
-Carer Information
-Advice and referrals for Disability Aids
-Referrals to a range of services such as Health / Social Care Organisations for assistance |
| Home visits can be arranged or you can drop into any of their local offices. |
| For more details contact Lana Newman of Age UK on 01233 668765 |
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| Citizens Rights for Older People (CROP) |
| CROP is an independent advocacy service who will advocate for any older person. Do you need
someone to speak on your behalf? |
| One of their trained volunteer advocates will visit you in your own home to help with most issues, for
example: |
-Negotiating Care Services
-Making a Complaint
-Putting finances in order
-Benefits/Council Tax/Pension Credits
-Family and Other Conflict
-Helping recently bereaved with paperwork
-Abusive Behaviour
-Consumer Disputes |
| The service is free and confidential. |
| Email the Ashford and Shepway team for more information. |
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| Kent Probation - Community Payback |
| In any week the community payback scheme carries out nearly 6,000 hours of unpaid and supervised work for the community across Kent as offenders pay back for the crimes they have committed. |
| Community Payback projects range from litter removal to clearing dense under growth, and environmental projects through repairing and redecorating community centres or removing graffiti. Offenders usually work as part of a team, monitored by a supervisor, and will work all day with short breaks, although there are some opportunities for individual placements. |
| Local people and community groups are encouraged to help with the selection of projects that will help make their community a better place to live. The scheme looks for projects or jobs, not normally carried out by paid workers, which combine both hard work and learning skills. |
| To be considered your project must meet the following criteria: |
| a) It must benefit the local community |
| b) It must not take paid work away from others |
| c) No one must make a profit from the work |
| d) It must be challenging and demanding |
| e) It must be worthwhile and constructive |
| Offenders must be seen to be putting something back into the community. |
| Anyone can nominate a project, so, if you are an individual, member of a club, community group, faith group or voluntary organisation and have a project that fits the criteria above please call Kent's Community Payback Resource Hub on 03000 473100. |
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| Public Transport Journey Planner |
| Travelling by public transport to our from London and the Southeast - then check out the Traveline website to plan your trip using buses coaches trains or undergound. |
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| Severe weather train service updates |
| Dont freeze waiting for a train service that has been cancelled due to the bad weather - checkout the National Rail website to get live travel updates. |
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| Kent Landscape Information System |
| Want to find out more about the countryside around us - then check out the Kent Landscape Information System website and get details of access to the local countryside, its landscape and its character. There a loads options you can select. It can even show you the parish boundary. |
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| WhatsOn Listing |
| Want to find out more about village events and clubs, then check out our whats on in the parish page. |
| Our community events committee have put this together. The aim is to promote any event in the parish so if you want your event included please contact the clerk using the feedback form on our how are we doing page. |
| The Whats On listing will also be posted on village noticeboards at the start of each month. |
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| Recycling |
| Do you realise that our Parish actually receive revenue from the bottle banks and recycled paper banks situated in the car park at Taylor’s Hill in Chilham? |
| You could make the journey to Taylor’s Hill car park to recycle glass, bottles, paper etc. so our Parish can benefit. |
| Items recyclable at this site are newspapers and magazines, glass, bottles, jars (but not Pyrex), aluminium or steel cans (such as drinks and rinsed food tins) |
| Since 2008, recycling grants of £19k from the parish council have enabled community projects costing over £80k to obtain match funding of over £41k from other sources so that they could be completed successfully. |
| Check out the finance committee section of our what we are doing page to find out how this money has been allocated to village organisations. |
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| Recycle Low Energy Bulbs |
| The CoBRA scheme is a multi national award winning scheme allows community volunteers to become custodians of a small collection box for CFLs (Low Energy Light Bulbs), which, on a large scale, are very harmful to the environment if not recycled properly due to their mercury content. |
| After a short and simple sign-up process on our website the volunteer will be sent a collection box, free of charge, and given all the tools they’ll need to undertake their important work. All they need do then is to take the contents of the full box to one of our ‘bulking up’ centres. From there, they will be collected and responsibly recycled by Recolight – a not-for-profit industry compliant who are generous enough to be supporting this scheme throughout the UK. |
| CoBRA already has the interests of over 50 UK councils since its launch in September and the backing of environment minister, Lord Henley, and is fully approved by all the relevant agencies (E.A., defra and DfT). |
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| Neighbourhood policing |
| You can also contact our Neighbourhood PC Lorayne Brown on 07800 675415, our PCSO Matt Link on 07972 004407 or our KCC Community Warden Karen Peck on 07813 695817. |
| Call 999 if a crime is happening now, people are injured, people are being threatened or are in danger, or someone suspected of committing a crime is nearby. |
| Call Kent Police on 101 to report minor crime. |
| More information on neighbourhood policing can be found on the Kent Police website or the new Neighbourhood Watch website. |
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| Litter and Fly-tipping |
| Our litter picker patrols the centre of our villages once a week but if you see a build up of litter in your village contact the clerk to arrange for it to be cleared up. If you see litter outside the village you can also contact the clerk or contact ABC Street Cleansing on 01233 330535. |
| Useful information on keeping our parish clean and tidy can also be found on the Clean Kent website. |
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| Potholes, Signs, Overgrown Verges |
| Kent Highways inspect our roads once a month but if you see a pothole, a damaged sign or overgrown verge, blocked drain or any other highway issue, contact them on 08458 247 800. |
| You can also log and track highway faults on the internet using the KHS Online Portal. |
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| Fly Posters |
| Unofficial posters are becoming an increasing problem in the parish especially when they are positioned on dangerous junctions and could distract drivers and result in accidents. |
| The parish council supports local businesses and their use of appropriate advertising. Removing illegal signs is a matter for Kent Highways and the parish council has no powers to remove signs itself. |
| The role of the parish council is to encourage advertisers to understand and act within the law and also encourage the appropriate authority to act when necessary. The booklet Outdoor Advertisements And Signs - Guide For Advertisers is recommended reading. |
| If you see a badly positioned or unofficial poster please contact the clerk or better still contact the Ashford Borough Council Planning Enquiries team and they will be able to take the necessary action. |
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| Roadworks |
| Delays due to roadworks dont have to take you by surprise and delay your journey... |
| Kent Highways have a regular piece in Kent On Sunday providing travel advice and details of planned roadworks and you can also find more information on their website. |
| You can also register with the Elgin system to receive email alerts of roadworks within a specified distance from your chosen post code. |
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| Traffic News |
| You can get up to date traffic information on the BBC Kent traffic web page. Another way of preventing unforeseen delays to your journey ... |
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