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Funding Available The Hythe Institute Fund considers applications for funding from local organisations including schools, scouts and guide groups, sports clubs and the trustees of local halls and facilities; who may require funds for maintenance or improvements.

The recipients must be in the Hythe parish (including Hythe, Seabrook, Saltwood, Palmarsh, Lympne and Newingreen).

To apply for funding go to www.hytheinstitutefund.org.uk or e-mail us on hytheinstitutefund@gmail.com or call us on 01303 278888.

Trustees meet to review applications every four months. The cut off dates to receive applications are: • 10 January • 30 April • 30 September

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Report from your County Councillor for Newington

On 10 September KCC held a special meeting to agree inyear budget savings. Thank you to everyone who took the trouble to respond to the public consultation on the difficult decisions we have to make. At the same meeting we adopted the Kent Mineral Sites Plan which identifies where materials such as sand and gravel can be extracted in Kent. Many sites were considered including one for sand extraction at Postling.

The Postling site was withdrawn at an early stage and none of the sites in the plan are near Sellindge. It’s always a difficult process to identify sufficient sites for now and for future generations but the process is very thorough and reviewed by an external Planning Inspector. All council papers are available on the website www.kent.gov.uk and the meetings themselves now take place online but are still webcast live.

You will have seen reports in the media that KCC is currently in breach of our statutory responsibility with regard to Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC). We are currently caring for 589 UASC and still have financial responsibility for a further 945 who were in care and remain our financial responsibility until they are 25. This has overwhelmed our resources – social workers, foster carers, accommodation and funding and we must keep some capacity to protect citizen children who are at risk of harm. There is a national dispersal scheme for adults and families but not for UASC and this burden has therefore fallen disproportionately on Kent. KCC is assessed as being able to safely care for 231 UASC. The decision not to take further UASC was not taken 9

lightly but the responsibility for new arrivals must now be with the Government for what is a national problem.

Turning to some good news, despite the financial challenges there’s still much we can do to reach our environment goal of Net Zero by 2030 for KCC’s own services and estate and for Kent as a whole by 2050. We’ve been installing solar panels on our own buildings as well as over 100 schools including most recently Wyvern school in Ashford where on 02 September I joined the staff for the official switch-on.

I am pleased to report that we have been working with our contractors to increase the number of slots available at our busiest Household Waste Recycling Centres and the limit on the number of visits per household has been increased from two per month to four. Bookings can be made up to a month in advance online at www.kent.gov.uk/hwrcbook or by phone 03000 41 73 73. The Folkestone HWRC remains one of the busiest in Kent but the New Romney HWRC is the quietest so if you if you can’t get the day you want in Folkestone, it’s worth trying there.

Susan Carey Member for Elham Valley Kent County Council

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Friends of St Nicholas Church Newington Restoring and maintaining this historic building and its grounds

Charity number: 1122652

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The editor of The Sentinel is also responsible for sending Hythe, Newington and Sandgate related event information to the Folkestone Herald. If you have an event you wish to publicise it is needed by Tuesday at 17:00. The information should appear in the edition two weeks later although it is not guaranteed.

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New dates 3rd, 17th and 24th October (All Saturdays)

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Report from your District Councillor for Newington

Newington Parish Council 24th August I was pleased to attend the first face to face meeting of Newington Parish Council at since lockdown. The meeting, in Georges Barn, strictly met social distancing rules and two new coopted Members, Cleo Smith and Denise Miller, were welcomed to the Council.

Napier Barracks Residents will understandably be concerned about the Home Office decision to use Napier Barracks as a processing Centre for asylum seekers. We have raised our concerns with the Home Office and residents can keep up to date with he evolving developments at https:// www.folkestone-hythe.gov.uk/ news/napier-barracks-update Places and Policies Local Plan This very important plan was adopted by a clear majority at an extraordinary meeting of the full Council on 16th September 2020.The plan is the culmination of several years of hard work and puts the Council in a strong position to resist and speculative housing developments whilst meeting its legal obligation to 14

provide sufficient land for future homes and employment.

Housing Services Under my Housing Portfolio work has been continuing apace to be ready for 1st October when the Districts Council housing takes back control of its housing stock East Kent Housing and will directly deliver the service a. to its some 3400 tenants and 215 leaseholder. b Waste Services Folkestone & Hythe District Council has concluded a new 8year contract with Veolia to continue the kerbside waste and recycling collections. Our District was one of the few that kept the full range of waste and recycling collections operating without interruption during lockdown including accepting new enrolments for the garden waste service. The new contract will include a new ‘green’ fleet of vehicles and a number of initiatives to help us achieve the council’s ambition of Net Zero for its services by 2030. Services to your property will continue to be alternating fortnightly waste and recycling collections and a weekly food waste collection.

David Godfrey - Cabinet Member for Housing, Transport and Special Projects

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In the Church this October 2020 October.11 Holy communion 9.30 am MONDAY October 26 Holy communion 6.30pm With continuing change with corona virus, things are subject to change but notices will be placed on the church notice board.

For any further Church information please call 01303 270604

Folkestone and Hythe Cats Protection shop in Hythe is now open: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10am - 3pm.

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All now available in paperback and on Kindle Set in Folkestone in the heady days of the late 60s.

They say if you can remember it, you weren't there!

Two plays. One an imaginary meeting between Dylan Thomas and Brendan Behan in a Fitzrovia pub. The other is Caitlin Thomas reminiscing after the untimely death of her husband.

This is the tale of Hana, a young girl who moves from where she was born in London, to the Kent coast. They discover a wonderful area called Prince's Parade which is full of amazing animals, has a beautiful canal and is right next to the sea too! By buying this book you will be helping to protect it. All profits from it will be donated to the Save Prince's Parade campaign which aims to halt plans to develop the area into a housing estate.

This walk through the history of Sandgate to the present day was first performed at the Chichester Hall a decade ago on Wednesday, 9th June, 2010.

It is now available on Kindle or in paperback.

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