Charity chiefs are honoured Bunker project


FORMER armed robber Bobby Cummines has received a New Year’s honour for his work in helping ex-offenders to turn their lives around. Awarded the OBE, Bobby (pic- tured), who is chief executive of Un- lock, set up the Snodland-based charity with other former prisoners in 1998. The campaigning group, which has


a small office in the High Street, helps reformed ex-prisoners over- come social exclusion and discrimi- nation. He said that after spending 13


years behind bars for bank robberies and or- ganised crime, the prejudice and bigotry he


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met when trying to lead a reformed life and find work could have sent him back to crime. The former chief excutive of


Aylesford-based Royal British Le- gion Industries, was also honoured with an OBE. John Quin, 70, who stepped


down last year after 15 years in the role, received the honour for his services to ex-servicemen and women. He joined the RBLI after retiring


from a career as a finance director and is now chairman of the Mission Aviation Fellowship, a Christian or-


ganisation providing light aircraft as lifelines in remote areas.


LEYBOURNE Parish Council has undertaken measures to prevent gypsies from returning to an illegal occupation site. In the summer of 2009, a


group of travellers – and their three caravans – set up near the junction of Ashton Way and the A20 London Road before moving on to land behind the stream at Lillieburn. Tonbridge and Malling Bor-


ough Council evicted the gyp- sies by issuing enforcement notices, but they came back to the A20 site late last year. The parish council was ad-


vised that the gypsies, who are moving around while they await the availability of perma-


is still on track DESPITE missing out on £50,000 of Big Lottery funding, Holmesdale Technol- ogy College at Snodland is continuing to press ahead with its plans for the Bunker Project. The school was pipped at the post in


the televised People’s Millions public vote when more viewers opted for a Sheppey sailing club’s plea to improve its facilities. Although disappointed, Bunker Proj-


Action to halt gypsy occupation


nent accommodation, were likely to follow the same pat- tern as the previous year and move on to Lillieburn. The council acted quickly to


safeguard the land by installing ragstone boulders in this area. After the gypsies were ordered to leave the A20 land, two weeks after first moving there, they left Leybourne. The parish council then installed posts to prevent themfrom returning to the A20 land in the future. Parish council chairman Cllr


Bob Ulph said: “Whilewe sym- pathise that they have got to go somewhere, when they are so close to properties it causes problems.”


ect partners have reaffirmed their de- termination to press ahead with a cycle andmotorbike workshop on the school site. The scheme would be run by vol- unteers in conjunction with the new supervised off-road track about to be commissioned in Birling. The workshop has the backing


of Sgt Kevin Brigden from Kent Police, Snodland Town and bor- ough Cllr Anne Moloney, Kevin Bush from the Snodland Friends and Bikers Motor Cycle Club, Charlie Grayhurst from the Snod- land Town Partnership and Stewart Vanns of Revolutions Cy- cling. The school’s project analyst


Sue Ricketts said: “It was a dev- astating blow not to win the lot- tery funding but there is still plenty of support for the project. There is a real need for meaning- ful safe and legal activities to en- gage young people in this area.” Anyone wishing to support the project can contact Sue at Holmesdale on 01634 240416.


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