4 Maidstone Borough Council Volunteering in Mote Park Are you registered
to vote? Local Elections will take place on 5 May 2011 in 18 Wards of the Maidstone Borough – Allington, Bearsted, Boxley, Coxheath & Hunton, Detling & Thurnham, Downswood & Otham, East, Fant, Harrietsham & Lenham, High Street, Leeds, Loose, Marden & Yalding, North, Shepway North, South, Staplehurst, Sutton Valence & Langley.
Volunteers, including children from Molehill Copse School, have planted new trees at Mote Park
People of all ages joined the first of Mote Park’s volunteering days to start the lottery funded improvement project.
The work included planting new trees - Alder, Birch, Hornbeam, Sweet Chestnut, Indian Bean Tree, Eastern Walnut, Beech, Tulip Tree, Oak, Redwood and Lime.
Maidstone Borough Council was awarded a £1.8 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Big Lottery Fund and is also investing £700,000 in the project.
It is the biggest investment in the park since the council purchased it from Lord Bearsted in 1929 for £50,000.
If you’d like to volunteer to help out with the project or to become a Friend of Mote Park contact Alan Frith, Mote Park Audience Development Officer on 01622 602119 or email
alanfrith@maidstone.gov.uk. Further details about the project can be found online on
www.maidstone.gov.uk
New views at Mote Park
Scrub and some poor quality trees have been removed to restore the landscape to how it was originally designed in the late 18th Century by the Earls of Romney.
The work has been completed with the help and advice of the Kent Wildlife Trust and care has been taken to ensure that the impact on wildlife has been minimised. This has been done by carrying out the works out of the bird nesting season; only removing a small percentage of scrub; cutting down scrub in stages to protect hibernating reptiles and having experts checking and leaving any trees where bats may roost.
Friends of Mote Park
The Friends of Mote Park help with the upkeep of the park and provide guided nature, wildlife, and bat walks. They act as a steering group for the council and represent the views of users.
You could be entitled to benefits?
You may think benefits to help you pay your rent or council tax are only for the retired, the unemployed or those unable to work, but Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit are available to people of all ages and circumstances.
Those in paid work may receive help depending on the size of their household, the amount of money they have coming in each week and the amounts they have to pay
in rent and council tax.
To find out if you could be entitled: Visit the Gateway in King Street, Maidstone for advice. Call 01622 602557
Visit
www.maidstone.gov.uk which includes a calculator for self-assessment to see what you could get.
www.maidstonesdream.co.uk
Are YOU registered to vote? The deadline to register for the 5 May election is 14 April 2011 so don’t delay, if you think that you are not registered telephone 01622 602007.
Polling Stations will be open from 7am to 10pm but if you prefer you can vote by post. The deadline to apply for a postal vote for the 5 May election is 5pm on 14 April 2011.
For help or information call electoral registration on 01622 602007.
There will also be a referendum on 5 May on the voting system for the UK Parliamentary Elections – everyone who is eligible will be able to vote in the referendum. Polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm.
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