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RECRUITMENT


Opportunities with Home-Start…


Could you help other parents to help themselves?


As a parent and a Home-Start volunteer you could be offering, for just three hours each week, emotional support, friendships and practical help to families with young children.


Our free course offers an excellent opportunity to gain confidence and experience in subjects such as Relationships, Listening Skills & Children with Disabilities or Behavioural Problems. All out of pocket expenses are reimbursed.


and/or


Could you help us raise money to support our work as part of our volunteer fundraising team or through a sponsored activity or fun event?


For further information please contact Home-Start


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PUBLIC NOTICE Licensing Act 2003 Notice of application to vary a Premises Licence


Notice is hereby given that Simon David Daniel has applied to Maidstone Borough Council on 26/11/12 for the grant of a premises licence to use the premises at Maidstone United Football Club, The Gallagher Stadium, James Whatman Way, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1LQ. To vary the licence in respect of the provision of regulated entertainment.


Namely: Monday to Sunday 11:00 – 02:00 Any person who wishes to make a representation in relation to this application must give notice in writing of his/her representation by 24/12/12 stating the grounds for making said representation to: Maidstone Borough Council Licensing Office, Maidstone House, King Street, Maidstone, Kent ME15 6JQ. The Register of Record of Application can be viewed by members of the public during office hours at Maidstone Borough Council Licensing Office, or accessed online by visiting http://pa.sevenoaks.gov.uk/online- licensing/ Representation shall be made in writing. It is an offence knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application for a premises licence. The maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction for the offence is £5,000.


An


autumnal display of flowers, fruit and


vegetables from the garden society in Yalding


Flowers reflect life in village SEVERAL hundred visitors poured through the doors of St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Yalding, for a community-themed flower festival that co- incided with the harvest. More than 60 village organisations and businesses provided a range


of inspirationaland spectaculardisplays, from thebric-a-bracbarn, post office and forge, to the pre-school, Beavers, pensioner’s club and allot- ment society. The church flower group, under the direction of Sue Williams,worked


for four days prior to the three-day festival to ensure the church was packed with a splash of styles and colour, while a village history exhibi- tion in the upper church rooms gave visitors plenty to chat about. Rev Paul Filmer conducted the Harvest Festival communion on the


Sunday,whenheaccepted awide range of food onbehalf of the church, for donation to the Maidstone Day Centre.


Doughnut reward MEMBERS of Boughton Monchelsea Scout Group en- joyed a doughnut break after collecting and stacking 260 bags of clothes to raise funds for the group.


Orange juice stolen A THIRSTY thief stole a carton of orange juice from a doorstep just off theHigh Street, Yalding. The theft seemed to have co- incided with a delivery of char- ity bags.


Teenage robber behind bars A TEENAGER involved in a robbery at Grafty Green post office has been jailed for two years. The 17-year-old from London was arrested after DNA from a


glove discarded in a bush was matched with his, as well as phone records which placed him at the scene.Hewas tracked down by of- ficers from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate. More than £5,500 was taken during the robbery at the post office


on Headcorn Road last November, and a post office worker was hit three times in the face. Appearing before Maidstone Crown Court on October 26, after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing, the teenager was sentenced to two years in a young offenders institute. ChristopherWilliams (20), from Lambeth,was jailed in February


for four and half years for his part in the robbery. Detective Sergeant Adam Marshall said: “'This was a violent crime, fuelled by greed. It was a complex case involving multiple offenders.”


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Rising rent fears


MAIDSTONE has seen the biggest drop in incomes across the South East, according to figures from the National Hous- ing Federation. However, the news isn’t all bad, as the area has also seen the biggest fall in rents. The statistics show thatwhile income has fallen by 8%, rents have only fallen by 4%, leaving many families out of pocket. But with house prices forecast


to rise by 61%, the federation warns that rents in the South East are likely to soar by more than half over the next decade. Warren Finney, South East


lead manager for the National Housing Federation, said: “It’s crunch time for our unsustain- able housing market, with house prices and rents set to rocket in Kent as thousands of families are already struggling


to afford their home. “One in 16 families is cur-


rently on the waiting list for so- cial housing and it looks like the situation is going to get far worse.


“Being unable to afford the homes they need can stop peo- ple from moving for work. “It also prevents young couples from starting families, having a big impact on people’s aspirations and ultimately affect- ing the economy.” TheNationalHousing Federa-


tion is calling on the Govern- ment and the whole housing industry to take a long-term, joined up approach to tackle the market difficulties. More immediately, the Gov- ernment must release publicly- owned brownfield land to housing associations so they can build more houses, said Mr Finney.


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