Lions’ £800
boost to fund THE Lions Club of Maidstone has raised more than £800 for Marie Curie Cancer Care’s Great Daffodil Appeal. Lions Club members held col- lections in Tesco’s Grove Green store, on March 15 and 16, and encouraged everyone to give a donation in return for one of Marie Curie’s daffodil pins. The £839 raised by the Lions
will pay for nursing care for people with terminal illnesses, in their own homes. Lions Club president, Mal-
colm Luxton, said: “The work of the Lions Club has always fo- cused on the wellbeing of the community, and we are proud to be collecting for the Great Daffodil Appeal.” Daffodil pins can be picked up
from local stores, Marie Curie collectors, and Marie Curie Shops. To get involved in the Great DaffodilAppeal, call Fiona Dodd, on 01622 230745, or go to
www.mariecurie.org.uk/daf- fodil.
Garden gym plan DR Graham Mitchell has ap- plied for permission to demol- ish three garden sheds and build an outbuilding for garden storage and a gym unit at North Lodge Dene Park, Shipbourne Road, Hadlow. Tonbridge and Malling Council will decide.
Awards for local safety heroes
KCC COMMUNITY warden Liz Lovatt was honoured at Kent Police’s first Kent Community Safety Awards. Ms Lovatt, the community warden for Boughton Monchelsea, Chart Sutton and Loose, picked up the commu- nity safety award for working with the young and old in a range of capacities including providing safety advice, pro- moting inclusion for all ages, and keeping her communities free from fly-tipping and litter. Last year she obtained fund-
ing to pilot the Socket and See programme, which allowed her to buy a device to carry out safety checks on sockets and electrical equipment in peo- ple’s homes as well as fund some electrical works for the elderly or vulnerable. Paul Alcock, chairman of MaidSafe and the Town Centre Management team and general manager of The Mall shopping centre, was given the lifetime achievement award. The retired Premier League referee set up both the Town Centre Manage- ment team and MaidSafe, the town centre crime reduction partnership. Three years ago, after lots of hard work and lob- bying, Mr Alcock founded Urban Blue, a community bus operating in the town centre to
Paul Alcock receives the lifetime achievement award from Ann Barnes and Ian Learmoth, and below, community warden Liz Lovatt, winner of the community safety award
offer support to clubbers and people on nights out. During the week the bus, op- erated by Town Centre Man- agement in partnership with the Primary Care Trust, police andMaidstone Council, travels around schools and organisa- tions showing videos and edu- cating on subjects from teenage pregnancy to drug awareness. The Urban Blue bus team
was also the audience’s choice on the night for the special recognition award, in honour of the support it gives to people visitingMaidstone at night.
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