Tiger school’s summer fete is a roaring success! TIGER Primary School’s Parents and Wider Support group (PAWS) held its first summer fete – and the sun shone brightly. Morethan150families attended theevent, whichwas
ahugesuccessandraised£1,700fornewresourcesand curriculum support activities for Tiger pupils. Theevent,atNewLine LearningAcademy, in Boughton
Lane, promised fun for all the family, and the hundreds who turned outwere not disappointed! Therewasabouncy castle, barbecue,andlotsofmusic
anddance–fromtroupes including the JAGDanceAcad- emy, Flair School of Dance, Maidstone Dance Studios andReel Eire School of IrishDance. Therewere also dis- plays from Kidz Kung Fu Academy, Kent Karate and the Tiger Primary Dancers. The special guest at the event was the school's new mascot, Tiggy the Tiger, whose namewas chosen by Tiger pupils.
Tiggy the Tiger with Anezka, Honey and EllieMay, and left, the cake stall, which proved very popular
Council officer’s job goes in cash cuts
MAIDSTONE Council’s longest- serving senior member of staff has departed as the authority aims to trim £5.5m off its bill by 2018. The council had employed Harris
Neil
(right), the head of democratic services,
for
more than 30 years until his re- cent departure as a result of cash cuts. Often re- ferred to by members as “the Welsh wizard”, Mr Harris took on many areas of responsibility during his timewith the council.
His position will now no
longer exist, with his roles being taken on byAngelaWoodhouse, head of policy and communities and Paul Riley, head of finance and resources. The re-organisation of senior officers, which involves chang- ing their titles to heads of de- partment, will save £135,000. Savings of £1.8m must be made for 2014/15, when Maidstone loses 12% (£660,000) of its Gov- ernment funding and inflation and contractual increases take effect. The majority of next year’s savings, about £500,000 a year, will result from Maidstone’s
new waste management part- nership with Ashford and Swale councils. Other shared service schemes with neigh- bouring councils may also be explored. Chris Garland, the council leader, said: “We have identi- fied £1.33m of these saving so far, and now need to find an- other £473,000 for the 2014/15 budget. “These are unfortunately challenging and changing times. A much-needed review of staff has been undertaken and, by and large, implemented. We all wish Neil well in the future.” Cllr FranWilson, the Lib Dem
group leader, pleaded with Cllr Garland not to make any more staff redundant. “I trust that £473,000 will not mean more staffwalking out,” she said. “We are at crisis point.We have been cut to the bone and cannot af- ford to lose any more staff.” Themayor, Cllr Clive English,
asked that his personal thanks to Mr Harris be placed on record and the council agreed that a letter of thanks would be sent to him for his work over the years. Cllr Garland believes funding pressures will continue for the foreseeable future, and predicts savings of £5.5m will have to be made over the next five years.
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