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Trampoline park plan at nightclub


WONDERLAND, one of Maid- stone's largest nightclubs, is set to close and be replaced with a tram- poline facility. There has been a nightclub in the Lockmeadow Entertainment Centre since itwas built in the late 1990s. Before recently being taken over


by Wonderland, it was occupied by nightspots including Ikon and Liq- uid and Envy. But the attraction in Barker Road


is due to close in August, and Land Securities has applied to Maidstone Council for it to be converted into a centre for leisure activities for chil- dren and families. A supporting statement for Grav-


ity Fitness Limited said: “The pro- posed trampoline facility would


diversify the leisure offer at Lock- meadow and increase the footfall to the area. “It would not operate outside the opening hours of other facilities available to Lockmeadow and would remove the amenity issues associated with people arriving and leaving the club late in the evening or early morning. “It would result in a significant improvement from the existing nightclub in terms of character, en- vironmental impact and amenity.” The £1.8m proposal, which prom-


ises to increase the number of jobs on the site from 31 to 65, comes two years after neighbouring nightclub Jumpin’ Jakswas replaced by a Hol- lywood Bowl bowling alley.


Developer to help homeless


A MAIDSTONE-based building company is raising funds to help homeless and vulnerable people in the town. Persimmon Homes South East is supporting Maidstone Day Cen-


tre for Homeless People, which offers food, skills training and job advice, hot showers and crisis intervention. So far, staff at Persimmon have organised a collection of toiletries for the centre and have held dress-down days to raise money.


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MALLING and Maidstone’s com- munity support warden has re- ceived an award for her Kent colleagues for their work in protect- ing the victims of scamcallers. Dawn Riach-Brown picked up the


Hero award at the Chartered Trad- ing Standards Institute’s annual conference in Bournemouth. The award recognises the support


of the county’s wardens with the campaign by KCC Trading Stan- dards, police and local authorities to cut scam crime. Dawn, who is the support warden


for Malling, Tonbridge and Maid- stone, based at the Community Safety Unit at Maidstone Gateway in King Street, Maidstone, said: “There are a lot of scams going on and we offer support to victims and give them confidence. It is good to


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Dawn Riach- Brown (right) and Janet Greenroyd receive the award from CTSI


chairman Mark


McGinty Wardens’work rewarded


know we are helping to improve their lives.” Communitywardens visited more


than 600 scam victims as part of Kent’s Stop the Scammers project. KCC’s cabinet member for com- munity services Mike Hill said: “Kent’s community wardens have worked tirelessly, often in their own time, to visit vulnerable residents and warn them about the various ways in which scammers can part them from their money.We are de- lightedwith their achievements and this award is well-deserved.” Community wardens have also


been delivering training to banks and post offices on scamawareness and where to report incidents and have helped at training sessions for more than 400 RoyalMail postal de- livery workers.


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