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School’s farewell to retiring head
A MAN described as “the face of Bower Grove School” is retiring. Past and present staff and pupils
of the special school in Fant Lane, Fantwere reunited in saying good- bye to Trevor Phipps at a series of events in the run-up to the end of term. The active 60-year-old intends to
use his time to follow his passion as a cyclist and also hopes to visit his daughter inAustralia. Mr Phipps joined Bower Grove in
1984, rising to deputy head and, 25 years ago, to headmaster. He saw through the changes that
came about following a review 12 years ago, when the school shifted from serving children with physi- cal disabilities to those with behav- ioural and mental health needs. The school now has a register of 200 pupils aged from four to 16. Deputy head Lynn Salter will
take over as head following Mr Phipps’ retirement. She said: “He knows every child’s name, and all the parents, always takes Friday as- semblies, takes a turn on lunch duty and enjoys making a differ- ence to the lives of young people.
He has been the face of Bower Grove School for more than 30 years.” The former PE teacher will be re- membered for his love of amateur dramatics and sport. Mrs Salter added: “His favourite day of the year has always been sports day and the teachers versus students’ football match for year 11s.We plan to put on a show for his leaving party and to hold a staff and pupils rounders match before he goes.” Mr Phipps is pictured with a Cel-
ebrate Maidstone Lifetime Achieve- ment award, which he won in 2013 for his work at the school.
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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, previously a community warden in Bearsted, picked up the Hero award at the Chartered Trading Standards Insti- tute’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
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Dawn Riach- Brown (right) and Janet Greenroyd receive the award from CTSI
chairman Mark
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and we offer support to victims and give them confidence.” Community wardens 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- lighted with their achievements and this award is well-deserved.” Community wardens have also
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