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Sensory boost for special school
SPECIALIST sensory equipment will be bought for pupils with profound, complex and severe learning difficulties and disabili- ties at a school in Maidstone. The Friends group of the special
unit at Five Acre Wood School, in Boughton Lane, has received a cheque for £7,495 from the DM Thomas Foundation for Young People, a European grant-making trust in London. Five Acre Wood School provides education for youngsters aged from four to 19 with conditions such as autism. The money has been raised for
the foundation by companies in- cluding the Hilton Maidstone hotel. Manager Leonardo Gagliano visited the school and said: “I re- ally enjoyed having a chance to meet the dedicated staff and won- derful children. “I was pleased to hear more
about their work and the equip- mentwe are helping them to buy. I am delighted that our hotel has been able to contribute to this proj- ect, which will help children in our
Charlotte Pragassa (centre) receives the cheque from Leonardo Gagliano and Jess Pollard
local community.” Jane Gardiner, from the school,
said: “We are thrilled that DM Thomas Foundation for Young People is supporting these costs for the equipment, which will help us continue to provide the best possi- ble education and support for our children.” Simon Sheehan, director of the foundation, said: “Our grants com- mittee was impressed by the spe- cialist support it provides to children with special needs and their families and was unani- mously in favour of awarding funding to buy this new equip- ment.”
Show tickets on sale
TICKETS for the Kent County Show have gone on sale, six months ahead of the event. The idea to launch the tickets
in November was to capitalise on pre-Christmas sales, after visitors told organisers they would like to give tickets to friends and relatives as gifts. TheKent County Agricultural Society, which organises the event, has also introduced a multi-day pass in response to visitor feedback that they would like to attend on more than one day.
Lucy Hegarty, show manager,
said: “Show goers have indi- cated they would like to be able to buy tickets to give them as Christmas presents. “We have had a number of
companies enquire about pur- chasing advance Kent County Show tickets for staff gifts and thank you presents.” Multi-day tickets can only be purchased in advance, priced £50, with a second costing £35. Adult day tickets are £19.80 in
advance and £22 on the day, children £5.40 in advance and £6 at the gate. This year’s Kent County Show
takes place a week earlier than in previous years, to take ac- count of the farmers’ harvesting season. It takes place at the County Showground, Detling, from Friday July 8 to Sunday July 10. For more details go to the
website at
www.kentcounty
showground.co.uk.
Shoplifter appears in court
A 42-YEAR-OLD man from Maidstone has been given a suspended jail sentence for stealing from a garage in East Peckham. Lee Stych, of Lubbock Close, admitted three counts of shoplifting from
stores inAugust and October. He took meat valued at £16.25 from a su- permarket in Loose Road, Maidstone and washing products from the same shop the next day. On October 25 he stole items worth £92.45 from a service station in Branbridges Road, East Peckham. West Kent Magistrates’ Court sentenced Stych on November 24 to 90
days in prison, suspended for two years. He must also pay £57 com- pensation, a £150 criminal courts charge, £85 costs and an £80 victim surcharge.
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