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BEAT THE CROWDS - BUY EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS!
The festive season gets underway in Tunbridge Wells when the Cards for Good Causes shop opens on Saturday 14th October. Perfect for those who want to get ahead in their Christmas preparations while supporting a range of national and local charities, the shop will offer a fantastic selection of cards and Christmas goods. Staffed by a team of local volunteers, the Tunbridge Wells pop- up shop is part of a network of over 300 temporary shops run by CFGC, the UK’s largest multi-charity Christmas card organisation. It represents more than 250 charities including Cancer
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Research UK, Barnardo’s, NSPCC, Alzheimer’s Society, Parkinson’s UK, RNLI as well as cards from a number of local charities including Fegans, Help For Heroes, Hi Kent, Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance and Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust. This year, look out for exclusive Christmas designs by local artists Chris Burke and Elaine Gill, who were commissioned to do the murals on Tunbridge Wells railway station earlier this year depicting local scenes. • Cards for Good Causes charity Christmas card shop, The United Reformed Church, 1 Mount Ephraim (Grosvenor Road entrance), Tunbridge Wells TN4 8AE. For more information, visit
www.cardsforcharity.co.uk
The Vine in Sevenoaks has been recognised by the Green Flag Award Scheme as one of the very best in the world. It is among a record- breaking 1,797 UK parks and green spaces that has received a prestigious Green Flag Award – the mark of a quality park or green space. The Chairman of the Open Spaces and
Leisure Committee said: “Sevenoaks Town Council is absolutely delighted to receive a Green Flag Award for the fi rst time. We know how much quality green spaces matter to residents and visitors, and this award celebrated the dedication that goes into maintaining The Vine to such a high standard.”
CHARITY OF THE MONTH Friends of Shelby Newstead
In March 1996 Shelby, the nine-month-old daughter of David and Sally Newstead, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a particularly virulent form of cancer. At the time, the prognosis was not good, so small and frail was the little child. However, on 27th March 1996, the surgeons at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital succeeded in removing a large tumour from Shelby’s chest. Thanks to the outstanding skills of the surgeons and the professional care she received, Shelby went on to make a full recovery and is now a
young woman in excellent health. Impressed with the level
of care Shelby experienced, her
parents and a few close family friends decided to hold a fundraising exercise. The event in November 1996 raised £6,500. It was decided to continue fundraising and the Friends of Shelby Newstead (FoSN) charity was born. Its mission was, and is, to raise as much money as possible to help seriously ill and, sometimes, terminally ill children. The committee, most of whom live in West Kent, are all volunteers and every penny raised goes to children’s good causes. In the intervening 20-plus years FoSN has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds and has distributed it in the forms of cash donations, medical equipment, wheelchairs, special beds, family transport, holiday breaks, contributions to respite housing refurbishments and much more – all to deserving children and their parents or carers.
Funds are raised by traditional means such as raffl es, fetes, golf days, fun runs and, distinctly, an annual Shelby ‘Doo’ – a glittering themed-ball with fabulous entertainment and seriously-high quality auctions.
The 2017 Shelby ‘Doo’ takes place on 18th November at the Maidstone Exhibition Centre, Detling Showground when the theme this year will be From Russia With Love. To buy tickets for the ‘Doo’ email
tim@shelbynewstead.co.uk • For more information on FoSN, visit
www.shelbynewstead.co.uk
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