Page 3 - Newington's Vilage Voice August 2021

Library Home Delivery Service
Kent Library Service can deliver library items to you if you cannot visit a library
due to illness, disability or your caring responsibilities.

After visiting you to discuss your tastes and needs, staff will select suitable material
for you. A volunteer will deliver your books, DVDs or other items and collect ones
you are finished with.
Please contact Georgina Our KCC Warden 07969 583921

Bench donation Chesley Storage

Chesley Storage has donated a bench to be place in the play area near the
junior play equipment

Jubilee celebration ideas
If anybody has any ideas on how the village could eelebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 then
please contact The Clerk, Mrs Wendy Licence, 14 Trapfield Close, Bearsted, ME14 4HT or email:
clerk.npc@gmail.com

Dog Theft Awareness
Dog thefts are massively on the rise! Please do not leave your dog unattended at any time!
Report Potholes
You can report potholes to KCC online at: www.kent.gov.ukroads-and-travel/report-a-problem.

Benches for the Recreation Ground
We want to put some seats on the Recreation Ground and invite residents and groups to purchase a
seat – either as a donation, or to commemorate a group or a loved one. Newington Parish Council has
selected a standard bench: ‘Glasdon Phoenix Seat with armrests’ You can
see the details at https://uk.glasdon.com/phoenix-tm-seat-with-armrests
These are tried and tested around Swale and other parts of the country.
A guide price is £532.33 for the seat and £470 for installation on a concrete
base. It is possible we may be able to negotiate a reduction if we are
placing several orders at the same time. If a commemorative plaque is
required the cost is £83.60, ordered with the bench. The Parish Council stipulates no flowers or other
tributes. Orders must be through the Parish Council as the bench would be on Parish Council land
and we then assume responsibility for ownership, insurance and maintenance, subject to terms and
conditions. You can discuss orders or details with Wendy Licence the Clerk at Clerk.NPC@gmail.com

Restoration Fund Monthly Draw Results June 2021
Prize Ticket Value Name
1st 140 £25 Ms E Seager – High Street, Newington
2nd 58 £20 Ms Rebecca Ledger – Salisbury Rd,. Maidstone
3rd 194 £18 Ms Pauline Walker – Playstool Rd., Newington
4th 33 £15 Mr Phil Ham – Outdoor Pursuits, Wormdale
5th 227 £10 Ms D Daniels – Holtye Crescent, Maidstone

The monthly draw took place on 16th July 2021, and the winners are published here. Congratulations
to all the winners, and many thanks to you for your support for St Mary’s Newington.
It is still possible to join the monthly draw on a pro-rata basis for the remaining 8 draws. If this is
something you would like to do, contact me by phone or email as follows: Tel: 01795 844002. Email:
j.hack126@talktalk.net I will be pleased to help.
Joyce Hack, Restoration Fund Organiser.

Deadline for articles 20th of each month, please contact Tony Mould
e-mail cllrtmould.npc@gmail.com