The Swanley & Dartford Chronicle May 2009
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Thirty nine voluntary community groups are set to benefit
from grant funding of £229,085.
Despite budget pressures the Council’s Community Grant Scheme will continue to help voluntary and community groups whose services are...
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Thirty nine voluntary community groups are set to benefit
from grant funding of £229,085.
Despite budget pressures the Council’s Community Grant Scheme will continue to help voluntary and community groups whose services are
available to Sevenoaks District residents.
Thirty six local voluntary groups across the District will share between £100 and £21,300.
A variety of groups in Swanley and the northern
parishes will benefit including the following:
* Swanley and District Volunteer Centre will receive
£9,600 to develop and promote volunteering through the
recruitment, placement and support of volunteers.
* HAWK Youth Partnership Project who will get £8000
to work with young people in Hartley, Ash and WestKingsdown.
* North West Kent Council for Voluntary Service will
receive £1000 to provide information and support to voluntary groups in Swanley and the northern parishes.
Residents in Swanley are also set to benefit from
grants to the West Kent Independent Mediation
Service of £6,500.
Sports and arts activities across
the District will benefit from grants totalling
£18,700.
Due to the impact of the economic downturn, the
Council also set aside a contingency sum of £7,360
in the grant budget to help address this issue.
Any voluntary organisation will be able to bid for
a share of this fund to assist with the provision of
services connected with promoting employment,
providing training opportunities and debt advice.
Applications will be invited during the next three
months.
Cllr Elaine Bracken, the Council’s Cabinet member with responsibility for Community Grants
says: “The numerous voluntary groups across the
District provide a huge range of services to the
area’s most vulnerable residents, and I’m glad we
can make this contribution to help them continue
the important work them do.
”
Information on the Community Grant scheme is publicised on the Sevenoaks District Council’s website,
www.
sevenoaks.
gov.
uk/grants.
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She will have a number of duties including
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and investigating complaints about noisy or
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The Animal Welfare Officer also works
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Ann-Marie also strongly recommends that
residents make use of the Council’s animal
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the dog’s address and owners contact details,
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Swanley residents looking to
improve their fitness levels can
get walking and talking when a
new free health walk starts in
the town every Tuesday at 2pm,
starting and finishing at White
Oak Leisure Centre.
All ages and abilities are welcome to attend the
free walk, but it is aimed specifically at those
who are not used to walking or who are recovering from injury and want to get back into
physical activity.
The walks will be led by trained walk leaders
and will last between 45 minutes and an hour,
depending the pace of the walkers.
New walkers
are requested to arrive a few minutes early to fill
out a short health questionnaire.
Buggies and wheelchairs are welcome at the
walk, and it is suggested people dress appropriately according to the weather, and sensible
comfortable footwear is a must.
Cllr Elaine Bracken, Sevenoaks District Council Cabinet Member with responsibility for
healthy living, says: “Health walks have proved
very popular elsewhere across the District, with
over 100 people taking part on a health walk
each week, so I am delighted we have been able
to extend them to Swanley.
They are a great way
of meeting new people, as well as getting fitter.
”
• For more information about this walk, or any
other free walks in the District, ring Sevenoaks District Council on 01732 227000, e-mail healthyliving@sevenoaks.
gov.
uk or visit the health walks page
of the Council website,
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sevenoaks.
gov.
uk/healthwalks.
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