A new dedicated interpretation and communication service for d/Deaf, deafblind or hard of hearing Kent residents has been launched today by Kent County Council (KCC). Kent Deaf Interpreting Service (KDIS) is a small team of in-house professionally trained and registered British Sign Language interpreters backed by a framework of local interpreters and agencies to provide…
One alcoholic drink will affect your ability to drive. Kent County Council is urging people to make the right choice this Christmas and not drink and drive. In the last three years there have been 666 crashes on Kent’s roads where a driver was impaired by alcohol, resulting in more than 1,000 people being injured…
A survey of residents will be held to gauge opinion on a Thanet parkway station following a meeting of Kent County Council’s Cabinet. Members agreed today (Monday), to defer a decision on funding the proposed station until later in January. To help inform that decision, council leaders will have results from the survey in the…
With cold and wintry weather predicted over the next few days, families across Kent are being urged to follow a few simple measures to keep their loved ones safe and healthy. A level two cold weather alert has been announced for Kent by the Met Office which triggers actions in the NHS, public health, social…
A toolkit to help businesses reap the benefits of The 149th Open when it returns to Royal St George’s in Sandwich from 12-19 July 2020 has been produced by Dover District Council and Visit Kent. The launch of the toolkit comes ahead of the first Local Business Forum at The Bell Hotel on Thursday, 5…
With as many as half a million Ash trees growing on private land, KCC is urging owners to be aware of the disease. Since 2012, KCC has chaired the multi-agency Kent Resilience Forum Ash Dieback Strategic Co-ordinating Group when the fungal pathogen was first discovered in Kent. Ash dieback is a fungus that originated in…
Pupils and staff at a Dover primary school have celebrated a significant milestone in the journey towards the opening of their new school site. A group from Whitfield Aspen Primary School met special guests for a steel signing ceremony at the location where their new Key Stage 2 buildings are being constructed. The children and…
As part of National HIV Testing Awareness Week, Kent residents are being urged to ‘Give HIV the finger: a finger-prick test is all it takes’ by clicking quickly and easily online for home testing kits. Latest figures show the prevalence of HIV in people aged 15 to 59-years-old in Kent is lower than the national average,…
With three shouts so far this winter season and cold temperatures forecast for the rest of the week, Kent County Council is reminding drivers to take care on the roads. Gritters salt the roads when road temperatures are forecast to drop below zero. The forecast for the next few days warns Thursday afternoon is likely…
Kent residents are being encouraged to ‘Know Your Score’ and during this Alcohol Awareness Week, take a simple online quiz to see if the amount of alcohol they are drinking could be affecting their emotional, mental and physical health. Figures show the majority of people (79%) drink sensibly and in safe limits but in Kent, approximately 254,000…
Kent’s accessibility, combined with its relative affordability, is driving demand from a range of business occupiers who are now seeing it as a viable alternative to other parts of the South East, according to the 2019 Kent Property Market Report. The growing strength of demand is placing the county firmly on the radar for investors…
Kent County Council has won a national award for its work in providing an electric minibus for disabled and vulnerable people. It was crowned the winner in the inaugural TRANStech Awards rural innovation category. Held on November 1 at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, the awards recognise people and organisations designing and using technology to improve…
Plans to widen the footpath and create parking spaces in parts of London Road, Teynham are going out to public consultation today (Tuesday). The developer-funded scheme has been proposed after residents’ calls for measures to reduce speeds on London Road. As well as the changes to the pavement, there are plans for an informal crossing…
Kent County Council (KCC) have set up their first self-managing domiciliary care team based in Ashford. The team is a mixture of care workers, enablement support workers and occupational therapists who will be adopting the principles of the Buurtzorg model. KCC is one of the partners working on the Transforming Integrated Care in the Community…
Lottery Heritage Funded project Old Chalk New Downs (OCND) is working with the Attwood family and Kent County Council to start a corporate volunteering scheme to help safeguard the future of Boxley Warren Nature Reserve. The project and scheme has seen much interest. KCC cabinet member Michael Payne said: “Old Chalk New Downs has been…
Kent care leavers embarked on a 229-mile virtual ‘Tour De Kent’ to raise money for the Young Lives Foundation. Members of Kent’s Young Adult Council and Virtual School Kent’s Participation Team took over County Hall with a cake sale and gym where they walked, cycled, rowed as they plotted their progress on a winding tour…
At the launch of the Poppy Appeal 2019 at Kent County Council today, the Royal British Legion encouraged the nation to recognise the unseen service and sacrifice of our Armed Forces, past and present. Throughout this year’s Poppy Appeal the Legion will be shining a spotlight on the many hidden contributions made by the Armed…
