Food vouchers will be provided for Kent families whose children are entitled to benefits-related Free School Meals this October half-term. Kent County Council has today (Thursday, October 14) announced it will fund one £15 food voucher per eligible child or young person, which can be used in supermarkets and local shops. KCC will fund the…
KCC’s Country Parks team is celebrating the news that eight of its parks – one more than previously – have been recognised with the prestigious Green Flag Award. Parks and green spaces across the country will today be raising their Green Flag Award with pride in a year when millions of people have seen the…
More than 1,400 Kent homes and businesses are to be given greater protection against flooding thanks to a scheme to increase reservoir capacity. KCC is helping to fund work at the Leigh Flood Storage Area, to be carried out by the Environment Agency following approval by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural…
A Kent school has been chosen to ‘plant a tree for the jubilee’ to help Her Majesty The Queen celebrate 70 years on the throne. Parkside Community Primary School in Canterbury is one of only 70 schools in the United Kingdom selected to take part in the Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC), a unique tree planting…
KCC is celebrating national Libraries Week (4-10 October) by focusing on the innovative and surprising activities that libraries are undertaking to support the county’s communities. Libraries Week is an annual showcase and celebration of the best that libraries have to offer and this year’s theme is “Taking action, changing lives”. This celebrates the central role…
Clubs, community groups, schools, and early years settings are being invited to apply for funding to provide extra activities that will help children and young people reconnect to their pre-pandemic lives. The funding is being made available through the Kent County Council-led Reconnect: Kent Children and Young People programme and can be used for activities,…
A consultation launching today is seeking residents’ views on proposals for additional provision for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in Thanet and a change of use of the Garlinge Children’s Centre building. Kent County Council is proposing providing a 16-place Specialist Resource Provision (SRP) for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as…
Two of Kent County Council’s Cabinet Members have written to Kent MPs about concerns regarding home to school transport (below) and have issued a media statement on the same subject. In a joint statement, Kent County Council’s Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, Shellina Prendergast, and Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport, David Brazier, said:…
No Use Empty, the longest-running empty property initiative in the country which is run by KCC, is expanding its operations by partnering with Medway Council. Latest council tax records show that there are a total of 6,798 long-term vacant dwellings in Kent alone. However, without the 500 properties per year which NUE is returning to…
More than 12,000 children signed up to take part in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge through Kent’s libraries. This year, for the first time, children were able to participate either physically, by visiting a Kent Library, or virtually, by visiting the Summer Reading Challenge website. The topic changes each year, this year’s being Wild World…
Plans for a new strategy for Adult Social Care have been announced by KCC, focusing on how it intends to deliver more person-centred care and support for individuals, their carers and families. Its proposals are outlined in a six-week consultation launched this week. KCC says it intends to change its approach over the next five…
KCC has announced today that it will once again be admitting unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) into its reception centres. However, it has warned that the current level of arrivals across the Channel makes it unlikely it will be able to safely accommodate all UASC arrivals on Kent’s shores. KCC Leader Roger Gough, said: “We are…