Kent County Council is preparing to lead an ambitious community-based programme of activities, to help children and young people reconnect with their pre-Covid-19 lives. The Reconnect: Kent Children and Young People Programme will be available to every child and young person in Kent, from early years through to the end of secondary school and onto…
The symptom free testing programme across Kent will remain in place until at least the end of June 2021 as a vital part of the restrictions easing across the county. Around one in three people who have COVID-19 have no symptoms and will be spreading the virus without realising it. Rapid testing detects cases quickly,…
Roger Gough, the Leader of Kent County Council, has welcomed the Government’s revised timetable for introducing new import rules as ‘good news for Kent’. The move to push the border controls schedule back by six months has been set out by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove in a Written Statement to Parliament. It means…
A significant step towards normality on Kent’s roads is being taken with the suspension of services for EU-bound HGVs at the former Manston Airport site. From Sunday 21 March 2021 freight heading for the Port of Dover will no longer be directed to attend the Department for Transport-owned site, which will no longer offer Covid-19…
The Prime Minister’s ‘Roadmap out of lockdown’ announcement has been welcomed in Kent as residents are thanked for their efforts in bringing Covid-19 rates across the county down during the last lockdown. Boris Johnson has unveiled plans for allowing schools, socialising and some sports to return next month under Government plans to relax lockdown restrictions.…
A further £6million of emergency COVID funding will be used to help Kent’s struggling households pay their Council Tax. The move proposed by Kent County Council at last week’s annual Budget meeting, and now approved, means all existing Council Tax Reduction Scheme (CTRS) working-age households will automatically have their 2021-22 Council Tax reduced by £50…
Severe traffic disruption has yet to materialise in Kent since the end of the EU transition period and members of the Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) are working hard to ensure it stays that way. Hundreds of people from partners including Highways England, Kent County Council, Kent Police, the Department for Transport and other Government departments…
A further £10million of emergency funding is being rolled out to continue helping Kent’s most vulnerable households and businesses hardest hit by the pandemic, Kent County Council has announced. The Helping Hands Scheme includes a raft of support – ranging from assisting just-managing families with heating bills and helping struggling firms stay afloat, to tackling…
Door-to-door coronavirus testing in parts of the ME15 area of mid-Kent will begin on Tuesday morning (2nd Feb) after a specific variant of COVID-19 was identified. Kent County Council and its partners in the Kent Resilience Forum urge all eligible residents to play their part in this important testing programme. Government have asked for as…
Another five rapid-result coronavirus (COVID-19) testing sites for people who don’t have symptoms are opening in Kent, in addition to 19 centres already in operation. The testing will find people who don’t currently have symptoms, who may be unknowingly spreading the virus in the community and the sites are part of a rolling programme to…
The need to activate Aylesford Temporary Place of Rest underlines the severity of COVID across Kent, say experts leading the county’s response to the pandemic. The Kent Resilience Forum opened the Beddow Way facility on New Year’s Day to ease the pressure on the county’s hospital mortuaries as they reach full capacity. Assistant Chief Constable…
Another five rapid-result coronavirus (COVID-19) testing sites for people who don’t have symptoms are opening in Kent, in addition to 14 centres already in operation. The testing will find people who don’t currently have symptoms, who may be unknowingly spreading the virus in the community and the sites are part of a rolling programme to…