Folkestone and Hythe News

Merry Christmas

Winter Hardship Help for Folkestone & Hythe Residents

Residents facing financial hardship this winter can now get support from Folkestone & Hythe District Council, if they qualify.

WINNER! Disabled Access to Promenade at Sandgate

For many years, Sandgate Parish Councillors and others have been pushing to install a ramp access from Sandgate's Castle Road Car Park to the seafront. Despite disabled bays in the car park, there is currently "step only" access, making it really hard for wheelchairs, buggies and cycles to get from car park to seafront.

Amazing offer - £5 for Lib Dem Spring Conference!

All members are welcomed to join the Liberal Democrats for our 2nd online Spring conference from 11th-13th March and have a say on party policy, attend a variety of topical fringe events and make the most of the rich training offer.

Parking and Swimming, Winning and Losing: All Sides of the Same Coin...

Wednesday afternoon I was at the Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cabinet meeting, with a varied agenda: https://www.folkestone-hythe.gov.uk/moderngov/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=142&MId=4949

Could YOUR Folkestone & Hythe Business Benefit from Development Grant Funding?

There are a number of business grant and loan schemes mentioned on www.folkestone.works that are currently available to help your business to grow:

Folkestone & Hythe Lib Dems Elect Executive Team for 2022

At the 2021 Folkestone and Hythe Lib Dems AGM last night, held on Zoom, we the 2022 F&HLD Officers and Executive Committee were elected.

The Lib Dem Christmas Draw: Time for a GREAT prize!

Would you like to win £1,500 in cash in time from Christmas?! That's just one of the prizes in this years Lib Dem Christmas Draw - tickets on sale NOW!

October 2021 Sandgate & West Folkestone Focus Out Now

Keeping in touch and working for local residents ALL YEAR ROUND.

Knife bins installed in Folkestone ahead of ahead of Operation Sceptre

Two knife bins have been placed in Folkestone to give anyone in possession of a bladed object a safe place to dispose of it.

Lib Dems demand public inquiry into Tory sleaze scandal ahead of emergency Commons debate

The Liberal Democrats have called for an independent public inquiry into government sleaze and allegations of political corruption, warning that Boris Johnson's Conservatives are "releasing sewage into our rivers and sleaze into our politics."

Folkestone & Hythe Businesses - free training and financial support

Training and information events that are featured on the Folkestone Works website, many of which can be enrolled on totally free of charge….