October 2021 Sandgate & West Folkestone Focus Out Now
Keeping in touch and working for local residents ALL YEAR ROUND.
20 Nov 2021
News from Tim Prater
Tim is honoured and delighted to have been elected as:
- Folkestone and Hythe District Councillor (Liberal Democrats) for Sandgate & West Folkestone;
- Sandgate Parish Councillor (Independent) for Sandgate Village;
- Folkestone Town Councillor (Liberal Democrats) for Folkestone Harvey West;
- Hythe Town Councillor (Liberal Democrats) for Hythe East.
In May 2023 Tim was re-elected to all the above seats for four more years. At the District Council AGM on 24th May 2023, he became Deputy Council Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance and Governance.
Previously, Tim has served on Folkestone Town Councillor for Cheriton from 2006-2011, and Shepway District Councillor for Cheriton from 2007-2011, Kent County Councillor for Folkestone West from 2009-2013. He has sat on Sandgate Parish Council for Sandgate Village since 2011.
Contact Tim by email to tim@prater.uk, call 07956 276118 or write to 98a Sandgate High Street, Folkestone CT20 3BY. As a District Councillor he runs monthly surgeries at the 1st Sandgate Farmers and Makers Market of every month at the Chichester Hall, 70 Sandgate High Street from 11am-12.30pm. No appointment needed: just turn up.
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.
16 Nov 2021
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….
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4 Nov 2021
Folkestone Town Mayor’s Christmas Fund
Since 1974 applications have been welcomed each year around this time from residents of Folkestone to apply to the Town Mayor of Folkestone's Christmas Fund for assistance with their winter expenses.
29 Oct 2021
Fireworks over Folkestone & Hythe Revisited
I get (and reply to!) a lot of email each week, and some is easier to deal with than others.
22 Oct 2021
Airbrushed from History...
Article on the front page of today's Folkestone and Hythe Express on bin collections being discussed at last week's Folkestone & Hythe District Full Council Meeting. It quotes Cabinet Member for Waste Stuart Peall responding to a question from Councillor Jackie Meade on bin collection problems saying:
6 Oct 2021