Tim is honoured and delighted to have been elected as:
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.
The Purl Queens have been invited by Folkestone Town Council to carry out a knitting workshop at the Town Hall. Children and adults are invited to knit a poppy for the Road of Remembrance. Instruction will be given. Suitable for adults and children aged 9 and above.
Two more pictures from Sandgate High Street this morning, demonstrating why Sandgate needs Shepway Council to follow others in using seagull proof bags for waste collections for those without wheelie bins.
ongoing: Your Country Calls exhibition, Folkestone Town Hall Until 6th: Hythe Festival Week - The Great War Centenary 5th: World Naked Bike Ride - Folkestone 6th: Community Village Fete, Folkestone Sports Centre 6th: Great Raft Race, Royal Military Canal, Hythe 6th: Lorraine Lucas & The Troubled Family Unit live at Kipps Ale House 6th: Bayle Music Classical Concert, St Eanswythes Church, Folkestone 11th-20th: JAM Multi-Arts Festival, various venues, Romney Marsh 11th: Anja McCloskey live at Googies Art Café, Rendezvous Street 13th: Whitstable Brass Band, The Leas Bandstand 16th-20th: War & Peace Revival, Folkestone Racecourse, Westenhanger 17th: Charlie Larkin, celebrity chef night - Googies Art Café Rendezvous Street 17th: Live In The Living Room summer tour, The Harp Restrung, Grace Hill 19th: Live Music Day - The Chambers, Cheriton Place 19th/20th: Mermaid Festival, Sunny Sands Beach 20th: Maidstone Win Symphony, The Leas Bandstand 21st: Never Forget Commemoration, The Marsh Academy, New Romney 25t
An evening of remembrance, reflection and commemoration for the local community. All welcome.
Sandgate Councillor Tim Prater has asked Shepway District Council to look into the use of Seagull proof bags for rubbish collections in areas using bin bags. Areas with bin bag rather than wheelie bin collection are often strewn with rubbish on waste collection days as the seagulls attack bags before they are collected.
Sandgate Parish Council will be considering the planning application submitted to SDC by Taylor Wimpey for the Shorncliffe Garrison site at its Planning Committee meeting on Tuesday 17th June at 7pm. Members of the public are welcome to attend any Sandgate Parish Council Planning Committee meeting.
