2014 Sandgate Farmers' Market Dates
Every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month 10am - 12.30pm at the Chichester Memorial Hall, 70 Sandgate High Street, Sandgate CT20 3AR
9 Dec 2013
News from Tim Prater
Tim has lived and worked in Sandgate (on Sandgate High Street) since 2004.
A trustee of the Sandgate Heritage Trust, Secretary of the Sandgate Members Club, Treasurer and Trustee of the Chichester Memorial Hall, former Trustee of the Gurkha Memorial Fund and former Governor of St Martin's School, and current Sandgate Speedwatch volunteer, Tim knows and works for the area!
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, was the Vice Chair of Sandgate Parish Council from 2018-2020 and Chair from 2020 to date.
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 (and has each month since election in 2019). No appointment needed: just turn up.
Arts and Crafts for Christmas in Sandgate
Saturday 14th December sees the return of the popular Sandgate Arts & Crafts Fair to the Chichester Hall, Sandgate High Street.
6 Dec 2013
Shepway Christmas Recycling, Waste and Garden Collections - Revised Dates
Normal collection day
6 Dec 2013
Forthcoming Events in Sandgate
TOMORROW 10am - 12.30: Sandgate Farmers' Market at Chichester Hall, Sandgate. A great turnout of stallholders including a new fish stall selling locally caught fish. Details are in the attached newsletter.
AOSPC
6 Dec 2013
Train Fare Rise for 2014 Cut
An email arrives from Southeastern following the Autumn Statement:
5 Dec 2013
The End of the Tax Disc: Good News. Now, can we have an app for that?
As widely leaked overnight (what is the point in big statements if all of the headlines come out in advance?) the Chancellor announced in his Autumn Statement 2013 that car tax discs will be abolished from October 2014.
TP
5 Dec 2013