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Ashford Borough Council have announced the details of the ballot included in their Community Governance Review urban area consultation.
Of 9,220 eligible voters in South Ashford, 2,409 responded to the ballot, 2,398 were valid votes, 906 voted yes and 1,492 voted no.
The Council’s press release announcing the vote says: (more…)
Quinn Estates, the company proposing to develop the “Powergen” site will be presenting their proposals at South Ashford Community Forum’s next meeting.
The meeting will be
at 6:15pm
on Tuesday, 17th November
at South Ashford Baptist Church
Brookfield Road, Ashford, TN23 4EY View on Google Maps
The proposals are for 622 apartments and 28 houses on the site that comprises most of the undeveloped land either side of Victoria Way.
Quinn Estates have kindly provided South Ashford Community Forum with pdf copies of the display boards. We have posted links to the files below.
Parliament WeekThe meeting falls in Parliament Week. There will be a session on the theme of “Do Democracy”
The Consumer Rights Act states that terms and conditions must be prominent, so important terms hidden in the small print may not be compliant with the law.
Traders, service providers, letting agents and secondary ticket sellers are covered by the new Consumer Rights Act. They must provide you with prominent, clear and honest information before you buy from, or enter into a contract, with them.
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Kent County Council is canvassing residents’ thoughts on a proposed new model for future public health improvement services that aims to assist them to live longer lives.
A consultation is underway to ensure that all KCC Public Health services are based around the needs of the person, encourage personal responsibility and, wherever appropriate, are delivered within integrated services. There will be a particular focus on the health inequalities within and between communities.
KCC Public Health Director Andrew Scott-Clark explains: “The way that Public Health currently commissions means that these services work independently and each has specific outcomes to achieve. For example; in the smoking services, success is measured by how many people have quit smoking. An individual may need to access a number of these services if they have more than one health behaviour that they wish to change. (more…)
Kent County Council (KCC) is seeking views on the proposed service delivery models for Health Visiting and the School Public Health Service. Consultation responses will be used to improve services and ensure that they are designed around the needs of Kent residents. Residents are at the heart of what KCC do and how we deliver services.
KCC continues to actively engage all stakeholders, undertake ongoing service evaluation, research and focus group work to tailor all services to local needs. They value the opinion of all current, past and potential services users and want to create the opportunity for the wider public to shape service delivery in the future.
Kent County Council would like to hear your views on future models they have proposed to deliver services to children and young people, and which will best achieve the desired outcomes for the 0-19 population.
Consultation ends 14 December 2015
Kent County Council 2 November 2015
Three core requirementsThe Consumer Rights Act 2015 requires that goods and services must be:
Digital content, such as online film and games, music downloads or e-books, is also covered. You have a right to a repair or replacement of faulty digital content
It is important to check before you buy that digital content meets your requirements and is compatible with your hardware and software.
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The Consumer Rights Act will streamline 8 pieces of legislation into one, making it easier to understand and use your consumer rights. This will help consumers and businesses to avoid disagreements. But when a problem does occur, the changes will also make it easier to settle through the offer of alternative dispute resolution, which can avoid expensive court cases. (more…)
East Kent IAPT procurementImproving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) is an NHS programme rolling out services across England offering interventions approved by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) for treating people with depression and anxiety disorders.
The NHS in east Kent is committed to making sure that talking therapies are available for people with anxiety, depression and other common mental health problems. We want people who need talking therapies to get a high quality service and have a choice of provider.
The current contracts for NHS talking therapies which started in 2012 run out at the end of December 2015.
So the four clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in east Kent, which plan and pay for the majority of local health services, have carried out a procurement for organisations to provide talking therapies from 1 January 2016 (more…)
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Typically, the fraudsters call members of the public pretending to be from a trusted organisation – like your bank, the police or a computer company – and once they have your trust, they will ask for your financial information, encourage you to hand over cards or cash to a courier, or get you to transfer money into accounts they control.
The people behind these scams are organised and highly professional – so spotting whether the call is genuine, or fake, can be very difficult.
That is why the UK Banks building societies and card issuers, with the support of the police, have published a Joint Declaration which clearly explains those requests they will NEVER ask of you on the phone. (more…)