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Swanley Town Council Summer 2021 magazine TOWNChristchurch St Mary’s Swanley VillageCrier White Oak Wards £150,000 additional investment in Swanley Park this year This is in addition to walk-in sessions as well as bookings for both individual more than £350,000 sessions and parties. invested last year, Other investments made in creating a larger Swanley Park over the last Splash Pool which 12 months by Swanley Town was enjoyed by more Council include:- that 8000 people z Moving and increasing the size of the Hand Boat Pool during the summer z Relocating the Waterslide to whilst adhering a designated water area to Government z Replacing the safety surface for the outside playground guidelines. near the café Swanley Town Council does z Upgrading the toilet not receive any funding from facilities Government or Sevenoaks z Improvements to paths District Council towards the around the parks maintenance of Swanley Swanley Town Council takes Park and the income from pride in ensuring Swanley Park park operations is crucial to is a space for everyone to relax, sustain investment to make play and exercise and staff work improvements in the park each tirelessly to keep the park clean year. and tidy and to a high standard. The Soft Play is known as ‘The Swanley Town Council is hoping Barnyard’ a farm themed facility to attain the Green Flag Award set across three floors. ‘The for the fourth year in a row, Barnyard’, is available for daily and has also entered the South & South East In Bloom Award competition for the third year in a row having obtained a Silver Gilt award in 2020. Councillors and Wards Christchurch Ward Laurence Ball (Conservative) c/o Swanley Town Council, Civic Centre, St. Mary’s Road, Swanley, BR8 7BU Mobile: 07515 770220 Email: [email protected] John Barnes (Conservative) Contents c/o Swanley Town Council, Civic Centre, St. Mary’s Road, Swanley, BR8 7BU Telephone: 01322 665855 03 A word from the Mayor: Email: [email protected] Councillor Paul Darrington Clare Barnes (Conservative) 03 A word from the CEO c/o Swanley Town Council, Civic Centre, St. Mary’s Road, Swanley, BR8 7BU 04 New Mayor for 2021 - 2022 Telephone: 01322 665855 04 Mayor’s Charities 2021 – 2022 Email: [email protected] 06 Patient Voice John Domigan (Conservative) 07 WATCH OUT for Swanley Neighbourhood c/o Swanley Town Council, Civic Centre, St. Mary’s Road, Swanley, BR8 7BU Telephone: 01322 663501 Mobile: 07967 441621 Plan week in October 2021! Email: [email protected] 08 Disability Confident Leader 10 Members wanted at your Melissa Foster (Conservative) c/o Swanley Town Council, Civic Centre, St. Mary’s Road, Swanley, BR8 7BU local Royal British Legion Mobile: 07795 473 027 10 Armed Forces Day Email: [email protected] 11 KALC Award 12 Swanley Wildlife and Nature Group St Mary’s Ward 20 years of creating wildlife habitats in Michael Horwood (Conservative) Swanley c/o Swanley Town Council, Civic Centre, St. Mary’s Road, Swanley, BR8 7BU 14 Litter Heroes Mobile: 07815 483891 21 The Orchards All Change? Email: [email protected] Lesley Dyball (Conservative) C/O Swanley Town Council, Civic Centre, St Mary’s Road, Swanley, BR8 7BU Telephone: 01322 665855 Email: [email protected] Jackie Griffiths (Labour) Please note: All events and news c/o Swanley Town Council, Civic Centre, St. Mary’s Road, Swanley, BR8 7BU carried in this edition of The Town Crier Telephone: 01322 662363 Mobile: 07720 327779 is current at the time of going to press Email: [email protected] but may be subject to change due to weather conditions. Connie Lee (Labour) c/o Swanley Town Council, Civic Centre, St. Mary’s Road, Swanley, BR8 7BU i magazine Telephone: 01322 665855 Email: [email protected] TOWNCrier Swanley Village 7,500 copies are delivered to the following wards: Christchurch, St Mary’s, Swanley Village, White Oak Tony Searles (Independent) Published by: Swanley Town Council. c/o Swanley Town Council, Civic Centre, St. Mary’s Road, Swanley, BR8 7BU The Civic Centre, St. Mary’s Road, Swanley, Kent BR8 7BU Telephone: 01322 662637 Mobile: 07769 686100 Telephone: 01322 665 855 Fax: 01322 613 000 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Opening Hours: Monday to Thursday: 9:00am - 5:30pm White Oak Ward Friday: 9:00am - 5:00pm Saturday and Sunday: Closed Paul Darrington (Conservative) c/o Swanley Town Council, Civic Centre, St. Mary’s Road, Swanley, BR8 7BU ©2021 Swanley Town Council While endeavouring to make sure that all published Mobile: 07788 197205 information in the Town Crier is accurate at the time of Email: [email protected] going to press, we cannot be held responsible for mistakes or omissions. 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Telephone: 01322 668233 Mobile: 07702 542 087 Email: [email protected] A word from the Mayor Councillor Paul Darrington Firstly, as your new Mayor I should like to offer “green fingered” residents. Judging will be in the last my sincere thanks to Cllr Lesley Dyball for her two weeks of July. commitment to Swanley as Mayor over her past three On the 22nd May our new Soft play facility in the years of office. Park was officially opened to cater for our younger Unfortunately, since March 2020, some events we children and this is already proving to be extremely planned had to be cancelled and not all of our venues popular with a high number of bookings. This certainly could be fully opened. We are now all looking forward compliments the growing range of attractions at this to the time that all restrictions can be safely removed. location. On the 4th July we officially opened our I should like to offer my sincere appreciation to the Tennis Academy at the Recreation Ground. many unsung heroes we have in Swanley. In particular, This will no doubt encourage people of all ages to everyone involved in the vaccination programme develop talents that they did not know they had. at the Alexandra Suite and those who With holidays abroad being extremely uncertain, UK volunteered to shop and deliver essential holidays (Staycation) will be increasing in popularity food to vulnerable residents. and the many attractions we have in the Park and Looking to the future, we are already Recreation Ground this summer will keep children planning for our popular annual 1812 occupied. Hopefully! event in Swanley Park in August Finally, the two charities I have selected to benefit and I hope that you and your from fundraising events this year are, The Cygnet families will be able to attend. Club a local charity catering for people with learning We have again teamed up disabilities and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. with Coolings nurseries I Hope to see you at some of our events and venues for the annual “Swanley in this year. Bloom” competition with a wide range of categories for you to enter ranging from hanging baskets to allotments. This will Paul Darrington appeal to our many Mayor of Swanley Town Council Our CEO After a rather long and wet weather spell we are all Club to a new purpose built pitch and facility at the finally able to enjoy summer, and our facilities are Olympic. This would create a thriving environment open proving as popular as ever. for the Olympic and would also allow for two football pitches once again at Swanley Recreation Ground. We are committed to adding additional amenities to the town and the launch of The Barnyard, our The new floral displays have been installed across new Soft Play Centre at Swanley Park, demonstrates the town and despite the changeable elements they this. We are now looking into a number of additional are holding up well. The town has once again been projects. One such plan is for a new Skate Park for judged by ‘In Bloom’ as we aim for another year of which we have teamed up with TV’s Apprentice awards. star JD O’Brien to help push the fundraising efforts. The Alexandra Suite has continued as one of Kent’s The Town Council has already committed £30,000 leading Vaccination Centres. The venue comfortably towards a successful full redevelopment of vaccinates over 4000 people across a weekend. 18’s the Skate Park. and above have been quick to take up the offer and Further to this, we are looking to this is helping improve our chances of removing invest in Swanley Park's paths, with restrictions.