Council News
The agenda for the Annual Meeting of the PC can be found here.
There will be a Planning Committee meeting 0n 16 May. Click here for agenda.
The youth shelter is now in operation. Hopefully we might get some photos of it soon (if it stops raining). The den in the plantation will be removed.
General Interest
Are you or someone you know confused about the digital switchover?
| Lynn Brisley Community Development Officer Dover District Council Council Offices, White Cliffs Business Park, Whitfield, Dover CT16 3PJ Tel: 01304 872164 Mob: 07837 342052 Fax: 01304 872445 Email: lynn.brisley@dover.gov.uk Web: www.dover.gov.uk |
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Register your demand for broadband to make Kent quicker
Funding has been secured to transform the broadband network in Kent and Medway.
The Government, through their agency Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK), has made £9.87 million available to upgrade Kent and Medway’s broadband infrastructure in line with their targets of securing superfast broadband for 90% of properties within each county and delivering a service of at least 2mbits/s for the remaining 10%. Kent County Council has committed a further £10 million to make this project happen and it is anticipated that the network operator who wins the right to build the network will contribute the remaining funding required for this £43 million project.
To make it happen, people need to say they want it. Before broadband providers will invest in improving the network, they need evidence that this is something the people of Kent want to see.
Kent Association of Local Councils is working with Kent County Council to encourage people to register their demand for better broadband through the ‘Make Kent Quicker’ campaign.
It only takes five minutes so please:
? sign up to register your demand at www.makekentquicker.com
? encourage your neighbours to register their demand
? consider whether you can display a poster to raise awareness in your community
? contact Action with Communities in Rural Kent on 01303 813790 if you are interested in becoming a local broadband champion to encourage greater sign up in your area.
If you have no broadband access, please register at a KCC library or Gateway or contact the Kent County Council Contact Centre on 08458 247 247.
Website News
As it has not attracted any interest for some considerable time I have removed the Message Centre page. Please email me via the home page if you have any comments.
Kent County Council has introduced a new feature for your website to aid accessibility for the public which is called Browsealoud. You can see the logo to the left.
Browsealoud offers a practical website access service to people with reading difficulties and those who find it easier to listen to, rather than read, the content of websites. It assists in the navigation of websites for those with:
· Lower literacy and reading skills
· Dyslexia
· Mild visual impairment
It also has other features such as a dictionary, the ability to convert text into an audio file and translation to a number of European languages.
If you wish to use it please click and follow onscreen instructions to download the programme to your computer. If you use it please email the webmaster and give feedback, which will be sent to KCC anonomously.
The Parish Council meets on the third Wednesday of each month, unless otherwise notified. All parishioners are welcome to attend. Please see News section for more info
