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Borough Insight Magazine Out Now!
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🌿 Helping you live more sustainably 🌳
For sustainability tips, advice and activities, head to Maidstone's Eco Hub, now open at
The Mall until Saturday 9 November.
Don't throw away broken items! Bring them down to the Repair Café at Lockmeadow on the first Saturday of the month, where for a voluntary donation, they can be fixed or upcycled by Maidstone Climate Action Network (CAN) volunteers.
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The Maidstone Christmas Donation Hub is back!
Following the huge generosity shown by residents at last year's hub with over £18,000 of gifts donated to charitable organisations, Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) is once again inviting people to help make Christmas happen for those most in need in the community.
Read more on p.28 of Borough Insight
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MBC Cabinet's new mission for Council
The May 2024 elections saw the introduction of a new Cabinet including members from the Green and Independent Alliance, and the Liberal Democrat Group.
Its new mission is 'Putting People and the Environment First.'
Read more on p.26
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How are One Maidstone BID improving the town centre?
One Maidstone BID, the Business Improvement District, provides a range of services to support businesses to thrive, and create a safer, more welcoming and vibrant town centre for all.
Find out more about all the work they've done and have planned.
Read more in the middle pages of Borough Insight
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Places To Go & Things To See
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Sewing the Seeds: A Legacy in Thread, Maidstone Museum until 30 Nov
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Remembrance Sunday Parade, Town Hall 10 Nov
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A Nutcracker Christmas, Leeds Castle 23 Nov - 5 Jan
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Christmas Craft Market, Maidstone Museum 7 Dec
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Maidstone Leisure Centre Gets an Upgrade
Maidstone Leisure Centre is undergoing £2.5m of upgrades and improvements. Work so far has included a new splash pad, lagoon pool, water cannons, tipping buckets, slides, water webs, spin sprayers, splash wheels and a new improved wave machine.
Further upgrades will include: • New soft play area • Fitness and teaching pool ventilation system • Changing village ventilation system • Fitness and leisure dividing glazing.
Find out more on p.24
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🌻 Sowing the Sunflower Seeds of Change
As part of the national campaign '16 Days of Action Against Domestic Abuse 2024', MBC is working together with Golding Homes to produce a 'Purple Sunflower Campaign'.
Staff and organisations linked with domestic abuse will create 2,956 purple sunflowers - one for every victim of domestic abuse in the borough in the last year - which will go on display in Maidstone Town Centre between 25 November - 10 December.
Read more on p.6
Drop-In Domestic Abuse One Stop Shop
Every Tuesday between 9.30am and 11.30am, confidential support and advice around domestic abuse is provided at Trinity, 20 Church Street, ME14 1LY.
No appointment needed - all are welcome.
Find out more details on p.6
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New Community Arts & Maker Hub Coming Soon
A new arts centre planned for Granada House, Gabriel's Hill will provide a range of facilities for local artists, creative people and groups, including seven low-rent studios, exhibition space and a retail area to showcase and sell their work.
Read more on p.13
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TV's Hugh Dennis Officially Opens New Archaeology Gallery
Star of More 4's Great British Dig, Hugh Dennis opened the new archaeology gallery ‘Lives In Our Landscape’ at the Maidstone Museum. The exciting new gallery tells the story of how people have lived in the area over a vast span of time, with objects dating back more than 600,000 years.
Read more on p.21
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Shaun the Sheep Raises Thousands for Hospice
Flocks of visitors headed to the town centre over the summer to see the Shaun in the Heart of Kent art trail.
The 109 'ewe-nique' statues helped to raise an amazing £265,250 for the Heart of Kent Hospice.
Read the full story p.14-15
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MBC's Fight Against Fly-Tipping Features on
The One Show
In a bid to combat waste crime, MBC has increased fines for fly-tipping to £1,000 and for littering, up to £500.
What's more, the MBC's new state-of-the-art CCTV cameras used to tackle the issue caught the attention of BBC's The One Show who asked to join the team in August and find out how they catch waste criminals.
Read more about MBC's zero tolerance on waste crime on p.7
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Tell Us About the Heritage That Matters to You
Individuals, businesses and organisations are invited to take part in a consultation to help create a Heritage Strategy for Maidstone.
MBC wants to hear your views on everything from museum collections, public art, parks and historic gardens to archaeology and cultural activities, events and festivals.
An art competition for under 18s is also launching as part of the consultation. Entrants are being asked to create an artwork of the heritage that matters to them, with winners' entries incorporated into the final Heritage Strategy.
More details on the competition coming soon...
Find out how you can take part in the consultation on p.23
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For all of these news stories and more, make sure you read Borough Insight Autumn & Winter 2024
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Planning Applications - the latest applications MBC has received and decisions made
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