by JoClark | Jan 13, 2020 | Dartford News, Dartford Council, Health, Local Comment, NHS, Welfare
Local health chiefs will decide on the future location of urgent care services for patients in Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley at an extraordinary meeting on Thursday 16 January 2020. This follows a 12 week long public consultation between August and November 2019...
by JoClark | Nov 13, 2019 | Children, Dartford Charities, Dartford History, Dartford News, Dartford Schools, Local Comment
On 11 November, three WWII veterans were escorted by the Taxi Charity to The Leigh UTC in Dartford, to join students and teachers for Remembrance Day assemblies. The veterans, Frank Pendergast, Bill Gladden and Alec Borrie, who have a combined age of 284 years...
by JoClark | Oct 21, 2019 | Children, Dartford News, Families, Local Comment
Above image credit: Yamuna Dinesh Guggilam Phoenix Quarters Residents Community (PQRC) staged Dussehra Navaratri festival in Temple Hill community centre, Dartford on 06 Oct 2019. Image: Anitha Karunakar Chilukuri Goddess Durga is worshipped during this festival...
by JoClark | Oct 14, 2019 | Dartford News, Dartford Council, Local Comment
Dartford Councillors from across the political divide are coming together to support a range of practical measures to tackle climate change. A motion submitted to Monday’s General Assembly of the Council proposed by Council Leader Jeremy Kite and seconded by Shadow...
by JoClark | Sep 27, 2019 | Children, Dartford Charities, Dartford Entertainment, Dartford News, Families, Local Comment
Dartford Lions Club, which has been running for several decades, are known within Lionism and also the local community as being a key fundraiser for various charities throughout the year. The club’s biggest and most popular fundraiser is its Bonfire Night which...
by JoClark | Aug 13, 2019 | Dartford News, Health, Local Comment, NHS
The NHS in Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley is urging residents to have their say about the future location of a new Urgent Treatment Centre as part of a public consultation to be launched on 12 August 2019. Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley Clinical Commissioning Group...
