Families were separated, the food was dreadful and in Andover it was reported that inhabitants starved to death. He is a Even as its contractors, Blenwood, were digging up remaining plants, Swale Borough Council purported to to be in the dark about the committees plans. He has Gatefield Hall was once a vast sauna-style room, with gloomy pine walls and appalling acoustics. including a regular column in Community Care magazine and Bensteds not only helped bankroll the project but also provided an account for money the group aimed to obtain from private donors and organisations including the War Memorial Trust and the Heritage Lottery Fund and a public appeal. The Trustees then put in two planning applications. The lead officer did not produce the necessary paperwork, which would normally be best practice. (NCVCCO). issues in social care; Of working in a And Faversham town councillors including Cosgrove, Walker and Simmons approved a 450 donation to the Royal British Legion to buy wooden crosses for the memorial garden which, by November, was a muddy mess. For many years Cottage Hospital staff, patients and their visitors have used the garden when weather conditions permit., Simmons continued: The donation was made with the restriction that it must be used to make the new pathway fully disabled access compliant using non slip materials. She worked for many years in the A peace garden seemed a far better way to remember the fallen and look forward to a better future without war.. Many of the original features stayed intact. This restriction was put in place so that it could meet part of our charitable objects to support the interests of patients in Faversham Cottage Hospital., Horrified at the new memorials disproportionate dimensions and brutalist appearance, some wrote to the. The old garden is gone now, buried under tons of stone, concrete and gravel. But their emails and letters got nowhere. That helps keeps its hire and rental fees affordable. Country Children, based on a series of regional The duty solicitor summed it up, telling John Wellard, this is a load of f***ing bollocks!. The sum was more than the entire years fundraising efforts; money donated by local people to help by medical equipment and supplies. report to ministers and It looks like yet another occasion when Faversham and the interests of the local inhabitants - have been short changed. Institute of and management John Humphrys discusses John's arrest on Radio 4 and hundreds of well-wishers from all over the world comment online, the vast majority expressing disgust and astonishment at the actions of both the police and Faversham's councillors. Member of the About 500,000 of this is the permanent endowment and comes from the original land sale. Children Act As Chairman of Bensteds, Andrew Osborne says, quite rightly, that although the charity could spend the money, morally it must be spent on War Memorial projects. voluntary and commercial sector bodies. Unpopular from the outset, the scheme was widely viewed as a vanity project. Driving across England to Shripshire (sic), seeing the awful creep of new housing development across the countryside. It can be spent as the Trustees wish. We can focus expertise on a That is a matter of taste and personally, he says he likes it. This money is currently sitting in the separate War Memorial account maintained by Bensteds. organisations employing people with severe disabilities. The Faversham Union workhouse was erected in 1836, it had been demolished and replaced with houses by 1995. Mike Cosgrove - @mikecosgrove S.E London linktr.ee/mikecosgrove SME consultant | Event-driven & value trader | Promoting a market-based redistribution of wealth & employee stock schemes | Shareholder activist Mike Cosgrove - @Michael10449114 Liverpool, England mike cosgrove - @mikecosgrove7 Faversham Kent travel writer,film goer and grass cutter Its probably a very good thing that it was owned by the Council rather than in private hands, because they covered up the period features rather than ripping them out. with public, Bensteds is an unusual local charity. Instead youre obliged to face a grandiose monument to arrogance, a self-important symbol of contempt for the community. But eyebrows were raised when Cosgrove told the Faversham News there was an overwhelming majority of opinion in favour of the plans. In Perhaps there was a donation from the local Biffa depot.. Until now. Education Department's Child Protection Procedures, Creating Faversham MP Helen Whately said, "I am especially looking forward to life returning to . Because its so central, The Alexander Centre is also a useful emergency space for local businesses who have to leave their premises suddenly. He has published He asked for a copy of the interview tape, as is his right, and was refused it. RT @PaulOnPolitics: Conservative MP Helen Whatley has been reselected as prospective candidate for Faversham and Mid Kent, seat she has held since 2015. Its about as inviting as a mausoleum. By 2015 the schemes initial estimated 80,000 cost had crept up to 120,000. Faversham Consultancy Group following his departure from Kent Social Services where he of the Strategic 14 Preston Street, Faversham ME13 8NS England +44 1795 537866 Website Open now : 09:00 AM - 4:00 PM See all (49) Ratings and reviews 136 Travellers' Choice 2022 RATINGS Food Service Value Atmosphere Details CUISINES Cafe, British Special Diets Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options, Gluten Free Options Meals Breakfast, Lunch, Brunch View all details residential care policy for adults; financial management According to Swale, its councillors were all involved in personal capacity. Chair, Community No one expects the Spanish Inquisition, least of all Kent Police it seems. On April 24, 2015, six police officers marched into the house where John Wellard lives. In February, after failing to persuade the War Memorials Trust to about turn, Cosgrove and committee changed tack. services management After a bitter dispute with Kent County Council in the late 1980s, an independent board of trustees was appointed. Agreement - 1994. So said Vice Admiral Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas when he officially opened Favershams WW1 memorial on 3 November 1922. How much more? The building was owned and run by the Council. It would go on to pour a total of 32,700 into the scheme. But it turned out the NHS didnt own the garden either. They even threatened to withhold funding for the the long-promised creek bridge if their plan was voted out. voluntary adoption service. Family informal Cosgrove, Gates, Walker and Andrew Bowles were also trustees of Bensteds, the long-established Faversham charity chaired by former town councillor, town mayor and prominent local freemason Bro Andrew Osborne. contact Meeting in September, councillors Tom Gates and Mike Cosgrove agreed to write to Bensted's trustees - which included Tom Gates and Mike Cosgrove - thanking themselves for their own generosity. So far, he hasnt replied once. Mike has over 20 years experience as a management consultant, including 10 years working with not-for- profit for children in rural areas to increase awareness Eight years ago, however, a group of local people began tidying the site, planting trees and fruit bushes, seeds and bulbs. Office, 2000/01. . of Voluntary Child Care Publishers). The plan was first submitted to the Local Plan forum of the . Both donated their time and expertise, as did Shepherd Neame (improvements to the bar) and Michael White (work on the garden courtyard). Over in Watling ward, both David Simmons and Ted Wilcox retained their seats on the town and borough council. well as SMEs. Favershams premier surrealist web publication. Hilary ran The Alexander Centre on SBCs behalf for a couple of years, to learn what the issues were and to put together a business plan. The patron of this years Alexander Collection is Pim Baxter, deputy director of the Royal Portrait Gallery, and the portraiture on the walls is outstanding. This is accounted for as money set aside to future projects. The irony is that they did not need to spend this money. In four years between 2013 and 2019, it gave 96,356 in grants. A seasoned police officer, he also told her, quite correctly, that though it was a nuisance, no crime had been committed. But they had a problem: the community wasnt buying it one bit. He says that some people will like the design, others will not. We asked Mike Cosgrove but he declined to answer. Below are some of the organisations It is far from clear what authority it had to evict the community gardeners. Gates, was also a Kent county councillor, longstanding local freemason and president of the Faversham Royal British Legion branch. This cannot be spent without the written permission of the Charity Commissioners. It was transformed from an ugly, dark space into a flourishing garden enjoyed by all, said community gardener Ros Young. So in late 2016 Swale hastily applied for squatters rights adverse possession to use the legal term claiming the council had maintained the garden since 1990. seminars: best Published by MHNA He has also been a He had given evidence at the Inspector's public enquiry about Footpath ZF5 in 2014. . Which begs the question: if there was insufficient evidence to charge John Wellard five days after his arrest, what reasonable grounds were there to arrest him in the first place and on his birthday? Published by MHNA Publications. management. "Driving across England to Shripshire (sic), seeing the awful creep of new housing development across the countryside. Janet's background is in social work with families and children. He combines this with his role as Vice -Chair of a NHS Health Trust. Deplorable or not, such reactions were far from unusual. There are other places to hold small classes and a few other large venues to hire for weddings and concerts. It is no secret our local councillors were behind John's arrest. The last count of the day, around 10pm this evening (Friday), was for Abbey ward. Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Top 250 TV Shows Most Popular TV Shows Most Popular Video Games Most Popular Music Videos Most Popular Podcasts. Mike Cosgrove, then an SBC councillor, set up a working group to review options. Andrew has a strong commitment to releasing the potential of leaders and managers, and their organisations, and believes that individuals should take considerable responsibility for the content and style of their own learning. After the Beauty Spot salon in West St was destroyed by fire, it carried on operating in one of the Alexander Centres rooms. Although the tiny hexagon of land the memorial cross stood on belonged to Swale Borough Council, the garden didnt. Services Since when have parish duties included monitoring law-abiding citizens' online activity? Colin Sharpe worked at the East Kent Packers specialising in fruit. entries in At the next meeting he reported a renewed campaign from objectors. Now there are nine small businesses, employing from 1-10 people each, plus dozens of part-time and casual staff helping out with events. Bensteds, is a charity for the relief of old, sick and inform persons, and for the provision of educational and recreational facilities, with a typical annual income of around 25,000. Free from accountability, members were not obliged to answer questions, divulge costs, publish full minutes of their meetings or even reveal their names. At the time of going to press, he is pursuing his application. . As new legal owner, Swale Borough Council automatically had so-called permitted development rights to carry out smaller scale improvements to its own sites. The four officers who had already left had taken the key for the police van and everyone had to wait for it to be returned. When asked why it needed six officers, the police said because we were told to expect trouble. Once it became clear that a violent riot was not imminent, four of the officers left in their Land Rover. Together, these developments meant planning permission was no longer needed. In the last four years, Bensteds has given 73,526 in charitable grants, 32,500 of this went to the War Memorial. 1989 Guidance and Regulations, adapted to the Isle Posted: 13th July, 2018 Category: Architecture, Culture, People, Words Alexandra Campbell Photographs Alexandra Campbell. They included a number asking questions and seeking clarification, some who opposed the plans in total, some whose opposition was based on misconceptions and a majority of supportive and positive comments. People rarely sit in the garden now. We can only imagine what the Faversham community of 1922 who voted to give money raised for their war memorial to the hospital would have made of trustees doing the exact reverse a century later. strategic problems. Cosgrove wanted the carefully-tended plant beds replaced with a gravelled oval for Remembrance Day parades. Motive and The cross, repositioned in the centre of the garden, would be flanked by bulky concrete plinths bearing the names of dead servicemen, with empty space left for future conflicts. The letters were to be deplored concurred Cosgrove and his committee, as if questioning their design choices somehow constituted an appalling insult to the fallen. To understand the contribution The Alexander Centre makes to Faversham, let us suppose that Swale Council had sold its unwanted building off for offices insteadwhat would the impact have been? Aside from the risk that such a donation might deter people from giving in future, spending charity funds on the wrong purposes is a serious matter. current), Wrote Meeting the presented He is also a Visiting Lecturer with the Praxis Centre, Cranfield School of Management, where he works to help managers develop their core capabilities. He undertakes assignments in both the public and voluntary sectors as Neither did Cosgroves committee, the NHS, nor the Cottage Hospital. He asked Hilary Riva and a number of others to get involved. With a few exceptions, they agreed, no public money would be spent on the project. The Charity Commission appointed KCC as Trustees and in December 1984, KCC sold part of the site to themselves for 30,000, setting the value at 45,112 a hectare. Bensteds argue that KCC has a moral obligation to share some of that with the charity, to be spent in accordance with the wishes of the original trust deed in 1835. areas, 2000 NCVCCO/The Countryside Agency (JDW), Researched and The design looked not unlike the Faversham Eye logo or even, some say, the famous masonic all-seeing eye. sustaining quality Swale Borough Council contractors (and sometimes with the help of volunteers) are employed to maintain the garden in good condition, he wrote in the statement made on 21 October 2016. Congratulations to the Hop Festival organisers for their well developed sense of irony. The discomfort the beetroot-faced Tory Councillors in Faversham had felt when the leaflets appeared would soon get a lot worse. The Regeneration Plan for Faversham Creek Basin has not really changed since 2013 Read how we saw the Bridge then. Disregarding War Memorials Trusts earlier warnings about potential damage, Cosgrove and committee proposed holding 25,000 back for another bid to move the original granite cross, agreeing: It would be useful to build up a reserve for the second phase.. Favershams books, in St Marys Church, lists names from both world wars. Fletcher). Mr. Cosgrove attended the University of California, Los Angeles for his undergraduate degree, graduating cum laude. In fact, Faversham Town Council formed its own WW1 working group, with none other than councillors Cosgrove, Gates, Walker among its members, along with councillor Trevor Payne and local Royal British Legion chairman John Quested. The police interviewed Mrs Akhurst, telling her the card (which had been sent to her privately) was defamatory.. Association for child protection Around 35,000 people a year come through the doors for work or enjoyment. But so far public money was the only kind in the pot: around 7,000 from Swale Borough Council and 5,000 from Kent County Council. Persons Act 2001, NISW/Isle of Man Government Against the wishes of many Faversham people, councillors were aggressively pushing a deeply unpopular Neighbourhood Plan allowing development of sensitive creekside sites. More worried about Duchy of Cornwall's plan to build 2500 houses on grade 1 and 2 agrucultural land at Faversham." She was married to Sir Sidney Alexander, Mayor of Faversham from 1910-20. That is the big difference between being owned by an independent body and being run by the Government. We asked David Simmons which of these objectives allowed the charity to subsidise the building of a war memorial. It had remained unregistered for more than 40 years. Swale didnt yet own the garden. Significantly larger sums were given on a regular basis to what has been criticised by many in the town as an unwelcome vanity project. political The councillors then met informally and decided that the satirical posters were a criminal matter, that John Wellard was responsible and should be prosecuted. costs, Yes, you did read that correctly. View the profiles of people named Mike Cosgrove. recruitment and selection, performance management, together with serious incident enquiries. So any Eye readers who have an idea for an educational project related to Favershams war dead should apply to Bensteds. The history of the project (as detailed in previous issues of the Faversham Eye) is very different. wrote Best This website and its associated newspaper are members of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), was announced earlier on in the day as the new MP. in the Voluntary Child With the story rapidly going global, Faversham Town Clerk Jackie Westlake circulates an email containing a link to the Daily Mail story to Faversham's conservative councillors and Labour councillor Trevor Payne, advising them not to comment. The following day, April 30, sees another flurry of activity. Published Four of them were Councillors, Andrew Bowles, Anita Walker, Tom Gates and Mike Cosgrove. I was informed only recently by people more knowledgable by myself that there had been a possible violation of my rights. Kingdom as well as in France, Morocco, Italy, Denmark, The Mike Henderson (ind) Mike Cosgrove Nigel Kay Ted Wilcox David Simmons Bryan Mulhern Anita Walker See next week's Faversham News for full coverage and pictures. It does not cover the satirical treatment of people in public life, no matter how thin-skinned they might be. Let's start with the wards just on the border of Faversham for the borough council. Please do get in touch, Mike. Encyclopaedia of Social Work, Guidance on the for, and But Trevor accepted the results and lost his seat on Faversham Town Council. His particular wish was that the income be spent on educational purposes. By Andy Capon As the government's roadmap for an end to lock down gathers pace The Spire has been speaking with Faversham residents about how it affected them, and how they are looking forward to 'normality' as rules are eased. He was a Tutor and Tutor Counsellor for the Open University Business School from Since Cosgrove, Walker and Simmons all sat on Faversham Town Council, no-one was especially surprised when the council warmly endorsed the refined results. for the Countryside Agency. So far Kent Police have stonewalled John Wellards requests for information under the Data Protection Act. However, the office rentals are popular, so The Alexander Centre is considering renovating the attics to create more offices for startups and charities. Swale Borough Council Faversham's representatives. In an email to Jackie Westlake, Mike Cosgrove makes further comments about John Wellard and other members of the public, Faversham Creek Trust and Independent candidates in the imminent elections including Sue Akhurst and the late Brenda Chester, wrongly accusing them all of 'disrupting public meetings'. The project boasted the support of Faversham Town Councilunsurprisingly, since Cosgrove, Simmons and Walker were and are also Faversham town councillors, as were members Trevor Payne and Tom Gates. For example if part of a project requires leadership development Mike Cosgrove cabinet member at Swale Borough Council Rochester, England, United Kingdom291 connections Join to connect Swale Borough Council Peter Symonds Winchester, Leicester Univ, Reading. 24 Feb 2023 07:33:58 within a Inspector, Social Services Inspectorate Wales. cultures contract So any. Yet Swale had pulled the plug on the gardens 1,579 annual maintenance budget years before, precisely because volunteers were doing the work for free. The Friends is a registered charity. It referred us to Cosgrove who declined to answer. Mike Cosgrove spoke in tribute to Colin Sharpe. According to Simmons, the war memorial committee of which he was vice-chairman asked for more than 5,000. 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