It will be necessary to close Sandgate High Street, Sandgate from 20th April 2020 for up to 12 days.
The road will be closed outside 142 Sandgate High Street.
The alternative route is via Military Road, North Road, West Road and Hospital Hill.
*UPDATE* Due to the nature of the works taking place the road will be closed all day and NOT reopen at night.
This is to enable sewer repairs in the carriageway to be carried out by Southern Water.
Due to the Coronavirus, and lockdown and social distancing rules, the Government have passed emergency legislation and guidance to allow Councils to meet online instead of in person through until May 2021.
In common with many other councils, Sandgate Parish Council will be meeting online for the immediate future and until the Government advice is that is is prudent to again meet “in person” and for the public to be present.
We will be publishing agendas (5 working days in advance of meetings) and minutes within 10 working days after a meeting on the Parish Council website at https://sandgatepc.org.uk/ (as we have done for some years).
Questions on any item of the agenda, or public questions for Full Council Meetings should be sent to the Parish Clerk (by email to clerk@sandgatepc.org.uk) in advance of the meeting and will be read out by the clerk at the meeting and responded to appropriately. Questions should include the questioners full name and address.
The meetings themselves will take place on Zoom (using recommended security such as meeting passwords, use of waiting rooms etc) with the meeting broadcast live as video at the time of the meeting itself on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pg/sandgatepc/ Comments made on the Facebook video during the meeting will not be monitored and are not a way of feeding back to the Council.
Please do bear with us while we learn this new way of working – it’s new for all of us!
Our first online meeting will be our Full Council Meeting on Tuesday 21st April at 5pm.
Kent Trading Standards Warning: as it’s the end of the tax year, please be aware that scammers are busy.
If you receive any messages like below impersonating HMRC promising a refund and that you need to click on a link, it is a scam. HMRC would never ask you to respond in this way and ask for personal details via a link.
Remember the ABC of scam protection and do not ASSUME or BELIEVE anything you receive via email, text, telephone is genuine, always CONFIRM by contacting a trusted source, Bank, Police, family or friend.
Never click on links or divulge personal data or account details when receiving an out of the blue message like the one above.
If it is “Too good to be true, then it probably is.”
There has been an alert from Action Fraud in relation to a phishing scam, where fraudsters are impersonating Tesco.
The fake Tesco emails are offering ‘free vouchers’ during the coronavirus outbreak and you are asked to click on a link, which takes you to a convincing looking phishing website that is designed to steal your login, personal and financial information.
If you receive one of these, please do not click on the link and delete it and report to Action Fraud.
For more info and extra help on how to keep yourself safe on line visit https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/
Use the A, B, C of scam awareness:
Do you need assistance or additional support?
The Folkestone Covid-19 Community Support Hub can help with:
Or if you just need a chat and some advice please pick up the phone and get in touch.
Call: 01303 316186
Email: covid-19@3hsp.co.uk
You are not alone during this challenging time – Folkestone and Sandgate are pulling together and your community is here to help.
If you would like to volunteer to help, visit:
www.folkestone-hythe.gov.uk/volunteer/form
To help in the effort to stop the spread of COVID-19, the public toilets on Granville Parade have been closed this immediate effect. We understand all public toilets across Folkestone and Hythe district will be closed today.
Although we do everything we can to keep them clean, we simply can’t sanitise all surfaces between every use.
They will be reopened as soon as it is reasonable to do so.
Although Sandgate Park remains open for exercise (although please maintain your distance from other users), on 23rd March the Government required the closure of:
Enclosed spaces in parks, including playgrounds, sports courts and pitches, and outdoor gyms or similar.
Our children’s playground, games pitches, zip wire, adult play equipment and petanque court are therefore CLOSED as of now, and should not be used.
Please respect this closure, which is for public health reasons.
park_march-2020Scammers and criminals are already looking for opportunities to scam people as a result of the Coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic. Happily, there are many more stories of kindness and generosity but we want to make people aware of the scams as they emerge – which they seem to be on a daily basis.
Kent Trading Standards have received reports from Kent Police of people door-knocking and claiming to be from the Health Authority.
What happens:
The criminal knocks on your door.
They claim to be from the Health Authority.
They offer to do COVID-19 testing on residents.
There are also reports of the criminal offering to take the residents temperature.
THIS IS A SCAM!
What to do:
– Do not let them in.
– Do not allow them to take any money or details from you.
– Report to Kent Police on 101.
– If you ask them to leave and they don’t, contact the police on 999.
Please warn vulnerable family members, friends and neighbours.
Kent Libraries have informed Sandgate Parish Council that all their libraries will close from Friday, so we will be closing Sandgate Library from 1pm on Friday. We will of course re-open as soon as we are advised we can do so.
The Parish Clerks will continue to work their usual hours and the email (clerk@sandgatepc.org.uk) and phone (01303 248563) will still be answered.
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