Dort e, Glyn, Paul & Mark - Commit t ed t o t he local Communit y

P a u l ca l l s t i m e ...
News f rom your Twydall Ward Labour Councillors - Spring 2014
Having represent ed t he Twydall area for t he last 50 years, Paul
Harriot t has decided t o st and down at t he local elect ions next year.
Paul has been a fearless f ight er for t he area and many will wish t o join
us in giving him our best wishes.
Alt hough he won't be st anding again as a Councillor, Paul will cont inue
t o run t he Labour Club in Twydall Lane. It seems you can't keep a good
man down!!
Paul recently receiving a
merit award from
Labour Deputy Leader,
Harriet Harman
Mark with Glyn, Dorte, Labour MEP candidate
Anneliese Dodds, and Paul Clark, Parliamentary
candidate for Gillingham & Rainham
The most
cost ly t armac
in Medway?
The Tories running
Medway Council
have decided t o
spend nearly 5
million on a new
t armac runway at
Rochest er Airport -
while our roads
are f ull of pot -
holes.
Talk about get t ing
t heir priorit ies
wrong! It shows
t hat t hey care
more about t heir
f lying f riends t han
local road users.
... b u t M a r k n e e d s
n o i n t ro d u ct i o n
Mark Prent er is set t o follow in Paul's foot st eps
as a Labour Councillor for Twydall alongside
Dort e and Glyn. Mark who is Gillingham born
and raised, lives locally wit h his wife and t wo
young children.
As Labour' s Twydal l Communi t y Team
Organiser, Mark is known t o many people
Mark Prent er
Twydall Communit y
Team Organiser
already, but says he is
l ooki ng f orward t o
meet ing many more
local resident s in t he
mont hs ahead.
Mark works as a t rain
driver in London and
i n hi s spare t i me
coaches a local yout h
rugby t eam.
T w y d a l l & R a i n h a m T w y d a l l & R a i n h a m
Rose
Rose
Co n t a ct U s:
Cll r D o rt e Gi lr y
Te l. 2 3 3 8 3 3
Email: gilry.dort e@gmail.com
Cll r P a u l H a rr i ot t
Te l. 2 3 3 8 3 3
Cll r Gl y n Gr i f f i t h s
Te l. 3 5 2 7 3 4
Email: glyngrif f @blueyonder.co.uk
Co u n ci l l o r Su rg e r i e s
Your Twydall Ward Councillors hold
regular surgeries for resident s. No
appoint ment is necessary:
1st Sat urday of t he mont h,
10am to Noon, Twydall Library
3rd Wednesday of t he mont h,
10am to Noon, Gillingham
Labour Part y HQ, (rear of
Twydall Labour Club)
P a u l Cl a r k
Pa r li a m e n t a r y Ca n d i d a t e f o r
Gi ll i n g h a m & Ra i n h a m
Tel. 376177
Email: paul@paulclark.org
Twit t er: @PaulClark4GandR
M a r k P re n t e r
Com m u n it y Org a n i se r
Tel. 07973 570743
Email:prent er4t wydall@yahoo.com
M a kin g a Dif f e re n ce w it h a WI F !
Every year, your local councillors are allocat ed 3,000 each as
Ward Improvement Funds (or WIF!). Dort e, Paul and Glyn pool t heir
WIF and in t he year t o end March f unded:
4000 t o Woodlands Yout h Club (which is at t he west ern end
of t he ward) wit h t he bulk of it t o help f und t heir out reach
work at t he Beechings Pavilion
Support f or local communit y groups including t he Twydall
Gardening Club which looks af t er t he hanging basket s in t he
shopping cent re and Sewing Toget her which put s on t he
quilt ing exhibit ion each year.
Bollards at Denbigh Avenue
Out door play equipment at Twydall Primary school (lower &
upper).
A donat ion t o t he Twydall Foodbank
Christ mas light s in t he shopping cent re (and t hey will be back
t his year!).
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T w i t t e r : @m e d w a y l a b o u r
Promot ed & published by Mark Prent er on behalf of Gillingham & Rainham Const it uency Labour Part y, all at 122a Twydall
Lane, Gillingham ME8 6JU.
Dorte with Sharon McCauley, the
Youth Development Worker at
Woodlands Youth Centre. Your
Councillors are helping to fund
youth out-reach work in Twydall
including activities for local
youngst ers
Go v t . i n v e st i g a t e s
l e g a l i t y o f M e d w a y
Co u n ci l ra i d o n re n t
re s e r v e s .
The Government 's Housing
Minist er has writ t en t o
Medway Council demanding
answers about it s recent grab
of 2million f rom Council
t enant rent reserves.
The money, much of it paid by
Council t enant s living in
Twydall, was t aken by t he
Tory Council wit h t he bulk of
it t o pay f or a new library in
St rood.
Labour Councillors have
opposed t his grab, and
welcome t he Government 's
int ervent ion
Whilst demand will always
out st ret ch t he very limit ed
f unds available, we always
welcome ideas on how t he
f unds could be spent .
If you have any t hought s f or
t his year's WIF, cont act Dort e,
Paul or Glyn.
The print ing and dist ribut ion of
t his leaf let is f unded by your
local Labour Councillors and
Labour support ers