Community Voice & Neighbourhood Watch July Newsletter 2025
With the summer holidays around the corner and a rise in reported incidents of antisocial behaviour. There is a section in the newsletter about Young People and ASB. Click on the ‘find out more’ link and it contains further information on recording and reporting antisocial behaviour.
Community Voice July 2025 newsletter
Parish Office Closure 7th July 9.30am – 11.30am
Please note the office will be closed on Monday morning from 9.30am – 11.30am for staff to attend meetings.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
Help to improve the NHS 111 service
NHS Kent & Medway and NHS Sussex are working together to improve the NHS 111 service, and we would really value your support in helping us reach local residents.
NHS 111 is a free, 24/7 service that provides advice and support for non-emergency health concerns. It helps people get the right care, in the right place, at the right time whether accessed online or by phone.
To ensure the service is working well for everyone, we are inviting people to share their experiences through a short survey. This feedback will help us:
- Understand what works well within NHS 111
- Identify barriers or challenges people face
- Find ways to improve the service
The survey takes just 5–10 minutes and is completely confidential. It will remain open until Monday 4th August.
Being A Parish Councillor – What does it involve?
How can we improve our community? This is what drives our wonderful team of volunteer Parish Councillors.
At Bearsted Parish Council we have 15 seats but currently only 14 Councillors.
We have 5 dedicated Committees and one Working Group which service the Council and the Community, these include, Communications, Environment, Traffic & Transport, HR, Planning and Finance.
Between us, we manage many things around the village, including 2 play areas, the Village Green, the pond, Meadow Bank Nature Reserve, the Elizabeth Harvie Field, benches, memorials, Church Lane car park, 2 allotment sites, the annual Fireworks night, Christmas lights and switch on events, traffic, parking and road concerns and much much more.
If you would like a greater insight into what is involved the Suffolk Association of Local Councils have put together a short video which can be viewed here
If you would like more information on what is involved or how to become a Parish Councillor, please contact the Clerk at clerk@bearstedparishcouncil.gov.uk, or visit the office at Madginford Hall, Egremont Road, ME15 8LH, the opening times can be found on the website. Or maybe pop along to one of our meetings, details of these can be found on the calendar section of this website.
Roseacre Junior School – New Sensory Room
Bearsted Parish Council have just had the privilege of attending the opening of the new Wooden Spoon Sensory Room at Roseacre Junior School.
Thanks were given to The Wooden Spoon, The Children’s Charity of Rugby and The Friends of Roseacre who donated the funds for this much needed sensory space.
Also in attendance were representatives of the Maidstone Rugby Club who raise money through various events for the Wooden Spoon Charity and ourselves who donated money towards the equipment for the room.
The room was officially opened by the Mayor of Maidstone, Cllr Martin Round.
This room provides an amazing environment, not only for children with additional needs but for all pupils of Roseacre to enjoy, learn in and benefit from.
Well done to the whole team at Roseacre for making this happen and thank you for inviting us to share this with you
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New Councillor – Max Huseyin
BPC welcomes Cllr Max Huseyin as our newest member, we are all looking forward to working with him. See Cllr Huseyin’s bio here
We still have one vacancy!
So if anyone would like to join our team of volunteer Councillors, who give their time working to improving Bearsted for the whole Community, please contact the Clerk at clerk@bearstedparishcouncil.gov.uk