Dover Town Mayor Councillor Sue Jones was lost for words when she first stood up to thank the 16 charities and social enterprises who had given presentations and taken stalls as part of the Dover Community Showcase during the Annual Town Meeting on Wednesday 1 May.  All the organisations had partnered with and been supported…

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Dover Outreach Centre has been given nearly £800 raised by the Mayor Councillor Sue Jones at charity events during the year.  The Outreach Centre provides a route back to normal life for homeless people including help with accommodation, health care, and the everyday things like a postal address that most of us can take for…

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The 101st Anniversary of the Dover Patrol’s heroic and historic raid on Zeebrugge on St George’s Day 1918 was commemorated at an annual ceremony on 23 April 2019. Reverend Sean Sheffield conducted a service at St James Cemetery where the fallen of the raid are laid to rest together with their leader Vice Admiral Sir…

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Mayor of Dover Councillor Sue Jones got into the swing when she attended the opening of the new Bunkers Hill Avenue Playground recently. Southern Housing have worked with local Community Connectors to ask children and families what was top of their list for having fun and installed some “Tree Houses” together with other top quality…

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Everyone is welcome at Dover’s Annual Town Meeting.  The Town is a much better place because of the many hours put in by local volunteers and this year a variety of local charitable and voluntary organisations will be giving short presentations about their work and the benefits they bring to the Town. There will be…

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Dover Town Council will remember the 101st Anniversary of the Dover Patrol’s heroic and historic raid on Zeebrugge on St George’s Day 1918 on Tuesday 23rd April 2019. Beginning with a service at 11.00 am in St James’ Cemetery, the commemorations will finish with the ringing of The Zeebrugge Bell at Dover Town Hall. The…

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The Town Council has got behind Transition Dover’s campaign for Dover to be designated a “Plastics Free Community”.  The Council backed resolutions at its meeting on 27 March to continue to remove single use plastics from its premises, encourage plastic free initiatives in the Town and send a representative to join the Plastic Free Community…

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