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The Mayor's Office
The Mayor's engagements
The Mayor and Deputy Mayor's calendar.
October
The Mayor's engagements for October 2024.
Saturday 5 October
Engagements for Saturday 5 October.
Heather House Community Café – Official Opening
The Mayor will open the café which is a Swale Community Care project together with Sittingbourne and Sheppey helping Ukraine have refurbished and opened part of the Age UK Kent Rivers site in Sittingbourne as a community cafe, with foodbank, pay it forward cafe, and food pantry together with an exciting space available for use for the community.
Location
Sittingbourne Community Hub, Avenue of Remembrance ME10 4NN.
Start time
For that start time, email the Mayor's PA, mariaclarke@swale.gov.uk.
Wednesday 9 October
Engagements for Wednesday 9 October.
Funeral of Former Mayoress Maureen Salmon
The Mayor will attend.
Location
St Catherine’s Church, Preston Lane, Faversham ME13 8LQ
Start time
12.30pm.
Saturday 12 October
Engagements for Saturday 12 October.
Carnival Queen’s Reception and Faversham Carnival
The Mayor will be hosting Mayors from outside Swale at the reception, carnival and evening event.
Location
Faversham
Start time
For that start time, email the Mayor's PA, mariaclarke@swale.gov.uk.
Saturday 19 October
Engagements for Saturday 19 October.
Royal Society of St George Trafalgar Dinner
The Mayor will attend.
Location
The Woodstock Club, Broadoak Road, Sittingbourne
Start time
6pm.
Friday 25 October
Engagements for Saturday 25 October.
Kent Civic Launch of the Poppy Appeal
The Mayor will attend.
Location
County Hall, Maidstone
Start time
10.30am.
SGN and East Kent Mencap Partnership Launch
The Mayor will attend the event which includes a workshop for adults with learning disabilities, providing advice on safe energy usage, CO2 alarms and offering support to sign up to the priority service register. The launch will be the beginning of our Winter Readiness campaigne, supporting vulnerable adults throughout the winter.
Location
2 Trinity Road, Sheerness ME12 3JP
Start time
12 noon.
Saturday 26 October
Engagements for Saturday 25 October.
Launch of the Poppy Appeal
The Mayor will launch this year’s Swale poppy appeal
Location
The Forum, Sittingbourne
Start time
10am.