services; He felt Faversham was his . About 500,000 of this is the permanent endowment and comes from the original land sale. In four years between 2013 and 2019, it gave 96,356 in grants. There was significant public opposition from people who knew nothing of the people behind the project. of the Alan is a founding member and Partner of Pi Associates. partner we can mobilise the necessary skills where and Facebook gives people the power to. seminars on planning Several comments slated the project as an absurd waste of taxpayers cash. It seemed very unfair and undemocratic.. local government A seasoned police officer, he also told her, quite correctly, that though it was a nuisance, no crime had been committed. Favershams premier surrealist web publication. It had remained unregistered for more than 40 years. . Fortunately, an eagle-eyed council official rescued it from a skip. This money is currently sitting in the separate War Memorial account maintained by Bensteds. People rarely sit in the garden now. of Man Children and Users, Updating complete In January 2017, Swale Borough Council ordered the volunteers to down tools so council contractors Blenwood Ltd could take over maintenance. Not only did the key Bensteds trustees drive the project, the charity was used to handle the money. - 1993. Praised by Cosgrove for his first-rate excellent press liaison support, Gardners PR efforts resulted in favourable local newspaper coverage. Theres so much we want to ask you. After X-ray costs, it was the second largest expenditure of the year. It would be nice to think that Sir Sidney Alexander, who was mayor through the long and painful years of World War I, would be delighted to see Faversham enjoying his home now. Hilary ran The Alexander Centre on SBCs behalf for a couple of years, to learn what the issues were and to put together a business plan. Without further consultation, work started in March. In all, the War Memorial committee raised 206,000. Not surprisingly, KCC has rejected this, saying that when they bought it the land was designated as a nursing home. Education Department's Child Protection Procedures, the development He also argues that the opposition to the memorial was personal and came "from critics who did not like some of the key Trustees involved.". wrote the guide When six Kent Police officers arrested John Wellard, the former Monty Python cameraman who lives in Faversham, it was widely condemned in the national press. Following the revelations in the last Eye, Selling Parish council has now been boosted by a new member, David Woollett, co-opted but not elected According to the new rinky dink parish website he has had a long and varied career with life experiences that will enhance the capability of the Council immeasurably. Can this be the same David Woollett who was the subject of a complaint to Donna Price, the Monitoring Officer at Swale Borough Council back in 2017, after he turned up at the local churchs parish room unannounced with the current acting clerk and councillor, Amanda Saunders to inspect some council documents? The discomfort the beetroot-faced Tory Councillors in Faversham had felt when the leaflets appeared would soon get a lot worse. Although these are mostly commercial ventures, so are more expensive. Ten years that covenant has expired so the land can now be used for house building. Mike Cosgrove Digital Partner Support Manager at the NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Kingston upon Hull, England Metropolitan Area City Health Care Partnership CIC, +2. As new legal owner, Swale Borough Council automatically had so-called permitted development rights to carry out smaller scale improvements to its own sites. The Alexander Centre rents out offices and is considering renovating the attics to provide more office space. "@ZacGoldsmith Thank you for replying. Mike Henderson (ind) Mike Cosgrove Nigel Kay Ted Wilcox David Simmons Bryan Mulhern Anita Walker See next week's Faversham News for full coverage and pictures. Social Services Professionals (Jessica Kingsley Institute of Faversham Consultancy Group following his departure from Kent Social Services where he Management's OK - Mike Cosgrove cabinet member at Swale Borough Council Rochester, England, United Kingdom291 connections Join to connect Swale Borough Council Peter Symonds Winchester, Leicester Univ, Reading. four books on management subjects. The night that the police decided to take no further action against John Wellard, Councillor (now Mayor) Trevor Abram emailed Nigel Kay saying: there is also a constant daily diatribe of acrimonious accusations against the actions of the Council in social media, which allowed to continue unchallenged could easily cost any of us our seats on May 7. designed and delivered many organisation, team and At the time, talk of 'brown envelopes' was rife. Meanwhile, the original Victorian and Edwardian rooms, where Lady Alexander held recitals and Sir Sidney played billiards are hired out for workshops, training sessions and meetings. A sudden and miraculous conversion appears to have turned former Conservative Faversham councillor Mike Cosgrove into a born-again environmentalist. He said: "I never expect the results. Mike Cosgrove is on Facebook. Yet another email from Westlake to Cosgrove quotes comments made at a public meeting and online by a member of the public about the Neighbourhood Plan. them.. Mike has undertaken a consultancy role for 3 years, having set up The Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. residential care policy for adults; financial management The last count of the day, around 10pm this evening (Friday), was for Abbey ward. So any Eye readers who have an idea for an educational project related to Favershams war dead should apply to Bensteds. Westlake then started talking to PC Emma Willson, who spoke to the Kent Police Management Unit. Lady Alexander was probably the closest thing Faversham had to a great Edwardian hostess. Internal documents (available here) recently obtained from Faversham Town Council, under Data Protection legislation, reveal the council's inner workings and the extraordinary behaviour of the Kent Police. Faversham Eye asked Bensteds Charity for more information about these fees and who received them. The following day, April 30, sees another flurry of activity. In November 2015, a public consultation exposed the full strength of opposition to the plans. entries in Police officers are entitled to search premises without a warrant, but an inspector has to authorize the search beforehand and can only do so if he or she has reasonable grounds. The War Memorial project was driven by five prominent local Conservatives, all of whom were Trustees of Bensteds. children's services plan of They did not take John Wellard to the custody officer as required, but instead took him to an interview room which stunk of skunk weed. To understand the contribution The Alexander Centre makes to Faversham, let us suppose that Swale Council had sold its unwanted building off for offices insteadwhat would the impact have been? Despite the towns near-total hostility to the application, Swales planning case officer Andrew Spiers recommended approval. Mike Cosgrove - former Faversham Town Councillor (Tory) Councillor Mark Dance - Councillor on Kent County Council, based in Whitstable (Tory) Cindy Davis - former Faversham Town Councillor (Tory) Tom Gates - former Faversham Town Councillor (Tory) Councillor Ben J Martin - current Faversham Town Councillor (Liberal Democrat) The War Memorials Trust, far from showering the project with grant cash, opposed it completely, explaining The primary function of the garden through its association with the hospital should be respected, and warning that moving the memorial cross was likely to damage it. Again, the response could not have been clearer. Facilitative and Moving the memorial wasnt so important after all, they decided. Has a drive to Shripshire been Mr Cosgroves Road to Damascus? Promoting shared The only letters in support came from Swales own officers and three neighbours. This time there were 74 letters and emails objecting. In the library alone, more than 80 comments were against the scheme, many fiercely so. current), Wrote Meeting the recruitment and selection, performance management, together with serious incident enquiries. However, using incomplete and heavily redacted minutes obtained under a Freedom of Information request, together with other sources, Faversham Eye has pieced together how they forced their scheme through. The irony is that they did not need to spend this money. Manchester City Council ACPC, 2000. Many of the original features stayed intact. 24 Feb 2023 07:33:58 Two of their bedrooms were briefly a magistrates court and are now Faversham Pilates studio. The money should be invested and the charity can then spend the investment income. Bensteds, is a charity for the relief of old, sick and inform persons, and for the provision of educational and recreational facilities, with a typical annual income of around 25,000. The Trustees had a beauty parade and interviewed five investment advisors, appointing Lloyds Private Banking, now Schroders Personal Wealth. He said that he had lived in Faversham for 42 years, and that he was the St Ann's Ward Councillor. View the profiles of people named Mike Cosgrove. was Area Director. The sum was more than the entire years fundraising efforts; money donated by local people to help by medical equipment and supplies. The books current whereabouts are unknown but the, We do not appear to have funded the Faversham War Memorial Garden. leadership development For nearly a hundred years, the town was proud to pay its respects at the memorial. Please do get in touch, Mike. Healthcare Management, Member of the Most all of, there are the 35,000 people a year who come into Faversham town centre for an event at The Alexander Centre. To be fair, the gardens future upkeep is unlikely to overstretch public finances. The duty solicitor summed it up, telling John Wellard, this is a load of f***ing bollocks!. comprehensive service for elderly people; integration of If you take a seven year view then once you strip out the money for the War Memorial, the charity has given just over 9,000 a year to other local charities. He asked Hilary Riva and a number of others to get involved. The following year, they gave 8,420 in grants, but put aside an extra 20,000 for future projects. In Published by MHNA Institute of Management Consultants, Member of the It spent Swale money building the unpopular erection on Swale-owned land. Mike represents many of PCIA's largest professional firms. In February 2018, Faversham brewery Shepherd Neame donated 5,000 the project. an England. Underneath the dreary cream plasterboard lay Victorian and Edwardian ceiling cornices and high skirting boards. Then everything changed. Initially, the volunteer gardeners attended Cosgroves meetings but soon concluded their concerns were being ignored. In our defence, we would like to point out that, in the interests of accuracy, we have tried to contact Mr Cosgrove on many occasions requesting all manner of information. What are the odds? Dont be shy. Service. When challenged, the officer said he did not need a search warrant as he had made an arrest. a change of alcohol misuse; Many of them will also use or return to local shops and eateries. He argues that the town needed it as Faversham was one of the few towns which did not have a memorial naming its dead. So said Vice Admiral Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas when he officially opened Favershams WW1 memorial on 3 November 1922. This cannot be spent without the written permission of the Charity Commissioners. They even threatened to withhold funding for the the long-promised creek bridge if their plan was voted out. In September, waste management company Viridor donated 20,000, which would pay for more than 500 names to be carved into the gardens stonework 377 from WW1 and 174 from WWII at a cost of 40 per name. He is co-author of: Analysis of On 6th May the Land Registry granted ownership of the garden to Swale Borough Council. Andrew holds a Diploma from the Institute of Health Services Management, BPS Level A and B certificates in Psychometric Testing, and is currently studying for an MA in Learning and Change in Organisations, University of West This project has therefore accounted for 44 percent of the charitys spending. adviser, 1999 - Reviews: Reaching Not just todays community but the Faversham of a hundred years ago, a generation that experienced incomprehensible loss and suffering. Health Authorities and Primary Care Trusts (MNW, Yet oddly, Cosgroves committee were told only 60 comments were received in total. Although the tiny hexagon of land the memorial cross stood on belonged to Swale Borough Council, the garden didnt. negotiation. Opportunity: Developing Practice through Training Like many small towns after WWI, Faversham chose not to carve the names of the fallen into stone but instead recorded them in books of remembrance. This restriction was put in place so that it could meet part of our charitable objects to support the interests of patients in Faversham Cottage Hospital., Horrified at the new memorials disproportionate dimensions and brutalist appearance, some wrote to the. Project. Hundreds fought it out for those all important seats and with an unexpected flurry of independent and Ukip candidates standing, it all came down to tonight's count (Friday). In this conversation. Despite the Python-esque aspects to the behaviour of the council and police, the subtext is sinister and leaves a lot of serious questions unanswered., The night that the police decided to take no further action against John Wellard, Councillor (now Mayor) Trevor Abram emailed Nigel Kay saying: . David was up through the night for the general election, ran his market stall all day today (Friday), did all his deliveries and was back in Sittingbourne for the count - that's commitment. Work includes organisational design, management development, Favershams premier surrealist web publication, The Spire, recently attracted the attention of former councillor Mike Cosgrove who took to his keyboard to comment: Much more accurate than the Faversham Eye. collaboration with Prof. Jane Now, over a century later, it is called The Alexander Centre. He has Child Protection: Evaluation of the But their emails and letters got nowhere. Free from accountability, members were not obliged to answer questions, divulge costs, publish full minutes of their meetings or even reveal their names. Just last year, he boasted of 14,000 new homes planned up to 2031 and 3 million square feet of commercial development the highest level in Kent over the past decade in the councils Draft Economic Regeneration Framework document. Since when have parish duties included monitoring law-abiding citizens' online activity? Against the wishes of many Faversham people, councillors were aggressively pushing a deeply unpopular Neighbourhood Plan allowing development of sensitive creekside sites. Viridor put in 20,000, almost 33,000 was given by Bensteds Charity, 5,000 came from funds raised for the Cottage Hospital, Shepherd Neame pumped in another 5,000 and the local curious handshake contingent paid 1,250 for one of the benches. has been extended for a further year to include a Before being shown the door by the electorate in Mays local elections, Mr Cosgrove was Swales Cabinet Member for Regeneration. Needs of Publications. Arriving to lay a wreath alongside other veterans organisations, the Royal Air Forces Association discovered they werent invited, a snub reportedly compounded by some regrettable conduct ill-befitting a ceremony of remembrance. sectors, Which begs the question: if there was insufficient evidence to charge John Wellard five days after his arrest, what reasonable grounds were there to arrest him in the first place and on his birthday? And, as one of the largest halls in Kent, it keeps Faversham in the running for big community events, such as the Swale Heritage Fair. Between 2013 and 2018, it spent 46,744 on management fees to Lloyds to look after its cash and investments. report to ministers and Since 2011 the Faversham Creek Trust has been working towards a regeneration plan that focuses on the upper part of Faversham Creek above the Brents Swing Bridge. After five years of dispute, the Charity Commission sealed a new trust deed, in May 1989. Now hopefully the balance will be redressed., It was an interesting birthday, albeit alarming, said John. Families were separated, the food was dreadful and in Andover it was reported that inhabitants starved to death. "Driving across England to Shripshire (sic), seeing the awful creep of new housing development across the countryside. In this conversation. Cosgroves intentions were equally murky. Not all members were councillors or council employees however. environments. When we asked for missing minutes of their meetings under Freedom of Information rules, Swale Borough Council refused. have worked with during the past two years. He says that some people will like the design, others will not. 2023 Faversham Life All rights reserved. On April 24, 2015, six police officers marched into the house where John Wellard lives. Bensteds took in all the donations, claimed the charity tax relief and it is listed as a separate item in their accounts. The Alexander Centre Trust (TACT) was set up, chaired by Hilary Riva. Westlake forwarded the email to other 'involved parties' councillors Michael Cosgrove, Nigel Kay and Trevor Payne. It was transformed from an ugly, dark space into a flourishing garden enjoyed by all, said community gardener Ros Young. And public support or rather the almost total lack of it remained a problem. Motive and On 5 March 2015, PC Emma Willson wrote to Jackie Westlake, saying if her forensic colleagues can link John to the Christmas card, then Mr Wellard can be interviewed regarding the offence of Harrassment. It was from here, famously, that SBC nearly threw out one of the earliest surviving Magna Cartas. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. The design looked not unlike the, In the library alone, more than 80 comments were against the scheme, many fiercely so. KCC is looking to develop the site for housing at a massive profit. Mike Cosgrove - @mikecosgrove S.E London linktr.ee/mikecosgrove SME consultant | Event-driven & value trader | Promoting a market-based redistribution of wealth & employee stock schemes | Shareholder activist Mike Cosgrove - @Michael10449114 Liverpool, England mike cosgrove - @mikecosgrove7 Faversham Kent travel writer,film goer and grass cutter But little was known about the secret machinations behind it. 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