Councillor's Sam Craven, Christine Godwin and Tristan Osborne joined forces with residents on Thorold Road, Chatham to clean an alleyway in preparation for an alleygate scheme that is due to be fitted shortly.
Getting out of the Council Chamber onto doorstep is what your local team is all about.
Labour Councillors in Luton & Wayfield will be supporting the campaign by our local St Mary's ABC which is currently threatened with closure after the ownership of the land changed.
I along with Councillor colleagues met the campaigners yesterday evening and it is clear they will fight to the end for a club which spawned former world champion Johnny Armour and top heavyweight Tom Dallas.
St Mary's Amateur Boxing Club in Chatham is one of the oldest and proudest clubs in the county and has support from across the region. It is the epitomy of a small sports club fighting against corporate greed.
You can join their Facebook site and a petition is currently being organised to safeguard this piece of local heritage. The Council has a responsibility to local sportsclubs to ensure they are safeguarded; one such as this with such a proud history must be looked at.
St Mary's has been at the site for more than 50 years. It has previously rented the property for a peppercorn rent of just £26 a year, but following the death of its landlady, the future of the club is in doubt.
Club secretary and head coach Dave Bowler said to Medway Messenger:
"We are very worried. We don't know who is going to buy it and if they will let us stay. If the new owners put the rent up, we wouldn't be able to afford it, and we can't afford to go anywhere else."
St Mary's most famous son is Armour who reigned the WBU bantamweight division for three years. He trained at the club from the age of 10 until he signed a professional contract aged 21.
He said:
"It would be a great shame if the club had to close. A lot of people would feel the same as me. It has been there such a long time and a lot of people will have fond memories of it.
"It is a blinding club, I don't think you will ever get a club as good as St Mary's in Medway. I couldn't have done anything I have done in my career without the start I was given at that club."
As Councillors - Sam Craven, Tristan Osborne and Christine Godwin will be fighting for the boxing club and are currently engaged with the Council to ensure that the tradition of this much-loved sport continues in our community.
The Luton & Wayfield Team is backing the local Fares' Fair campaign to reduce the amount commuters have to pay to commute into London and beyond.
There is growing concern over the projected increase in rail fares of 10% over the next four years, which would see a 2015 season ticket from Medway to London costing almost £5000. As early as next year, commuters from Medway using the high speed line into London will see a season ticket costing more than 20% of average salaries; even a non high-speed ticket will account for almost 17%.
The Tory-led government has changed the funding formula for regulated rail fares from January 2012, allowing train companies to increase fares by 3% above inflation every year until 2015. As a result, commuters face average increases of 8 per cent a year, with many facing ticket price increases of 13%. By 2015, rail fares will be on average 28.4% higher.
Commenting Cllr Tristan Osborne
"Many residents across the ward commute daily into London and are very concerned about the rise in fares. It is simply unacceptable to ask the commuter to pay more whilst the government is cutting rail subsidy."
"All the Luton & Wayfield Councillors back the campaign to reduce the fares for local residents"
