6 months ago a bee brick was fitted to the side of our house. Today I went up a ladder to check on it and - yes! - we have some bees. A feature for all new build houses? 🐝

The march of housing on our green fields is relentless. 1600 more homes proposed on land west of Hermitage Lane and east of Kiln Barn Road, but with a through route feeding into East Malling’s narrow roads. Find out more at bradbourne.info

From my neighbourhood: nextdoor.co.uk/p/9Y6nRSkLbtDG…

🌳Trees – just make our streets look amazing😎 We spend a lot of time talking about how urban trees help keep us cool, reduce pollution, restore nature, help us adapt to climate change, calm traffic etc But lets just🥂celebrate how great they look, and how that makes us feel🙂

Forty Acres is being developed by Vistry. Will be keeping a very close eye on the trees, and any works which may affect the Skylarks spotted on site last week.

Kooth.com is a free, safe and anonymous online wellbeing service for children and young people offering one-to-one counselling sessions, online discussion boards, journals and goal trackers.

The #GreatBritishSpringClean is coming to East Malling as it has for the last several years. This will kickstart our regular community tidy-ups which take a break over the winter. Looking forward to getting the Clare Lake Volunteer Mornings back on from April.

⚠ The active travel budget has just been cut by two-thirds ⚠ It’s heartbreaking to see vital active travel budgets being wiped away in England, at the exact time when they are most essential. It simply doesn’t make sense.👇

Grow 19 Cafe ~ open every Wednesday term time only, 2 more weeks this term! How about booking for a lovely afternoon tea ☕️🫖🍰🧁 Video created by Trinity, one of our hospitality learners. Well done all!

Well that went well! We are all delighted to be re- elected to Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council and thank residents for their overwhelming support. East Malling, West Malling and Offham are each very special and distinct communities and we are honoured to be able to represent you.

If you want to catch up on the outcome of Thursday's council elections in Tonbridge and Malling, all the details are available on the results pages of our website: orlo.uk/01gvh

"Pavement parking is basically me ending up in the middle of the road." 💬 Vehicles parked on pavements can make everyday journeys challenging and even dangerous for many people. It's time for change. We're calling for a ban on #PavementParking across the UK 👇

The new organising Committee for East Malling Picnic in the Park have done a fantastic job. Lots of people having some fun in the sun, and enjoying some great live music 🎶

The Parish Council, Broadwater Action Group, local residents & others worked tirelessly to highlight the full impact of these proposals. From heritage to highways, loss of agricultural land to impact on landscape character, there was so much unacceptable harm.

Are you parking your vehicle safely? Our firefighters need a 4-metre gap in the road to operate a fire engine at an incident. Please, whenever you park up, check you’ve left a 4-metre gap, it could save a life. #Kent #Medway #Parking

There's still time to book your FREE place at our Funding Conference on 2 Nov, 10am at The Friars #AylesfordPriory #Kent Training & workshops will focus on #CorporateFundraising with guest speakers Kent Community Foundation ChrisKnottInsurance & Imago Community Book at tinyurl.com/22hm5s7e

It’s time for change in #Maidstone & #Malling 🟠 A lot of support in our constituency to bring the local representation it deserves ✅ 4th of July, vote Liberal Democrats 🗳️

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.