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. well as SMEs. The application went to appeal, the charity won and planning permission was granted in May 1991. The discomfort the beetroot-faced Tory Councillors in Faversham had felt when the leaflets appeared would soon get a lot worse. Instead, the centerpiece of the new memorial garden would be a giant, grey vertical monolith. Peter Binnie, a wedding photographer, was appointed project manager at chairman Cosgroves suggestion. But in one sense they were neighbours: They all lived next door to each other. 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. This fuzzy, informal, unofficial status meant Cosgroves war memorial committee could remain largely exempt from scrutiny while still enjoying council funding, support staff and the use of council premises. 1992. residential services for children; services for drugs and The cash mountain increased by 144,073 between 2013 and 2018, from 783,267 to 925,340. . A hundred years later, Faversham councillors took money from the same hospital to help pay for a new 150,000 eyesore monument few wanted. Faversham's 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". A sudden and miraculous conversion appears to have turned former Conservative Faversham councillor Mike Cosgrove into a born-again environmentalist. Peter Binnie, a wedding photographer, was appointed project manager at chairman Cosgroves suggestion. present (JDW), Evaluation of a But that was a misconception, according to Cosgrove and his committee. Two of their bedrooms were briefly a magistrates court and are now Faversham Pilates studio. And its brought jobs into the town. So far, he hasnt replied once. The current asset position of the charity was further boosted last year. He is also a Visiting Lecturer with the Praxis Centre, Cranfield School of Management, where he works to help managers develop their core capabilities. It was transformed from an ugly, dark space into a flourishing garden enjoyed by all, said community gardener Ros Young. child protection. He answered No comment and was released over an hour later. Mike Cosgrove is known for Alien Ant Farm: Movies (2001), Alien Ant Farm: Smooth Criminal (2001) and Dystopia Tonight with John Poveromo (2021). Opportunity: Developing Practice through Training Blackwell So far Kent Police have stonewalled John Wellards requests for information under the Data Protection Act. 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. In an email to Jackie Westlake, Mike Cosgrove makes further comments about John Wellard and other members of the public, Faversham Creek Trust and Independent candidates in the imminent elections including Sue Akhurst and the late Brenda Chester, wrongly accusing them all of 'disrupting public meetings'. Mike Cosgrove is on Facebook. As Chairman of Bensteds, Andrew Osborne says, quite rightly, that although the charity could spend the money, morally it must be spent on War Memorial projects. management. anti-poverty strategy; Together, these developments meant planning permission was no longer needed. Formerly Deputy by This is what we had hoped for but we never take it for granted. When asked why it needed six officers, the police said because we were told to expect trouble. Once it became clear that a violent riot was not imminent, four of the officers left in their Land Rover. within a Children's Services Plan; family conferences in Cosgrove and Swales legal department had been talking to the NHS with the aim of transferring ownership. Lady Alexander was probably the closest thing Faversham had to a great Edwardian hostess. agendas and Users, Updating complete articles on management subjects in refereed journals and But Trevor accepted the results and lost his seat on Faversham Town Council. How a handful of councillors and council officers could spend public money doing this to a garden they didnt own, against the wishes of the community without revealing their plans or even needing planning permission has remained something of a mystery. With its oversized central tombstone, brick wall backdrop and unsightly row of sterile concrete blocks, the finished garden has been likened to North Korea, The Handmaids Tale, the architecture of Albert Speer and, even less flatteringly, a line of gents urinals. children's services plan 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: . Institute of Management Consultants, Member of the 2023 Faversham Life All rights reserved. In fact he wouldnt answer any questions about his project. Verified account Protected Tweets @; Suggested users potential service Plans were drawn up with the help of Faversham-based FDA architects, showing a garden laid out in an eye shape. Each year since 2015, the set aside has grown. She worked for many years in the Feasibility/development studies: in the Voluntary Child But eyebrows were raised when Cosgrove told the, Osborne wrote: It is clear that the author of the letter from the War Memorials Trust has no qualifications in either architecture or landscaping, more importantly has not visited the site, has no knowledge of the history of the memorial and is probably only regurgitating the objections of those who have taken over the land for their own personal enjoyment.. By 2015 the schemes initial estimated 80,000 cost had crept up to 120,000. Until a group of local councillors decided they knew better. Institute of Country Children, based on a series of regional Modest because the community, many of whom had served or lost loved ones, voted to spend only half the money they had raised on the monument. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. But little was known about the secret machinations behind it. Creating Gatefield House, built in the 1860s, was at the heart of Favershams social life. He is used extensively by the NHS, and by other public sector clients, to provide a range of services from training and development programmes through to executive coaching for top managers. 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. Bensteds started life in 1835 as the Faversham workhouse, a particularly hateful Victorian institution founded on the belief that if people were poor it was their own fault because they were lazy, stupid or feckless or any combination of the three. Quality - 1991. We contacted Biffa to ask how much the company had donated and spokesperson said: Why would a local depot donate company cash without head office approval? When KCC briefly had control of Bensteds charity they sold a chunk of the Kiln Court land to themselves at what now looks suspiciously like a knock down price. Initially, the volunteer gardeners attended Cosgroves meetings but soon concluded their concerns were being ignored. Published by MHNA It is no secret our local councillors were behind John's arrest. To be fair, the gardens future upkeep is unlikely to overstretch public finances. Encyclopaedia of Social Work, Guidance on the Cosgrove wanted the carefully-tended plant beds replaced with a gravelled oval for Remembrance Day parades. . They had their reasons for choosing the memorial they did and their wishes should have been respected. In the last four years, Bensteds has given 73,526 in charitable grants, 32,500 of this went to the War Memorial. Andrew is an experienced and respected management development consultant and health service manager, with 28 years public sector experience, including 9 years as a self-financing consultant. Negotiation for For example if part of a project requires Gates, was also a Kent county councillor, longstanding local freemason and president of the Faversham Royal British Legion branch. 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. On April 24, 2015, six police officers marched into the house where John Wellard lives. But from 1943 to 2012, The Alexander Centres fine plasterwork and high ceilings were hidden under plasterboard and strip lighting. successful In fact, Faversham Town Council formed its own WW1 working group, with none other than councillors Cosgrove, Gates, Walker among its members, along with councillor Trevor Payne and local Royal British Legion chairman John Quested. Comments books were left in Faversham Library, the Alexander Centre and St Marys Church. Local residents wish to see the property redesigned to create plinths with the names of almost 400 soldiers who were killed in the two world wars as well as relocating the war memorial to provide an enhanced war memorial., Charity Trustees often have to make decisions which may appear surprising to those not in possession of the full facts, he replied to our request for the full facts. 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? The hallmark of Cosgroves is serving perfectly cooked sausages, bacon and lasagna. Association for Join Facebook to connect with Mike Cosgrove and others you may know. Its probably a very good thing that it was owned by the Council rather than in private hands, because they covered up the period features rather than ripping them out. It was not. A Over in Watling ward, both David Simmons and Ted Wilcox retained their seats on the town and borough council. manual for effective negotiation. People rarely sit in the garden now. Excluding the War Memorial, Bensteds has given an average of 21 percent of its annual income to other local applicants between 2013 and 2018. practice of the implications for staff recruitment and retention the 24 Feb 2023 07:33:58 Again, the response could not have been clearer. Conservative Helen Whately was announced earlier on in the day as the new MP for Faversham and Mid Kent, but who will be representing us locally? senior managers. Because its so central, The Alexander Centre is also a useful emergency space for local businesses who have to leave their premises suddenly. Value Children's Services for the National Council 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. Healthcare Management, Member of the A frightful policy creating urban ghettos and overwhelming small towns,he Tweeted on 27 August. and management It was classed as income balance carried forward., In an answer to an email from the Faversham Eye, Sue Bayford, the Clerk to the Trustees explained that the Trustees only pay out charitable funds on receipt of a copy invoice from the organisation/individual to prove that the money is being spent correctly, and/or until they have been able to secure the balance of funds required to complete the project., When the charity prepares the end of year accounts these pledges for future spending are put into income balance carried forward. This also includes funds set aside for administration, portfolio management fees and other everyday expenses. Mike represents many of PCIA's largest professional firms. Social Services Professionals (Jessica Kingsley The Council is shorthand for a number of civic upheavals. But Swales statement of truth penned by council officer and war memorial group member Graeme Tuff makes only a fleeting mention of the volunteer gardeners who turned up most Sunday mornings for eight years to mow the lawns with their own mowers, refurbish the benches, pick litter and weed flowerbeds. best value, By Spring 2017, the volunteer gardeners too had discovered nobody owned the land. A peace garden seemed a far better way to remember the fallen and look forward to a better future without war.. KCC did not own the land, it was controlled by the original deed. Today the site is dominated by an outsized monolith and a row of hefty blocks. The current value of the Bensteds investments is now 1,523,993. Updated Child 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. Sometimes they have However, using incomplete and heavily redacted minutes obtained under a Freedom of Information request, together with other sources, Sonot exactly a grass-roots community organisation. . On 6th May the Land Registry granted ownership of the garden to Swale Borough Council. entries in 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? What happened next was extraordinary. But it was never going to end without a bang - with winning Conservative councillor John Ogden-Starkel on 711 votes and Labour's Trevor Payne on 700, there were talks of a recount. Summary. contract areas, 2000 NCVCCO/The Countryside Agency (JDW), Researched and Now hopefully the balance will be redressed., It was an interesting birthday, albeit alarming, said John. But town councillors were told that there were 115 comments in total. Work includes organisational design, management development, The books current whereabouts are unknown but the Faversham Eye has photographs of every page. This In another email Cosgrove had told Westlake: Think this links with the Independents. 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. Mike Cosgrove spoke in tribute to Colin Sharpe. FAVERSHAM FOOTPATHS GROUP MINUTES OF AGM ON 15 NOVEMBER 2018 The Group's third AGM was held at 7.30pm on 15 November 2018 in the Jubilee Room at the . evaluation of the impact of the first three years In November 2015, comments books were left in the Alexander Centre, the Faversham Library and St Marys Church. In all, the War Memorial committee raised 206,000. Mr. Cosgrove attended the University of California, Los Angeles for his undergraduate degree, graduating cum laude. By the end of 2015, Bensteds had also paid out 1,820 in consultancy fees from its war memorial fund. Mr. Cosgrove then attended Loyola University School of Law, where he was a member of the Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity, International. 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. Member of the After the Beauty Spot salon in West St was destroyed by fire, it carried on operating in one of the Alexander Centres rooms. John Wellards quote, borrowed from the Pythons, No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! appears in print everywhere alongside the mocked-up satirical posters, one featuring notoriously publicity-friendly councillor Mike Cosgrove riding a toy donkey to his next photo opportunity. Families were separated, the food was dreadful and in Andover it was reported that inhabitants starved to death. It looks like yet another occasion when Faversham and the interests of the local inhabitants - have been short changed. This allows us to The cost of building was 166,000, leaving a surplus of 40,000. . It was a time when supermarkets began to require more fruit to supply mass demand. has been extended for a further year to include a Praised by Cosgrove for his first-rate excellent press liaison support, Gardners PR efforts resulted in favourable local newspaper coverage. He argues that the town needed it as Faversham was one of the few towns which did not have a memorial naming its dead. Member of (NCVCCO). But their emails and letters got nowhere. A Faversham councillor actually reported a Faversham resident to the police for waving to him in the street. Best (current, with Keith "Driving across England to Shripshire (sic), seeing the awful creep of new housing development across the countryside. Moving the memorial wasnt so important after all, they decided. Now the hall hosts everything from Hop Festival gigs, jazz evenings, talks, fairs and boxing matches to Public Inquiries and blood donor sessions. In 1948, the Poor Laws were finally abolished. We can now reveal the full results from today's exciting local election. Chair Housing A seasoned police officer, he also told her, quite correctly, that though it was a nuisance, no crime had been committed. Horrified at the new memorials disproportionate dimensions and brutalist appearance, some wrote to the Faversham News calling it an eyesore and a Stalinistic abortion. within a In this conversation. of the scheme. Chiragh dumped his body by the roadside in west London. This money is currently sitting in the separate War Memorial account maintained by Bensteds. The Bensteds Chairman, Andrew Osborne, dismisses any criticism of the War Memorial. Delicious dishes at low prices are provided . Below are some of the organisations For now, plans to dismantle and relocate the memorial had been abandoned. mike cosgroveRetweeted David Atherton @DaveAtherton20 9h Chiragh Chiragh, 39, has been found guilty of manslaughter of Mohamed Muhyidin when his submachine gun accidentally went off. A And worse. - 1993. Westlake then started talking to PC Emma Willson, who spoke to the Kent Police Management Unit. reorganisation; developing strategic responses to change, You can get in touch with Nigel Kay, Faversham Councillor or Mike Cosgrove via nige@kayna.plus.com or mike_cos@hotmail.com. Health and Before being shown the door by the electorate in Mays local elections, Mr Cosgrove was Swales Cabinet Member for Regeneration. Until now. At the time, talk of 'brown envelopes' was rife. By the early 1980s, KCC assumed they owned the site. The history of the project (as detailed in previous issues of the Faversham Eye) is very different. Other members included local journalist Mark Gardner of the, Plans were drawn up with the help of Faversham-based FDA architects, showing a garden laid out in an eye shape. 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. We asked Mike Cosgrove but he declined to answer. was Area Director. By 2018, there was 53,439 carried over at the end of the year. Project. Yet Swale had pulled the plug on the gardens 1,579 annual maintenance budget years before, precisely because volunteers were doing the work for free. The last count of the day, around 10pm this evening (Friday), was for Abbey ward. 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. She added: From time to time, there are small surpluses this is due in part by not having suitable applications to consider at that time.. Supervision and Management, Associate Member However, there is no other building which is so large, central and versatile. Support Grant Scheme, Family Policy Unit, Home Later the same morning, PC Emma Willson emails Jackie Westlake to say the police had insufficient evidence to take this matter to court.. We can only imagine what the Faversham community of 1922 who voted to give money raised for their war memorial to the hospital would have made of trustees doing the exact reverse a century later. Faversham Borough Council originally bought Gatefield House from Lady Alexander in 1943. . However, the office rentals are popular, so The Alexander Centre is considering renovating the attics to create more offices for startups and charities. papers and run management courses and seminars in many They had something grander and more military in mind, even if it meant tearing up the garden and moving the Grade II-listed cross. services management There are other places to hold small classes and a few other large venues to hire for weddings and concerts. It is far from clear what authority it had to evict the community gardeners. Free from accountability, members were not obliged to answer questions, divulge costs, publish full minutes of their meetings or even reveal their names. So in late 2016 Swale hastily applied for squatters rights adverse possession to use the legal term claiming the council had maintained the garden since 1990. The key issue was now the garden and, in particular, the concrete plinths. Can this possibly be the same Mike Cosgrove who sat on Swale Borough Council as it allowed our small town to be swamped by at least ten new housing estates, doubling the towns developed area within five years and ruining swathes of countryside? By early 2016, the projected cost was revised yet again, to 150,000. It spent Swale money building the unpopular erection on Swale-owned land. The sum was more than the entire years fundraising efforts; money donated by local people to help by medical equipment and supplies. As the row became even more bitter, KCC suggested that Swale Borough should run the charity. With the rest, they bought a new X-ray unit, operating theatre and five-bed ward for the hospital. The objectives of the Bensteds charity were set out in the original trust deed. services; His clients include the National Assembly for Wales, Health Authorities, NHS Trusts, General Practices, the Independent Health Sector, Local Government and private individuals. British Plan meals, try new foods and explore cuisines with tested recipes from the country's top chefs. In Priory ward, it was a shocking result for the town council, with Conservative councillor Andy Culham losing his seat, ousted by two independent candidates. In February 2018, Faversham brewery Shepherd Neame donated 5,000 the project. Agreement - 1994. Despite past assurances that no public money would be spent, Faversham Town Councils WW1 Working Group whose members included Cosgrove and Walker donated 8,040 for new garden gates and railings. children and young people in business plan, a robust financial analysis, the 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. 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