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. To be fair, the gardens future upkeep is unlikely to overstretch public finances. 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. But their emails and letters got nowhere. Mr. Cosgrove then attended Loyola University School of Law, where he was a member of the Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity, International. Care His early career was spent as a teacher and, later, as a teacher trainer. services management . Between 1973 and 1988, he was a health service manager in the Nottingham, Derby, and Reading areas. papers and run management courses and seminars in many But town councillors were told that there were 115 comments in total. This By the end of 2015, Bensteds had also paid out 1,820 in consultancy fees from its war memorial fund. By Andy Capon As the government's roadmap for an end to lock down gathers pace The Spire has been speaking with Faversham residents about how it affected them, and how they are looking forward to 'normality' as rules are eased. He answered No comment and was released over an hour later. At the next meeting he reported a renewed campaign from objectors. Work includes organisational design, management development, Plan meals, try new foods and explore cuisines with tested recipes from the country's top chefs. In addition, Andrew is a senior Consultant And who picked up the bill for the Christmas lunch Cosgrove and his committee enjoyed at the members-only Faversham Club to congratulate themselves on their success? Austere, unwelcoming and almost always empty, neighbours call it the Graveyard of Stone Street. . "@OwenPaterson @ray_basssett Offer Eire a return into the UK." Quality - 1991. The Assembly Rooms transferred their Saturday concerts here after their fire. It had remained unregistered for more than 40 years. others. But the people had spoken. by Workshops and Of professional voluntary adoption service. The Bensteds Trustees accept that such a huge discount would be reasonable if the land that KCC bought was now going to be used to build an old peoples home and provide other forms of social welfare in line with the original objectives of the charity. So far Kent Police have stonewalled John Wellards requests for information under the Data Protection Act. Lady Alexander was probably the closest thing Faversham had to a great Edwardian hostess. 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. Without further consultation, work started in March. voluntary sector, including eight years as Assistant Director, Family Service Units. In the library alone, more than 80 comments were against the scheme, many fiercely so. Mike Cosgrove spoke in tribute to Colin Sharpe. services In fact he wouldnt answer any questions about his project. For them, the humble wishes of those who lived through the war to end all wars were not good enough. 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. Minor alterations were made to the plans narrowing the central path and reducing the number of concrete plinths from ten to eight and the committee discussed how consultation results would need to be refined before being presented to Faversham Town Council. four books on management subjects. revised Manchester No wonder the grass is getting long. Good Scones may be what you need. Persons Act 2001, NISW/Isle of Man Government Tunstill), Hereford and Worcester SSD, 1997/98, Collated material Office, 2000/01. Institute of Value Children's Services for the National Council Not surprisingly, KCC has rejected this, saying that when they bought it the land was designated as a nursing home. Negotiation's OK The Alexander Centre Trust (TACT) was set up, chaired by Hilary Riva. Safeguard Children 1999, What few knew then was that Cosgroves committee had applied for planning permission for land neither they or Swale owned. Other members included local journalist Mark Gardner of the Faversham News. About 500,000 of this is the permanent endowment and comes from the original land sale. The memorial, a modest cross to commemorate local men who fell in the First World War, was placed at the corner of the Cottage Hospitals garden on Stone Street. cultures Eight years ago, however, a group of local people began tidying the site, planting trees and fruit bushes, seeds and bulbs. Reviews: The design looked not unlike the Faversham Eye logo or even, some say, the famous masonic all-seeing eye. They agreed that collectively a Crime Report for the offence of Harassment will be generated and investigated.. Exactly what that refinement entailed remains unclear. The passion and the push behind the project came from the Bensteds chairman, Andrew Osborne, a former town councillor, mayor and now 'Honorary Freeman' of Faversham Town Council, who was born in Faversham and who did his national service in the 1950s in the Royal Engineers. Fletcher). 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. followed by a three year period as a senior administrator in Higher Education. Inspector, Social Services Inspectorate Wales. value social services; negotiation; the implications of But in one sense they were neighbours: They all lived next door to each other. including a regular column in Community Care magazine and He was a Tutor and Tutor Counsellor for the Open University Business School from In November 2015, a public consultation exposed the full strength of opposition to the plans. This is strongly disputed by the volunteer gardeners. At this moment, Monty Python became Keystone Kops. Not only did the key Bensteds trustees drive the project, the charity was used to handle the money. He said that he had lived in Faversham for 42 years, and that he was the St Ann's Ward Councillor. presented We asked David Simmons which of these objectives allowed the charity to subsidise the building of a war memorial. anti-poverty strategy; agendas and He is also a Visiting Lecturer with the Praxis Centre, Cranfield School of Management, where he works to help managers develop their core capabilities. Favershams books, in St Marys Church, lists names from both world wars. Until now. Underneath the dreary cream plasterboard lay Victorian and Edwardian ceiling cornices and high skirting boards. And worse. for, and 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. Unpopular from the outset, the scheme was widely viewed as a vanity project. Sometimes they have And public support or rather the almost total lack of it remained a problem. . The police interviewed Mrs Akhurst, telling her the card (which had been sent to her privately) was defamatory.. Swale didnt yet own the garden. wider project. Project. Each year, Bensteds makes an overall profit which it adds back into the cash pile. What happened next was extraordinary. Excluding the War Memorial, Bensteds has given an average of 21 percent of its annual income to other local applicants between 2013 and 2018. Publishers). Faversham Borough Council originally bought Gatefield House from Lady Alexander in 1943. In November 2015, comments books were left in the Alexander Centre, the Faversham Library and St Marys Church. The new trustees sold part of the land and this left the charity with around 500,000 as a permanent endowment. Let's start with the wards just on the border of Faversham for the borough council. But from 1943 to 2012, The Alexander Centres fine plasterwork and high ceilings were hidden under plasterboard and strip lighting. Switzerland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ireland. 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. Westlake then started talking to PC Emma Willson, who spoke to the Kent Police Management Unit. The Trust added baffles to the high ceiling, so the sound is now sorted. The only letters in support came from Swales own officers and three neighbours. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF AGM ON 9 NOVEMBER 2017 Country Child! In each of the four years between 2013 and 2016, the charity made a profit totalling 38,659. 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. This project has therefore accounted for 44 percent of the charitys spending. . Chartered He has published Following suit from the general election's true blue wave across Kent, most seats on both Swale Borough Council and Faversham Town Council now belong to the Conservatives. Movies. Michael J. Cosgrove was born and raised in Palm Springs. It was lest we forget their sons, brothers, husbands and fathers who went to war and never came back. Association for 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. Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Top 250 TV Shows Most Popular TV Shows Most Popular Video Games Most Popular Music Videos Most Popular Podcasts. There is no charge of collective harassment in English law. This website and its associated newspaper are members of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), was announced earlier on in the day as the new MP. reorganisation; developing strategic responses to change, Its about as inviting as a mausoleum. Mr. Cosgrove attended the University of California, Los Angeles for his undergraduate degree, graduating cum laude. 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. Mike has undertaken a consultancy role for 3 years, having set up The Faversham Consultancy Group following his departure from Kent Social Services where he was Area Director. 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.". Mike Cosgrove is on Facebook. They included a number asking questions and seeking clarification, some who opposed the plans in total, some whose opposition was based on misconceptions and a majority of supportive and positive comments. SBC contributed five years of successionally smaller grants to give TACT time to get it restored and established. Children and . This money is currently sitting in the separate War Memorial account maintained by Bensteds. The 2.62 acres of land were owned by the charity. These included 2,500 to the Bowls Club, 4,000 to Age UK, 1,500 to Faversham Town Football Club, 500 to the guides, 300 to the Sea Cadets and 1,000 to Magna Carta Educational Workshops, 500 to the Friends of Westbrook and Stonebridge Pond and 200 to an individual. 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.. Published by MHNA Publications. The Friends is a registered charity. Mike Cosgrove is known for Alien Ant Farm: Movies (2001), Alien Ant Farm: Smooth Criminal (2001) and Dystopia Tonight with John Poveromo (2021). practice of environments. in the Voluntary Child Where did the rest of the 150,000 budget come from, let alone the 25,000 reserved for a future attempt to move the memorial? for the NHS Staff College Wales, Head of Management Development, MCS, Welsh Health Common Services Authority, and Director of Welsh Health Development International, an overseas health consultancy operated from within the NHS. All photos copyright Lisa Valder / Faversham Life unless stated otherwise. 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. Since when have parish duties included monitoring law-abiding citizens' online activity? 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. Cosgroves intentions were equally murky. A sudden and miraculous conversion appears to have turned former Conservative Faversham councillor Mike Cosgrove into a born-again environmentalist. He says that some people will like the design, others will not. leadership development He is co-author of: Analysis of Best Value: a Management's OK - Swale Borough Council contractors (and sometimes with the help of volunteers) are employed to maintain the garden in good condition, he wrote in the statement made on 21 October 2016. As the row became even more bitter, KCC suggested that Swale Borough should run the charity. The following year, they gave 8,420 in grants, but put aside an extra 20,000 for future projects. 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. The cost of building was 166,000, leaving a surplus of 40,000. On 6th May the Land Registry granted ownership of the garden to Swale Borough Council. Support Grant Scheme, Family Policy Unit, Home Every door has been knocked on and I have been out there every day speaking to people. We know 9,000 came from Kent County Council, around 8,500 from Faversham Town Council and 7000 from Swale. contact We can now reveal the full results from today's exciting local election. Bensteds then sold the land to John Mowlem Homes for 475,000, having had to knock 40,000 off the price because of the further deterioration of the site caused by the delays when Swale rejected two planning applications. By early 2016, the projected cost was revised yet again, to 150,000. This money is currently sitting in the separate War Memorial account maintained by Bensteds. And Lady Alexander would certainly have approved of the music. Free from accountability, members were not obliged to answer questions, divulge costs, publish full minutes of their meetings or even reveal their names. The Faversham workhouse was closed in 1929 and the building became a Public Assistance Institution under the control of Kent County Council. Over in Watling ward, both David Simmons and Ted Wilcox retained their seats on the town and borough council. Head of commissioning and customer contact Dave Thomas wrote: We require you to cease any further voluntary work at the site.. As of 2018, 41,102 was set aside for future funding projects. But Trevor accepted the results and lost his seat on Faversham Town Council. Verified account Protected Tweets @; Suggested users The books current whereabouts are unknown but the Faversham Eye has photographs of every page. 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. an 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. Chief NCVCCO, 1998/99 (JDW), Sure Start So said Vice Admiral Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas when he officially opened Favershams WW1 memorial on 3 November 1922. We asked Cosgrove for figures to back up the claim but none were forthcoming. . The Trustees then put in two planning applications. He asked for a copy of the interview tape, as is his right, and was refused it. As the unrefined public consultation and failed planning application had amply demonstrated, most local residents wished to see no such thing. guide for the View Mike Cosgrove results including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Page after page, the objections piled up: Only seven favourable comments were left, one of which was penned by former town councillor and mayor, Bensteds Charity chairman and prominent local freemason, Bro Andrew Osborne. One of them, Tom Gates, even admitted it at the time. Facilitative and 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. Nobody did. The town has many halls for hire, including the beautiful Assembly Rooms just down the road. Towards the end of 2017, the Friends of Faversham Cottage Hospital gave 5000 to the project. Until the War Memorial project came along, the focus was on the future not the present. . The plan was first submitted to the Local Plan forum of the . 1992. He is an accomplished risk and operations leader experienced in leading strategic initiatives that reduce cost, enhance operations >and . Chiragh dumped his body by the roadside in west London. The Alexander Centre Trust (TACT) was set up, chaired by Hilary Riva. She is a Visiting Lecturer at Nottingham University. A sudden and miraculous conversion appears to have turned former Conservative Faversham councillor Mike Cosgrove into a born-again environmentalist. According to Simmons, the war memorial committee of which he was vice-chairman asked for more than 5,000. 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. Although these are mostly commercial ventures, so are more expensive. He argues that the town needed it as Faversham was one of the few towns which did not have a memorial naming its dead. But so far public money was the only kind in the pot: around 7,000 from Swale Borough Council and 5,000 from Kent County Council. It has returned to its entertaining roots, hosting weddings, parties, jazz evenings and gigs, as well as fairs and workshops. What are the odds? said Mike Cosgrove. 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. A frightful policy creating urban ghettos and overwhelming small towns,he Tweeted on 27 August. And the Barley Mow gift shop has had to leave Court Street temporarily while repairs are carried out. And its brought jobs into the town. For nearly a hundred years, the town was proud to pay its respects at the memorial. England. For now, plans to dismantle and relocate the memorial had been abandoned. has been extended for a further year to include a 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. Alan is a founding member and Partner of Pi Associates. He is a He undertakes assignments in both the public and voluntary sectors as children's services plan was Area Director. Favershams premier surrealist web publication. Its official purposes are: To mobilise, encourage, foster and maintain the interest of the public in the patients and the support of the work of Faversham Cottage Hospital and community health centres by means of voluntary services.. Institute of Management Consultants, Member of the 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. Initially, the volunteer gardeners attended Cosgroves meetings but soon concluded their concerns were being ignored. Colin Sharpe bought Ardens Cottage in Abbey Street. Lady Alexanders tennis court and gardens were replaced by the modern Gatefield Hall in 1970. designed and delivered many organisation, team and The fact that its modern has proved a bonus, because it can be dressed up for a wedding, then cleared for dancing lessons or a wrestling match. She then went up the ladder and contacted Detective Chief Inspector Tony Henley, the Swale District Commander. "I started canvassing in February and I haven't stopped since. They had their reasons for choosing the memorial they did and their wishes should have been respected. 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. evaluation of the impact of the first three years Gatefield House, built in the 1860s, was at the heart of Favershams social life. planners and improve collaboration between the The peoples voice was clear. Delicious dishes at low prices are provided . residential care policy for adults; financial management Now the hall hosts everything from Hop Festival gigs, jazz evenings, talks, fairs and boxing matches to Public Inquiries and blood donor sessions. Sonot exactly a grass-roots community organisation. By 2012, SBC no longer needed such a large presence in Faversham. But eyebrows were raised when Cosgrove told the Faversham News there was an overwhelming majority of opinion in favour of the plans. Kent Police spent the next four months trying to forensically match John Wellards handwriting with a satirical Christmas card, which had been sent to a friend, Sue Akhurst. It's nice to see the outcome of a lot of hard work we have done in this ward.". Not all members were councillors or council employees however. 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. He has also been a Now, over a century later, it is called The Alexander Centre. It referred us to Cosgrove who declined to answer. articles on management subjects in refereed journals and Institute of Personnel and Development, Fellow of the It was transformed from an ugly, dark space into a flourishing garden enjoyed by all, said community gardener Ros Young. management development handbook for middle and "@ZacGoldsmith Thank you for replying. manual for effective negotiation. 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.. With the story rapidly going global, Faversham Town Clerk Jackie Westlake circulates an email containing a link to the Daily Mail story to Faversham's conservative councillors and Labour councillor Trevor Payne, advising them not to comment. Music has returned to The Alexander Centre. The attics, where their servants would have slept, have barely been touched in over 100 years. 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 The attics are in an exceptionally poor state . group leadership. And if you live in Faversham, you can probably walk to it. Its squatters rights application would not be decided for months. For example if part of a project requires Country Children, based on a series of regional present (JDW), Evaluation of a He felt Faversham was his . How much more? Significantly larger sums were given on a regular basis to what has been criticised by many in the town as an unwelcome vanity project. But, of course, it cant lose money. He asked Hilary Riva and a number of others to get involved. In four years between 2013 and 2019, it gave 96,356 in grants. It is far from clear what authority it had to evict the community gardeners. residential services for children; services for drugs and of social 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. On any one day, you might find up to around 40 people working here. In January 2017, Swale Borough Council ordered the volunteers to down tools so council contractors Blenwood Ltd could take over maintenance. In all, the War Memorial committee raised 206,000. He was resident in the property and joined the Faversham Society. strategic problems. activities including quality assesment are part of his The Faversham Union workhouse was erected in 1836, it had been demolished and replaced with houses by 1995. Member of the client. Has a drive to Shripshire been Mr Cosgroves Road to Damascus? . Updated Child With a few exceptions, they agreed, no public money would be spent on the project. Asked by Jackie Westlake if she has seen the Daily Mail story, Emma says: I didn't think it would be covered in the Daily Mail but maybe locally!. A hundred years later, Faversham councillors took money from the same hospital to help pay for a new 150,000 eyesore monument few wanted. and management Today the site is dominated by an outsized monolith and a row of hefty blocks. The balance, around 427,000 is the accumulated profits. Mike represents many of PCIA's largest professional firms. Fortunately, an eagle-eyed council official rescued it from a skip. Blackwell Strategic This time there were 74 letters and emails objecting. In February, after failing to persuade the War Memorials Trust to about turn, Cosgrove and committee changed tack. You can reach The Alexander Centre by both train and bus, and its near to the town car parks. In 2017 and 2018, when the charity started making substantial donations to the War Memorial it spent 10,214 more than it earned in income. 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. Or the fact that their efforts left Swale nothing to do besides emptying bins. - 1993. Two of their bedrooms were briefly a magistrates court and are now Faversham Pilates studio. Although the tiny hexagon of land the memorial cross stood on belonged to Swale Borough Council, the garden didnt. Needs of But the hard work starts again tomorrow.". service for children and parents in public law Publications. Even as its contractors, Blenwood, were digging up remaining plants, Swale Borough Council purported to to be in the dark about the committees plans. of the Theres so much we want to ask you. Success is subjective, I suppose. 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